The article evoke a lot of thoughts in me.
This piece of reading speaks a lot on how media is viewed, what media is made up of, the effects of the media in people's lives through the years.
I was particularly drawn to the following statements : "We are too prone to make technological instruments the scapegoats for the sins of those who wield them. The products of modern science are not in themselves good or bad; it is the way they are used that determines their value."
There is much truth in the statements above. And even though it appears as nakedly true that technologies have limitations in putting themselves into usage in our daily lives, it appears hilarious to me how the mankind had push the blame to technology for the problems that arises today and yet forgotten that they imposed the technology into their own life.
Some of the analogies used in the reading brings about refreshing concept of how i will view a media and how the same media could mean a different thing to another being. I thought this had really broadened my view on how a media can be viewed differently.
However, i would say i was a little annoyed at the intense connection that was made between media and grammar of typography. The indepth connection established by the author was not something that could be easily comprehand by me. It took me quite a few disturbing moments to make up the picture and linkage between the message the author wanted to send.
Learning: The value of technology is how we put it to use.
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