Global Media
I’m taking a class called Global Media this semester which, obviously, only solidifies everything we’ve ever talked about in class. One of our text books, called Empire and Communications, traces every monumental change in human history and accredits the latest writing technology as the agent. I mean, its really crazy how similar it is. Just listen to the section titles: 1. Egypt 2. Babylona 3. The ORAL tradition and Greek Civilization 4.The WRITTEN tradition and the Roman Empire 5. Parchment and Paper 6. Paper and the Printing Press.
The author, Harold Innis, talks about the authority of the written word, the law, and man and ties them altogether! Its awesome…. Dr. B, I will come by your office and let you borrow it!
Jenna Ward
January 28th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Wow, Lucky you Jenna. I wish I could sit in on the course. If you think it’s appropriate, tell the prof about our course and ask him if he might like me to do a guest lecture one day. I really like the Innis book you mentioned, and I’m very glad you’re looking at these things from a different perspective.
Dr.B.