tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157399324614446746.post5797049637116509151..comments2023-11-24T00:38:52.974-08:00Comments on From Mass to Networked: False Communication – Faster Isn't Always BetterDamienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13843748213754577727noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1157399324614446746.post-31861361164883672822012-01-23T19:21:37.924-08:002012-01-23T19:21:37.924-08:00I think you've pointed out a really interestin...I think you've pointed out a really interesting example of what Cooley was talking about in his essay when he said, "the invention of writing opened the world to the competition of social institutions" (Peters & Simonson, p. 24).<br /><br />Your comparison between digital type and actual print (along with Cooley's comparisons to the oral tradition) provides a great example of the competition and unique boundaries between the social institutions that separate these methods/styles of communication from one another. <br /><br />With digital type and print, I was struck by the differences you pointed out between the two. I sort of think the ability digital type has to be easily altered at any time almost makes it more like oral communication verses print in a way. <br /><br /> I also agree that it's easy to perceive journalists as glory hounds thanks to media articles (like the one you posted) and to movies like Shattered Glass with Hayden Christensen that reinforces these types of perceptions/stereotypes. However, maybe because news sources/websites/outlets are somewhat decreasing in popularity, the stress placed on a journalists to be the first one to get that good story makes it more likely for them to make mistakes when source checking. Maybe, in an attempt to sustain themselves or their workplace, some journalists are simply succumbing to hegemonic forces. <br /><br />Cooley said that "it is the tendency of communication to give human nature a fair chance, leveling before it the barriers of ignorance, blind hostility and constraint of place, and permitting man to organize his higher sympathetic and aesthetic impulses" (Peters & Simonson, p. 24). I guess we all make communication mistakes! :)<br /><br />I really like your reflections and comparisons to the reading.<br /><br />P.S. Thanks for letting me know JoePa DIDN'T die...I was more mindblown then when I thought he DID die!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08586477142449381117noreply@blogger.com