The Bias of Communication; Technology that Monopolizes Space and Communication that Monopolizes Time
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This 6 page paper considers the perspectives of Harold Innis, one of the best noted theorists regarding modern communications, and assesses his view that 'the media of communications has an important influence on the dissemination of knowledge over space and time. This paper considers the views of Innis as they can be applied to an assessment of the Vietnam War Memorial as a communication bias of time and the Internet as a bias of communication of space. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHinnis_

B.F. Skinner, Wolfgang Kohler, Pythagoras, and Plato: Impacts on Education
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A 5 page overview of the impact of each of these theorists on the educational process and curriculum design. This paper emphasizes that there has been an evolution over time in the way we view both the cognitive process and the educational approach. Bibliography lists 4 sources. PPedCur2.rtf
Filename: PPedCur2.rtf

"Information Inequality" and "Trust Us, We're Experts"
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A 5 page paper which draws parallels between Herbert Schiller's "Information Inequality" and "Trust Us, We're Experts" by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauler. The paper discusses how each work depicts the manner in which communication is used for propaganda. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAtrustus.wps

"Scrambling" in Japanese Linguistics
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(10pp). "Scrambling" in linguistics is examining the word order in a sentence. Meaning or understanding ay be distorted by inappropriate word order. In an analytical overview of this unique area of language studies it would appear that not much research, has been completed in this field. That which has been done is discussed in this article. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBlingjk.doc