The Medium Is The Message
related to marshall mcluhans - we shape the communication tool, then it shapes us
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The Medium Is The Message
“When I read a magazine, I feel connected to the world, in on everything. When I read a book, I feel removed from the world, isolated, as if I’ve slipped off into a soundproof booth. It is the same with listening to the radio (connected) versus listening to a CD (removed). Both fill a certain need, balance the other out. There’s the getting away,
... See moreShaped intentionally or not, each medium’s fundamental materials and constraints give it a “grain” which make it bend naturally in some directions and not in others.
Andy Matuschak • Why books don’t work
so good - Delia Cai
It is one thing to think with a pamphlet, another to think with a newspaper, yet another to think with a televisual image, and still another to think with a meme.
L. M. Sacasas • The Analog City and the Digital City
The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint
The document discusses the drawbacks of using PowerPoint for presentations, including its reduction of analytical quality, low resolution, and reliance on bullet lists that dilute thought.
inf.ed.ac.ukhow powerpoints change how we think