Oral vs Written Communication

Question 1

What are three characteristics of information according to Walter Benjamin? (3)

Answer 1

Presents itself as verifiable (1)

Disposable because it is forgettable (1)

Echoes of surveillance and disclosures of truth (1)

Question 2

What does Walter Benjamin say storytelling is? (2)

Answer 2

Grounded in a community of listeners (1)

Contains subtle messages that inspires the listener to become the storyteller (1)

Question 3

What is the difference between an “experienced event” and a “remembered event” according to Benjamin Wallace? (1)

Answer 3

Experienced event is finite but a remembered event is infinite (1)

Question 4

What type of communication does Western culture use? (1)

How does Michael Bahktin define this? (2)

Answer 4

Monologic (1)

Monologoic language masks the diagolue from where the information is from (1)

Denies the existence of another conciousness with equal rights and equal responsibilities (1)

Question 5

What is Walter Benjamin’s definition of information? (1)

Answer 5

A mode of communication linked to the development of the printing press (1)