A Post About Postman

1.
- a sophisticated ability to think conceptually, deductively and sequentially

- a high valuation of reason and order

- a large capacity for detachment and objectivity

2.
-Telegraphy enabled them to print more national news because news could be spread substancially faster.

-Photography can't generalize. It can only speak about a specific thing. It shows us, instead of telling us. A photo implies we know about the image if we are willing to accept it. We beging to really have an intellectual reaction when we question what it is that we are looking at. This new psychological element knocked Typography out of the race.

3. The peek-a-boo world is one that is "endlessly entertaining".

-My life consists of an endless amount of music, video, news, and entertainment. The internet is the prime example of a peek-a-boo world because of its [literally] endless amount of information.

4.

A. Public discourse about religion

The delivery on religious television shows is way different than in real-life. Therefore the message is different. Religious shows set a goal of attracting audiences by showing people what they want to see. Really, a different religion is created. A less threatening and more general/vague religion. One that will attract more viewers.

B. Public discourse about politics

Television has turned politicians into on-air celebrities. They attend talk shows, commercials, etc. Politicians are also heavily groomed for television. They read from TelePrompTers and say only the things that they are permitted to say. (the opposite: a comedian)

C. Public discourse about education

School on television is like sour patch kids for broccoli on a child's plate. There is no bias involved. Just the facts. Nothing more or less. "Textbook" in all its glory.

5. Postman feels that we must gain an awareness of the control that media have over us. Then we must gain control over all mediums. He offers an idea in which Parody TV shows demonstrate how TV should be viewed, and what it does to news and important information. But he says that for the idea to work, the show would have to be so popular that it would have to be co-opted by TV.

6. No. The internet has changed the way we view all information. Frankly, the internet has made the matter worse. The internet is an interactive television. A television on which you can click around to receive only the information that pleases you.

Response Questions/Answers to FEED by M.T. Anderson

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FEED Characters - Please provide the name of ONE of the main characters in the story, and 5 descriptive adjectives about that character.

VIOLET - quiet, intuitive, old-fashioned, pretentious, environmental/green, and pretty


FEED Vernacular - Please provide THREE "slang" terms used in FEED, and brief IYOW definitions for each. (Example: "brag" = cool, hot, super nifty, boss, really keen.)

"low-grav" = a hip place where the gravity is low and people can float around,
"null" = bored/boring,
"meg" = short for "mega", very, in-excess, big, important


FEED LIKE Our World - Please make a list of THREE specific different ways the FEED world looks like our own 21st century culture.

- The feed world is still primarily on planet earth
- There are still vegetation (forests and jungles), as well as the people trying to knock them down and the people trying to keep them standing.
- Humans still show effection towards eachother (i.e. families still have sit-down dinners and choose their welcomed guests and dating/love still exists)


FEED UNLIKE Our World - Please make a list of THREE specific different ways the FEED world looks UNlike our own 21st century culture.

- the Feed transmitter in human brains give them the ability to communicate without spoken or written words; the written word is obsolete. language is dying.
- personal vehicles can fly in the Feed world and they are called "upcars".
- much of the world's air supply is produced through factories.


FEED Themes - Please make a list of THREE big media-related themes FEED's author, M.T. Anderson, highlights in his book.

- Copyright - many resources such as "School" and "Clouds" have trademark logo's next to them. These words/titles have been purchased and are starting a trend.
- Corporate Greed - corporations have bought out all previously public elements such as school, government, etc.
- Pollution - humans have taken over the solar system and are continuing to break down natural elements to make room for man made machines and new technology.

Hola!

Burlington, Vermont 

My name is Dwight Stannard. I am from Burlington, Vermont.

The media experience that I had over break was my traveling to New York City. I've lived 5.5 hours away from it my entire life and had never been until now. I actually visited the city two separate times in the last week of our break; my justification for missing out all of these years.

In class, I brought up the idea of "Viral Marketing" (http://digitallabz.com/blogs/11-examples-of-viral-marketing-campaigns.html). I feel that this concept is the future of advertising. Reaching the public in unconventional ways, in every-day places (i.e. the internet, subway stations, malls, etc.).

What I do not like about the media today is the fact that we are rapidly loosing our right to privacy. This unofficial, unspecific right, (seemingly conceived by James Madison and several other framers) is slipping through our fingers, legally.

I am a musician, and also a dreamer. My goal is to establish myself in the world of music production. Chances are, I will begin in advertising. Ideally beginning as a studio assistant and making a name for myself as a audio engineer, and hopefully one day starting a label of my own.