COMM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: J. L. Austin, Intellectual Capital, Interpersonal Communication
27 Sep 2018
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John langshaw austin how to do things with words . Language is a form of action, as well as a medium of expression. Individuals exercise power to maintain networks of influence/dominance. Camp counsellor: exercise turn counsellors against one another. Political (government/state, elected officials, civil servants, judicial, executive, legislative, senate/house of reps) The kind of power these institutions seek to exert over communication process. Elected officials/political candidates want to convey a specific message drive agenda for political change, slogans. Involves production, transmission, reception of symbolic forms (basic unit of exchange in all communicative exchanges) Material elements/means (physical) through which symbolic forms are transmitted. Speech has a low level fixation, unless it"s recorded. Capacity to be copied, enables multiple reproductions. Differences between communication media and mass communication. Tv, record players, computers, pens+ paper, photographs, books. Available, have the potential to be available to plurality of recipients. Little differentiation (uniform, mass body of viewers/listeners/consumers)
