"In a culture like ours, long accustomed to splitting and dividing all things as a means of control, it is sometimes a bit of a shock to be reminded that, in operational and practical fact, the medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - that is, of any extension of ourselves - result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology." (McLuhan 7)
With the “medium in the message” I think society tends to focus on the obvious. When we looking at text messaging we see a different and easier way to communicate with one another, but we are not looking at how it changed our culture and communication level in a good and bad way. …show more content…
, texting is the preferred method of communication among the younger generation. Now our culture of communication has changed, society can not only use words but emoji’s now extend our words and create emotions through text. When using texting messaging out language has been shortened with the use of abbreviations i.e. Bff, OMW, TTLY. Texting has changed the culture of social interaction by turning communication more impersonal, but at the same time opening up more ways to communicate, and a faster pace. We can communicate with someone on the other side of the world in real time just by using text messaging, but on the other hand it gives the receiver a hard time decoding the message and the option to respond when they want …show more content…
In a word (or four), ground comprises everything we don't notice. Sherry Turkle describes this relationship we have with technology when she states “[d]igital connections and the sociable robot may offer the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship” (Turkle, 1) With text messaging we are developing friendships all the time. McLuhan tells us that a "message" is, "the change of scale or pace or pattern" that a new invention or innovation "introduces into human affairs." (McLuhan 8) Hybridization of our culture is happening right before our eyes with new mediums being used. The development of texting opened the doors for video texting and face to face communication. This goes into Foucault’s theory and he states that “the analysis of power-mechanisms has no built-in tendency to show power as being at once anonymous and always victorious” (The Eye of Power, 163). In other words each form of power must adapt as society itself
With the “medium in the message” I think society tends to focus on the obvious. When we looking at text messaging we see a different and easier way to communicate with one another, but we are not looking at how it changed our culture and communication level in a good and bad way. …show more content…
, texting is the preferred method of communication among the younger generation. Now our culture of communication has changed, society can not only use words but emoji’s now extend our words and create emotions through text. When using texting messaging out language has been shortened with the use of abbreviations i.e. Bff, OMW, TTLY. Texting has changed the culture of social interaction by turning communication more impersonal, but at the same time opening up more ways to communicate, and a faster pace. We can communicate with someone on the other side of the world in real time just by using text messaging, but on the other hand it gives the receiver a hard time decoding the message and the option to respond when they want …show more content…
In a word (or four), ground comprises everything we don't notice. Sherry Turkle describes this relationship we have with technology when she states “[d]igital connections and the sociable robot may offer the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship” (Turkle, 1) With text messaging we are developing friendships all the time. McLuhan tells us that a "message" is, "the change of scale or pace or pattern" that a new invention or innovation "introduces into human affairs." (McLuhan 8) Hybridization of our culture is happening right before our eyes with new mediums being used. The development of texting opened the doors for video texting and face to face communication. This goes into Foucault’s theory and he states that “the analysis of power-mechanisms has no built-in tendency to show power as being at once anonymous and always victorious” (The Eye of Power, 163). In other words each form of power must adapt as society itself