that it is seen as a medium much more so than is broadcast

English translation: than is broadcast communication

23:11 Feb 23, 2015
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Social Sciences - Telecom(munications) / Mass communication, crit
English term or phrase: that it is seen as a medium much more so than is broadcast
Hi everyone I cant see where "that it is seen as a medium much more so than is broadcast" is connected in the below sentence. I really could not see how the sentence was set up

However, it is precisely because, in an everyday sense, the Internet is seen as a tool, or as a vessel/conduit ‘highway’ (see the discussion below of Meyrowitz’s three metaphors of media), rather than an environment, that it is seen as a medium much more so than is broadcast.

Source: Communication Theory; Media, Technology and Society belonging to David Holmes
mediaacademic
Türkiye
Selected answer:than is broadcast communication
Explanation:
Section heading is "Understanding broadcast communication in the context of network communication"

"A key reason why medium theory has rebounded is to do with the fact that the Internet and CMC are so much more visibly seen to be a social medium than is broadcast."

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Note added at 1 hr (2015-02-24 00:32:30 GMT)
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I don't love the way it is written, but Holmes is using "broadcast" as a noun here = "broadcast communication". It makes sense but is kludgy.
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than is broadcast communication


Explanation:
Section heading is "Understanding broadcast communication in the context of network communication"

"A key reason why medium theory has rebounded is to do with the fact that the Internet and CMC are so much more visibly seen to be a social medium than is broadcast."

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Note added at 1 hr (2015-02-24 00:32:30 GMT)
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I don't love the way it is written, but Holmes is using "broadcast" as a noun here = "broadcast communication". It makes sense but is kludgy.

DLyons
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Asker: Dear Dlyons thanks for your concern. Considering simply the text says "However, it is precisely because the Internet is seen as a tool that it is seen as a medium much more so than is broadcast." does that make any sense to you?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: ("a key reason is to do with the fact that"? Am not sure I'd trust that source.)
1 hr
  -> That's the guy who wrote it!

agree  acetran: Agree 100%
3 hrs
  -> Thanks acetran.

agree  Tony M
9 hrs
  -> Thanks Tony. Now if only we could get away with writing like that!

agree  Phong Le
2 days 10 hrs
  -> Thanks Phong Le.
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