Monday, February 7, 2011

New Mediums

As time goes on, technology is rapidly changing. In Marshall McLuhan's "The Medium is the Message", he explains that the content of the message is not what we should be paying attention to, but  the way in which the content is transmitted through technology and how this effects our lives. Here are three examples of new technology that I feel have and will continue to effect the world.

1. Facebook
Content: Digital photographs, text, html links, digital video, chat
Message: In my opinion the "message" of facebook is that people are constantly connected with one another. When one of your facebook friends updates something on his or her page, it appears on your personal feed. This helps users stay connected to one another even if they do not speak in person. Also, the chat aspect of the website allows users to instantly get in contact with one another given that they are both logged into the site.



2. Smartphones
Content: Text messaging, phone calls, camera, digital photographs, video, digital video, internet access, applications, instant messaging, e- mail.
Message: Blackberries, droids and iphones are all included in the category of  smartphones. More and more people have progressively decided to switch over to one of these phones because of all of its capabilities. The fact that you could have the power to be on the internet at the tip of your fingers at anytime and anywhere is further making usage of the desktop computer and even the laptop obselete. These phones have and will continue to gain popularity because of  their various capabilities.


3. Twitter
Content: Comments, text, html links
Message: I believe that twitter has changed social media itself as it has gained popularity. It has increased the speed of news and how accessible the news can be. It is also integrated into other mediums such as online news articles as well as other forms of social media. I think that this is really a great feature because you can directly attach a link to your twitter and this helps expedite the delivery of news to the world.
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  1. Michael FlorioMarch 3, 2011 at 7:38 AM

    I definitely agree with Nicole's view of social networking sites allowing us to expand our identities. Also, I thought her view of "personal space" as a
    changing entity was interesting because I had never thought of it that way
    before. Today, what we consider personal space may not be what we considered personal space when we first became part of the social aspect of the Internet. It is not that we have less personal space, it is that we just use it differently.

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