I would define medium as what form the text is in that you are reading. In Wysocki’s text she mentions “When you see a large page with brightly-colored drawings, you probably think children’s book.” This showed me that when you see a form of text the medium can be detected before reading the content and made me consider that the medium is actually the form in which the text is presented to you. McLuhan contacts medium and content as the form in which the content is being presented to you allows that part of your body to develop and strengthen. The video stated when there wasn't many forms of written communication peoples ears where their strongest trait, this shows how the medium in which the content is delivered shapes humans. He also brings up the technology in which the medium is communicated changes society. With technology advancing he said it was bring people together and unifying them. McLuhan believed that a form of a global village was emerging through technology.
Medium connects to the key terms we have discussed in class because they all have to do with writing. When writing a text the genre will be present no matter what medium it is presented in, also depending on the medium n which the text is delivered could help you understand the genre. Audience and purpose can also differ the way in which the text is presented to someone, so it can have an effect on the medium. This can help me begin to compose assignment three because it gives me a good understanding for choosing which medium I want to use for assignment three.
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