Happy New Year, All! Following my October 24th post of a proposal to present at the ATTW conference, I recently got word that it was accepted. I am certainly going to accept the offer, and I'm thoroughly excited for the opportunity to put out to the academic community this concept (Simulating Syn...
Continue reading ...As discussed in my November 25th post on Dissertation Topic - Online Video Conversations, I have focused down the topic and am moving forward. Here is an informal proposal detailing the direction I am going. As my die-hard follower(s) might notice, some of this was a portion of the ATTW proposal - t...
Continue reading ...Here is a video directed at my dissertation committee. However, as it discusses my direction, I am posting it here. Abstract This study will explore the use of online video to create a new type of conversation that shares many characteristics with face-to-face conversation, but differs in speci...
Continue reading ...OK, I’ve been away from here for a while, tending to teaching and other duties, including this new blog/Web site design, which is still not quite complete as of this date. I have not been hugely active in blogging on digital orality since last Fall. However, if all goes as planned, this blog is ab...
Continue reading ..."In a literate culture verbatim memorization is commonly done from a text, to which the memorizer returns as often as necessary to perfect and test verbatim mastery." (Orality and Literacy 57). This cumbersome memorization process is not necessary on the digital orality realm. The podcaster can u...
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