COMM 1101 Lecture 7: COMM 1101A - Internet and New Media Nov 24
10 Mar 2016
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New media: gopnik"s three positions on the internet: Never-betters = believe we are on the brink of a utopia where info will be free and democratic. Better-nevers = would have been better off if the whole thing had never happened. Ever-wasers = insist that in any moment in modernity something like this is going on and that a new way of organizing data and connecting users is always thrilling to some and chilling to others. Mix of good and bad on the fence. Anxiety and excitement that comes out with new technology and media: today, the new in new media means digital: computers, the internet, video games, social media, etc. , but every medium was a new medium once: A visual history of computing: mechanical computers. Found in ship wreck 150 - 100 bce. Believed that it was a mechanical device that keeps you updated on constellation changes.
