Connotative misreadings of media reflect societal conflicts, not communication faults

Evidence

Improvements in communication … make for increased difficulties of understanding. The cable compelled contraction of language and facilitated a rapid widening between the English and American languages. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 640 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Communication distortion stems from asymmetric positions between producers and audiences.; Selective perception theory masks the structured clustering of audience misreadings; Misunderstandings at the connotative level require reference to social power and ideology. (+5 more)

Related

• Apparent audience ‘misunderstanding’ often signals departure from dominant preferred codes. (similarity 0.90)
• Improved communication technology increases misunderstanding between groups (similarity 0.88)
• Misunderstanding, not clarity, is the norm in media communication (similarity 0.80)
• Monopolies in communication media inevitably disrupt society through rapid dissemination. (similarity 0.79)
• Semantic-level misreadings of media are socially structured, not errors (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Improved communication technology increases misunderstanding between groups #corroborates (0.60) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 640
• Knowledge-versus-ignorance categories protect present-day readers from self-implication #corroborates (0.40)