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SUMMARY:Works-in-Progress session: “Orality\, Writing\, and Authenticatio
 n”
DESCRIPTION:by Rebecca Jean Emigh (Professor of Sociology\, UCLA)\n\nPresen
 ted online via Zoom meeting. Please register to attend:\nhttps://ucla.zoom
 .us/meeting/register/tJcrdu-vpjojHdDRzVCyAY2UuDraewW6QqPl\n\nWhen speaking
  to a person face to face—which Berger and Luckmann consider to be “pr
 ototypical” communication—authenticity\, truth\, and social position c
 an be judged by seeing\, listening\, and speaking. Seeing and listening al
 lows individuals to judge a person’s appearance and demeanor and thus un
 derstand their intentionality and positionality. Speaking allows individua
 ls to ask questions\, to clarify\, and to probe. How are authenticity\, tr
 uth\, and social position judged in disembodied forms of communication\, s
 uch as writing or digital formats? From this perspective\, these disembodi
 ed forms need to develop mechanisms of authentication that substitute for 
 face-to-face communication.\n\nThis talk considers how some of these mecha
 nisms developed over time with respect to books and print news (e.g.\, byl
 ines\, title pages\, editorial review\, etc.). This research shows how ora
 lity\, literacy\, and visuality are related to each other\; they are simpl
 y different aspects of communication that are almost always combined for d
 eeper and fuller understanding of any topic. This perspective is an import
 ant alternative to one that considers literacy a superior and historically
  linear replacement to orality (e.g.\, Goody). These considerations are al
 so crucial for understanding historical forms of media (manuscripts\, incu
 nable\, books\, avvisi\, periodicals\, and newspapers) as well as social a
 nd digital media\, all of which generally combined orality and literacy in
  different ways.\n\nRebecca Jean Emigh is Professor of Sociology at UCLA. 
 She authored numerous books and articles on comparative and historical soc
 iology\, focusing on long-term processes of social change. She was chair o
 f the Comparative/Historical Section of the American Sociological Associat
 ion and is co-editor of Social Science History.
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