CMN 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Oral Tradition, New Media, Materialism
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Lecture #2: orality:spoken words, use and re-use, disruption january 25, 2017. Media differ in their forms (symbolic and physical) Described in terms of phonemes (smallest units of sound) morphemes (smallest units of meaningful sound), syntax (the particular order words are spoken or written in or the rules followed to form a sentence) Cognitive and emotive biases (a tech deny to promote certain ways of thinking) Info sharing and storage over time and space - some media are better at preserving information over time, others better at moving info through space. Media contain biases in how they provide accessibility. Who will know the info and under what conditions will it be accessible. Media contain biases in their info flow. Speed at which info can be shared across time and space. Giant its of info that can be conveyed in a given time over given space. Directions in which info tends to flow.