Based on your reading across these two texts, how would you define medium? 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. What connections does McLuhan make between medium and content? between medium and technology? Again, quote the passages that heave helped you develop this understanding. What does Wysocki contribute to your understanding of medium?
I would define medium as the physical transportation of text from one to another. I arrived at this conclusion from the examples that Wysocki gave in her text such as magazines and websites, all which help transport text from one source to another. MuLuhan made the connection that better the medium the better the content will get transported. For example, the internet has became so large it is a huge group of people communicating so it is an ideal medium for text to go through. Finally, Wysocki opened my eyes to the world of medium and how it is the physical sense of text getting transported.
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.
If you know your audience then you write in a specific genre and know what medium the genre needs to go in to successfully convey to your audience. Having knowledge on your audience will better help you fulfill your purpose because the knowledge will help you decide which medium is best. As I compose my assignment three this will help me understand whom I am writing for and how I should connect my text to them.
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