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TripleC

TripleC is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand TripleC rather than just read about it. In short: tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique is a biannual peer-reviewed open access academic journal covering communication studies, media studies, sociology of technology/communication/media/culture, critical digital sociology, information science/studies and political economy of media/communication/culture/Internet from the perspective of critical theory. tripleC is an open access journal focused on the critical…

Key takeaways

TripleC belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect TripleC to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of TripleC from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique is a biannual peer-reviewed open access academic journal covering communication studies, media studies, sociology of technology/communication/media/culture, critical digital sociology, information science/studies and political economy of media/communication/culture/Internet from the perspective of critical theory. tripleC is an open access journal focused on the critical study of capitalism and communication. It was established in 2003 as tripleC: Cognition, Communication, Cooperation. Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, obtaining its current name in 2013. It is published in the United Kingdom as not-for-profit project The editors-in-chief are Christian Fuchs (University of Westminster) and Marisol Sandoval (City University London). The journal uses the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND licence for its content.

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with TripleC

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what TripleC claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to TripleC before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about TripleC ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of TripleC

In research: TripleC appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses TripleC in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: TripleC is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic journals established in 2003, Biannual journals, Communication journal stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for TripleC outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study TripleC in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what TripleC means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain TripleC out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is TripleC in simple terms?

Why does TripleC matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study TripleC?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on TripleC.