COMN 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter essay: Virtual Reality, Spiritualism, Transmittance

• School: York University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMN 1000
• Professor: Rob Heyen

Document Summary

Scholars suggest there are two major shifts in modes of communications, first from oral to literate, and then from literate to electronic, and each shift was part of a broader set of social changes. The development from an oral to literate shift highlights non-technological influences, such as the transformation among people and their culture. Furthermore, the revolution of the telegraph generated social changes, which jump-started the beginning of an electronic culture, and changed the modes of communication indefinitely. However, it is evident that the shift from literate to electronic induced major social changes, such as globalization, prioritization of networking, raised privacy concerns, and the creation of a virtual reality. When societies shifted from oral to literate, non-technological influences made an impact across a variety of cultures. Mike gasher, david skinner, and rowland lorimer (2008) suggest knowledge was developed, stored, and passed over from one generation to the next through discourse.