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MACS 210 | Essay Topics | Due: November 13 | Value: 20% (10-15 pages, typed and double-spaced)
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Please choose one of the following:
1. With the exception of the Phoenician alphabet and Gutenberg printing press, if you were to choose five events in the history of communication and rank them in order of importance, what would they be and why do they deserve such recognition ?
2. Discuss when, where, and how popular culture became a form of mass communication. Track its rise to the present day explaining the public interest in what some might consider the low arts.
3. How has the promotion of religion been facilitated by early to current forms of mass communication ?
4. Visual literacy relates to the critical and knowledgeable interpretation of images. Chronologically cite examples of images and explain why they represent key events or processes in the history of communication. You will need to include the images in appendices.
5. What were the central shifts to and within telecommunications and how did they affect us socially, politically and culturally ? What further shifts do you anticipate in the foreseeable future ?
6. The emergence of mass society is clearly linked to the history of communication. Explain in what ways. Conclude by discussing whether new communication technologies are likely to continue the trend toward the 'mass' or are they likely to create cultural fragmentation.