Based on your reading across these two texts, how would you define medium?
I would define medium as a way of communication. Rather than the information contained itself. It is a way to transport and get it from one place to another.
Be sure to reference the specific passages of Wysocki's text and/or segments of the video that have helped you to arrive at this conclusion.
In wysocki’s text she referred to different types of mediums. She referenced magazines and websites which could be classified as their own type of medium. In the video they also used a very familiar type of medium a message in a bottle to illustrate communication from one place to another.
What connections does McLuhan make between medium and content?
They connection they made is that they were eventually talking about what has become the interent. A giant group of connected people that can all communicate with each other. While content is the information contained inside of a medium a medium is the transportation method. We can see this as the internet is a medium while the information contained inside the internet is our content that is being delilvered through the internet.
between medium and technology? Again, quote the passages that heave helped you develop this understanding. What does Wysocki contribute to your understanding of medium?
Wysocki helps me understand fundemental concepts of medium. One of the best examples she talks about in her text is the various examples she gives, Wysocki mentions text based, web based, and digital formats of mediums. She gives us an understanding of the “multiple media of texts” because that is really what she is doing providing us with examples of the mediums of text.
Finally, try connecting medium to each of these key terms: genre, audience, knowledge, and purpose. Describe how each of these key concepts connects to one another, and then consider how this understanding will help you as you begin to compose your assignment three.
Genre : Genre contains the information of a medium. With a genre we can use it to communicate through specific mediums rather than a broad band of them.
Audience: We want to communicate with one person or many persons we will use different forms of mediums
Knowledge: While in the video they said knowledge isnt being gained from the information inside of the medium its how the medium is transforming our knowledge.
Purpose: We have a purpose and that is to communicate fluently with others. We use medium to communicate through various different ways that suite our specific needs and purpose.
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