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Article: 5. Digital communication, writing, and interpretation.(Walter J. Ong, S.J.: a retrospective)(Critical Essay)
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- Communication Research Trends
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- March 22, 2004
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Digital or computer-based communication not only transforms what precedes it, but calls attention to specific aspects of textual communication. Digital communication depends upon a specific code: it is information--"a message transmitted by a code over a channel through a receiving (decoding) device to a particular destination." But this code is not itself communication, since communication requires "the exchange of meanings between individuals through a common system of symbols" (Ong, 1996, p. 3). The latter, however, makes use of the former. The awareness of this dependence of communication on information leads to a further awareness, that "all text is ...
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