COMM 330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Intercultural Communication, Digital Audio Broadcasting, Group Dynamics
24 Mar 2017
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The media in our lives: typical american consumer = over 3,400 hours of media content per year, we now work and play in an information society, the exchange of information is the predominant economic activity. First consumer communications medium to be digitized. Only in the final printing process that the words and images are converted from computer ode to analog print image: film. The computer movement started with the special effects for star wars in 1974: video games. Moved to arcades and consoles in 71-72. Interactive movies: uses feedback to modify a message as it is presented, recordings. The first cd came out in 82. Napster 1999 millions downloaded free music: cable and satellite tv. Cable companies began to convert content to digital form to increase number of channels: broadcasting. Hdtv replaced conventional tv completely in 2009. Digital audio broadcasting reached the air in 2004: home video. Supplanted by dvd players and 4 years later,
