SMC219Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Frozen Fever, John Durham Peters, Active Listening
24 Apr 2017
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Investigates the impact of media on human communication. Critics say new media is killing conversation, we are becoming more passive. Peters thinks the opposite - there is a process going on conversationalization: the way the media delivers messages shows there is actually an increase in conversation style. Parasocial relationships: a one sided relationship where you think you know the person but the other has no idea you exist. Ex: knowing intimate facts about a famous person but they don"t know you. We rely too much on this, they foster a false sense of intimacy. Communication going from i have the voice of authority to self disclosure (emotion/personal experience to convey a message false compassion) Peters is trying to figure out if this is damage caused by the media. Any given conversation there is always one person doing more talking than listening (active and passive).
