COMM 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Media Play, Techne, Data Transformation
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Our life are becoming more mediated by media technology. What would be different without machines(missing): connections from people, lost access to someone, lost something you can"t physically do(physical change), more work to do, jobs related to social media, the persistent feeling of being poked is gone. What if you can"t get connected: you"ll be more present, you might be more aware of others in your media salinity, you might have to talk to strangers, Many aspects of our life rely on media, but not everything. The relationship between people and technology and ways people may use of that technology. Both these two terms point to is a question about the way we experience the world, a big question about who we are and how we experience the world. Agency is a term brought out by the above two: are you the captain of the ship that is you, are you the boss, who decides for you, what determines the situation,