MDSA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Universal Postal Union, Rulemaking, Technological Determinism
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1: technology and western society, media convergence (questions, the internet and digitization - the contemporary context of technological development that focuses on the practices of digitalization and the importance of the internet. Next week: specific areas of policy and regulation (second way of approaching communication and media) Semiotics, digital divide, and technological determinism are good concepts. all of these have a very specific focused approach that can be readily explained and be applied to a upper year course. Communications policy is established by international regulatory bodies and national and regional governments to ensure that media serve not only their owners and content creators, but individual citizens and society. Some important distinctions to keep in mind. Policy as a set of guiding ideas and practices. Regulation, or the enforcement of legislation and government policy through rulemaking. Policy is hard to understand because there are several aspects in which policy is formulated and implemented.
