I found this week’s reading of There Are No Old Media a lot easier to comprehend and more relatable to my everyday life as compared to last week’s reading. The use of nostalgia was discussed in the readings under  “technostalgia” (Van der Heijden, 2015)  where it was a type of nostalgia in media “regarded as a fascination with things that link to their, their parents,’ or previous generations’ past”.  (Natale & Simone 2016) I saw this idea of technostalgia in my encounters with media as well as the creative process. This especially applies in the area of visual effects (e.g the film or chs style look) and I think it is very interesting for my generation  to have interest in using these but not knowing or vaguely rememeber what it exactly looks like in its raw form. 

As a class activity I found a picture on my phone of the time  when I travelled to Japan with my friendsI was able and remebered very well the details like weather, sights and happy emotions.   I then could relate this to an idea in the reading of how media old or modern can really “provide us with meanings and narratives to make sense of the transformations and changes experienced throughout life”. (Natale & Balbi, 2014) Its very impressive to me how when we recall events which may have seem a while ago, nostalgia and seeing something from the past can activate senses and feelings as well as reflection upon changes which can lead us to wanting to go back and missing those times or experiences.

References: Natale, Simone (2016) “There Are No Old Media” Journal of Communication, Volume 66, Issue 4  p. 585–603, doi:10.1111/jcom.12235