Lecture: Digital Tech Culture

Digital tech culture has escalated faster and faster than anything. Accelerating more and more.

The media and the message has an interesting relationship. How does it improve it. How far can you push it. Can it reverse it. Does it make things obsolete. It brings so many possibilities. The ability to just undo something. It made type accessible to anyone and enhances learning.

The digital aesthetic draws a quick connotation.

The digital displays can't really take over. The visual message of analog symbols makes a quicker connection in our minds.

Tech will take over basically.

Tech is making us dependent. They are too clever and will kill us all.

Digital creates a disconnected world.

Anyone can do anything now. The digital world and Internet lets anyone be a creative practitioner. Anyone can make films. Meaning that there is so much more in terms of styles, cultures and opinions rather than just the mainstream media.

The digital revolution is the biggest step in human history.

Update on Focus of Quote

Since actually starting on my essay, I felt the need to change the direction I am taking my research. When I initially found my collection of sources, I must admit, I wasn't entirely clear on the task. I veered off into looking at media manipulation which, while I find interesting, simply wasn't very relevant to the task and to my own progression. I have therefore decided to look again at sources. I want to take this task and make it useful to me. I want to be able to say I really have learnt from it, not just completed it to get the grade. 

I love stories. I love writing stories. This is what I want to write about, and while my quote isn't directly about narrative, I believe that I can make it work in a way that I am already rather passionate about. I am planning to now look into the ways that stories translate from different delivery mediums and how some will not work in other mediums. I feel that this will be much more useful to me in being able to develop my story telling skills because I will take in mind the distribution media and tailor my narrative accordingly.