This process in continuing up to the present time. A large amount of these writing systems circulated among small areas, and as time progressed, they were neglected. Every Eskimo assistant to the missionaries working in Alaska invented his own writing that was used by himself only. In a situation where civilization and literacy can be identified, the social aspect of the origin of writing is related to the structure of the language it represents. The use of conventionalized symbolism of the language, the visual system of signs, is related to the set of constraints, including the structure of the language, that has the means of integrating social factors within it.
Writing is the prototype of social control through mass-communications media.
In traditional cultures, writing doesn't have prestige the equal of speech. The function of the origin of writing can be compared to that of warfare, when placing writing in the context of cultural change. It appears that writing itself doesn't initiate cultural changes, but it belongs to these factors as a primary integrating institution. The evolution of writing is the aspect which is often described in its evolutionary progress. In any case, when studying it in more detail, it appears this is only an easy way of presenting material.