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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 177, Issue 27
by Katrin Tiidenberg 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

Hi all, Charles, in a more recent text compared to those mentioned, but a very popular one Nicholas Carr uses Phaedrus in the chapter where he argues that intellectual technologies (map, compass, writing, and then later the internet) change how people think and their actual brains. He says “It (writing) was a revolution that would eventually change the lives, and the brains, of nearly everyone on earth, but the transformation was not welcomed by everyone, at least not at first,” and then launches into Phaedrus, among other things writing: “Should the Egyptians learn to write, Thamus goes on, “it will implant forgetfulness in their souls: they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to rememberance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks.” The written word is: “a recipe not for memory but for reminder. And it is not true wisdom that you offer your diciples, but only its semblance.” Carr doesn’t call it a moral panic (his is a technologically determinist take, so I suppose he wouldn’t), but he later says that while “Socrates may have been mistaken about the effect of writing, but he was wise to warn us against taking memory’s treasures for granted. His prophecy of a tool that would “implant forgetfulness” in the mind, providing “a recipe not for memory but for reminder,” has gained new currency with the coming of the Web. So I suppose it could be argued that Carr uses Phaedrus to further his, arguably anxious or panicky, interpretation of the effects of the internet. best, Kat Katrin Tiidenberg, PhD Associate Professor of Visual Culture and Social Media, Tallinn University, Estonia Founding member of Estonian Young Academy of Sciences Secretary of AoIR Books: Selfies, why we love (and hate) them. // Ihu ja hingega internetis, kuidas mõista sotsiaalmeediat. Just published: Tiidenberg, K; Paasonen, S. (2018). Littles: affects and aesthetics in sexual age-play. Sexuality & Culture // Tiidenberg, K; Allaste, A-A. (2018). LGBT activism in Estonia: Identities, enactment and perceptions of LGBT people. Sexualities, 1−18. more info: http://kkatot.tumblr.com/ > On Apr 24, 2019, at 9:09 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Charles M. Ess) > 2. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Thomas Ball) > 3. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Jason Archer) > 4. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (AMPARO LASEN DIAZ) > 5. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Nathanael Bassett) > 6. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Charles M. Ess) > 7. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Charles M. Ess) > 8. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Charles M. Ess) > 9. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Mark D. Johns) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:37:04 +0200 > From: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > To: air-l <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: <ba2b9dd0-dfb0-f7f0-7faa-5b384b08381a(a)media.uio.no> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Dear AoIRists, > > Please be kind and patient with me, recalling that my formal academic > training was in history of philosophy, German literature, and ancient > Greek. I am comparatively still a little wet around the ears with > regard to media and communication studies - or so it seems in this instance. > > I keep encountering discussions of moral / media panics that > consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing. > > This seemingly standard invocation puzzles me greatly for a long list of > reasons. I include a short list below for anyone with time and interest > in looking them over. > > The upshot is that I'm left wondering: who - and when - introduced what > has apparently become received tradition in these domains that the > mythos (see "2" below) of the invention of writing in the Phaedrus is a > prime or supportive example moral or media panic? > > This is, as they say in administration-speak, an appreciative inquiry. > I'm genuinely curious for the sake of better understanding how this > trope first appeared, etc - as well as genuine worried that I may have > somehow missed something that is considered elementary and obvious for > those of you with academic training more directly within media and > communication studies. > > Many thanks in advance for any enlightenment and eludation! > best, > - charles ess > > PS: The short list includes: > 1) the account is taken (bloody and screaming) out of the context of the > larger dialogue in the Phaedrus. When read within the larger context - > beginning with (the young) Phaedrus' effort to impress (perhaps seduce) > Socrates by memorizing a speech he has copied down on a scroll and > initially tries to hide from Socrates - the mythos works much more > immediately as a lightly veiled (and hence, pedagogically speaking, > likely more successful) chastisement of Phaedrus' efforts at > dissimulation. By no means a wholesale critique of writing per se. > 2) The account is explicitly delivered as a _mythos_ - too easily > translated as a "myth." But: a _mythos_ in Plato is a technical / > philosophical form, going well beyond and in some ways directly > contradicting more everyday notions of "myth" as a false story; a mythos > is specifically an _oral_ story, with its own set of distinctive > strengths and limitations. It is often used in Plato when interlocutors, > attempting to pursue a reasoned argument (logos), come to an impass. > The relation between mythos and logos is hence often complementary, not > contradictory. > 3) It would seem very odd for an author of multiple dialogues, of > sometimes staggering sophistication and literary nuance, to sincerely > believe that writing is somehow an entirely suspect technology. > Different from orality, certainly, as is suggested by the consistent > presentation of Socrates as an oral teacher, the careful use of mythos > vs. logos, etc. - but hardly an example of media / moral panic. > And so on. > Again: what am I missing? > > Again, many thanks, > - c. > -- > Professor in Media Studies > Department of Media and Communication > University of Oslo > <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> > > Postboks 1093 > Blindern 0317 > Oslo, Norway > c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:50:41 -0400 > From: Thomas Ball <xtc283(a)gmail.com> > To: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > Cc: air-l <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: > <CAFGTeKBuXzJpt9q0vuCA-urhyZPUuZB0GWPD6cy+YrNjuMj19Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dr Ess- > This is a challenging query. One thing that might help orient potential > respondents would be for you to cite one or two articles exemplifying > "moral / media panics that > consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing." > As it is, we're left guessing what you have in mind. > Thank you, > Best regards, > Thomas > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:37 PM Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > wrote: > >> Dear AoIRists, >> >> Please be kind and patient with me, recalling that my formal academic >> training was in history of philosophy, German literature, and ancient >> Greek. I am comparatively still a little wet around the ears with >> regard to media and communication studies - or so it seems in this >> instance. >> >> I keep encountering discussions of moral / media panics that >> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing. >> >> This seemingly standard invocation puzzles me greatly for a long list of >> reasons. I include a short list below for anyone with time and interest >> in looking them over. >> >> The upshot is that I'm left wondering: who - and when - introduced what >> has apparently become received tradition in these domains that the >> mythos (see "2" below) of the invention of writing in the Phaedrus is a >> prime or supportive example moral or media panic? >> >> This is, as they say in administration-speak, an appreciative inquiry. >> I'm genuinely curious for the sake of better understanding how this >> trope first appeared, etc - as well as genuine worried that I may have >> somehow missed something that is considered elementary and obvious for >> those of you with academic training more directly within media and >> communication studies. >> >> Many thanks in advance for any enlightenment and eludation! >> best, >> - charles ess >> >> PS: The short list includes: >> 1) the account is taken (bloody and screaming) out of the context of the >> larger dialogue in the Phaedrus. When read within the larger context - >> beginning with (the young) Phaedrus' effort to impress (perhaps seduce) >> Socrates by memorizing a speech he has copied down on a scroll and >> initially tries to hide from Socrates - the mythos works much more >> immediately as a lightly veiled (and hence, pedagogically speaking, >> likely more successful) chastisement of Phaedrus' efforts at >> dissimulation. By no means a wholesale critique of writing per se. >> 2) The account is explicitly delivered as a _mythos_ - too easily >> translated as a "myth." But: a _mythos_ in Plato is a technical / >> philosophical form, going well beyond and in some ways directly >> contradicting more everyday notions of "myth" as a false story; a mythos >> is specifically an _oral_ story, with its own set of distinctive >> strengths and limitations. It is often used in Plato when interlocutors, >> attempting to pursue a reasoned argument (logos), come to an impass. >> The relation between mythos and logos is hence often complementary, not >> contradictory. >> 3) It would seem very odd for an author of multiple dialogues, of >> sometimes staggering sophistication and literary nuance, to sincerely >> believe that writing is somehow an entirely suspect technology. >> Different from orality, certainly, as is suggested by the consistent >> presentation of Socrates as an oral teacher, the careful use of mythos >> vs. logos, etc. - but hardly an example of media / moral panic. >> And so on. >> Again: what am I missing? >> >> Again, many thanks, >> - c. >> -- >> Professor in Media Studies >> Department of Media and Communication >> University of Oslo >> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> >> >> Postboks 1093 >> Blindern 0317 >> Oslo, Norway >> c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:02:39 -0500 > From: Jason Archer <jarche2(a)uic.edu> > To: Thomas Ball <xtc283(a)gmail.com> > Cc: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no>, air-l > <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: > <CABrcqg0o5nZp683VbMGhLS5eBH+TfgbBEHbPzUAyFyYsW6rZrQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear Dr. Ess, > > The trope might stem from Nehamas and Woodruff's 1995 translation of > Phaedrus which includes a discussion in the introduction about interpreting > the section as "concerning the trustworthiness of a new and not yet > understood mode of communication in comparison to that of an accepted > medium" p. xxxvi. But that is only conjecture. > > Take care, > > Jason > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:53 AM Thomas Ball <xtc283(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dr Ess- >> This is a challenging query. One thing that might help orient potential >> respondents would be for you to cite one or two articles exemplifying >> "moral / media panics that >> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing." >> As it is, we're left guessing what you have in mind. >> Thank you, >> Best regards, >> Thomas >> >> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:37 PM Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear AoIRists, >>> >>> Please be kind and patient with me, recalling that my formal academic >>> training was in history of philosophy, German literature, and ancient >>> Greek. I am comparatively still a little wet around the ears with >>> regard to media and communication studies - or so it seems in this >>> instance. >>> >>> I keep encountering discussions of moral / media panics that >>> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing. >>> >>> This seemingly standard invocation puzzles me greatly for a long list of >>> reasons. I include a short list below for anyone with time and interest >>> in looking them over. >>> >>> The upshot is that I'm left wondering: who - and when - introduced what >>> has apparently become received tradition in these domains that the >>> mythos (see "2" below) of the invention of writing in the Phaedrus is a >>> prime or supportive example moral or media panic? >>> >>> This is, as they say in administration-speak, an appreciative inquiry. >>> I'm genuinely curious for the sake of better understanding how this >>> trope first appeared, etc - as well as genuine worried that I may have >>> somehow missed something that is considered elementary and obvious for >>> those of you with academic training more directly within media and >>> communication studies. >>> >>> Many thanks in advance for any enlightenment and eludation! >>> best, >>> - charles ess >>> >>> PS: The short list includes: >>> 1) the account is taken (bloody and screaming) out of the context of the >>> larger dialogue in the Phaedrus. When read within the larger context - >>> beginning with (the young) Phaedrus' effort to impress (perhaps seduce) >>> Socrates by memorizing a speech he has copied down on a scroll and >>> initially tries to hide from Socrates - the mythos works much more >>> immediately as a lightly veiled (and hence, pedagogically speaking, >>> likely more successful) chastisement of Phaedrus' efforts at >>> dissimulation. By no means a wholesale critique of writing per se. >>> 2) The account is explicitly delivered as a _mythos_ - too easily >>> translated as a "myth." But: a _mythos_ in Plato is a technical / >>> philosophical form, going well beyond and in some ways directly >>> contradicting more everyday notions of "myth" as a false story; a mythos >>> is specifically an _oral_ story, with its own set of distinctive >>> strengths and limitations. It is often used in Plato when interlocutors, >>> attempting to pursue a reasoned argument (logos), come to an impass. >>> The relation between mythos and logos is hence often complementary, not >>> contradictory. >>> 3) It would seem very odd for an author of multiple dialogues, of >>> sometimes staggering sophistication and literary nuance, to sincerely >>> believe that writing is somehow an entirely suspect technology. >>> Different from orality, certainly, as is suggested by the consistent >>> presentation of Socrates as an oral teacher, the careful use of mythos >>> vs. logos, etc. - but hardly an example of media / moral panic. >>> And so on. >>> Again: what am I missing? >>> >>> Again, many thanks, >>> - c. >>> -- >>> Professor in Media Studies >>> Department of Media and Communication >>> University of Oslo >>> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> >>> >>> Postboks 1093 >>> Blindern 0317 >>> Oslo, Norway >>> c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:26:29 +0200 > From: AMPARO LASEN DIAZ <alasen(a)cps.ucm.es> > To: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > Cc: AoiR list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: > <CA+xFsz735hiyAVwvOCCqBB6UgkAEojfjTNtChCki62NJC_SXvQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear Charles and Aoir list, > > I think this relates to the link between writing and memory and Plato's > account of Socrate's consideration of writing as pharmakon, a greek term > meaning remedy and poison. So for instance, writing could allow for > preparing speeches, and being persuasive, beyond the power of one's own > memory, thus being a remedy for the limitations of our capacity to > memorize. But at the same time if we rely on writing and stop memorizing, > people, specially young learners could lose or reduce the capacity of their > memory. Derrida aldo deploys the idea of writing as pharmakon. The moral > panic not only relates to losing the training of memory, but also to the > moral value Socrates and Plato give to memory and to learning by memory, > which will aldo be lost if young pupils rely mainly on writing instead > of memory and orality. This reflection and considerations are places in > Socrate's and Plato's critique of sofistes, a kind of professional writers > producing speeches and persuasive arguments, acused of not being guided by > the pursuit of truth but by spurious or manipulative interests > > Hope it could help, just a quick answer from my memories of reading that > text. > > All the best > > Amparo Lasen > > > > El mi?., 24 abr. 2019 18:38, Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> escribi?: > >> Dear AoIRists, >> >> Please be kind and patient with me, recalling that my formal academic >> training was in history of philosophy, German literature, and ancient >> Greek. I am comparatively still a little wet around the ears with >> regard to media and communication studies - or so it seems in this >> instance. >> >> I keep encountering discussions of moral / media panics that >> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing. >> >> This seemingly standard invocation puzzles me greatly for a long list of >> reasons. I include a short list below for anyone with time and interest >> in looking them over. >> >> The upshot is that I'm left wondering: who - and when - introduced what >> has apparently become received tradition in these domains that the >> mythos (see "2" below) of the invention of writing in the Phaedrus is a >> prime or supportive example moral or media panic? >> >> This is, as they say in administration-speak, an appreciative inquiry. >> I'm genuinely curious for the sake of better understanding how this >> trope first appeared, etc - as well as genuine worried that I may have >> somehow missed something that is considered elementary and obvious for >> those of you with academic training more directly within media and >> communication studies. >> >> Many thanks in advance for any enlightenment and eludation! >> best, >> - charles ess >> >> PS: The short list includes: >> 1) the account is taken (bloody and screaming) out of the context of the >> larger dialogue in the Phaedrus. When read within the larger context - >> beginning with (the young) Phaedrus' effort to impress (perhaps seduce) >> Socrates by memorizing a speech he has copied down on a scroll and >> initially tries to hide from Socrates - the mythos works much more >> immediately as a lightly veiled (and hence, pedagogically speaking, >> likely more successful) chastisement of Phaedrus' efforts at >> dissimulation. By no means a wholesale critique of writing per se. >> 2) The account is explicitly delivered as a _mythos_ - too easily >> translated as a "myth." But: a _mythos_ in Plato is a technical / >> philosophical form, going well beyond and in some ways directly >> contradicting more everyday notions of "myth" as a false story; a mythos >> is specifically an _oral_ story, with its own set of distinctive >> strengths and limitations. It is often used in Plato when interlocutors, >> attempting to pursue a reasoned argument (logos), come to an impass. >> The relation between mythos and logos is hence often complementary, not >> contradictory. >> 3) It would seem very odd for an author of multiple dialogues, of >> sometimes staggering sophistication and literary nuance, to sincerely >> believe that writing is somehow an entirely suspect technology. >> Different from orality, certainly, as is suggested by the consistent >> presentation of Socrates as an oral teacher, the careful use of mythos >> vs. logos, etc. - but hardly an example of media / moral panic. >> And so on. >> Again: what am I missing? >> >> Again, many thanks, >> - c. >> -- >> Professor in Media Studies >> Department of Media and Communication >> University of Oslo >> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> >> >> Postboks 1093 >> Blindern 0317 >> Oslo, Norway >> c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:33:09 -0500 > From: Nathanael Bassett <nbasse2(a)uic.edu> > To: Jason Archer <jarche2(a)uic.edu> > Cc: Thomas Ball <xtc283(a)gmail.com>, air-l <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: <D614CB3F-66CE-49B4-8171-CFF273091F1D(a)uic.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Neil Postman uses Phaedrus to start off his critique of technology in Technopoly (1992). not sure if he got the idea from elsewhere though. > > Nathanael Bassett > (sent via iPad) > >> On Apr 24, 2019, at 12:02 PM, Jason Archer <jarche2(a)uic.edu> wrote: >> >> Dear Dr. Ess, >> >> The trope might stem from Nehamas and Woodruff's 1995 translation of >> Phaedrus which includes a discussion in the introduction about interpreting >> the section as "concerning the trustworthiness of a new and not yet >> understood mode of communication in comparison to that of an accepted >> medium" p. xxxvi. But that is only conjecture. >> >> Take care, >> >> Jason >> >> >>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:53 AM Thomas Ball <xtc283(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Dr Ess- >>> This is a challenging query. One thing that might help orient potential >>> respondents would be for you to cite one or two articles exemplifying >>> "moral / media panics that >>> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing." >>> As it is, we're left guessing what you have in mind. >>> Thank you, >>> Best regards, >>> Thomas >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:37 PM Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear AoIRists, >>>> >>>> Please be kind and patient with me, recalling that my formal academic >>>> training was in history of philosophy, German literature, and ancient >>>> Greek. I am comparatively still a little wet around the ears with >>>> regard to media and communication studies - or so it seems in this >>>> instance. >>>> >>>> I keep encountering discussions of moral / media panics that >>>> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing. >>>> >>>> This seemingly standard invocation puzzles me greatly for a long list of >>>> reasons. I include a short list below for anyone with time and interest >>>> in looking them over. >>>> >>>> The upshot is that I'm left wondering: who - and when - introduced what >>>> has apparently become received tradition in these domains that the >>>> mythos (see "2" below) of the invention of writing in the Phaedrus is a >>>> prime or supportive example moral or media panic? >>>> >>>> This is, as they say in administration-speak, an appreciative inquiry. >>>> I'm genuinely curious for the sake of better understanding how this >>>> trope first appeared, etc - as well as genuine worried that I may have >>>> somehow missed something that is considered elementary and obvious for >>>> those of you with academic training more directly within media and >>>> communication studies. >>>> >>>> Many thanks in advance for any enlightenment and eludation! >>>> best, >>>> - charles ess >>>> >>>> PS: The short list includes: >>>> 1) the account is taken (bloody and screaming) out of the context of the >>>> larger dialogue in the Phaedrus. When read within the larger context - >>>> beginning with (the young) Phaedrus' effort to impress (perhaps seduce) >>>> Socrates by memorizing a speech he has copied down on a scroll and >>>> initially tries to hide from Socrates - the mythos works much more >>>> immediately as a lightly veiled (and hence, pedagogically speaking, >>>> likely more successful) chastisement of Phaedrus' efforts at >>>> dissimulation. By no means a wholesale critique of writing per se. >>>> 2) The account is explicitly delivered as a _mythos_ - too easily >>>> translated as a "myth." But: a _mythos_ in Plato is a technical / >>>> philosophical form, going well beyond and in some ways directly >>>> contradicting more everyday notions of "myth" as a false story; a mythos >>>> is specifically an _oral_ story, with its own set of distinctive >>>> strengths and limitations. It is often used in Plato when interlocutors, >>>> attempting to pursue a reasoned argument (logos), come to an impass. >>>> The relation between mythos and logos is hence often complementary, not >>>> contradictory. >>>> 3) It would seem very odd for an author of multiple dialogues, of >>>> sometimes staggering sophistication and literary nuance, to sincerely >>>> believe that writing is somehow an entirely suspect technology. >>>> Different from orality, certainly, as is suggested by the consistent >>>> presentation of Socrates as an oral teacher, the careful use of mythos >>>> vs. logos, etc. - but hardly an example of media / moral panic. >>>> And so on. >>>> Again: what am I missing? >>>> >>>> Again, many thanks, >>>> - c. >>>> -- >>>> Professor in Media Studies >>>> Department of Media and Communication >>>> University of Oslo >>>> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> >>>> >>>> Postboks 1093 >>>> Blindern 0317 >>>> Oslo, Norway >>>> c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>>> >>>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:41:17 +0200 > From: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > To: Nathanael Bassett <nbasse2(a)uic.edu>, Jason Archer > <jarche2(a)uic.edu> > Cc: air-l <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: <b9506200-31c3-f887-4025-e52b32b19590(a)media.uio.no> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Yes, great - perfect. But Postman (so far as I've read) doesn't use > this as an example of moral panic in support of a larger argument > against technology / technological usage of X. On the contrary, he is > careful to point out that the story includes arguments pro and con, and > so is instructive for how debate in a technological society should proceed. > > But perhaps this was a source for subsequent use in moral / media panic > discourse? > > again, thanks, > - c. > > On 24/04/2019 19:33, Nathanael Bassett wrote: >> Neil Postman uses Phaedrus to start off his critique of technology in Technopoly (1992). not sure if he got the idea from elsewhere though. >> >> Nathanael Bassett >> (sent via iPad) >> >>> On Apr 24, 2019, at 12:02 PM, Jason Archer <jarche2(a)uic.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Dear Dr. Ess, >>> >>> The trope might stem from Nehamas and Woodruff's 1995 translation of >>> Phaedrus which includes a discussion in the introduction about interpreting >>> the section as "concerning the trustworthiness of a new and not yet >>> understood mode of communication in comparison to that of an accepted >>> medium" p. xxxvi. But that is only conjecture. >>> >>> Take care, >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:53 AM Thomas Ball <xtc283(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Dr Ess- >>>> This is a challenging query. One thing that might help orient potential >>>> respondents would be for you to cite one or two articles exemplifying >>>> "moral / media panics that >>>> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing." >>>> As it is, we're left guessing what you have in mind. >>>> Thank you, >>>> Best regards, >>>> Thomas >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:37 PM Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear AoIRists, >>>>> >>>>> Please be kind and patient with me, recalling that my formal academic >>>>> training was in history of philosophy, German literature, and ancient >>>>> Greek. I am comparatively still a little wet around the ears with >>>>> regard to media and communication studies - or so it seems in this >>>>> instance. >>>>> >>>>> I keep encountering discussions of moral / media panics that >>>>> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing. >>>>> >>>>> This seemingly standard invocation puzzles me greatly for a long list of >>>>> reasons. I include a short list below for anyone with time and interest >>>>> in looking them over. >>>>> >>>>> The upshot is that I'm left wondering: who - and when - introduced what >>>>> has apparently become received tradition in these domains that the >>>>> mythos (see "2" below) of the invention of writing in the Phaedrus is a >>>>> prime or supportive example moral or media panic? >>>>> >>>>> This is, as they say in administration-speak, an appreciative inquiry. >>>>> I'm genuinely curious for the sake of better understanding how this >>>>> trope first appeared, etc - as well as genuine worried that I may have >>>>> somehow missed something that is considered elementary and obvious for >>>>> those of you with academic training more directly within media and >>>>> communication studies. >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks in advance for any enlightenment and eludation! >>>>> best, >>>>> - charles ess >>>>> >>>>> PS: The short list includes: >>>>> 1) the account is taken (bloody and screaming) out of the context of the >>>>> larger dialogue in the Phaedrus. When read within the larger context - >>>>> beginning with (the young) Phaedrus' effort to impress (perhaps seduce) >>>>> Socrates by memorizing a speech he has copied down on a scroll and >>>>> initially tries to hide from Socrates - the mythos works much more >>>>> immediately as a lightly veiled (and hence, pedagogically speaking, >>>>> likely more successful) chastisement of Phaedrus' efforts at >>>>> dissimulation. By no means a wholesale critique of writing per se. >>>>> 2) The account is explicitly delivered as a _mythos_ - too easily >>>>> translated as a "myth." But: a _mythos_ in Plato is a technical / >>>>> philosophical form, going well beyond and in some ways directly >>>>> contradicting more everyday notions of "myth" as a false story; a mythos >>>>> is specifically an _oral_ story, with its own set of distinctive >>>>> strengths and limitations. It is often used in Plato when interlocutors, >>>>> attempting to pursue a reasoned argument (logos), come to an impass. >>>>> The relation between mythos and logos is hence often complementary, not >>>>> contradictory. >>>>> 3) It would seem very odd for an author of multiple dialogues, of >>>>> sometimes staggering sophistication and literary nuance, to sincerely >>>>> believe that writing is somehow an entirely suspect technology. >>>>> Different from orality, certainly, as is suggested by the consistent >>>>> presentation of Socrates as an oral teacher, the careful use of mythos >>>>> vs. logos, etc. - but hardly an example of media / moral panic. >>>>> And so on. >>>>> Again: what am I missing? >>>>> >>>>> Again, many thanks, >>>>> - c. >>>>> -- >>>>> Professor in Media Studies >>>>> Department of Media and Communication >>>>> University of Oslo >>>>> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> >>>>> >>>>> Postboks 1093 >>>>> Blindern 0317 >>>>> Oslo, Norway >>>>> c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>>>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>>>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>>>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>>>> >>>>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>>>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>>> >>>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > -- > Professor in Media Studies > Department of Media and Communication > University of Oslo > <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> > > Postboks 1093 > Blindern 0317 > Oslo, Norway > c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:45:44 +0200 > From: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > To: Thomas Ball <xtc283(a)gmail.com> > Cc: air-l <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: <0ce9989b-27c3-5d68-608e-6bb74a1f3389(a)media.uio.no> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Hi Thomas, > > thanks, and forgive me for being somewhat vague in this regard. > I'm reluctant to provide specific examples because my intent is not to > develop or direct a critique against specific authors / colleagues, or > even give the impression thereof. It is rather, as stated, a genuine > concern that I've missed something somehow and am curious about the > history of the trope. > > So perhaps a generic description will do? An author/s seek to build a > case that criticisms of a specific new media technology / use are > somehow off the mark or misleading as the these criticisms can rather be > understood to fit the model of a media panic. E.g., Tindr and other > hook-up apps are not necessarily the end of real romance and deep > relationships; these reactions are rather a media panic - one that > overlooks several positives uncovered by more careful / empirical analysis. > > To be sure, such an account can be built - and, in my reading, often so > - quite carefully and successfully. > > Often, these accounts (rightly) draw on Kirsten Drotner's Dangerous > Media? Panic Discourses and Dilemmas of Modernity, Paedagogica > Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 35:3, 593-619 > http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0030923990350303 > To be explicit, Kirsten does _not_ invoke Plato or the Phaedrus, but > rather begins her exquisite account with panics surrounding print media. > In addition, building in part on the work of Stanley Cohen (1972), > Kirsten develops a very helpful taxonomy of primary criteria of such panics. > > At least on occasion, however, as the argument continues, in providing a > few examples of earlier moral / media panics to helpfully illustrate > what these are, an author will further invoke the mythos of the > invention of writing in the Phaedrus as just such an example of a media > / moral panic. Doing so aims at establishing a (broad) conclusion to > the effect that we always panic with the emergence of new media - but > this is more or less absurd, i.e., look at Plato's critique of writing. > By the same token, critiques of new technology X (e.g., Tindr, but the > list is all but endless, of course) are (ridiculous) media / moral > panics and so critiques of new technology X can be easily dismissed. > > (There's a second logical problem in at least some examples of this > argument - namely, the fallacy of affirming the consequent. Roughly: > If you have a strong example of a moral / media panic --> (then) you > will find X out of Y criteria (as listed by Drotner and/or others). > SO: if I find X out of Y criteria surrounding media coverage of new > technology x --> THEN I can conclude the criticisms included here are > but instances of moral panic and, by implication, deserve no further > attention. > This is a variation of the social science chestnut that correlation does > not equal causation.) > > I hope this helps give a better sense of the argument strand / trope I'm > curious about? > > Again, many thanks > - c. > > On 24/04/2019 18:50, Thomas Ball wrote: >> Dr Ess- >> ? ?This is a challenging query. One thing that might help orient >> potential respondents would be for you to cite one or two articles >> exemplifying "moral / media panics that >> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing." >> ? ?As it is, we're left guessing what you have in mind. >> Thank you, >> Best regards, >> Thomas >> >> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:37 PM Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no >> <mailto:c.m.ess@media.uio.no>> wrote: >> >> Dear AoIRists, >> >> Please be kind and patient with me, recalling that my formal academic >> training was in history of philosophy, German literature, and ancient >> Greek.? I am comparatively still a little wet around the ears with >> regard to media and communication studies - or so it seems in this >> instance. >> >> I keep encountering discussions of moral / media panics that >> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing. >> >> This seemingly standard invocation puzzles me greatly for a long >> list of >> reasons.? I include a short list below for anyone with time and >> interest >> in looking them over. >> >> The upshot is that I'm left wondering: who - and when - introduced what >> has apparently become received tradition in these domains that the >> mythos (see "2" below) of the invention of writing in the Phaedrus is a >> prime or supportive example moral or media panic? >> >> This is, as they say in administration-speak, an appreciative inquiry. >> I'm genuinely curious for the sake of better understanding how this >> trope first appeared, etc - as well as genuine worried that I may have >> somehow missed something that is considered elementary and obvious for >> those of you with academic training more directly within media and >> communication studies. >> >> Many thanks in advance for any enlightenment and eludation! >> best, >> - charles ess >> >> PS: The short list includes: >> 1) the account is taken (bloody and screaming) out of the context of >> the >> larger dialogue in the Phaedrus. When read within the larger context - >> beginning with (the young) Phaedrus' effort to impress (perhaps seduce) >> Socrates by memorizing a speech he has copied down on a scroll and >> initially tries to hide from Socrates - the mythos works much more >> immediately as a lightly veiled (and hence, pedagogically speaking, >> likely more successful) chastisement of Phaedrus' efforts at >> dissimulation.? By no means a wholesale critique of writing per se. >> 2) The account is explicitly delivered as a _mythos_ - too easily >> translated as a "myth." But: a _mythos_ in Plato is a technical / >> philosophical form, going well beyond and in some ways directly >> contradicting more everyday notions of "myth" as a false story; a >> mythos >> is specifically an _oral_ story, with its own set of distinctive >> strengths and limitations. It is often used in Plato when >> interlocutors, >> attempting to pursue a reasoned argument (logos), come to an impass. >> The relation between mythos and logos is hence often complementary, not >> contradictory. >> 3) It would seem very odd for an author of multiple dialogues, of >> sometimes staggering sophistication and literary nuance, to sincerely >> believe that writing is somehow an entirely suspect technology. >> Different from orality, certainly, as is suggested by the consistent >> presentation of Socrates as an oral teacher, the careful use of mythos >> vs. logos, etc. - but hardly an example of media / moral panic. >> And so on. >> Again: what am I missing? >> >> Again, many thanks, >> - c. >> -- >> Professor in Media Studies >> Department of Media and Communication >> University of Oslo >> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> >> >> Postboks 1093 >> Blindern 0317 >> Oslo, Norway >> c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no <mailto:c.m.ess@media.uio.no> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org <mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing >> list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > -- > Professor in Media Studies > Department of Media and Communication > University of Oslo > <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> > > Postboks 1093 > Blindern 0317 > Oslo, Norway > c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:52:00 +0200 > From: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > To: AMPARO LASEN DIAZ <alasen(a)cps.ucm.es> > Cc: AoiR list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: <ac1124e2-b165-0ee8-21b1-e935b428197f(a)media.uio.no> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Dear Amparo, > > many thanks - an excellent summary > > On 24/04/2019 19:26, AMPARO LASEN DIAZ wrote: >> Dear Charles and Aoir list, >> >> I think this relates to the link between writing and memory and Plato's >> account of Socrate's consideration of writing as pharmakon, a greek term >> meaning remedy and poison. So for instance, writing could allow for >> preparing speeches, and being persuasive, beyond the power of one's own >> memory, thus being a remedy for the limitations of our capacity to >> memorize. > Yes, precisely - this is the object lesson, I would argue, that Socrates > (as re-presented by Plato) is attempting to urge on the young Phaedrus, > who, it may be argued, runs the risk of being overly impressed / taken > with what he can do with this relatively new technology. > > >> But at the same time if we rely on writing and stop >> memorizing, people, specially young learners could lose or reduce the >> capacity of their memory. > Yes, but this is to some degree a strawman, i.e., a fasle either/or that > I don't see in the original story - as Postman also points out. > >> Derrida aldo deploys the idea of writing as >> pharmakon. The moral panic not only relates to losing the training of >> memory, but also to the moral value Socrates and Plato give to memory >> and to learning by memory, which will aldo be lost if young pupils rely >> mainly on? ?writing? instead of memory and orality. This reflection and >> considerations are places in Socrate's and Plato's critique of sofistes, >> a kind of professional writers producing speeches and persuasive >> arguments, acused of not being guided by the pursuit of truth? but by >> spurious or manipulative interests > Again, spot on, so far as I can tell / recall - but none of this fits > with moral or media panic _per se_, as I try to make somewhat clearer in > my response to Thomas Ball. >> >> Hope it could help, just a quick answer from my memories of reading that >> text. > It helps me at least enormously. Again, many thanks! > - c. >> >> All the best >> >> Amparo Lasen >> >> >> >> El mi?., 24 abr. 2019 18:38, Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no >> <mailto:c.m.ess@media.uio.no>> escribi?: >> >> Dear AoIRists, >> >> Please be kind and patient with me, recalling that my formal academic >> training was in history of philosophy, German literature, and ancient >> Greek.? I am comparatively still a little wet around the ears with >> regard to media and communication studies - or so it seems in this >> instance. >> >> I keep encountering discussions of moral / media panics that >> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing. >> >> This seemingly standard invocation puzzles me greatly for a long >> list of >> reasons.? I include a short list below for anyone with time and >> interest >> in looking them over. >> >> The upshot is that I'm left wondering: who - and when - introduced what >> has apparently become received tradition in these domains that the >> mythos (see "2" below) of the invention of writing in the Phaedrus is a >> prime or supportive example moral or media panic? >> >> This is, as they say in administration-speak, an appreciative inquiry. >> I'm genuinely curious for the sake of better understanding how this >> trope first appeared, etc - as well as genuine worried that I may have >> somehow missed something that is considered elementary and obvious for >> those of you with academic training more directly within media and >> communication studies. >> >> Many thanks in advance for any enlightenment and eludation! >> best, >> - charles ess >> >> PS: The short list includes: >> 1) the account is taken (bloody and screaming) out of the context of >> the >> larger dialogue in the Phaedrus. When read within the larger context - >> beginning with (the young) Phaedrus' effort to impress (perhaps seduce) >> Socrates by memorizing a speech he has copied down on a scroll and >> initially tries to hide from Socrates - the mythos works much more >> immediately as a lightly veiled (and hence, pedagogically speaking, >> likely more successful) chastisement of Phaedrus' efforts at >> dissimulation.? By no means a wholesale critique of writing per se. >> 2) The account is explicitly delivered as a _mythos_ - too easily >> translated as a "myth." But: a _mythos_ in Plato is a technical / >> philosophical form, going well beyond and in some ways directly >> contradicting more everyday notions of "myth" as a false story; a >> mythos >> is specifically an _oral_ story, with its own set of distinctive >> strengths and limitations. It is often used in Plato when >> interlocutors, >> attempting to pursue a reasoned argument (logos), come to an impass. >> The relation between mythos and logos is hence often complementary, not >> contradictory. >> 3) It would seem very odd for an author of multiple dialogues, of >> sometimes staggering sophistication and literary nuance, to sincerely >> believe that writing is somehow an entirely suspect technology. >> Different from orality, certainly, as is suggested by the consistent >> presentation of Socrates as an oral teacher, the careful use of mythos >> vs. logos, etc. - but hardly an example of media / moral panic. >> And so on. >> Again: what am I missing? >> >> Again, many thanks, >> - c. >> -- >> Professor in Media Studies >> Department of Media and Communication >> University of Oslo >> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> >> >> Postboks 1093 >> Blindern 0317 >> Oslo, Norway >> c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no <mailto:c.m.ess@media.uio.no> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org <mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing >> list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > -- > Professor in Media Studies > Department of Media and Communication > University of Oslo > <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> > > Postboks 1093 > Blindern 0317 > Oslo, Norway > c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:08:55 -0500 > From: "Mark D. Johns" <mjohns(a)luther.edu> > To: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > Cc: AoiR list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: > <CAHKCqnBgmWb_6ghXBRddVG+Eaq8xndUiwLroymOvh4+iXAmU2A(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Walter Ong draws on Phaedrus in his 1982 Orality & Literacy. He may be > the one who opened the box. However, Ong does not address moral panic, > merely the contrast between orality and literacy, and the suspicion of > all new media. > -- > Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. > Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies > at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA > now residing in Minneapolis, MN > ----------------------------------------------- > "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." > ---Mark Twain > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:52 PM Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> wrote: >> >> Dear Amparo, >> >> many thanks - an excellent summary >> >> On 24/04/2019 19:26, AMPARO LASEN DIAZ wrote: >>> Dear Charles and Aoir list, >>> >>> I think this relates to the link between writing and memory and Plato's >>> account of Socrate's consideration of writing as pharmakon, a greek term >>> meaning remedy and poison. So for instance, writing could allow for >>> preparing speeches, and being persuasive, beyond the power of one's own >>> memory, thus being a remedy for the limitations of our capacity to >>> memorize. >> Yes, precisely - this is the object lesson, I would argue, that Socrates >> (as re-presented by Plato) is attempting to urge on the young Phaedrus, >> who, it may be argued, runs the risk of being overly impressed / taken >> with what he can do with this relatively new technology. >> >> >>> But at the same time if we rely on writing and stop >>> memorizing, people, specially young learners could lose or reduce the >>> capacity of their memory. >> Yes, but this is to some degree a strawman, i.e., a fasle either/or that >> I don't see in the original story - as Postman also points out. >> >>> Derrida aldo deploys the idea of writing as >>> pharmakon. The moral panic not only relates to losing the training of >>> memory, but also to the moral value Socrates and Plato give to memory >>> and to learning by memory, which will aldo be lost if young pupils rely >>> mainly on writing instead of memory and orality. This reflection and >>> considerations are places in Socrate's and Plato's critique of sofistes, >>> a kind of professional writers producing speeches and persuasive >>> arguments, acused of not being guided by the pursuit of truth but by >>> spurious or manipulative interests >> Again, spot on, so far as I can tell / recall - but none of this fits >> with moral or media panic _per se_, as I try to make somewhat clearer in >> my response to Thomas Ball. >>> >>> Hope it could help, just a quick answer from my memories of reading that >>> text. >> It helps me at least enormously. Again, many thanks! >> - c. >>> >>> All the best >>> >>> Amparo Lasen >>> >>> >>> >>> El mi?., 24 abr. 2019 18:38, Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no >>> <mailto:c.m.ess@media.uio.no>> escribi?: >>> >>> Dear AoIRists, >>> >>> Please be kind and patient with me, recalling that my formal academic >>> training was in history of philosophy, German literature, and ancient >>> Greek. I am comparatively still a little wet around the ears with >>> regard to media and communication studies - or so it seems in this >>> instance. >>> >>> I keep encountering discussions of moral / media panics that >>> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing. >>> >>> This seemingly standard invocation puzzles me greatly for a long >>> list of >>> reasons. I include a short list below for anyone with time and >>> interest >>> in looking them over. >>> >>> The upshot is that I'm left wondering: who - and when - introduced what >>> has apparently become received tradition in these domains that the >>> mythos (see "2" below) of the invention of writing in the Phaedrus is a >>> prime or supportive example moral or media panic? >>> >>> This is, as they say in administration-speak, an appreciative inquiry. >>> I'm genuinely curious for the sake of better understanding how this >>> trope first appeared, etc - as well as genuine worried that I may have >>> somehow missed something that is considered elementary and obvious for >>> those of you with academic training more directly within media and >>> communication studies. >>> >>> Many thanks in advance for any enlightenment and eludation! >>> best, >>> - charles ess >>> >>> PS: The short list includes: >>> 1) the account is taken (bloody and screaming) out of the context of >>> the >>> larger dialogue in the Phaedrus. When read within the larger context - >>> beginning with (the young) Phaedrus' effort to impress (perhaps seduce) >>> Socrates by memorizing a speech he has copied down on a scroll and >>> initially tries to hide from Socrates - the mythos works much more >>> immediately as a lightly veiled (and hence, pedagogically speaking, >>> likely more successful) chastisement of Phaedrus' efforts at >>> dissimulation. By no means a wholesale critique of writing per se. >>> 2) The account is explicitly delivered as a _mythos_ - too easily >>> translated as a "myth." But: a _mythos_ in Plato is a technical / >>> philosophical form, going well beyond and in some ways directly >>> contradicting more everyday notions of "myth" as a false story; a >>> mythos >>> is specifically an _oral_ story, with its own set of distinctive >>> strengths and limitations. It is often used in Plato when >>> interlocutors, >>> attempting to pursue a reasoned argument (logos), come to an impass. >>> The relation between mythos and logos is hence often complementary, not >>> contradictory. >>> 3) It would seem very odd for an author of multiple dialogues, of >>> sometimes staggering sophistication and literary nuance, to sincerely >>> believe that writing is somehow an entirely suspect technology. >>> Different from orality, certainly, as is suggested by the consistent >>> presentation of Socrates as an oral teacher, the careful use of mythos >>> vs. logos, etc. - but hardly an example of media / moral panic. >>> And so on. >>> Again: what am I missing? >>> >>> Again, many thanks, >>> - c. >>> -- >>> Professor in Media Studies >>> Department of Media and Communication >>> University of Oslo >>> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> >>> >>> Postboks 1093 >>> Blindern 0317 >>> Oslo, Norway >>> c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no <mailto:c.m.ess@media.uio.no> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org <mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing >>> list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >> >> -- >> Professor in Media Studies >> Department of Media and Communication >> University of Oslo >> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> >> >> Postboks 1093 >> Blindern 0317 >> Oslo, Norway >> c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > ------------------------------ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 177, Issue 27 > **************************************

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by Allen-Robertson, James 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

Dear all, A small note to say that I’ve just published a new version (0.1.3.0) of the Twitter Media Downloader with Gephi Support. This new release adds the ability to exclude certain media types (photo, video, animated_gif) allowing you to focus your attention (and bandwidth) on just the types of media you are interested in. As always the tool is available at https://github.com/Minyall/gephi_twitter_media_downloader and the documentation has been updated to reflect the addition. Any comments or issues please email me directly or log an issue on Github. Best wishes, Dr James Allen-Robertson (FRSA) https://pronoun.is/he<https://www.mypronouns.org/he-him> Computational Sociologist Department of Sociology University of Essex T +44 (0)1206 872273 E jallenh(a)essex.ac.uk<mailto:jallenh@essex.ac.uk> ► www.hrbdt.ac.uk<http://www.hrbdt.ac.uk/> My most recent pieces: ► What Computational Social Science helped me achieve<https://campus.sagepub.com/blog/james-allen-robertson-css-blog> in Sage Campus Blog “...a new way of working, a new way of thinking, and a new kind of enthusiasm for research.” ► Finding Trump with Neural Networks<https://towardsdatascience.com/finding-trump-with-neural-networks-4419468e0…> in Towards Data Science When the President tweets, how do we know who is really behind the keyboard?

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FW: 19th European Conference on Digital Government (ECDG 2019) - Update to the ECDG committee
by Paul Henman 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

FYI Paul Henman Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Futures & Associate Professor of Digital Sociology and Social Policy, School of Social Science University of Queensland QLD 4072 T: +61 7 3443 3142| E: P.Henman(a)uq.edu.au<mailto:P.Henman@uq.edu.au> | W: http://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/708 | www.digitalsocialpolicy.com<http://www.digitalsocialpolicy.com/> From: Annette Young <annette.young(a)academic-conferences.org<mailto:annette.young@academic-conferences.org>> Sent: Wednesday, 17 April 2019 7:24 PM To: Paul Henman <p.henman(a)uq.edu.au<mailto:p.henman@uq.edu.au>> Subject: 19th European Conference on Digital Government (ECDG 2019) - Update to the ECDG committee Hello Paul I am writing to you as a member of the conference committee for the 19th European Conference on Digital Government (ECDG 2019) which is being hosted by Cyprus International University, Nicosia, North Cyprus on the 24 - 25 October 2019. This email is to let you know that the abstract submission deadline for this conference is the 19th April 2019 but we will be extending this call to the 10th of May. (This is due to the slight delay in announcing the venue and date for the event.) As a conference committee member we ask you to publicise the conference within your professional networks and to help us further distribute the call for papers and other conference activities. In return for your active participation, as a committee member, in the promotion and reviewing of paper for this event, you can attend the conference with a 20% discount off the academic registration fee. To avail of this you will need to register for the conference online and after selecting the Academic option you will be able to enter the code CMD20 into a discount box. We have created some files to help you to promote the conference in your circles, which you can access here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pk73l8u6oqt10rp/AAAplWa6e5TQu4nL4ufOA9XKa?dl=0 For more information and to submit papers, please go to: https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecdg/call-for-papers/ Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration and payment.<https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecdg/registration/> The Proceedings have an ISSN, ISBN and will be submitted for indexing in the Thompson Web of Science and listing in the EBSCO database. Please feel free to circulate this message to any colleagues or contacts you think may be interested. Follow the conference on LinkedIn, <https://www.linkedin.com/company/academic-conferences> Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/academic.conferences.publishing.international/> and Twitter<https://twitter.com/acpi_tweets> Kind regards Annette Young Conferences Manager http://www.academic-conferences.org annette(a)academic-conferences.org<mailto:annette@academic-conferences.org> Tel: +44 (0) 118 972 4148 ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Claranet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.claranet.co.uk ________________________________________________________________________

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FW: Special Issue on Sharing Economy in Information Polity
by Paul Henman 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

May be of interest to members. -----Original Message----- From: eGov-list <egov-list-bounces(a)mailman11.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Sukumar Ganapati Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2019 12:38 PM To: egov-list(a)u.washington.edu Subject: [EGOV LIST] Special Issue on Sharing Economy in Information Polity Dear colleague: This is a gentle reminder about the call for papers relating to Special Issue on Sharing Economy/ Collaborative Consumption/ Gig Economy in Information Polity. The special issue is entitled, “Public Governance and Policy in the Sharing Era.” The details of the CFP are available at: https://informationpolity.com/news-blog/call-papers-special-issue-public-go… We seek papers broadly on areas such as (but we are not limited to the following): * Challenges and Opportunities of Sharing Economy for Public Sector * Impact of Sharing Economy on Governance * Conceptual, Data, and Methodological Issues of Sharing Economy * Policy Determinants of Sharing Economy’s Growth * Factors Affecting Policies that Attract or Resist Sharing Economy * Impact of Sharing Economy on Government Taxes and Revenues * Planning and Zoning Changes in Sharing Economy * Public Service Delivery in the Sharing Age * Equity Issues in the Sharing Economy * Privacy and Security in the Sharing Economy * Human Resources in the Gig Economy The deadline for paper proposal/ abstract is June 1, 2019. Please feel free to contact Chris Reddick (Chris.Reddick(a)utsa.edu) or me , if you have any questions. Thank you. Sukumar Ganapati Associate Professor Department of Public Policy and Administration, PCA 363B School of International and Public Affairs Florida International University Miami, FL 33199 Tel. (305) 348-6275 Fax (305) 348-5848 Email: ganapati(a)fiu.edu Christopher G. Reddick, Ph.D. Professor College of Public Policy Department of Public Administration The University of Texas at San Antonio 501 W. César E. Chávez Blvd. San Antonio, Texas 78207 Phone: (210) 458-2502 Fax: (210) 458-2536 Email: chris.reddick(a)utsa.edu _______________________________________________ eGov-list mailing list eGov-list(a)u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/egov-list

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Reminder to submit by Friday, April 26: Africana: Digital Humanities Institute, May 28-June 11, 2019
by Gault, Erika D - (egault) 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

We've been pleased with the interest and number of applications so far. There are a limited number of slots, so if you are interested in applying please remember to do so by the cutoff date. *** I am pleased to announce an upcoming Digital Humanities online workshop on data tools and digital methods in Africana Studies through our Center for Digital Humanities at the University of Arizona (see below). Please share and/or apply if you are interested. More information is available on our website at https://africanadhi.com. Feel free to email me with any questions. Thanks! [http://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/stock/WbDjldj]<https://africanadhi.com/> Africana DHi 2019<https://africanadhi.com/> Digital Humanities in Black africanadhi.com AFRICANA DHi Call for Applications DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA, A DIGITAL PROJECT, OR JUST WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DIGITAL TOOLS FOR DOING AFRICANA STUDIES WORK? Africana DHi is a three week online workshop to be held from May 28- June 11, 2019 in association with the Center for Digital Humanities at the University of Arizona. During the DHi, which is supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities Institutes in Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities grant and the CUNY Graduate Center Digital Humanities Research Initiative, participants will explore interdisciplinary, digital humanities research and teaching with DH scholars, develop core computational research skills through online workshops, and begin developing their own digital humanities projects. When participants complete the workshop they will become part of a growing network of distributed digital humanities research institutes, and their reflections will inform the publication of the Spring 2020 Special Issue of Fire!!!, the peer-reviewed digital journal for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). Short courses—or “bootcamps”—that last anywhere from one day to two months are an increasingly popular way to offer intensive training in digital tools and skills over a short period of time; however, these courses are resource-intensive to run, require travel and financial support, and are rarely focused on Africana-centered approaches to the digital humanities. Africana DHi joins the growing list of conferences and summer bootcamps designed specifically for teaching methods and digital tools for the study of African Diaspora histories, cultures, and people. We seek participants who are post-secondary researchers, professors, independent scholars, library or museum professionals. Applications that propose a specific project will receive first consideration. The workshop will include lessons and materials available on this website, but we will also rely upon each other to share information, skills and knowledge. The ultimate goal of Africana DHi is to foster a network of practice in which participants build expertise as they work on their project and through their interactions with each other. Participants who complete the 3-week program will feel more confident in their knowledge of specific digital skills and in working with developers in defining and developing digital-based projects. Applying Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria: * Commitment to fully participating in the three-week digital humanities institute and providing feedback to other participates; * Demonstrated interest in and responsibility to Africana-centered “digital humanities community building” (This can be through a regional digital humanities group as a volunteer, as a post-doc in a university library, a visiting scholar at a liberal arts college, a faculty member creating a DH reading group, a curator or archivist at a historical society, library, or other humanities-oriented organization. Position title is not important. What is important is your ability to explain your responsibility or interest in building communities of DH practice in Africana Studies.); * An articulation of a digital humanities project idea that you find interesting and would like to pursue or have already begun; * An explanation of how you confront and overcome technical difficulties you have experienced in the past. We are looking for participants who represent diverse digital humanities areas of interest (disciplines, methods, project-types), who work at a wide range of institutional types (universities, community colleges, libraries, archives, museums, historical associations), and who reflect an array of professional roles from graduate students to experienced faculty to librarians, administrators, museum curators, archivists, and more. An interest in Africana-centered digital humanities work is necessary. Ideal participants will be able to demonstrate strong communication and collaboration skills and a willingness to confront and overcome frustration. No previous technical experience is required. Applications will not be evaluated based on familiarity with existing technologies, though we are happy to hear about your aspirations and the skills you would like to develop for future work. Applications must be received by April 26, 2019. Applicants will be informed of their acceptance by May 6, 2019. More information and application materials can be found here:http:/africanadhi.com<https://africanadhi.com/>or by contacting the Institute Organizer, Erika Gault at support(a)africanadhi.com The Institute is supported by the Center for Digital Humanities at the University of Arizona, the Africana Studies Program in the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona, the Digital Humanities Research Initiative, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Erika D. Gault, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Africana Studies Program University of Arizona Learning Services Building | RM 229 1512 E. First Street, PO Box 210105 Tucson, AZ 85721-0105 -USA www.africana.arizona.edu<http://www.africana.arizona.edu/>

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Email for List
by Caron Beaton-Wells 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

Hi, Could you please post the following email to this list: Dear all I am a new member of the AoIR and new to this list. I am an academic at the University of Melbourne Law School and my current research interests lie in the area of competition in a digital age. I host a podcast, Competition Lore<https://competitionlore.com/> (play on words!) that releases fortnightly episodes canvassing a range of topics and major developments with implications for policy, law and enforcement in this field, particularly as they pertain to Big Tech. Episodes feature interviews with academics, policymakers and enforcement officials, as well as representatives from the major digital platforms, and discussions have canvassed the legal, economic, social and political dimensions of Big Data, multi-sided markets, network effects, collusive algorithms and other mysteries of digital markets! I am sharing this with the list in the hope that the podcast will be of interest to some. The podcast has a website at https://competitionlore.com/ but can also be found on all the major podcast apps. Kind regards Caron Professor Caron Beaton-Wells Director, Global Competition and Consumer Law Online Program<https://online.unimelb.edu.au/law-courses/global-competition-and-consumer-l…> Director, Competition Law & Economics Network<http://law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/clen> Follow me on twitter: @CaronBW Join my LinkedIn network<https://www.linkedin.com/in/caronb> Learn about my research projects<http://law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/clen#research> T: +61 3 8344 1004 M: 0418108483 Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia

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CFP: 2019 CIRN Conference on Action, Research, & Politics
by Colin Rhinesmith 23 Apr '19

23 Apr '19

Dear Colleagues, If you are a researcher, practitioner, and or graduate student who cares about technology and community as they intersect and or relate to advocacy, activism, politics, and policy, then please consider submitting an abstract to this year’s Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Conference; hosted annually in Prato, Italy. 16th Annual CIRN Conference Wednesday, Nov 6th - Friday, Nov 8th 2019 Monash University Prato Centre <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.monash.it_&d=DwMFaQ…>, Prato, Italy For more information please visit conference website <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sites.google.com_monas…> 🗓 Abstracts due: May 15, 2019 Start a submission here <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sites.google.com_monas…>. We welcome submissions that explore the intersection of policy and politics, research and scholarship, and advocacy and action in relation to societal informatics (Archival, Community, and Development Informatics) as well as related fields of academic scholarship. We welcome submissions from faculty, doctoral candidates, master students, researchers, and activists from a wide-range of fields, scholarship, and expertise. This interdisciplinary conference welcomes proposals that explore (but are not limited to) the following questions: the role of research in shaping public policy the role of Community Informatics, Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Informatics, Participatory Information Governance, Recordkeeping Informatics, Community Archives in informing public policy the interplay between information, technology, and human rights the impact of national and international politics on local initiatives (whether stemming from academic or from communities) and vice versa the impact of disruptive technologies on the concepts of community and society the role politics plays in setting research agendas (and what is meant by politics? institutional, hegemonic forces? power inequalities? what about intersectionality?) the influence of research on action and advocacy issues of information sovereignty in a world of proprietary surveillance and datafication the potential of community-centered principles to shape policy in different contexts the intersection of grassroots political organizing on Community Informatics, Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Informatics, Participatory Information Governance, Recordkeeping Informatics, Community Archives What type of proposal can you submit? Submissions can be: traditional papers peer reviewed / refereed papers non-peer reviewed / non-refereed papers short-papers presentations posters installations completed works or works in progress Submission guidelines can be found here: https://sites.google.com/monash.edu/cirn-prato-2019/home/submission <https://sites.google.com/monash.edu/cirn-prato-2019/home/submission> — Colin Rhinesmith Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Science College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences Simmons University phone: 617-521-2881 web: http://crhinesmith.com <http://crhinesmith.com/> pronouns: he/him/his

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CFP: 3rd Workshop on Abusive Language Online (ALW3) - Florence, Italy - August 1 2019
by Roberts, Sarah 23 Apr '19

23 Apr '19

3rd Workshop on Abusive Language Online (ALW3) The annual meeting of the Association of Computational Linguistics 2019 (Florence, Italy), August 01, 2019 Submission deadline: May 3, 2019 Website: https://sites.google.com/view/alw3 Submission link: https://www.softconf.com/acl2019/alw/ Overview Interaction amongst users on social networking platforms can enable constructive and insightful conversations and civic participation; however, on many sites that encourage user interaction, verbal abuse has become commonplace, leading to negative outcomes such as cyberbullying, hate speech, and scapegoating. In online contexts, aggressive behavior may be more frequent than in face-to-face interaction, which can poison the social climates within online communities. The last few years have seen a surge in such abusive online behavior, leaving governments, social media platforms, and individuals struggling to deal with the consequences. Held In conjunction with the 2019 annual meeting of the Association of Computational Linguistics in Florence, Italy, this workshop seeks to bring together technical practitioners and researchers with that have a greater focus on the social and societal influence and implications of online abuse. In previous iterations, the workshop has invited persons directly affected by online abuse and legal scholars to address the many facets and forms of abuse as it occurs on social media. In this third edition of the workshop, we wish to emphasise the the vast body of knowledge that exists and is being produced by internet and social scientific scholars while retaining a focus on the computational applications, calling for an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and dealing with online abuse. Paper Topics We invite long and short papers on any of the following general topics: related to legal, social, and policy considerations of abusive language online: • The social and personal consequences of being the target of abusive language and targeting others with abusive language • Assessment of current computational and non-computational methods of addressing abusive language • Legal ramifications of measures taken against abusive language use - case studies, best practices, emerging issues • Social implications of monitoring and moderating unacceptable content • Considerations of implemented and proposed policies for dealing with abusive language online and the technological means of dealing with it • The psychological and social consequences of dealing with abuse, from user, community, worker and other perspectives. In addition, in this one-day workshop, we will have • a multidisciplinary panel discussion, • a forum for plenary discussion on the issues that researchers and practitioners face in efforts to work with abusive language detection, and • Selected papers from each of the 3 iterations of the workshop will be selected for publication in a special issue of the journal First Monday. See https://sites.google.com/view/alw3 for further detail. Important Dates Submission due: May 3, 2019 Author Notification: May 20, 2019 Camera Ready: May 29, 2019 Workshop Date: Aug 01 or 02, 2019 Organizing Committee • Vinodkumar Prabhakaran, Google • Sarah T. Roberts, University of California, Los Angeles • Joel Tetreault, Grammarly • Zeerak Waseem, University of Sheffield — S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D. Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles Department of Information Studies Graduate School of Education & Information Studies https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/ Blogging periodically at http://illusionofvolition.com

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New book announcement: How to Do Things with Affects
by Tomáš Jirsa 23 Apr '19

23 Apr '19

Dear all, I am delighted to announce the publication of *How to Do Things with Affects: Affective Triggers in Aesthetic Forms and Cultural Practices* (Leiden: Brill, 2019), edited by Ernst van Alphen and Tomáš Jirsa. *How to Do Things with Affects* develops affect as a highly productive concept for both cultural analysis and the reading of aesthetic forms. Shifting the focus from individual experiences and the human interiority of personal emotions and feelings toward the agency of cultural objects, social arrangements, and aesthetic matter, the book examines how affects operate and are triggered by aesthetic forms, media events, and cultural practices. Transgressing disciplinary boundaries and emphasizing close reading, the collected essays explore manifold affective transmissions and resonances enacted by modernist literary works, contemporary visual arts, horror and documentary films, museum displays, and animated pornography, with a special focus on how they impact on political events, media strategies, and social situations. *Contributors: *Ernst van Alphen, Mieke Bal, Maria Boletsi, Eugenie Brinkema, Pietro Conte, Anne Fleig, Bernd Herzogenrath, Tomáš Jirsa, Matthias Lüthjohann, Susanna Paasonen, Christina Riley, Jan Slaby, Eliza Steinbock, Christiane Voss. *Table of Contents* Introduction: Mapping Affective Operations <https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004397712/BP000001.xml> By: Ernst van Alphen <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Ernst+van+Alphen> and Tomáš Jirsa <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1+Jirsa> Chapter 1: Reading Irony through Affect: the Non-Sovereign Ironic Subject in C.P. Cavafy’s Diary <https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004397712/BP000003.xml> By: Maria Boletsi <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Maria+Boletsi> Chapter 2: (An)Aesthetics of Affect: the Case of Hyper-Realism <https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004397712/BP000004.xml> By: Pietro Conte <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Pietro+Conte> Chapter 3: Relational Affect: Perspectives from Philosophy and Cultural Studies <https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004397712/BP000005.xml> By: Jan Slaby <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Jan+Slaby> Chapter 4: (Nearly) Nothing to Express : Horror : some Tread : a Toroid <https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004397712/BP000006.xml> By: Eugenie Brinkema <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Eugenie+Brinkema> Chapter 5: Integrating Affect and Language: Essayism as an Affective Practice in Robert Musil’s The Man Without Qualities <https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004397712/BP000007.xml> By: Anne Fleig <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Anne+Fleig> and Matthias Lüthjohann <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Matthias+L%C3%BCthjohann> Chapter 6: Affective Disfigurations: Faceless Encounters between Literary Modernism and the Great War <https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004397712/BP000009.xml> By: Tomáš Jirsa <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1+Jirsa> Chapter 7: Monstrous Resonances: Affect and Animated Pornography <https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004397712/BP000010.xml> By: Susanna Paasonen <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Susanna+Paasonen> Chapter 8: Reading for Affects: Francis Bacon and the Work of Sensation <https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004397712/BP000011.xml> By: Ernst van Alphen <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Ernst+van+Alphen> Chapter 9: Affectively Effective: Affect as an Artistic-Political Strategy <https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004397712/BP000013.xml> By: Mieke Bal <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Mieke+Bal> Chapter 10: Affect Is the Medium <https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004397712/BP000014.xml> By: Christiane Voss <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Christiane+Voss> Chapter 11: Et in Academia Ego: Affect and Academic Writing <https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004397712/BP000015.xml> By: Bernd Herzogenrath <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Bernd+Herzogenrath> Chapter 12: The Arab Spring’s Stranger: the Affective Media Phenomenon of The Girl in the Blue Bra <https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004397712/BP000016.xml> By: Christina Riley <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Christina+Riley> Chapter 13: Affective Exchange in Portraiture: to Follow J. Jackie Baier into the Photographic Dissolve <https://brill.com/abstract/book/edcoll/9789004397712/BP000017.xml> By: Eliza Steinbock <https://brill.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Eliza+Steinbock> For more information see: https://brill.com/view/title/54723 Tomas Tomáš Jirsa, Ph.D. Postdoc researcher Faculty of Arts Palacký University Křížkovského 10 | 771 80 Olomouc | Czech Republic Profile on Academia.edu <https://upol.academia.edu/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1Jirsa>

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Release, CPT-IAMCR/Internet Policy Review special issue ‘Practicing rights and values in internet policy around the world'
by Francesca Musiani 23 Apr '19

23 Apr '19

Dear colleagues, We would like to bring your attention to our recently released special issue - ‘*Practicing rights and values in internet policy around the world,*’ available open access in the Internet Policy Review journal: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/communication-and-internet-poli… The special issue includes five papers on internet policy and its impacts on citizens and consumers in Europe, Australia, the Americas, and Africa. All were presented in the Communication Policy & Technology (CPT) section at the International Association for Media and Communication Research conference, Eugene, Oregon, 2018. The CPT chairing team also authored an editorial ‘Communication and internet policy: a critical rights-based history and future’ to situate the history and current contributions of CPT and IAMCR in relationship to the field of Internet Policy research. CPT has been a platform for researching telecommunications policy and infrastructure since 1974 when the section was formed by Prof. Dallas Smythe from Simon Fraser University, in Canada. By 1990 “policy” was explicitly added to the section name under the leadership of Prof. Robin Mansell, now at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in the UK. We argue in this editorial that IAMCR scholars have played an important role in developing a critical rights-based approach to communication policy and later internet policy. You can read it at https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/communication-and-internet-poli… This special issue aims to specifically cross some of the international and disciplinary boundaries facing internet policy researchers, and contribute to the development of internet policies that operate in the public interest, but also are built upon the legacy of activism and research that developed in relation to older communication systems. The *Internet Policy Review* is an open access online journal, founded in 2013, which contributes empirical research, analysis and current affairs coverage to contemporary debate about media, information technology, telecommunications and internet governance. The *Internet Policy Review *is a publication of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, based in Berlin, Germany, in partnership with several research units and institutes across Europe. We would like to acknowledge the generous support of the section and working groups fund <https://iamcr.org/swg_fund/sept18> of IAMCR for this special issue. We would also like to acknowledge the work of our IAMCR colleagues who generously took part in the open peer review process. Kind regards, Aphra, Francesca and Julia CPT-IAMCR chairing team -- Francesca Musiani, Ph.D. Chargée de recherche | Associate Research Professor, CNRS <http://www.cnrs.fr> Directrice adjointe | Deputy Director, Centre for Internet and Society <http://cis.cnrs.fr> [CIS], UPR 2000 Chercheuse associée | Associate Researcher, i3-CSI <http://www.csi.ensmp.fr/>, MINES ParisTech Global Fellow, Internet Governance Lab <https://internetgovernancelab.org>, American University I'm involved in: CPT <http://iamcr.org/s-wg/section/cp-t>-IAMCR | @PolicyR <http://policyreview.info/> | ISOC Franc <https://www.isoc.fr>e <https://www.isoc.fr> | CSA Lab <https://www.csa.fr/Informer/CSA-lab/Fonctionnement> | RESET <https://journals.openedition.org/reset/> On the Web <http://www.iscc.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article1960> | On Twitter <https://twitter.com/franmusiani>

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