Turkle & Digital Communication

 Wilfredo Harris

November 17th, 2021

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    Sherry Turkle talks about how our reliance on devices changes how we communicate and I believe that is certainly true!

I've made a bunch of friends from the online world. Friends I wouldn't even know existed if it weren't for the internet and the little community I'm a part of. While I consider them close we can't ever like arrange a meet up for like tomorrow because we're all across the continent, even the world. So a lot of our conversations do miss that key aspect of having someone in the room to chat with, being able to see their body language and expressions. That interpersonal relationship will be built differently compared to a friendship irl.

 But there is a hope we will someday meet up! While that key point of communication is lost, we can build it. It'll be like becoming friends all over again as we get used to actually physically being in the same space but that's going to be fun.

Reflection 1: McLuhan, The Medium is The Message.

 Wilfredo Harris

November 8th, 2021

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Marshall McLuhan talks about many different things within the digital media field. This short blog is going to be on one of his messages: "The Medium is the message".

Is this true? In a way, I believe so. The medium does play a big part in the message. As an example, Receiving news through an article you find on Twitter will provide a different reaction and experience compared to learning about the same situation from a News Anchor on a TV channel.

Now more than ever there is an ever growing list of mediums you can receive information from.

TikTok, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, News Websites, YouTube, and the lot. With all of these new sites and apps they all have different quirks and experiences, so receiving the information from any one of these sites would be it's own experience. In short, the medium certainly is the message in a way.