Week 9 Tutorial

I spent a far whack of time this week reading up and annotating various sources in regards to ‘mediums’ in media. I also did a bit of research on Marshall McLuhan and his theory that the medium is the message. A specific example that was used in one of my readings was the printing press which revolutionised society. It allowed for the exchange, the mass exchange, of ideas allowing for more people to voice their opinions-even if it was against the authorities of the day. Anyway, without rambling on to much about what I learnt the medium that spawned print culture affected thinking in a far greater way  than the content of what was being released. It opened up a new possibility of thought.

In today’s tutorial we brainstormed as a group and began narrowing our ideas down onto one specific topic, one specific question. This is proving to be the most challenging aspect in terms of creating our final product,  there is so much information in regards to mediums and so much that can be demonstrated and said that all ideas can’t be used even if there good. I faced a similar problem last year when I was doing my final Drama presentation, I had some good ideas which I spent time on, but had to scrap.