COMS 210 Final: Reading Notes FINAL COMS 210

• School: McGill University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMS 210
• Professor: cayley sorochan

Document Summary

In this respect, the reality trend aligns itself with the efforts of the proponents of the new economy to destigmatize surveillance and reposition it as a form of convenience. Reality becomes mass customized just as the online economy starts to become a reality: the lesson of reality tv for media critics is that a two way, a participatory medium is by no means an inherently progressive one. I (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to de(cid:373)o(cid:374)strate ho(cid:449) the pro (cid:272)ess of (cid:862)digital i(cid:374)sta(cid:374)tiatio(cid:374)(cid:863) like(cid:449)ise (cid:449)orks to(cid:449)ard quantification, qualifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374), a(cid:374)d pu(cid:271)li(cid:272)ity (cid:271)y re(cid:374)deri(cid:374)g users" li(cid:448)es i(cid:374) pie(cid:272)e(cid:373)eal fashio(cid:374), unintentionally creating a whole that is larger than the sum of its parts. Lifestreaming needs to be understood as an act of publicity. It was just this geographic proximity of people connected through always- on internet services that gave rise to a feeling that there was always something better to do. People worried about their status in the community and whether they were participating appropriately.