Sunday, April 12, 2009

Marie89, 4/12

In class on Thursday, I found it interesting when we discussed the fact that TV cannot give us a sense of immediacy anymore. It is strange that we now rely on so many modes of communication and that when one fails to give us exactly what we need when we need it, we turn to another immediately, yet annoyed. I also find it interesting that when one speaks of “media,” television is not the first thing that pops into my head, but rather the internet is my immediate reaction. The internet has become a more hands-on mode of information sharing as it allows for one to find exactly what he or she wants when he or she wants it rather than waiting for a certain news section, etc. The internet also allows for one to insert his or her opinion as blogs, chat rooms, and comment boxes have begun to take over the internet. The internet seems to provide us with less bias, more freedom, and more efficient information sharing than television ever could. It is also interesting the pace at which new technologies get invented as we are never satisfied as a culture with certain aspects that do not provide us with immediate responses, etc. The TV is a relatively new invention yet it had already begun to be replaced by youtube.com, hulu.com, on-demand Netflix, and a variety of other modes of watching television shows without a television. Another aspect of class that I found interesting was the idea of a knowledge leading to freedom from ideology. I do not believe that once we are knowledgeable about being within ideology that we may escape it, but rather we have become aware of its manipulation. Therefore, we are eternally stuck within ideology, but realize that we are in fact stuck and we usually just accept it rather than moving outside of it.

1 comment:

CMC300 said...

Solid post. You make some interesting points.

-Starfish