Impact of Mediums on Messages

January 16, 2023
source: hist1900 lecture 3


tags: #todo clean this up

Description

The impact of a message can vary vastly depending on the medium through which it is delivered. Think about the impact of being broken up with over text vs. phone vs. in-person, for example.

A medium is something that carries something else. We will examine this relationship deeper, that carrying.

Humans are the only species we know of that write. The mediums on which we write extend the way we convey and keep information. As humans have developed more technology, our writing systems have evolved along with our need to keep track of things.


Connections

#todo think about more connections until satisfied
Messages themselves can also impact the forms the mediums take