As the world grows rapidly today, new and more technologies are being invented and used. It is definitely right to say that technology owns the media, as without technology, videos, sound recordings, pictures etc will not exist. All these are extremely vital for the media. For example, reporters now are using camera phones instead of bulky and heavy cameras to shoot interesting and juicy news. By using a camera phone, reporters can be discrete about what they are filming and that will minimize their risk of getting hurt when they are reporting. Although a lot people might say that we humans own the media as it supplies the demand of our need for entertainment and what we want to hear, technologies are far more important than humans, as without technologies, humans would not be able to attend to their proper entertainment (media). Currently, technologies are so advanced that the spread of media have gone from taking a whole day to spread, to within minutes. According to the book Amusing Ourselves To Death, Neil Postman stated that by “lacking a technology to advertise media, people could not attend to them, could not include them in their daily business” “Such information simply could not exist as part of the content of culture. This idea – that there is a content called “the news of the day” –was entirely created by the telegraph. Which made it possible to move decontextualized information over vast spaces at incredible speed” For example, if something happens now, everyone will know about it within minutes, and if it were 20 years ago, they would have only found out the news the next morning. Lastly, without all the advance technologies today, no media could or would be as effective and interesting.
Monday, 23 August 2010
"Who owns the Media?"
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Sean,
ReplyDeleteI really applaud your use of connections here! By linking your thoughts to the readings from class, you are showing the highest critical thinking skills. Bravo!
Mrs. B
I also share a similar viewpoint as I think technology shares a strong connection with media. However, I do not think technology owns the media, but gives power to individuals within society to do so. Meaning, due to the inventions, of phone cameras, pocket microphones, hidden cameras, et. people such as journalists have the power to get immediate news of some kind.
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