CMNS 110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cyberculture, Electric Light, Car Dealership

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 110
• Professor: Gary Mc Carron

Document Summary

Legends on the net: computer-mediated communication (cmc) vs. Spread of urban legends online = cyberspace serves as primary oral culture. Cmc -> oral + textual communication: growing amt of legends online = growth of internet culture, oral: real-time chat rooms, legends circulation, bulletin boards, text-based virtual environments all promote feeling of being there , ex. emails (chain mail) Writing isn"t taking over oral communication but has replaced it and created new forms of. Writing = legitimate, intellectual/truthful authority found in printed word not found in orality. Secondary orality: electron media technology age of literate + oral + electronic: secondary orality = global village (creates sense of group larger than primarily oral cultures) Emotion and non-verbal cues textualized in cyberspace through descriptions and emoticons: printed word -> permanent communication cultures. Kkk like a group of real-estate agents ? (steven d. levitt)