Chapter 6: Refashioned dialogues
Observe:
-Reading music=Reading books
-A reader that can read something in their head and not physically interpret it as in reading it aloud, like playing it in music
-Writing and reading are not always sequential, can be but not always.
Newspapers, encyclopedias, papyrus
-Greeks- reading doesn’t always have to be left to right
Electronic writing is not sequential
-Bolter- writing text is better/ oral text is better
Plato vs. Socrates
“…Dissatisfactions with linear argument…”
I really liked the second YouTube video. How what we say can be interpreted in different ways, if we just rearrange what we say and how we say.
Infer:
-Writing and reading are not always sequential, can be but not always.
Newspapers, encyclopedias, papyrus
-Greeks- reading doesn’t always have to be left to right
Electronic writing is not sequential
-A reader that can read something in their head and not physically interpret it as in reading it aloud, like playing it in music
- With written text, readers have the ability to go back and stop reading, to think about what was just read
Socrates was known for his verbal/oral texts, how he spoke in person
Blogs as an example/ own electronic space. Discussing class topics, in class, at home, on our phones anywhere.
Questions:
What do you think about writing and reading being sequential? Do you agree with Bolter’s thoughts?
Is written text better, or is oral text better? To you and to society?
Why do you think Bolter was so against Socrates informal (linear) way of writing?
How you feel spoken words have changed through dialogue, in electronic and written?
Do you think these changes in “refashioned dialogue” are for the better?
#2 To say one particular mode of text is "better" is completely suggestive. History has shown the importance of having both written and oral texts. If this is a purely opinionated question I would go with written texts because that allows you to go over the work again, as opposed to oral communication which is lost once spoken. Society probably feels the same way; with a seemingly endless stream of blogs and "tweets" pouring out nowadays, I would say people want their thoughts and memories preserved.
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