2X2L calling CQ ... Isn't there anyone on the air? Isn't there anyone on the air? Isn't there ... anyone?

Wow...so i didnt realize that the response papers were due at Noon....still stuck on last semester.

Carey discusses the idea that technology can have a lasting effect on culture. He goes on to explain in greater detail about the various instances in which this has held true. The main example and the closing argument made by Carey brings up the point that the Time Zones were created to allow a more standardized way to tell time. This idea was brought about during the popularity of train travel. Covert brings up the idea that we must not find commonplace in technology but instead in the human personality. I actually agreed with this article in the sense that as people begin to rely on technology as the sole forum for discussion, face to face interaction will then suffer. Williams brings about the idea of technological determinism, which is the opinion of many as to why television was actually created. It assumes that technologies were studied and developed for the sake of creating these new technologies. Hills goes on to further Williams’ argument about technological determinism by stating that if a technology is developed for the sole reason of becoming a medium it fulfills that technological deterministic view. Hills also discusses the use of Virtual Reality as a medium…I am somewhat confused as to what is meant by a medium…for use of knowledge…enjoyment…or what? Technically, wouldn’t everything, which is used to mass various signals, be called a medium?