Friday, September 16, 2011
Medium Is Message
Once again I found myself reading a page or two, and feeling that the reading to follow is going to bore me, but yet I found the reading to actually pick up and get really interesting! What I noticed in the readings is that regardless of the technologies or media, human activity wont change. Mcluhan's theories for many can be agreed with, well for the most part, that reason being, we still use internet to find ourselves communicating with other people and using the internet for searching. But now we find ourselves communicating with many more people due to the social media's and also how often we are communicating. There are so many ways with using the internet that we can communicate with others, and its really interesting how people find ways of meeting new people via the internet. What I personally think the main point of this article was to really show how media can affect the thoughts and actions of the human being. Upon first glance, you dont think that the internet would have such a affect on us, but by what we wear, things we see online, they affect us, and in big ways. I think prior to the internet we found ourselves following the same trends where people and the actions of them were all alike, now a days many people are so different in many ways, but more as a group. You dont see people literally keep to themselves because of the circle of people that are around them that are exactly the same. All in all I found this article to be very informative, Loved reading it!
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Thank you for sharing I enjoyed your blog and agree that before the internet was more of a resource instead of a way to communicate. Many people are using the internet for socializing more than before and with so many social networking sites available now, its is becoming more and more accessible. Although there are still many trend seekers out there, I also believe that the internet is playing a large role in setting trends and persuading consumers to by a certain product. I found this article and your blog very informational as well.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you pointed out that "upon first glance, you dont think that the internet would have such a affect on us, but by what we wear, things we see online, they affect us, and in big ways." I think that is sooo true, yet most of the time we never even realize it! I constantly find myself browsing the internet a lot, and I have to admit that since I hardly ever watch TV a lot of the information I get is from headlines I read on the internet and I get a lot of trendy fashion styles from blogs I read. Aside from that, the internet has even become one of our generation’s primary modes of communication. Nowadays you hardly ever pick up the phone to call a friend, you either send a text, email, or even message them on Facebook. Without the internet, I think a lot of our lifestyles would change dramatically because we are so dependent on the availability of internet and technology.
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