Category Archives: Communications Lab

The Machine Stops

By Steve | Published: 09/29/2009
A response to E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops. A free ebook from http://manybooks.net/ This book was first published in 1909 — during the Industrial Revolution. In the wake of life-changing new inventions such as steam-powered ships, railways, internal combustion engines and electrical power generation, Forster writes somewhat of a cautionary tale about man vs. machine. [...]
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Response to Ong’s “Orality & Literacy”

By Steve | Published: 09/21/2009
Ong begins the journey from orality to literacy by first explaining how modern thinkers first became aware of this transformation. He states that the more recent transformation from print to electronic media has shed light on the past. When comparing spoken to written language, it is important to note that writing would never existed had [...]
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