tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post6230118680131306475..comments2024-03-29T10:24:20.171+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Mass media mini-book coming-up - It is NOT about who is holding the megaphoneBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-66296634265290747242013-11-24T23:19:59.930+00:002013-11-24T23:19:59.930+00:00As an independent filmmaker (thus part of the mass...As an independent filmmaker (thus part of the mass media by definition) I look forward to reading the book. I'm skeptical that the megaphone by itself is inherently evil (rather than the content and amount of consumption). But I'm open to be corrected...even though it would certainly signify a need to change careers! It's possible that I'm making Boromir's argument -- "let us use the ring against them!"Christian in Hollyweirdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-36012901335123649012013-11-24T14:39:45.069+00:002013-11-24T14:39:45.069+00:00I am saying that it is as insidious as eating a fo...I am saying that it is as insidious as eating a food which only creates an illusion of satiety while really only increasing your hunger for that same food.<br /><br />How many hours do I spend on the net reading and responding to things that I encounter. Does it satisfy, or will I come to need an adult diaper as much as any slot machine junkie?<br /><br />The antidote is real involvement with real people. Try internet withdrawal for 10 days, and see if you're not suffering from serious withdrawal symptoms.<br /><br />One media to rule them all,<br />One search engine to find them,<br />One addiction to bring them all,<br />And in the web to bind them.<br /><br />It is easy to get drawn in, and our real world relationships and involvements begin to atrophy because there are only so many hours in the day. (I think I will have to make a point of web fasting from time to time, and spending the time in fellowship with family and friends.)Nicholas Fulfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-90722967173961017412013-11-23T17:05:16.028+00:002013-11-23T17:05:16.028+00:00@NF - I don't understand; unless you are sayin...@NF - I don't understand; unless you are saying that a blog is part of the mass media, which is true. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-78417466231226178642013-11-23T15:03:00.905+00:002013-11-23T15:03:00.905+00:00Don't you find this a bit of a Chinese finger ...Don't you find this a bit of a Chinese finger trap Bruce? <br /><br />Do you disengage with the mass media, which is I think what you are encouraging so as not to be feeding it, or do you continuously find yourself drawn back into it, and feeding the thing you criticize?<br /><br />This is not solely directed to you, as to disengage with it, also requires engagement with something which is not merely the bread and circuses of mass-media junk-food. <br /><br />People today seem to suffer from a dearth of meaning, and actively disengage from participation in the social world of flesh and blood people. We gain the simulcra in the virtual world, but not the substance, and in confusing the two become more isolated and lonely than before. <br /><br />Still, the virtual world offers some forms of interaction that were impossible in the past, but it consumes too much of what should be time spent with others, doing real things that contribute to our individual and social well-being.Nicholas Fulfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-1520112801604886332013-11-23T07:43:50.483+00:002013-11-23T07:43:50.483+00:00@Crosbie - What do you mean? I can't make any ...@Crosbie - What do you mean? I can't make any sense of your comment. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-4905938285906118772013-11-23T07:26:50.356+00:002013-11-23T07:26:50.356+00:00Media has been manipulated. Yet this effected *re...Media has been manipulated. Yet this effected *restraint* of the media, not control.Crosbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005295490663931940noreply@blogger.com