Emotional Analog

Emotional Analog Mammalian Gesture-call system: expressive of inner states and can be used to communicate with sign/sound Paralinguistic Gesticulation: gestures have meanings Iconic – RESEMBLANCE combination of visual and expression of speech (pulling him along) lengthen speech Deictic – deixis = indexical = POINTING to a resemblance (that person out there in the hall, eye contact) Beat – aligned with the rhythm of speaking Metaphoric – abstract idea visually (a long time ago) past isn’t physically behind you Intonation: meanings can change based on tone of voice Referential – Digital Quotable Quotable Gestures: (emblems) gestures that have meaning that are learned (come here, excitement) Quotable Vocalizations: audio breaks in speaking uh-oh Linguistic Sign language Spoken language Signs – ways meaning is signaled Saussurean Peircean Icon – resemblance relation, matching Insex – pointing relation, associative Symbol – reference relation, arbitrary How does online reading format affect cognition, memory, attention, info processing Shallow – superficial Multiple message features (ads) - decreases deep processing memory and focus Hand-held reading is separated into chunks that makes it easier to process Physical ways of eye pattern (F shape) jumping and skimming Brain activity – reading should be unstimulating and use less brain firing and be relaxing Consequences of Literacy – Tiv Case (Structural Amnesia) Tiv people only spoke stories down generations = changed stories each generation Each generation of the present doesn’t know what happened in the past (British) Written documentation of the stories told of the past carries onto the present Stories can change in good or bad ways if they aren’t written down Gonja, Ghana (Forgetting as homeostatic) Social Equilibrium Founder that divided land to 7 sons with own system 60 years later – person writes history of Gonja (Founder had 5 sons) The 7 states turned into 5 states = the story changed due to the current logic Cultural Practice – literacy can vary almost unbelievably, the more we know, the more surprising Rote Recitation of Hebrew Bible, Qur’an - can read words correctly even if you don’t know meaning Mende Ritual Specialists – Morimen (protective magic for people from Qur’an verses) and Karamonkos Carr’s “The Juggler’s Brain” that reading is shaped by our culture and environment ● ● ● ● Different part of your brain is used when reading online or on paper F shape that directs your eyes a certain way and pattern Shallow reading online Physical access to such media and reading online 1. Cultural View and Functions 2. Natures and Forms (books, letters) 3. Print/Speech Relationship (how to decode text) Skein's different colors and wools No education – relate to actual objects around them (circle = bracelet or clock) - colors were related to what is around them (green = color of grass in spring) - hammer, saw, log, hatchet – all are needed, log for firewood - three adults + one child – the child is useful to fetch supplies Education – refers to them as shapes - colors were related to actual color types - hammer, saw, log, hatchet – log is excluded as it’s not a tool - three adults + one child – the child is of different age to the adults