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| Discourse: Discourse is a form of communication involving the exchange of ideas, information, and opinions. It can be spoken or written, and it can take place in a variety of settings. Discourses are important for sharing thoughts, learning, building relationships, solving problems, and making decisions. See also Discourse theory._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Vilém Flusser on Discourse - Dictionary of Arguments
I 23 ff Discourse/Flusser: a) Theatre discourse: theatre, concert hall, classroom. The so-called bourgeois family with the sending mother and the meteoricly approaching father. I 23 b) Pyramid discourses: armies, churches, political parties more suitable than theatre discourses for preserving the original information c) Tree discourses: science, technology tendency to progressive specialization. d) Amphitheatre discourses: (all around) I 27 Mass media, press, television I 29 e) circular dialogues "round tables" committees, laboratories, congresses, parliaments "free markets". I 32 f) Net dialogues diffuse, chatter, talk, chitchat, spreading of rumours. "public opinion." ((s) This refers to a literal (spatial) form of the network. Flusser wrote before the advent of the World Wide Web). I 48 Flusser: Synchronization of amphitheatre and web is a well-known fact. I 51 ff Situation/texts/pictures/documents/Flusser: a) Situation "Printed Books" - Universal level - National level - People's level b) Situation "Manuscripts" - Universal Level (Catholic) - people's level (pagan) c) Situation "Technical Images" - Universal Level - mass level >Discourse theory._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Fl I V. Flusser Kommunikologie Mannheim 1996 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18