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Message and Meaning

Message and Meaning. Two Dramatic Developments. Scientific Advances Information Age. Information Explosion. Primary source for information about news and current events?. Computers Jobs done with speed and efficiency Artificial Intelligence Shared knowledge. Television

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Message and Meaning

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  1. Message and Meaning

  2. Two Dramatic Developments • Scientific Advances • Information Age

  3. Information Explosion • Primary source for information about news and current events?

  4. Computers Jobs done with speed and efficiency Artificial Intelligence Shared knowledge Television Live telecasts & news Fabric of American society Reliable source of information? Pervasive Technology

  5. Activity • Take your story & try to come up with one way you would make it into a headline for a newspaper & one way you would make it a televised news report (to act out) – be creative • Looking for the one with the most appeal to the audience

  6. New Directions in Science and Philosophy

  7. String Theory • B.1962 • The Elegant Universe • Multiple universes all connected

  8. Chaos Theory • Shape and structure of matter • Universal randomized patterns

  9. The Genome and the Body • Revolutionize medicine • Cloning • Cognitive Neuroscience

  10. Language Theory • Philosophy • Truths dominated by language • “Pictures of reality” • Ludwig Wittgenstien (1889-1951)

  11. Postmodernism • Not just a reaction • 1960s – Cultural tradition • Primarily in the West • Blends “high” & “low” art

  12. Warhol, Green Coco-Cola Bottles, 1962 PopArt Warhol website

  13. Literature in the Information Age • Postmodernism • Magic Realism • Universal Voice • Science Fiction

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