sdc2. perspectives on media
DESCRIPTION
The second of three sessions discussing engaging with culture at the Southampton Deanery Chapter's study day, 18 May 2010.TRANSCRIPT
mediamatters
Douglas Rushkoff
© Johannes Kroemer. Used by permission
mediascape
?What different media do you engage with?
How much time do you spend on entertainment media in a typical week?
torrent
tv
9
19 hours a week
10twelve years
cinema
Film is the most significant and powerful of today’s media.
David Thompson
Online media
youtube
40%
400 million active users
35 million users update status daily
100 million photos uploaded daily
55
paradigm shift
remote
personal
telling/selling
connecting
one-way
two-way
large-scale
small-scale
control
freedom
nomadicity
omnivorous freedom
freedom to behold
distraction
distraction from distraction
rootlessness
evanescent
fun
stimulation
feelings
The most important thing about the communications we live among is that . . . they saturate our way of life with a promise of feeling.
Todd GitlinMedia Unlimited (2002)