Why don't we tend to think of books as "media"? What are our assumptions about the nature and effects of media?
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I think books are not considered media because we are not as suspicious of intentions behind their creation. Most other media seems to be profit driven whereas books are more about sharing the craft of story telling.
Another reason I think that we don't see books as media is that they are an old form of media.
In the 15 hundreds books were criticized for undermining education. And books did fundamentally undermine the one-on-one teacher-student relationship. But you won't find many people today who think that books should be banned from schools.
Old media becomes of less concern as new media comes to dominate our (FUD) sensibilities. But books were once the feared "new media"- as were computers, commic books, TV, even opera.
Just think..at one time in history those "in charge" burned books to try to keep us ignorant of what was going on.....why? afraid of the media messages and its impact on our thought processes....next, those "in charge" attempted to ban certain books from school and public libraries...again, afraid of the media messages and its impact on our thought processes... I still consider printed books to be a great source of media but the competition among the other sources of media is overwhelming to say the least.
3 comments:
I think books are not considered media because we are not as suspicious of intentions behind their creation. Most other media seems to be profit driven whereas books are more about sharing the craft of story telling.
Another reason I think that we don't see books as media is that they are an old form of media.
In the 15 hundreds books were criticized for undermining education. And books did fundamentally undermine the one-on-one teacher-student relationship. But you won't find many people today who think that books should be banned from schools.
Old media becomes of less concern as new media comes to dominate our (FUD) sensibilities. But books were once the feared "new media"- as were computers, commic books, TV, even opera.
Just think..at one time in history those "in charge" burned books to try to keep us ignorant of what was going on.....why? afraid of the media messages and its impact on our thought processes....next, those "in charge" attempted to ban certain books from school and public libraries...again, afraid of the media messages and its impact on our thought processes...
I still consider printed books to be a great source of media but the competition among the other sources of media is overwhelming to say the least.
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