FloRida, 8/30

Our class on Wednesday was extremely eye-opening. Postmodernism is something that had been unclear and not easily definable to me for a long time. New ideas, concepts, and technologies are bombarding our generation and this last class portrayed that very well. The connection with past, present, and possible future societal problems really connected the dots. With all of this new knowledge and speed we are all enhancing our future but also fearing it. The slide that stuck out to me was the one with all the different media company logos. It made me feel somewhat claustrophobic just looking at it. I could not even fathom to what extent media companies are being produced and how rapidly. This constant enhancement created so many “What ifs?” We all watch the news and hear the terrible things that are happening around us. This is creating an even greater state of fear. At one point, Dr. Rog, made it known that at least three or four people have reapplied hand sanitizer throughout our Wednesday class discussion. I am one of close people who have the sanitizer holder that attaches to a bag. Professors are receiving emails EVERYDAY about H1N1 and how our school is probably going to have an outbreak. We do not seem to have any control over our own lives anymore. They have been signed away to new technologies and media manipulation. We believe that what we see and hear in the media must be true because how can someone write on the internet or tell the country something on a news station that is not true. Why do we believe it? This can be an extremely hard question to answer. We have reality shows that are not really reality. We have facebook to keep us updated on everyone of our “friends” lives. We have twitter to send us constant updates from not only our friends but celebrities as well. We have television series to occupy our time with the lives of fictional characters. We have cars that are equipped with all functions so that we can have our homes on the road with us. Lastly, we have Prozac to calm us down!