Walter Ong
American Jesuit scholar whose Orality and Literacy transformed our understanding of how the shift from oral to literate culture restructures consciousness and society. His work influenced media theory, education theory, and the study of oral literature. He was among the most important scholars of communication in the 20th century.
Works
- Orality and LiteracyHistory of writing, oral culture, and technological shifts in human consciousness
- Ramus, Method, and the Decay of DialogueStudy of Ramus and the transition from oral debate to written method
- The Presence of the WordPhilosophy of the word and presence through voice and orality
- Interfaces of the WordEssays on language, media, and cultural interfaces of word communication
- Rhetoric, Romance, and TechnologyCollection on rhetoric, romance literature, and technology's cultural effects