Writing creates new knowledge through ideas. People think of ideas and express them in their writing. This causes the writer to expand on the idea and research to gain more knowledge. In the same way writing helps the writer, it also helps the audience. The audience gains more knowledge by reading the ideas manifested and supporting facts researched.
Prior to this week’s reading I always thought knowledge came primarily from books and different forms of literature. The encyclopedia, atlases, Freud’s theories, animal studies, and geographical ideas are all found in writing. Writing existed long before the news, media, and television. Therefore I feel it’s more reliable.
