Chapter 2: Aboriginal Canada before Contact Flashcards
1
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one of two kinds of communications
time-based communication
Belshaw 2.2
Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication, 1951
A
MEANT TO LAST ALONGSIDE ITS AGENDA. this media seeks to transcend time. includes artifacts, such as stone and clay, as well as speech. favours the development of heirarchies and religion in both cases.
Ancient Egypt/Sumeria
2
Q
one of two kinds of communications
space-based communication
Belshaw 2.2
Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication, 1951
A
MEANT TO COMMENT ON THE NOW. this media seeks to comment on the present, the contemporary society. there is an emphasis on the written word, and how it can effect the world which the author is living in.
cultures which used papyrus/paper
