Honestly, what I see as the greatest difference in old and new medias is their degree in flexibility. As technology advances, so does our ability to program, change, delete and crop the world around us. We can now fake giant throngs of people in movies, stimulate conversations in chat rooms and airbrush photos in a magazine. For me it begs the question, what is real anymore?
Granted, there are positive aspects of increased flexibility. We can purchase the precise car we want without stepping foot on a car lot, automatically receive updates for virus software or restore an old photo previously thought of as ruined. The list goes on and on but I really think the negative aspects of technological advancement will have a serious consequence on the social paramenters of our culture if we don't adequetly address them.
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