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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Response to Dan's Q
Q: With the merging of mediums or changes in mediums, like new media, what effect does this have on culture? or does the culture change the medium?
A: New media is affected by the people, institutions and groups that interact and create the advancements in technology and make remediation possible. It is definitely the citizens in the said culture that influence the medium. Without a demand for reality, the tactic of using media to convey reality would remain a figment of our wildest imaginations. Only when people in society take the initiative to bring the viewers a real experience did the possibilities of combining and changing media skyrocket exponentially.
A: New media is affected by the people, institutions and groups that interact and create the advancements in technology and make remediation possible. It is definitely the citizens in the said culture that influence the medium. Without a demand for reality, the tactic of using media to convey reality would remain a figment of our wildest imaginations. Only when people in society take the initiative to bring the viewers a real experience did the possibilities of combining and changing media skyrocket exponentially.
Networks of Remediation (Bolter & Grusin)
1. What is your take on the notion that immediacy depends on the cultural context? (i.e. Africans v. Westerners looking at a photograph) Do you agree or disagree that immediacy to some may look like hypermediacy to others? Explain or give an example of how this applies to you.
2. Is it the media that influence cultural changes or cultural changes that influence media? Give evidence to support this.
3. Remediation is happening all around. Is it possible for you, the viewer, to watch a movie and be drawn immediately into a scene where an actor is watching or interacting through another medium? Does the fact that you're watching someone using another medium trigger the realization that you are also interacting with hypermediated technology?
2. Is it the media that influence cultural changes or cultural changes that influence media? Give evidence to support this.
3. Remediation is happening all around. Is it possible for you, the viewer, to watch a movie and be drawn immediately into a scene where an actor is watching or interacting through another medium? Does the fact that you're watching someone using another medium trigger the realization that you are also interacting with hypermediated technology?
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Response to Nick's Q
Q: Considering the current decline in print journalism, do you think it has fallen to a consumer-based rise in demand for such readily accessible media as video? What's your take on that difference in hypermedia?
A: I agree that the consumer-based rise in demand for easily accessible media is the cultural trend. It appears that print journalism is weeded out with the ever-dominant role of broadcast and digital media. However, we as citizens and viewers have the choice to expose ourselves to whatever type of media we want. Even though video tries to emulate reality by taking the viewers on-the-scene and giving them an exclusive look into any given subject, it will never attain reality. Unless we are all living in a daze or completely unaware of our surroundings, we will realize that hypermediacy isn't a substitution for reality. True, it's fun to put on a pair of night goggles and experience virtual reality, but that fantastic fantasy is almost as surreal as the idea that Elvis Presley is still alive. We as a society has forgotten the immediacy of the very paper and ink that journalists have poured their labor into paging together. The authentic news is still found from imagining the scene, not seeing it on TV. Because even though we see it, we have no real recollection or memory of experiencing it and personally feeling it. Nothing replaces reality.
A: I agree that the consumer-based rise in demand for easily accessible media is the cultural trend. It appears that print journalism is weeded out with the ever-dominant role of broadcast and digital media. However, we as citizens and viewers have the choice to expose ourselves to whatever type of media we want. Even though video tries to emulate reality by taking the viewers on-the-scene and giving them an exclusive look into any given subject, it will never attain reality. Unless we are all living in a daze or completely unaware of our surroundings, we will realize that hypermediacy isn't a substitution for reality. True, it's fun to put on a pair of night goggles and experience virtual reality, but that fantastic fantasy is almost as surreal as the idea that Elvis Presley is still alive. We as a society has forgotten the immediacy of the very paper and ink that journalists have poured their labor into paging together. The authentic news is still found from imagining the scene, not seeing it on TV. Because even though we see it, we have no real recollection or memory of experiencing it and personally feeling it. Nothing replaces reality.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Mediation and Remediation (Bolter & Grusin)
1. In the reading, hypermedia and transparent media both desire to get past the limits of representation and to achieve the real. Yet, all media is remediation. Do you think that remediation detracts from the ability to achieve reality?
2. What do you think of the idea that our culture shapes media as opposed to media shaping our culture?
3. How effective is language in visual media? (i.e. subtitles in a foreign film) Should they be omitted altogether or does it enhance the real experience of films?
2. What do you think of the idea that our culture shapes media as opposed to media shaping our culture?
3. How effective is language in visual media? (i.e. subtitles in a foreign film) Should they be omitted altogether or does it enhance the real experience of films?
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Response to Aaron's Q
Q: As a writing teacher, would you focus on the importance of the writer or the reader in relation to text? Explain the faults in the view that opposes yours.
A: I believe that there is a relationship or a triad, if you will, among the author, reader & purpose of the text itself. No single category is more or less important. However, students inevitably write as though they were talking to themselves. Often times, students write using pronouns such as "I" or "me," which constantly reminds them that their thoughts & opinions matter. However, take a persuasive or argumentative piece instead of a narrative. Then, students begin to realize that the writing is not necessarily about the author but about how the author can reach his or her audience. Without that bridge between the reader and writer, the purpose of the text becomes null and void. Unless the writer tends to keep one's writing to his or herself, the audience should be given more attention. That means, the writers needs to see from the outsider's perspective and look into the text instead of looking out into the world through his/her own eyes.
A: I believe that there is a relationship or a triad, if you will, among the author, reader & purpose of the text itself. No single category is more or less important. However, students inevitably write as though they were talking to themselves. Often times, students write using pronouns such as "I" or "me," which constantly reminds them that their thoughts & opinions matter. However, take a persuasive or argumentative piece instead of a narrative. Then, students begin to realize that the writing is not necessarily about the author but about how the author can reach his or her audience. Without that bridge between the reader and writer, the purpose of the text becomes null and void. Unless the writer tends to keep one's writing to his or herself, the audience should be given more attention. That means, the writers needs to see from the outsider's perspective and look into the text instead of looking out into the world through his/her own eyes.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Response to Megan's Q
Q: According to Hampe, if you turn off the sound and can understand what's going on you have strong visual evidence, does this mean that sound evidence is unimportant or maybe even weakens your message?
A: Sound is a vital player in any motion picture or footage. If anything, audio enhances the meaning of a silent film. Yet, if a documentary or video can stand alone without the sound, the filmmaker has taken an extra step that isn't necessarily useful to the viewers. I think that in this generation, where our attention span is limited to 6 seconds of newspaper reading, it is ALL about the sound that we hear on TV that captures our attention. In order for a video to be meaningful, the audience must DRAW meaning out of it. The work itself cannot stand alone as meaningful if nobody pays enough attention or makes the effort to watch a movie without sound.
A: Sound is a vital player in any motion picture or footage. If anything, audio enhances the meaning of a silent film. Yet, if a documentary or video can stand alone without the sound, the filmmaker has taken an extra step that isn't necessarily useful to the viewers. I think that in this generation, where our attention span is limited to 6 seconds of newspaper reading, it is ALL about the sound that we hear on TV that captures our attention. In order for a video to be meaningful, the audience must DRAW meaning out of it. The work itself cannot stand alone as meaningful if nobody pays enough attention or makes the effort to watch a movie without sound.
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