Communication can be defined as an activity of “making common” by transmitting and sharing information between senders and receivers. [1] Communication would be ideal if information is understood correctly by receivers, but it is not easy since “decoding is never passive”. [2]
Even though some receivers have been active decoders, traditional communication used to be “one way”. [3] That is, the role of sender and receiver was rigid. Mass media had been playing a big role in having people see “the reality of contemporary life” in a way that economic and political authority at the age wanted them to see it. [4]
In cyber space, however, communication becomes “two ways”. [5] The division between senders and receivers become vague, thus the former receivers have gotten a possibility to become senders and vice versa.
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[1] Hardt, Hanno. Myths for the Masses: An Essay on Mass Communication. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. Book. pp.7-pp.8.
[2] Fischer, Annemarie. Key Term: Communication. Global Media Narratives in the Digital Age, Spring 2011. Lecture Note.
[3] Hardt, Hanno. Myths for the Masses: An Essay on Mass Communication. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. Book. p.8.
[4] Hardt, Hanno. Myths for the Masses: An Essay on Mass Communication. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. Book. p.6.
[5] Hardt, Hanno. Myths for the Masses: An Essay on Mass Communication. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. Book. p.8.
Takane Kobayashi
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