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Secondary Oral ity

Orality and Post-Literate Culture. Secondary Oral ity. In a Post-Literate Society. A new generation is riding the crest of a new wave. Communication formats have changed. Following the media revolution of the 60’s, the world has changed into a new era that has been termed :.

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Secondary Oral ity

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  1. Orality and Post-Literate Culture Secondary Orality In a Post-Literate Society Last Updated 1/7/2020

  2. A new generation is riding the crest of a new wave. Communication formats have changed. Following the media revolution of the 60’s, the world has changed into a new era that has been termed: Post-Literate.

  3. Post-Literate The West is well into the post-literateinformation age. Many emerging countries are likewise rapidly entering the post-literateage.

  4. Post-Literate In the post-literate world, learners have a base of literacy, but their primary means of learning have shifted back to oral and aural media.

  5. This new generation learns and processes in terms of media such as • television (drama, news, music, interactive graphics or text), • radio (music, news, discussion), telephone (often in conjunction with TV or radio),

  6. This new generation learns and processes in terms of media such as • computer (which involves basic literacy, but more visuals, graphics and click skills), • etc.

  7. In post-literate society, writing and reading are still of value, but only as they facilitate manipulation of other media.

  8. There are differences in thought format between literate, “linear” thinkers and oral, or postliterate thinkers. The Western linear-type thinker has a high cultural value onFactual Knowledge.

  9. The Western linear type thinker has a high cultural value onFactual Knowledge. This affects the priority in learning, planning, and the underlying senseof truth. Truth is seen as consisting in facts – Specific descriptive statements about an objective, perceivable reality.

  10. Truth is seen as consisting in facts – Specific descriptive statements about an objective, perceivable reality. Knowledge is seen as the accumulationof these facts.

  11. Oral culture, on the other hand, places priority on relationships, whichproduces a concept of dynamic truth andnot a focus on facts. This dynamic relational concept of truth is called Functional Knowledge.

  12. Oral culture • relationships • dynamic truth • notfacts Functional Knowledge • This focuses on relational skills. • Truth is seen in terms of personal integrity • and fulfilment of relational and family obligations.

  13. The non-literate relational thinker -- with a focus on dynamic truth and functional knowledge – has a high facility of memory and an active skill of visual association. This is called Oral Literacy.

  14. The post-literate uses visual skills to process images and activities more than writing skills. While the post-literate has an active attitude toward interactive visual media, formal skills in traditional literacy may be weak.

  15. The post-literate may not have the high memory capacity of the traditional oral non-literate, due to the lack of emphasis on memory power in the broader dominant literate society.

  16. Post-literate technology assumes traditional literacy skills, but the typical post-literate is a Passive Literate. The literacy skills needed for visual dramatic portrayal on TV or a music video, for example, are more for perception than learning or self-expression.

  17. Literacy is assumed and even necessary, but is not primary. It serves as an adjunct to the event-oriented dynamic visual world of interactive media.

  18. The post-literate tends to favor an oral-aural learning style, which complements this visual event-oriented literacy. The post-literate places a higher value on relationships and interaction than the traditional literate society, similar to oral cultures.

  19. Personal experience is more important than objective fact and established knowledge. Thus in many ways the post-literate is more similar to the non-literate than is the literate.

  20. The learning and communication preferences of the post-literate are similar to those of the non-literate. They process information and make decisions in similar ways. Both are far removed from the way a literate person communicates, processes information, and makes decisions.

  21. The gospel must be sown from within a culture. • This presents thechallenge of • how to get inside the cultural worldview perspective and • how to cast the glories of the Good News in attractive, understandable, meaningful, and acceptable terms.

  22. A study of cultures and their communication formats is highly beneficial in knowing how to effectively communicate cross-culturally.

  23. Orality and Post-Literate Culture Secondary Orality In a Post-Literate Society end Last Updated 1/7/2020

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