Liv Fechner
@moonfaced
Liv Fechner
If Nike announced that they were opening a hotel, you’d have a pretty good guess about what it would be like. But if Hyatt announced that they were going to start making shoes, you would have NO IDEA WHATSOEVER what those shoes would be like. That’s because Nike owns a brand and Hyatt simply owns real estate.
The Elegance of Nothing
Late 20th century media was a universe of legible, cohesive objects—films, books, shows, albums, people—which audiences largely experienced as complete entities, not necessarily due to anyone’s preference but because this was the most practical way to read them. Today’s media is a tangle of streams, flows, and feeds that mingle promiscuously and... See more
Drew Austin • Microdosing Life
rather than being inspired by these objects and ideas - early fandom, chat spaces to discuss other media - modern media consumes itself. it’s that snake going around and around. needing to go vomit something out but just remaking itself into a new shinier scarier version of itself. attention economy means thinking is discouraged
This focus on delivery ignores the classic definition of media: “outlets or tools used to store and deliver information or data.”
Matthew Ball • How Technology Shapes Content and Business Models (Or Audio’s Opportunity and Who Will Capture It) — MatthewBall.co
New Media is opinionated about the internet’s infinite scale . It chooses to reject or play with the internet’s scale, opting to be handmade, limited quantity, or geared towards small groups of people who actively choose to receive it. New Media is not something to be fished from a stream, but a sacred pilgrimage one may embark upon.
Yancey Strickler • Formulary for New Media
the positive side - curation and insulation into community. if you carve your own corner of the internet it can be a little chamber of growth. oppositely it can be an echo of yes men that lead to violence
It seems distant now, but once upon a time the Internet was going to save us from the menace of TV. Since the late fifties, TV has had a special role, both as the country’s dominant medium, in audience and influence, and as a bête noire for a certain strain of American intellectuals, who view it as the root of all evil. In “Amusing Ourselves to... See more
Chris Hayes • On the Internet, We’re Always Famous
The media landscape of today is oriented toward what is novel and public—