COMN 2200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Elite Theory, Begging The Question, Social Darwinism
11 Dec 2015
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Medium is the message - what is mean is that mediation inevitably the message being communicated. Abstract thoughts make logic and mathematics possible we can think about numbers than just a specific numbers. we can categorize arguments. makes the transfer of information much easier. Differences between oral or literal and print based cultures. Print culture a sense of anachronism - distinction between past and present, past is now available for present scrutiny. past and present rose in print culture. 17th century explosion of scientific. explain everything in nature through mathematics and science. Context free information. beginning of 24 hour news broadcasts. Assumes there is enough news in the world to broadcast 24 hours a day. Much more interest in exotic places due to interest in what s different than whats not. Because of condensing news, we get inverted writing where the most important is at the top and so on.
