The lecture in week one went through a whole host of ideas, so much so that its hard to recount all the ideas some of the important ideas covered include;
- How humans have always communicated and various methods of similarity found between primates and people
- The development of electromechanical communication and its different forms and functions eg. the telegraph, telephone, phonograph, radio, cinema, tv, computer etc
- Complications with communication can occur due to inter-subjectivity and intertextuality
A very simple definition of communication contained in the lecture notes is;
Communication is any process that transfers, transmits or makes information known to other people
1940s Frankfurt School'
An interesting quote from the lecture notes really ties well into my other blog on the readings about Mind Control and the Internet,..... if only this guy could see where we are now he would definitely roll over in his grave;.....
An interesting quote from the lecture notes really ties well into my other blog on the readings about Mind Control and the Internet,..... if only this guy could see where we are now he would definitely roll over in his grave;.....
"Real life is becoming indistinguishable from the movies. The sound film, far surpassing the theatre of illusion, leaves no room for imagination or reflection on the part of the audience, who is unable to respond within the structure of the film, yet [who is also unable to] deviate from its precise detail without losing the thread of the story; hence the film forces its victims to equate it directly with reality". (Adorno, T & Horkheimer, M Dialectic of Enlightenment Verso London 1979 p126).
This quote shows how shocked this man is at the development of film and how it makes real life nearly indistinguishable. It makes me wonder what he would think if we told him that in our time we would have in our pockets a device that was a television, phone, unlimited source of information, flashlight, guitar tuner, alarm, video recorder, camera, cook book, map that shows where you are spatially in the world using satellites and much much more.... And not to mention most middle class 13 year old girls in the western world have one.... I would love to see his reaction.
This quote shows how shocked this man is at the development of film and how it makes real life nearly indistinguishable. It makes me wonder what he would think if we told him that in our time we would have in our pockets a device that was a television, phone, unlimited source of information, flashlight, guitar tuner, alarm, video recorder, camera, cook book, map that shows where you are spatially in the world using satellites and much much more.... And not to mention most middle class 13 year old girls in the western world have one.... I would love to see his reaction.
The lecture content was informative and gave a good background and foundation to where communication technology has come from. A good understanding of where something is going is best understood when you know where it came from and communication technology is no different, background information is important to ascertaining why it is we have developed in the past and give creed to theories about where we are going now.
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