Abstract
After the ancient Greeks began committing language to written text, the "relative importance of the spoken as contrasted with the written word steadily decreased until the twentieth century, when the process began to be reversed by radio and television." (Kennedy, 111) This contemporary shift back to orality is easily observable by examining how political discourse is disseminated. The orations of Daniel Webster, Abraham Lincoln, and Stephen Douglas, for instance, were actually heard by only a limited number of people. Their words reached thousands or millions more, however, both then and today, through printed publication. In contrast, few contemporary political speeches are published in length. Instead, CNN and C-SPAN, and the networks during prime time events, allow millions to actually hear political discourse. Most of this discourse is stored on audiovisual tape - not in print.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Speech Communication
Volume
21
Issue
1
First Page
2
Last Page
8
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Yellin, Keith
(1989)
"Teleprompted Public Speaking,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 21:
No.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol21/iss1/3
Copyright
©1989 Iowa Communication Association
