Post-literate society
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| - | '''Asemic writing''' is a wordless open [[Semantics|semantic]] form of [[writing]]. The word ''asemic'' means "having no specific semantic content". | + | A '''postliterate society''' is a hypothetical society wherein [[multimedia]] technology has advanced to the point where [[literacy]], the ability to read written words, is no longer necessary. Many advanced science-fiction societies are postliterate, for example in [[Dan Simmons]]' 2003 novel ''[[Ilium (novel)|Ilium]]''. |
| - | Illegible, invented, or primal [[manuscript|script]]s ([[cave painting]]s, [[doodle]]s, [[children's drawings]], etc.) are all influences upon asemic writing. But instead of being thought of as mimicry of preliterate expression, asemic writing can be considered as a [[Postliterate society|postliterate]] style of writing that uses all forms of creativity for inspiration. | + | Postliterate is markedly different from preliterate. A preliterate society has not yet discovered how to read and write; a postliterate society has replaced the written word with an electronic oral culture, or some other means of communication. All information is either transmitted via sound or some other, more complex means. Postliteracy is sometimes considered a sign that a society is approaching the [[technological singularity]]. |
| - | Some asemic writing has [[pictogram]]s or [[ideogram]]s, which suggest a meaning through their shape. Other forms are shapeless and exist as pure conception. | + | In a postliterate society people can read words, but choose not to. They generally receive information in a visual form instead of a verbal form. |
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| - | Asemic writing has no verbal sense, though it may have clear textual sense. Through its formatting and structure, asemic writing may suggest a type of document and, thereby, suggest a meaning. The form of [[art]] is still writing, often [[calligraphic]] in form, and either depends on a reader's sense and knowledge of writing systems for it to make sense, or can be understood through aesthetic intuition. | + | |
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| - | Asemic writing can also be seen as a relative perception, whereby unknown languages and forgotten scripts provide templates and platforms for new modes of expression. | + | |
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| - | Asemic writing occurs in [[avant-garde]] literature and art with strong roots in the earliest forms of writing. | + | |
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Asemic writing]] | ||
| + | *[[Film]] | ||
| + | *[[Multimedia literacy]] | ||
| + | *[[Oral history]] | ||
| + | *[[Radio]] | ||
| + | *[[Television studies]] | ||
| + | *[[Transliteracy]] | ||
| + | *[[Visual literacy]] | ||
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A postliterate society is a hypothetical society wherein multimedia technology has advanced to the point where literacy, the ability to read written words, is no longer necessary. Many advanced science-fiction societies are postliterate, for example in Dan Simmons' 2003 novel Ilium.
Postliterate is markedly different from preliterate. A preliterate society has not yet discovered how to read and write; a postliterate society has replaced the written word with an electronic oral culture, or some other means of communication. All information is either transmitted via sound or some other, more complex means. Postliteracy is sometimes considered a sign that a society is approaching the technological singularity.
In a postliterate society people can read words, but choose not to. They generally receive information in a visual form instead of a verbal form.
See also
- Asemic writing
- Film
- Multimedia literacy
- Oral history
- Radio
- Television studies
- Transliteracy
- Visual literacy
