International & Global Communication Summary (Lecture Notes) - CM2001
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Course
International & Global Communication (CM2001)
Institution
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (EUR)
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Globalisation Acceleration of space and time
Compression of space and time
Social Storytelling - It is the first level of social storytelling
Fairy Tales - Enable us to understand what certain societies deem to be
counts of how to behave and how not to behave
We know to be untrue - What we should do, what we shouldn’t do
Indicate what we should and should - Wonder tale involving marvellous elements and
not do occurrences (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- Fairy Tales we know to be untrue
Social Storytelling - Second level of storytelling
Legend - More people respect “legends” as opposed to “fairytales”
- Most religions start with a legend
Contains supernatural or untrue - Legends do not necessarily indicate something is
elements but it not completely completely false (or untrue), it is something we are not
certain completely certain as to whether it is real or not
Trace back to a story about a saint - Traditional story or group of stories regarding a particular
person/place
- Legends resemble folk/fairy tales in content (supernatural
beings, elements of mythology, explanations of natural
phenomena)
- They are associated with a particular location/person and
are told as a matter of history (Encyclopedia Britannica)
Social Storytelling - All foundations of societies are built upon/based on a
Myth myth
Symbolic narrative - Symbolic narrative
All societies stem from a myth - Usually unknown origin
- Partly traditional
- Support history and religion - Ostensibly relates actual events, especially associated with
(usually carries a positive bias religious belief
because mythologies function with a - ie. specific accounts of Gods or superhuman beings
sociological aspect to make us feel involved in extraordinary events/circumstances in a time
part of something and to feel good that is unspecified
about the society)
Examples
- The Legend of King Arthur: not completely sure if he
existed or not, but he is linked to the royal British family
and to Queen Elizabeth’s family tree
- Napoleon: He worked to liberate Europe and bring
resources back to France (hero of France) however other
countries such as Switzerland viewed him as a conniving
individual
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