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ME, MEDIAN AND MY MODE

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    "THE USE OF THE TRADITIONAL/MODERNIZED MEDIA AND MY EXPERIENCES OF IT"      As we have been immersed in this modernized world, lots of things regarding communication have been emerged. There are four types of media that 21 st Century learners have been used until now. In my experience, I am only using the three types of media such as the print media (newspapers, magazines), broadcast media (radio, television) and the internet. Why am I used to read newspapers and magazines? Why am I used to listen radio and watch television? Well, it’s just because my parents told me about these kind of useful things in life even though we are so much modernized today but still they keep on telling me that reading newspaper is so much fun that I could know about the happenings of today, looking and scanning on magazines could have helped me for such some trivial things were there. As a 21 st Century learner, I only used the internet for fun and at the same time ...

ORAL CULTURES VS. LITERARY CULTURES

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1.) What are the differences between primary oral cultures and literary cultures? How are they related with each other? - In order to comprehend primary oral cultures and literary cultures, it is paramount that their differences be understood. One notable disparity is the method of storing information. In primary oral culture, information is stored in the mind – people rely on memorization in order to pass down information. Orally transmitted traditions must be rigorously and accurately passed on in order to survive in all their subtlety, and in the smallest of details. Meanwhile, literary culture does not have to depend on memorization as information can be preserved through writing. Another notable difference between primary oral culture and literary culture is the way information is visualized. Primary oral culture visualizes information in relation to the environment: they associate a certain word based on its connection to their surroundings. On the other hand, l...