Oral Net

Oral Net

Materials on the Internet as a medium of 'Second Orality'

• The computer game 'Lifeline' puts the player in a situation where he sits in front of a screen TELLING the 'action figure' what to do. Wired: http://wired.com/news/games/0,2101,62672,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3
• http://www.december.com/john/papers/pscrc93.txt details oral aspects of usenet discussions (using Ong)
• David Weinberger on the Dean Camapaign: It linked up people fast online, but the price it had to pay was 'to let go of the message'. So you gain 'social connections' and lose control over the CONTENT. Transcript: http://www.itconversations.com/transcripts/60/transcript60-1.html

Discussions

• @ don parks: http://www.docuverse.com/blog/donpark/EntryViewPage.aspx?guid=03eaae77-f77e-446b-bc02-424671f836fb

To do

• Read http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/02/20/echo_chamber/ by Weinberger