Shelby Charette

VISU1311

Robinson

September 22, 2015

Medium is the Message Analysis

Throughout “The Medium is the Message,” the main idea stressed is the effect media has on humans. Through the development of technology, man has altered life to fit it. We change with technology, not the other way around. I certainly agree with the idea of humans adapting to fit technological needs, our society is  constantly looking for ways to improve our lives by improving technology, but technology is not always what will help us.

While listening, I often found myself lost, confused, and unable to comprehend what I was witnessing. The speakers were speaking philosophically and talking of abstract ideas, but with all of the befuddling noise, I found myself listening to the noises more than the actual ideas they were trying to convey. Even when I read, I found myself over visually stimulated, finding it excruciatingly hard to focus on what the words.

Although, I did happen to hear one bit of information I believe is very crucial, and it was the explanation of how artists are contradictory. They spoke of how artists exploit situations and ideas people do not wish to know. In fact, that might be a reference to the artists who made this.

Altogether, I was unable to gather much information about the topic, but the main ideas I took from “The Medium is The Message,” is the effect technology has on human society, and how art embodies controversial issues most people will not accept.