Sunday, September 2, 2007

Nothing more than an agreement

As much as I would really like to explain my own theories in depth or somehow introduce a new concept to the study of cultural studies and technology, the most I can do is reiterate and agree.
To study the Internet (still spelled with capital I) is to take on a very, very broad category of human existence. Sometimes this phenomenon can be too broad of a concept and this requires the application of virtually all areas of cultural studies.
The Internet requires all this because it is representative of literally all humans. When I say all humans I mean to say that all the demographics and psycho graphics of the human condition are at least slightly represented on the net . One can chose to further his/her political agenda online. They can also find cheats and codes for the latest video games, they can also follow the developments of their favorite works of art. All three of the aforementioned topics have genres and sub genres in and of themselves. In order to study the Internet it is necessary to step back and study human behavior first. It was also stated in the Internet Research article that it is impossible to to know the effects of a technological phenomenon in advance.
In closing I will reference the Youtube question that was posed in class. I am unaware what the initial motivations were for its creation. But did anyone assume that we would get a hodge podge of nonsense and porn?

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