“We are at the precipice of a revolutionary change in media and communications.”
Those final words still ring in my head from the afternoon’s unlecture and I knew I just had to get this post out of the way. Although the entirety of the hour was spent answering the (mostly vague) questions of my anonymous peers, it was the last question that seemed to penetrate whatever pre-existing knowledge of the media course I had. Despite me not asking a question (and my mummy taught me never to say anything unreasonable), thoughts still buzzed in my head from the unending regurgitation of nuanced methods in modern media.
The term revolution, not to be taken lightly, captures the not-so-gradual transformation of the way we live today. Things that are deemed worthy and particularly essential to the development of society no longer comes from a single source that was once controlled by a specific group of people. Nowadays, information comes from anyone regardless of gender or social markings. Anyone can write anything on the internet and the fact that we are on these student blogs do make us the “vanguards” that Adrian described.
A big responsibility comes with this, just as we are responsible for what we publish on our digital portfolios. For me, being born in a world of technology, this was a thing I had taken for granted, to the point where I was shocked to be told not to use laptops, Ipads or phones during the unlecture.
Did I mention I was using my smartphone for this blog post?