On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 01:40:41 +0100, wtrainbow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I understand the point - I'm justing trying to challenge it because I > don't ascribe to the > McLuhan "medium is the massage" worldview which seems at the root of the > debate. > > In my assessment, the same video played in different contexts does not > necessitate new > designations for each context. If that's how you feel, that's how you feel. This "medium is a channel" view is just not something many media researchers have agreed with for many years. But, hey, if that's how you feel, that's how you feel. > I'm not on the McLuhan bandwagon and I just respectively disagree and > place greater > value on content than on medium. That may make me wrong in the world of > McLuhan > sychophants but in the greater community I think it's a worthy > discussion. If you're to call me names you could at least spell sycophant right. Agreeing with someone doesn't make you a de facto sycophant by the way. McLuhan has also been dead for 25 years making any "McLuhan sycophant" a really deperate person. - Andreas, who for the record disagrees with core parts of McLuhan's writing (his hard technological determinism mainly) -- <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ > Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/2jUsvC/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
