CAM 3067 Communication Industries and Information Technology
Appropriate use of communication and information technologies can facilitate the coordination, control, and management of information. This historical, technological and cultural survey examines the businesses, practices and products that have communicated to mass audiences with the rise of modernity and their impact within the social system. Beginning with some consideration of the impact of the printing press on Western culture, the course moves to consideration of transmitted and telegraphed information before examining some of the key entertainment and informational technologies of the 20th century "cinema, radio and television" and the industries that nourished them. This course concludes with an introduction to recent information storage technologies and the Internet and its effects on communication via newsgroups, the World Wide Web and email.