COMM 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Neal Stephenson, Compactor
19 Mar 2017
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Marshall mcluhan "the medium is the message" theory. The brain is flexible and can be changed through experience (neuro classiesty) Film because the message of the medium. Technology changes our range of options to get media. Socrates meets the challenge of writing and how it"s superior. Socrates reiterates the idea the writing and communication such as dialogue as being great. The poets were a central view for education, the messengers. 1990s poets were hated against, the medium got rid of them. Stories that are terrible have been spread amongst the youth and corrupted them, many were altered to have a better ending. Public speech can put strain on the speakers. The internet is going to be the face of communication. We spent more time looking at screens. Communication have first been placed on objects such as walls, stones, tablets, maps and wax tables. Communications can be seen as metaphors of the mind. Reading book can be manipulated to your perception.
