CS100 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 - Innis' Bias and Language This note goes over Innis' bias of media - space vs. time based medias - as well as language. It also explains (or 'unpacks') the readings of the week.

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: CS100
• Professor: Alexandra Boutros

Document Summary

The concepts of time and space reflect the significance of media to civilization. Media that emphasise time are those that are durable in character, such as parchment, clay and stone media that emphasise space are apt to be less durable and light in character, such as papyrus and paper. All cultures/societies/groups share similarly complex languages and phonological systems. Ancient egyptian civilization changed from a monarchy to a more democratic social order when it moved from using stone tablets as a dominant form of medium to papyrus as a dominant medium. This is a shift from a time based medium to a space based one. Communications is an exchange of information and messages . All cultures/societies/groups share similarly complex language and phonological structure. Oral communication is our first form of human communication. At some point in history we needed to represent language in fixed form.