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The Bias of Communication; Technology that Monopolizes Space and Communication that Monopolizes Time
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This 6 page paper considers the perspectives of Harold Innis, one of the best noted theorists regarding modern communications, and assesses his view that 'the media of communications has an important influence on the dissemination of knowledge over space and time. This paper considers the views of Innis as they can be applied to an assessment of the Vietnam War Memorial as a communication bias of time and the Internet as a bias of communication of space. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHinnis_
B.F. Skinner, Wolfgang Kohler, Pythagoras, and Plato: Impacts on
Education
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A 5 page overview of the impact of each of these theorists on
the educational process and curriculum design. This paper emphasizes
that there has been an evolution over time in the way we view both the
cognitive process and the educational approach. Bibliography lists 4
sources.
PPedCur2.rtf
Filename: PPedCur2.rtf
"Information Inequality" and "Trust Us, We're Experts"
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A 5 page paper which
draws parallels between Herbert Schiller's "Information Inequality" and "Trust Us, We're
Experts" by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauler. The paper discusses how each work
depicts the manner in which communication is used for propaganda. No additional sources
cited.
Filename: RAtrustus.wps
"Scrambling" in Japanese Linguistics
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(10pp). "Scrambling" in linguistics is examining
the word order in a sentence. Meaning or
understanding ay be distorted by inappropriate
word order. In an analytical overview of this
unique area of language studies it would appear
that not much research, has been completed in this
field. That which has been done is discussed in
this article. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBlingjk.doc
"Speaking Into the Air" by John Durham Peters
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A 5 page paper which provides a
critical analysis of John Durham Peters' book "Speaking Into the Air: A History of the
Idea of Communication." No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAspeakair.wps
'That's Not What I Meant'
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Deborah Tannen (1992) (5 pp) Before one starts
looking at any of Tannen's works concerning the
differences between communications styles, usually
based on gender, there are a few phrases that are
handy from the start, and give an insight to the
point of Tannen's discourse. They are that men,
generally are involved in report talk, which
centers around facts. For women, Tannen uses the
description rapport talk generally around feelings.
In this discussion, we will use Tannen's 1992
text, That's Not What I Meant to see how these two
distinctions, influence, and sometimes complicate
interpersonal communication. Bibliography lists
1 source.
Filename: BBtannen.rtf
A Critique of Active Audience Theory
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After defining what is meant by active audience theory the paper then considers its’ the strengths and weaknesses. Examples are cited within the paper which includes the work of theorists such as Lasswell, Blulmer and Katz, Blauer, and more recently Miller and Philo. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEactaud.rtf
A Postmodernist Interpretation of the Impact of Mass Media on Society
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A 9 page evaluation of the contention presented by author Dominic Strinati in his book “Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture” that “society has been subsumed within the mass media”. This paper analyzes the influence of the media from a postmodernist perspective, calling into play the theories of men like Harvey, Jameson, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Foucault, Beck, Giddens, Ritzer and Habermas to conclude that Strinati’s contention does indeed carry a lot of weight. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: PPmdia4.rtf
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