tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5883863800303528109..comments2024-03-18T20:18:04.114+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Why did mobile phones and social networking turn out to be mere extensions and amplifiers of the mass media?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-32756677535316791962013-03-07T13:11:10.329+00:002013-03-07T13:11:10.329+00:00I've noticed the same behavior as ContinentalO...I've noticed the same behavior as ContinentalOps, only in musuems. Next time you attend one, I'm sure you'll notice how many times you will find yourself surrounded by people who are doing anything but observing the artifacts before them. <br /><br />The most humorous behavior I often witness is watching ethusiastic people zipping through a museum to take a picture of themselves in front of the displayed object. I'm sure the camera, oftentimes, cannot capture the object they are supposedly witnessing; and more noticeably, these people will often not even take so much as a glance at the object, so they have no clue what is going on. You might be surprised at how far you can get in a museum and not even look around. Concurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-30839211449813346192013-03-07T04:27:29.271+00:002013-03-07T04:27:29.271+00:00Yes, the main thing is not the documenting but *sh...Yes, the main thing is not the documenting but *showing others after.* I find myself doing this too. Rarely, it's for non-selfish reasons (family members or friends who want to know what I've been up to and genuinely enjoy the pictures). More often, I think, it's so that others will see what I've been doing, so that my life seems worthwhile.<br /><br />I believe Pascal noted the same thing quite a while ago...C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-86393124696266109562013-03-06T17:07:54.353+00:002013-03-06T17:07:54.353+00:00Speaking of cameras--I was in Notre Dame cathedral...Speaking of cameras--I was in Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Anytime I go into a cathedral I have what I think is the designed-for reaction--my eyes and heart are swept upward. I sit and pray, and meditate, and reflect, and then stroll around. I took a few pictures, but outside; mainly to have a few pictures to remember my visit, and show my family when I got home. If I really wanted full documentation of the structure and its insides, I could get a picture book, done by a pro.<br /><br />However, I noticed the mass of people generally was more interested in each doing their own picturebook. With cheap cameras, there is no way they could get quality pictures. They were more concerned with documenting their visit than enjoying their visit. It occurred to me that they were hollow, this is how they experienced life: documenting it with pictures or tweets or facebook status updates. It's the same with "bucket lists" (perhaps just an American term); you go through your list of things to do in life, so you can check them off and say you did them.<br />The Continental Opnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-70909068175469441532013-03-05T21:37:22.331+00:002013-03-05T21:37:22.331+00:00Because they became visual.
If they had remained ...Because they became visual.<br /><br />If they had remained text only for some reason the effect of the mass media would have been moderated, or even meaningfully usurped by the text-adept.Regular Readernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-11014072164518111432013-03-05T20:48:30.170+00:002013-03-05T20:48:30.170+00:00@ajb - Character makes a quantitative difference -...@ajb - Character makes a quantitative difference - but qualitatively the media shifts everyone in the same direction. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-16558581540724633132013-03-05T20:00:12.002+00:002013-03-05T20:00:12.002+00:00No, the effects of a given media depend on the cha...No, the effects of a given media depend on the characters of the people using it.<br /><br />If what is forming their character is fundamentally secular or hedonistic, then the new media will simply tend to perpetuate that.ajbhttp://anthonyburgoyne.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-47527539597750221362013-03-05T17:33:54.836+00:002013-03-05T17:33:54.836+00:00The main consequence of pervasive social communica...<i>The main consequence of pervasive social communication media is that people are out of touch with their environment for more of the time, that they never self-remember, that they are prevented from experiencing the life they are in.</i><br /><br />Yep, this is why I've cut out most of my blog-reading (with some exceptions!).Samson J.http://samsonsjawbone.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-88592450090242760392013-03-05T13:02:07.265+00:002013-03-05T13:02:07.265+00:00@d - Yes, the attitude seems to be 'I'll e...@d - Yes, the attitude seems to be 'I'll enjoy this later...' - and later never actually arrives. <br /><br />@A - I think I agree - absent the atoning forgiveness of Christ (or some equivalent), the situation is apparently hopeless. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-32334657976345928012013-03-05T12:18:07.215+00:002013-03-05T12:18:07.215+00:00If participation in evil is mandatory, then suicid...If participation in evil is mandatory, then suicide is necessary (especially for those who believe that death terminates consciousness and is itself without consequences, (which is what the media teaches). Evil is Live spelled backwards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-62862651275566773182013-03-05T08:58:51.517+00:002013-03-05T08:58:51.517+00:00As a child I conceived a dislike for people with c...As a child I conceived a dislike for people with cameras - on holidays they seemed to be spending their time recording things rather than enjoying things. Call it the Kodak effect. I take it that yer soeshul meedyur is the same thing, amplified.deariemenoreply@blogger.com