In our tutes this week we talked about how media (social media in particular) has evolved in a way that everything has become a lot more public and interactive leaving the old idea of ‘don’t get in the car with strangers’ out of the window.
In reference to Gauntlett’s article/s we discussed how we use social media these days. Most of us, me included, use Facebook for its messenger and discussed how its easier to message and keep in contact with people. With this we talked about how the positives that have come about this new age of media, with its new thought out way of being creative and unique rather than being something that is mass produced, boring and the same. We have to be innovative and creative about the way we approach media, to produce, to communicate, to study. By doing so, we will attract more audiences and more producers of media alike.
Another thing we raised up was this notion that we have changed from avoiding strangers to now embracing them. We used Uber as an example. Now we can go into strangers cars and no one bats an eye about it. Even when we were brought up we were told ‘not to go into cars with strangers’. Now strangers can interact with each other with this Uber app and go into each others cars, this saves a lot of money as opposed to taking a taxi. Most older parents do not like this notion of getting into a strangers car but we argue that it is in fact safer than a taxi because of how Uber is monitored. I personally do not use Uber because I have not gone around to actually downloading the app.
This new conception of thinking about media is better for the future as the newer generations learn about it and we use it. It has evolved into a much better, innovative and creative way of thinking rather than a monetised, capitalised system.
