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BEHS 103: Technology in Contemporary Society

Week 7

Credit: Katherine Im (2021, July)

What is “Entertainment”

entertainment [ˌɛntəˈteɪnmənt]

1. the act or art of entertaining or state of being entertained

2. an act, production, etc., that entertains; diversion; amusement

Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/entertainment

What are some forms of entertainment?

Think about it:

In each form of entertainment, what are the technologies that allowed each form to advance?

Storytelling

Origins of storytelling

Probably dates back to the beginning of language (50,000 – 70,000 years ago)

Two forms – artistic and verbal

Storytellers – good memory, creative imaginations, dynamic presentation style

Gained respect and status

Lascaux Caves

15,000 – 13,000 BCE

Artistic storytelling

A Very Brief History of Storytelling

Verbal storytelling

Oldest recorded story from Sumeria

700 BCE

“Epic of Gilgamesh” – King of Uruk (Iraq)

First “book”

Tablet Image source: http://andyrossagency.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/gilgamesh-target.jpg

Gilgamesh Image Source: http://www.actorssceneunseen.com/gilgameshcd.aspx

Verbal storytelling

500 BCE – Aesop’s Fables

200 BCE – fables written down for the first time

Kept alive through storytelling

A Very Brief History of Storytelling

Imagesource: http://appfinder.lisisoft.com/app/the-boy-who-cried-wolf-ibigtoy.html

Transmitting stories to modern times

What technologies were important?

3300 BCE – Written language developed in Sumeria – “Cuneiform”

105 AD – Paper invented in China

1456 – Movable printing press

http://floatlearning.com/2012/03/a-brief-history-of-publishing/

Religious texts

1 – http://carm.org/when-was-bible-written-and-who-wrote-it

2-http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Bible/Quran.htm

-1445–-425

Old Testament: written in parts between 1445 BCE to 425 BCE (approximate)1

1st century

New Testament: written mostly in the 2nd half of the 1st century1

610 AD

Qur’an: recitation began in 610 AD; written form 650 AD2

Ancient text meets modern technology

Dead Sea Scrolls: http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/dss_video

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/100727-who-wrote-dead-sea-scrolls-bible-science-tv/

http://www.theilluminerdy.com/2012/08/

Evolution of printed materials

1690 –first English-American newspaper published

http://floatlearning.com/2012/03/a-brief-history-of-publishing/

Self-publication

1776 – Thomas Paine wrote and published “Common Sense”

Sold 100,000 copies in 3 months

Best selling 18th c. publication

Ignited the American Revolution

http://floatlearning.com/2012/03/a-brief-history-of-publishing/

Magazines

Magazines target particular audiences (e.g., trade, consumer)

1663 – 1st magazine published in Germany

1899 – National Geographic

1922 – Reader’s Digest

1899-1967 – Magazines proliferate

http://floatlearning.com/2012/03/a-brief-history-of-publishing/

http://www.uncp.edu/home/acurtis/Courses/ResourcesForCourses/MagazinesHistory.html

1st e-book

1949 – 1st patented electronic book by Angela Ruiz – schoolteacher in Spain

1960’s Brown University – online texts and online discussions

1971 – Michael Hart credited with inventing the first true “e-book”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book

http://www.gutenbergnews.org/20110908/michael-hart-1947-2011/michael-hart-rocket-book/

An aside….

What else happened in 1971?

Ted Hoff

…Intel introduced the first microprocessor

Moore’s Law

The number of transistors that can fit on a microchip will double every two years.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Transistor_Count_and_Moore%27s_Law_-_2011.svg/667px-Transistor_Count_and_Moore%27s_Law_-_2011.svg.png

…and the world changed forever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJQ_o48K_6Y

Think of what wouldn’t be possible in entertainment and other areas without the microprocessor.

1st e-reader

1998 – Rocket e-Book

2006 – Sony Reader

2007 – Amazon Kindle – blended strategy to sell eBooks via Amazon

2009 – B&N Nook

2010 – iPad – 1st successful tablet computer

2011 – Android tablets

2011 – Amazon eBook sales exceeded paperback sales

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tablet_computers

And by 2015…

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Social media & Web 2.0

How is this related to storytelling?

Self-publishing

Everyone is now a storyteller!

Blogging is a worldwide phenomenon

In the United States, 32 million bloggers (2021)

http://floatlearning.com/2012/03/a-brief-history-of-publishing/

http://snitchim.com/how-many-blogs-are-there/

Blogging Statistics 2023: Ultimate List with 47 Facts and Stats

Image: https://firstsiteguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The-global-number-of-blogs.png

Over 2.7 billion active Facebook users (2021)

Over 1.1 billion TikTok users (2021)

Over 293 million Snapchat users (2021)

Over 206 million active Twitter accounts (2021)

Almost 1.7 million self-published titles in the U.S. (2018)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/17/facebook-user-numbers_n_3292316.html

Joe Sabia: The technology of storytelling

http://www.ted.com/talks/joe_sabia_the_technology_of_storytelling.html (3:33)

What do you think?

How has society been changed by the evolution of storytelling?

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Another way to think about showing vs. telling is to think about “reporting” vs. “storytelling.” Even though we always want our writing to be rich with details and specificity (i.e. showing), it is true that sometimes we do want to do more storytelling (i.e. showing), and sometimes we want to do more reporting (i.e. telling). Ideally, a really good piece of travel writing will have some of both. This week, we’re going to focus more on the first element: storytelling. Next week, we’ll turn our attention to the second element: reporting (or, as is often the case, reflecting).

Before you dive into this week’s assignment, be sure to read your group members’ stories from last time and offer them some feedback. Take the feedback from your piece to help you think through how you will approach this week’s assignment.

Week 2 Assignment:

Think about a time when you experienced some kind of conflict while you were traveling. Maybe you lost something (e.g. passport, backpack, favorite ring), or you have some kind of confusing or uncomfortable experience with another person (e.g. someone misunderstood you, someone tried to trick you, someone looked at you in a way that made you uncomfortable, you had an argument with someone, etc.). In 2 double-spaced pages, write the story of your experience of travel conflict, including both what happened and how it changed you. Remember that the heart of good storytelling includes both a central conflict and the change (usually of a person) that results.

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