Prompt

In Alphabet to Internet,, Irving Fang argues that communication media technologies that are both products and factors of deep social changes. While these communication technologies did not singularly create these revolutions, they were important factors in changing human society.

Read the first two chapters of Alphabet to Internet and compare two information revolutions due to the advent of writing and the rise of print.

Consider the following issues when writing your review:

  1. What specific changes did writing and/or print bring to human life?
  2. How did writing and/or print connect humans across great distances (space) and across different historical periods (time)?
  3. How did writing and/or print influence political action?
  4. Why did writing and/or print diminish respect for tradition and authority?
  5. How did the use of writing and/or print affect or reflect our own values?

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