Effective communication entails passing a message successfully from a sender to a recipient. Basically, the message sender speaks while the recipient listens, though the process might be reversed as the recipient responds or questions the message commonly referred to as the feedback. All in all, in any communication network, only one party should be talking and the need of talking stick ideology even though the practical talking stick might be absent. Traditionally, a talking stick ensured order and consistency in discussion panels. At a time, only one person (the one holding the stick) could talk while the rest listened carefully without interrupting. The stick owner or founder literally shared the meeting based on societal norms or rules agreed on by the panels’ members. (Fereira,1999)
McNeil talk about the modern world of technology and adverse connection, the rules of talking sticks are barely observed. Social network media provides platforms where everyone airs out their opinions simultaneously. It is mentioned by Ariella also that to the ancient days, issues pop out, and concerned individuals are come out to air their opinions, some may refer to their s as an advice or solutions to the arising problem. On twitter, trends come along, people are given equal chances to tweet. Though each tweet has equal chances of reaching the other members, in reality some people are more influential than others and thus their voices get to be heard regardless of their message validity. (McNeil, 2012).
Superiority is associated with the number of followers, soundness as well as congruence with the
trending topic is secondary. Moreover, participants barely listen. Tweets on a trending hashtag barely
follow a trend, participants ‘throw’ opinions randomly and hardly come into a consensus. Contrary
to the ancient forums, twitter hashtags lack precise initial elaboration. For that reason, each individual
participates according to individual understanding. Simultaneous tweets reduce formality and at the
end the audience might not understand the real message being .
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Ariella, V.L. (2015). Our space: Networks, narratives an the making of place, Lecture 6:
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Ferreira, M. (1999). Behind the evolution, Birmingham: Associated Press, pp.67-p.83
McNeil, L. (2012). There is no''I''in network: Social Networking sites and Post human
auto/biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly. 35(1), 65.
Great Blog!
ReplyDeleteI also think that the concept of the “talking stick” is quite interesting. What I found most intriguing is the power that the object holds and the upmost respect for the use of the object. Nevertheless, times change and so does the tools of communications. Twitter, Facebook and every online social structure in-between have given voice to users to talk on nearly any platform anytime, anywhere. By this we see people comment their opinions, right or wrong. As quoted by McNeil (2010) “millions of people now taking advantage of the democratization of the Internet to publish and read life narratives”. With more and more contributing to the cluster of ideas, comments, views and stories we have to come to terms that there is no “talking stick” on the online social existence.
Reference:
McNeill, L. (2012). There Is No "I" in Network: Social Networking Sites and Posthuman Auto/Biography. Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly. 35(1), 65.