Week11- Lecture
WHAT ARE MEDIA?
Three Metaphors:
1.media as conduit [textual analysis]
2.media as languages [affordances]
3.media as environments [medium analysis]
TRADITIONAL HISTORIES OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES:
THE VIRTUAL REVOLUTION (BBC/OPEN UNIVERSITY, 2010)
EP4 ‘HOMO INTERNETICUS?’
What is the impact of the Internet over the previous 20 years are relationships and rotted our brains. Has the Internet changed humans fundamentally as a result of the Internet revolution? That was the question posed by Aleks Krotoski in the opening of the forth episode of Virtual Revolution. The Internet has changed humanity by modifying our thinking, especially in the young who jump from topics through hyperlinks and read less long form material.
Sylvia • May 28, 2016