the take over, the breaks over - lecture notes
okay now that the pesky first post is out of the way we can get down to the good stuff which for this entry is................lecture notes from the first new communication technology lecture. i actually found the lecture very interesting. it way definetley my favourite lecture of the first week of uni and i think it will be a very interesting course!!!
okay now this may seem boring to some but to me it was interesting. things we learned in the first lecture included what the assesment will be and it seems fun. but then again why would work be fun?? anyway i may as well start all this info i'm about to feed to you with a definition of what communication is.
communication is any process that transfers. transmits or makes information known to other people.
a book that our professor steve stockwell recommended we read was 'the rhetoric' by the great aristotle. well he didnt really say great but after studying ancient history for five years and using aristotle as a primary source copious amounts of times i think he happens to be great.
and now for a definition of what technology is.......
technology is the scientific study of mechanical arts and their application to the world.
Marshall McLuhan argues that techonolgies are extensions of the human body. The tool is an extension of the hand, the wheel is an extension of the leg and the book is an extension of the eye.
there are also two forms of technology......analog and digital.
analog technology functions by representing variable forces that are continuous in both time and space through dials that allow the relatively imprecise modulation of those forces.
analog technology functions by representing variable forces that are continuous in both time and space through dials that allow the relatively imprecise modulation of those forces.
digital technology relies on stroing bits of binary information about forces by turning on and off currents 0f electricity or light in ways that allow for precise modulation of those forces.
and we also learnt about the genealogy of technology which goes a little something like this-
Print
Telegraph
Telephone
Photograph
Radio
Cinema
Televison
and that is all the notes i wrote down from lecture one. but here are some useful links related to the genealogy stuff.
if you want info on cinema or televison go to http://www.imdb.com this site is very useful in helping you look for movies and their stars.
okay if i find some more useful links i will update this entry but until then it is dunzo.
until the next lecutre.....
carrisa.
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