Tag Archives: orality

Final Connections…Multiliteracies

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Amanda Bourdon

Learning about mulitliteracies has been an interesting journey. From orality to the age of print, the way people have interacted with information has constantly changed over time. While people like Ong, believe that the art of the written word is … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 27, 2013 by andrewclemon

Radio to Television By Andrew C Lemon and Grant Sorensen To give context and foundation to this paper we will start with an overview of the history of radio and television. We will briefly discuss whether television has replaced radio … Continue reading →

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Mark Antony in 2013: Power of Oration and Persuasive Rhetoric

Posted on September 29, 2013 by rahdube

Accepting that Western society is predominantly literate it is difficult for us to recognize the oral roots upon which our culture is founded. In fact it would be near impossible to consider how an artifact from a previous culture impacts … Continue reading →

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The Balance Between Ways of Communicating

Posted on September 29, 2013 by rebeccaharrison

Biakolo argues convincingly in his paper “On the Theoretical Foundations of Orality and Literacy,” (1999), that Ong (1982), and others were less than fair in using Plato as their measuring stick for those in a literate Greek culture. He does this … Continue reading →

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Commentary on the Psychodynamics of Orality Chap. 3

Posted on September 29, 2013 by ween28

In the introduction to Walter Ong’s text on “Orality and Literacy” (1982) he indicates to the reader that hindsight is twenty-twenty when deconstructing history. The author explores the idea that we, as a culture, had no understanding of how orality … Continue reading →

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The Judgement of Postman: The benefits and drawbacks of technological innovations

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Amanda Bourdon

Postman introduces his book, Technopoly with chapter one, The Judgement of Thamus, in which he attacks American media and television. Postman’s main argument in this chapter is that new technologies alter the structure of our interests including the things we … Continue reading →

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Teachnology: The Role of Teachers When Teaching with Technology

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Ashley Bayles

As technology changes, so do our lives. It is obvious technology changes the way we communicate, but it is also changing our culture in ways we might not realize. We are constantly making a bargain of some sort because for … Continue reading →

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Deduction or Induction

Posted on September 24, 2013 by maubanel

The course website that we are using applies a deterministic computer algorithm. This algorithm requires deductive reasoning. If A = B and B = C, then A must equal C. This top down reasoning allows for logical constructs where with … Continue reading →

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Is Technology Turning Back Literacy Time?

Posted on September 23, 2013 by esarbit

In Orality and Literacy (1982) Ong documents the development of writing and its effect on culture by presenting a number of dichotomies between primary oral and “chirographic’ literate cultures. He states that writing transformed our society and re-structured our way … Continue reading →

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