Language and Being Human in Technology

Autor/in	van der Laan, J. M.
Titel	Language and Being Human in Technology
Quelle	In: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 32 (2012) 3, S.241-252 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-4676
DOI	10.1177/0270467612458092
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Cognitive Processes; Technology; Visual Stimuli; Language; Reading Ability; Thinking Skills; Grade 12; Grade 9; Information Technology; Telecommunications; Research; Higher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Technologie; Languages; Sprache; Reading competence; Lesekompetenz; Denkfähigkeit; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Informationstechnologie; Telekommunikationstechnik; Forschung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	This essay considers the analysis Jacques Ellul carried out about the devaluation of language. This investigation also explores the consequences of that devaluation (or humiliation as Ellul called it) wrought by our orientation to technology. Our existence in technology transforms language and our use of it, shifting emphasis as well to the visual image. The technological mindset encourages a disregard for language. It entails as well the disuse and misuse of what is perhaps most human about us, language. As language conforms to the technological order, our thought processes, narratives, relationships, freedom, even being human are altered and threatened. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10