For example, the Shannon-Weaver model of communication is an extreme example of the lineal bias in communication: it is a kind of pipeline model of hardware container for software content. It stresses the idea of inside" and "outside" and assumes that communication is a kind of literal matching rather than making.
“The Brain and the Media” (1978), in MM: The Man and His Message, (1989), p 184
Year: 1978
Chapter:
Communication
Compiled by William Kuhns
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