Lecture Notes 8/31/09

Lecture Notes Ch. 1, 2, 3 Pt. 1

Chapter 1

Umbrella Perspective

- Individual User
- Hardware/Software
- hardware – the physical equipment related to the technology
- software – the messages communicated through the technological system
- Organizational Infrastructure
- the group of organizations involved in the production and distribution of the technology
- Social System
- the political, economic and media systems serving a common set of functions in society