To what extent does oral and printed communication ensure a higher level of knowledge?

Question

Westerners live in a culture marked by abundant and frequent communication, both through oral and printed mediations. To what extent does this situation ensure a higher level of knowledge throughout Western culture?

Answer 1

Am not so sure it does.
Garbage in/garbage out.

Knowledge of what seems like a good question for further development: alot of what the media feeds us is now controlled by the politics of the parent company that owns the outlet.

What people choose to pay attention to is yet another story. I once read a news story that 80% of people on the street could identify a certain fictional character from a movie of that day, but very few could name the vice president.

So yes, there is alot of stuff floating around. What does it mean? What quality is it? Does it contribute to what might be considered an "education" by any stretch of the imagination?

Am taking Devil's Advocate position on this because I see alot of quantity .....and.....?

;-)

Answer 2

I think there's only so much you can take in. Like you can only know about 70 people really well - the population of a small village.
19th Century quote - "Now Boston can speak to New York!" "But has Boston anything to SAY to New York?"

Answer 3

I don't see how we commuicate more than other cultures. People are always talking and writing