Saturday, August 5, 2017

Journal 6

After reviewing the two text, I would define medium as how is the message sent to people; it's that form that people will be able to receive that information. For example, in the video, when it stated how what is communicated is less important than the medium that people use to communicate. McLuhan makes the connection between medium and content when he thought that the "message is a message... the content, rather than it's form." He believed that how a person sends their message is an important part of communication. Whereas the connection between medium and technology include the fact that it changes multiple aspects of our lives, from individuals, society, etc.  For example, oral versus written medium required different senses to understand it. In modern days, we use the internet as a medium. We are adjusting how we receive a medium as time changes. Wysocki contributed to my understanding of medium by giving me an array of examples of what is medium: from charts to instructions on the web, to CD's, it's common goal is a platform to send information to the reader. 

  • Medium and Genre: Medium would be the platform, and a genre would be what's on it. Like, say, the medium is a box and the genre would be what's in the box.
  • Medium and Audience: A medium gets a message across to an audience. For example, a child would "send a message" to their audience by painting on a canvas as a medium. 
  • Medium and Knowledge: A medium "transfer" knowledge to someone else.  When a teacher writes an agenda on the board, the students are given knowledge of what is expected for the day. 
  • Medium and Purpose; A medium is related to a purpose, as of how a message is communicated is part of a purpose. If a terminally ill person wants to give a personal last statement to a family member, they may consider writing a letter due to its meaningfulness and importance, just like the purpose. 
Understanding the comparison of medium to other key words, I know that my composition for assignment three should all tied in and have a reason why it is set up that way. It will help me consider the different aspects of writing I might not have previously thought about.