Abstract
As news reports and media covers become more regular, the significance of the written language often becomes neglected. Therefore it is important to emphasize the significance of the written language and how this is a means of power.
By going back in history, the agricultural communities show that the necessity of a means of power to be able to build a functional and abiding society constituted the result of the written language.
Confirmation of its various usability makes a clear statement that everyone should be given the opportunity to master the art of writing and reading. At least the written language should not be taken for granted, but its possibilities should be embraced and used for improvement in the sphere in which we …show more content…
Is not the speech more powerful in terms of argumentation and persuasion since it goes rather faster and it is more flexible to explain to someone verbally?
It is true that a speech can have a great impact. But if primary viewing the speeches structure, if it is a long speech then the probability of having a script is high, in order to be able to structure up a good speech. Regarding a short speech there is probably key words in written form, in order to express ones views without excluding an essential paragraph.
Secondarily, a documentation form of the speech is necessary for it to be disseminated. It may be through a video or a voice recording, but mostly it spreads through writing, such as giving out copies of a lecture, posting a PowerPoint, or publishing an article.
The risk of spreading information without a written means is that much can be omitted or distorted when the information goes from one to the other. This is very common as we know regarding rumours, that when it has wandered from many people the rumour is ultimately far away from the …show more content…
For what characterizes the limitations of a dictatorship? Fear is the answer. Fear that the people will spread their thoughts and ideas to larger crowds who then will rebel, and in worst case overthrow the leading power.
The author and politician Vladimir Neklajev was awarded a prize year 2011 by the Swedish Pen but never got to travel to receive it. A clear statement of the Belarusian dictatorship that the written word should not receive any attention. Why then, one might wonder, well because of the fear that it will spread even more. It is recognized that if the written word gets wider distribution it can affect a countries politics. The power of the written word does not pass by unremarked.
Not only politics but also scientific progress has been affected by the written language. The Italian scientist Galileo Galilei spread controversial astronomical observations by using the written word, which came to shatter former religious theories. Galileo was put under house arrest until his death as a consequence of spreading his observations. The Vatican finally apologized to Galileo in 1992 admitting that he was
As news reports and media covers become more regular, the significance of the written language often becomes neglected. Therefore it is important to emphasize the significance of the written language and how this is a means of power.
By going back in history, the agricultural communities show that the necessity of a means of power to be able to build a functional and abiding society constituted the result of the written language.
Confirmation of its various usability makes a clear statement that everyone should be given the opportunity to master the art of writing and reading. At least the written language should not be taken for granted, but its possibilities should be embraced and used for improvement in the sphere in which we …show more content…
Is not the speech more powerful in terms of argumentation and persuasion since it goes rather faster and it is more flexible to explain to someone verbally?
It is true that a speech can have a great impact. But if primary viewing the speeches structure, if it is a long speech then the probability of having a script is high, in order to be able to structure up a good speech. Regarding a short speech there is probably key words in written form, in order to express ones views without excluding an essential paragraph.
Secondarily, a documentation form of the speech is necessary for it to be disseminated. It may be through a video or a voice recording, but mostly it spreads through writing, such as giving out copies of a lecture, posting a PowerPoint, or publishing an article.
The risk of spreading information without a written means is that much can be omitted or distorted when the information goes from one to the other. This is very common as we know regarding rumours, that when it has wandered from many people the rumour is ultimately far away from the …show more content…
For what characterizes the limitations of a dictatorship? Fear is the answer. Fear that the people will spread their thoughts and ideas to larger crowds who then will rebel, and in worst case overthrow the leading power.
The author and politician Vladimir Neklajev was awarded a prize year 2011 by the Swedish Pen but never got to travel to receive it. A clear statement of the Belarusian dictatorship that the written word should not receive any attention. Why then, one might wonder, well because of the fear that it will spread even more. It is recognized that if the written word gets wider distribution it can affect a countries politics. The power of the written word does not pass by unremarked.
Not only politics but also scientific progress has been affected by the written language. The Italian scientist Galileo Galilei spread controversial astronomical observations by using the written word, which came to shatter former religious theories. Galileo was put under house arrest until his death as a consequence of spreading his observations. The Vatican finally apologized to Galileo in 1992 admitting that he was