New Media, and how are we using it?

“Upgrading one's imagination about what is possible is always a leap of faith.”

― Clay Shirky, Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age

1. What does the medium enhance?

2. What does the medium make obsolete?

3. What does the medium retrieve that have been obsolesced earlier; or lessened such as radio, newspapers, reading in general? (Television is said to some extend to have contributed to making reading obsolete).

4. What does the new medium (Internet; Facebook, YouTube, etc.) flip into when pushed to extremes?

These critical questions come from Marshall McLuhan and his work in media studies 30 years before the internet, and very pertinent today. How we relate to the medium (modes of communications) in regards to how it is shaping our environment?

How are we affected by it?

How are we using it positively?

How are we using it negatively?

Your thoughts in this regard will be appreciated.

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