BEHS 103: Technology in Contemporary Society
Week 7
Credit: Katherine Im (2021, July)
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What is “Entertainment”
entertainment [ˌɛntəˈteɪnmənt]
n
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
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What are some forms of entertainment?
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Think about it:
In each form of entertainment, what are the technologies that allowed each form to advance?
Storytelling
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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
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15,000 – 13,000 BCE
Artistic storytelling
A Very Brief History of Storytelling
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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
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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
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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/
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Religious texts
1 – http://carm.org/when-was-bible-written-and-who-wrote-it
2-http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Bible/Quran.htm
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-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/
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Evolution of printed materials
1690 –first English-American newspaper published
http://floatlearning.com/2012/03/a-brief-history-of-publishing/
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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/
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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
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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/
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An aside….
What else happened in 1971?
Ted Hoff
…Intel introduced the first microprocessor
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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
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…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.
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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
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And by 2015…
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Social media & Web 2.0
How is this related to storytelling?
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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/
Image: https://firstsiteguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The-global-number-of-blogs.png
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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
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Joe Sabia: The technology of storytelling
http://www.ted.com/talks/joe_sabia_the_technology_of_storytelling.html (3:33)
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What do you think?
How has society been changed by the evolution of storytelling?
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