Jennifer Roberts, Media Taxonomy Model, Theories of Media (Winter 2003)

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Media Taxonomy

Structure 1 focuses on the convergence and interchangeability between private/personal and public/social(political) within various media.

Structure2 focuses on the conflating of word and image within these media.

Jennifer Roberts
Winter 2003