Week 3 : Information Society
The aim of the lesson is to give the students ideas about information society from sociological, economic and communications perspectives, and tools to analyse this development critically. Students will explore the history and nature of information society from a theoretical viewpoint. The lesson will also take a look at how these developments and ideas are integrated into contemporary discussions of globalization.
Contents
Introduction of Information and Society,Origin and Development of Information Society,Economic and Social Factors in relevance to IS,Technology for Information Society ,Information Laws To Regulate IS,Relationship of Information Society and Knowledge Society.
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Course Material
- Week:2 Introduction of Contemporary Mass Media
- Week 3 : Information Society
- Week 4 : Role of Contemporary Media and Globalization
- Week 5: Political Economy of Mass Media
- Week 6: Media Conglomerates(Comcast,The walt disney)
- Week 7: Media Conglomerates(AT&T,CBS,Viacom)
- Week 8: Profile of Major Satellite Communication Organizations(Hughes Inc, Eutel Sat, Intel Sat)
- Week 9: Profile of Major Satellite Communication Organizations(Asia Sat, Telecommunication Union, NASA)
- Week 10: Profile of Major Media Giants(CNN,VOA,AP,)
- Week 11: Profile of Major Media Giants(BBC,Reuters,VOG)
- Week 12: Profile of Major Media Giants(Al jazeera,Al-Arabiya)
- Week 13: Profile of Major Media Giants(AFP,Star network india)
- Week 14: Profile of World Elite Press-1
- Week 15: Profile of World Elite Press-2
- Week 16: Profile of World Elite Magazines
- Chapters 15
- Department Communication and Media Studies
- Teacher
Amara Saeed
