Marshall McLuhan - The Global Village

(interview starts at 3.00)

This interview is from 1960, Marshall explains about how the role of the book is changing as new electronic media is starting to emerge. He talks about how the world is becoming connected through television and radio and how the world seems 'smaller' because of this. I think it's interesting to look at their predictions and compare it to the vast amount of media and technology we have become reliant on now.

The term global village is defined as: : 'the world viewed as a community in which distance and isolation have been dramatically reduced by electronic media (as television and the Internet) 

(http://www.merriam-webster.com)

could this the the starting point of creating a new identity online?

http://www.fakenamegenerator.com

According to David Phillips its very hard to create a new identity which is probably the opposite of what i thought, Phillips says that the its hard because the real person will start to emerge

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8929854.


skip to then end.

Developing an online identify is something that is created largely through what people wright about themselves. Reading more on identity Sue Barns who I've posted some bits from earlier points out whiles talking about emails, that people develop a certain style through typing.

 

A person defines them self through what they wright, so a person must create a certain style of writing to express themselves. But the written text can lac emotion and things can easily be miss interpreted.

The death of Print?

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/420329/predicting-the-death-of-print/

'That predictions for the “death of print” changed so drastically in the span of just two years tells us something about where we are on the hype and/or adoption curve of e-readers and their ilk. Which is to say: we are coming up on an inflection point, beyond which rates of adoption explode, feedbacks and network effects kick in, and total market penetration becomes inevitable. How long will it be before it becomes unprofitable to continue to operate huge printing plants when a majority of your customers get your product through the Internet, and for whom your distribution costs are essentially zero? We’re about to find out.'

This short article talks about how long print can last against the new digital ways of printing media can last. Today there are app's for everything, including magazines, books, news papers so why would people go out to find these in shops when they can instantly download them from the comfort of their own homes, in some cases for free. These advances in technology will definitely effect designers as more work will have to be produced purely to be viewed in pixels rather than print. 

How important is the Internet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf7ea8qnB5E

Find it hard to believe that more people don't think they could survive without the internet rather than water

Experiment

I'm planning on running a little experiment over the weekend, counting how many times I use social medias and which ones in one day.