Modern Western history moved from time-bias toward space-bias

Evidence

Innis characterized modern Western history as beginning with temporal organization and ending with spatial organization. It is the history of the evaporation of an oral and manuscript tradition and the concerns of community, morals, and metaphysics and their replacement by print and electronics supporting a bias toward space. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 621

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Innis’s central time-bias/space-bias distinction.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 621
• XREF: connects to: Science escaped time monopolies of knowledge but succumbed to space monopolies — Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication, 804; Communication media bias societies toward either spatial expansion or temporal continuity — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 542; Time-binding cultures value history, ritual symbols, and rooted community — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 624 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Once space filled, time became the new colonial frontier #expands (0.60) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 860
• Every communication form carries a spatial or temporal bias #expands (0.55) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 651
• Western present-mindedness drives a reliance on force to solve problems #corroborates (0.40) — Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication, 24