response to media hot and cold

This essay was a little hard to understand I enjoyed it but not as much as the other essays. From what I understood about the reading is that McLuhan us as humans are connected with technology in terms of our nervous and physical systems. His tackle on this theory is that our phones are connected to our voices, televisions to eyes and ears and finally the computer extends to our brain. I feel like I have to agree, I mean we are always using our cell phones that they have become an extension of our selves. We voice our opening on the internet sometimes more openly than we care to do, we become so fixated on what's going on in media that we forget about our surroundings. Some of us can't leave the house without our cell phone so I definitely think it's an extension of ourselves because we are forgetting how to communicate with humans face to face, it's so easy hiding behind a screen. I I also really like how McLuhan talks about the extension of man and it's simulation of consciousness.

response to culture intercom

I really enjoyed this article, I thought it was interesting and a good read. I really like what he wrote about how when we make motion pictures it's really about the experience and emotion that moves art and life together. I feel strongly about that because I know when I make art it's about my emotions and sometimes I make it personal and in the end it ends up helping me deal with that situation. I really liked that he was for the movement of technology in relation to humans and be able to use technology as a form of understanding humans. We obviously have that now a days with the use of cell phones and the internet.

Futurist Manifesto response

The Futurist Manifesto begins with neo-impressionism. The futurist focuses on the spectator's vision as well as intuition and the way that effects the environment. It talks about the change of demolition of people. This article is very avant-garde and claims that art can be nothing but injustice and violence. The article is interesting to me because I also read this article in my History of photography class and reading it once more made me aware of all the chaos that was happening during this time. Manifesto of Futurism was really about the violence and the turning down of the past.

Gannaway_Kino Eye Response

I've actually read Kino Eye in my History of Photography class. Dziga is refering to the idea of cinematography as dishonesty simply because it takes away from the real magic that the art of cinema  represents on camera. He didn't like it and he wanted it for it to be gone. Dziga kind of starts a revolution where he wants film to move towards refinement into capturing what cannot be seen with the naked eye and he was also very interested in the moment of transforming film in terms of composition by getting rid of themes. I really enjoy this article and I thought that it was interesting that he tried to remove cinema from theater.

Crouch_Media Hot and Cold

Media Hot and Cold was kind of compelling but also confusing. His descriptions of the two different types of mediums were interesting but I do not think he did a good job of describing them for readers to understand. I think some readers would have to try to interpret them on their own, but I think there would be variety of definitions.

Overall, I believe the author was trying to explain how people will react or change as film, radio and television expand and get more prevalent in society as the years progress.

Personal Dynamic Media Response

This article was an interesting way to look at computers from a different angle. This idea of a “Dynabook” is basically a laptop or iPhone in today’s time without being as intense for lack of better words. Its referred to as a “personal medium” which is interesting because its geared specifically for the viewers’ needs and wants. It’s funny when they talk about SHAZAM as an animation/moviemaker system, when today most of us know it as an app that can help you discover music. Overall, I think this article is interesting in saying that this DynaBook could be a personal machine and a new medium, when today, in 2015, we’ve come so far with different computer systems. Kay and Goldberg were hitting the nail on the head because there are laptops designed today specifically for gamers, laptops for doctors, etc.  I think this transmission of ideas and programs/software has actually been a revolution over the past decade like Kay was saying. In both good and bad ways, the machine has allowed for more communication in our culture. Its bizarre to think about how much we rely on programs, software, and communication through our laptops, computers, iPhones, etc.

Media Hot and Cold -- Cowart

This article confuses me as it almost contradicts itself. The author describes hot medium as revolutionary and culture changing like the steel axe missionaries provided to Australian natives, but puts the telephone as an invention in the classification as cool medium. I have to disagree with this assessment. Anyone today can look around and see that the telephone has completely transformed culture today. Then the author says that a hot medium provides a large quantity of information but the steel axe does not meet these standards. This article seemed too opinionated with not much factual support for my liking.