Comm 10 finalstuvia Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

THREE APPROACHES TO COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AT UCSD - ANSWERINTERPRETIVE STUDIES SOCIAL FORMATIONS SITUATED PRACTICES SITUATED PRACTICES - ANSWERStudying how humans make and share meaning through interaction with each other, their technologies, and their environment. Media materially shape human agency, including how and what we can communicate INTERPRETATIVE STRATEGIES - ANSWERAnalyzing the ways that different cultural texts encode patterns of meanings and how these are commu...

20th Century - ANSWERGreatest boom Invention of digital medias (wake up to clock radio, watch netflix etc.) "massiest of mass media is TV" Mass Media distinction: Content - ANSWERSpecific info you need/ want (The "vote guide" in a newspaper, The weather determines how you'll dress in a day) Mass Media distinction: Medium - ANSWERSomething tied to the general nature of the medium, or conditions of its use. (Movie theater provides the function of a date no matter the content of the mo...

THREE APPROACHES TO COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AT UCSD - ANSWERINTERPRETIVE STUDIES SOCIAL FORMATIONS SITUATED PRACTICES SITUATED PRACTICES - ANSWERStudying how humans make and share meaning through interaction with each other, their technologies, and their environment. Media materially shape human agency, including how and what we can communicate INTERPRETATIVE STRATEGIES - ANSWERAnalyzing the ways that different cultural texts encode patterns of meanings and how these are commu...

What are the 4 functions of mass media? - ANSWERContent Medium Manifest Latent What is Content? - ANSWERthe media functions as a source of information ex: during elections: newspapers - give you information about election, candidates, etc. - key in helping one vote ex: influencing on how you dress by weather - key: specific information you get on weather What is Medium? - ANSWERthe main function of the media lies within the elements of the medium itself ex: going to the movi...

Primary vs. Secondary Media - ANSWERSomething you focus your attention on, vs. something you pay attention to secondarily, while primarily involved in something Types of Functions of the Mass Media - ANSWERContent function Medium function Manifest function Latent function Content function - ANSWERA function based on what the medium conveys. Ex: the weather channel tells us what to wear on a given day. Medium function - ANSWERA function based on how the medium is used. Ex: the movi...

Primary vs. Secondary Media - ANSWERSomething you focus your attention on, vs. something you pay attention to secondarily, while primarily involved in something Types of Functions of the Mass Media - ANSWERContent function Medium function Manifest function Latent function Content function - ANSWERA function based on what the medium conveys. Ex: the weather channel tells us what to wear on a given day. Medium function - ANSWERA function based on how the medium is used. Ex: the movi...

20th Century - ANSWERGreatest boom Invention of digital medias (wake up to clock radio, watch netflix etc.) "massiest of mass media is TV" Mass Media distinction: Content - ANSWERSpecific info you need/ want (The "vote guide" in a newspaper, The weather determines how you'll dress in a day) Mass Media distinction: Medium - ANSWERSomething tied to the general nature of the medium, or conditions of its use. (Movie theater provides the function of a date no matter the content of the mo...