COMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Emoji, Media Ecology, Walter J. Ong
5 Sep 2016
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Personal computer: what does writing do, how was it planned, material culture of early writing, and later writing (emoji, affect and language. Used writing as a marker of civilization, an idea that writing stores ideas and knowledge. Early writing who has access to various types of writing materials (ex. Papyrus allowed access to different materials of writing) Without writing there can be no accumulation of knowledge, no historical record, no science (exculuding simple technology) and no books, newspapers or world wide web. There are various ways of passing on knowledge and history that pass on through oral tradition. Writing helps to have a record that lasts a long time, although oral cultures can pass on history and knowledge without writing. Gidleman doing media history: thinking about various eras and time periods. Robinson, who is making a distinct mark between oral and writing cultures. Walter ong shift of writing to literary culture.
