CMNS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: On Liberty, Political Philosophy, Walter J. Ong
1 Jun 2017
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Cmns 110 - lecture 4 - issues in history of communications: the question of orality. Delineate diffs b/w primarily oral & literate cultures. Outline role of memory in oral societies & how memory has changed w/ advent of writing. Compare & contrast oral cultures & literate cultures. Idea of orality - one that mcluhan borrowed from works of previous cmn scholars. Interested in way primarily oral societies differ from mainly literate societies. Developed idea in relation to specific theories regarding time & space. Mcluhan reframed innis" ideas & cast them in terms of distinction he drew b/w hot & cool media. Neither innis/mcluhan examined distinctions b/w oral & literate societies in fully systematic fashion. Left up to walter ong to draw out in more comprehensive detail various ways in which primarily oral societies differ from literate societies. Ong - criticized for use of theorems in almost same way mcluhan criticized for alleged lack of scientific procedures w/ use of probes.
