Media - ANSWER the main means of mass communication (broadcasting,
publishing, and the Internet), regarded collectively.
mass media - ANSWER Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the
Internet, and other means of popular communication.
new media - ANSWER - Emerged in the 90s; technologies, practices, and
institutions designed to facilitate broad participation in communication on a
mass scale
- Encompasses and extends traditional mass media
Shannon-Weaver Model - ANSWER a communication model that includes the
information source, the message, the receiver, the sender, the channel, the
signal and any noise that may interrupt the communication process
- Does not consider the social context of communication
- Social barriers (Language, culture individual traits) influence the way
communication takes place.
Lasswell's Model - ANSWER Who says what in which channel to whom with
what effect
Social Model of Communication - ANSWER - Emphasizes social and
media-related variables that inform the process of communication the
process of communication
, - sees communication as both structured by and contingent on some shared
media or element in space
Broadcasting Act (1991) - ANSWER - Provided framework for policy: defines
broadcast undertakings, who can own media outlets, technical matters.
- Canadian Radio- Television and telecommunications commission:
administers the policies and provisions enuciated in the Broadcasting act and
the telecommunications act.
mass communication - ANSWER the process of creating shared meaning
between the mass media and their audiences
- The production and dissemination of mass information and entertainment.
-The decentralized production and wide accesability of information and
entertainment
- The interactive exchange of information to a number of recipients.
convergence - ANSWER The bringing together of various media forms and
technologies
Telecommunications Act of 1996 - ANSWER the sweeping update of
telecommunications law that led to a wave of media consolidation
Copyright Act - ANSWER Act that defines the right or privilege of an author
or proprietor to exclude others from printing or otherwise duplicating,
distributing, or vending copies of his or her literary, artistic, and other
creative expressions.
society - ANSWER A community of people who share a common culture
Traditionally, mass communication is defined as the technology-assisted
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