Eugene Matusov mentions:
>...considering transmission of information from a
>teacher to student (function I of communication, according to Lotman, 1988)
I haven't the reference for Lotman, but I'm wondering, can we "transmit
information from teacher to student?" What does "information" mean here?
What do we mean by "transmission?"
I am particularly confused when "development of new meanings" is "function
II" of communication. (What is "new" meaning? New to the student, new to
human culture...) I guess my problem is that I'm having a hard time
thinking about communication without involving meaning making, hence what
is "information" without concern for meaning making. So, how can there be
the specific "function I" and how does one conceive of this particular
"function II" differently if one allows that the stated function I exists?
I think that I agree with Eugene's message otherwise.
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