Question and Answer time

What happens if the remediation fails? Do we revert back to the original mediation or do we ignore its practical uses just to have the newly improved remediation?

I think that often times we think that something is better just because it is newer and more technologically advanced. I think we ignore the fact that sometimes, we just WANT to have the most basic, functioning tool out there.

For example, I used to have the Blackberry which is one of the most breakthrough, leading phones on the market. Then one wild night out at Joes, I lost my Blackberry and had to resort to getting a basic phone, without all of the crazy applications. I realized that I didn't even use 3/4 of the applications that came on the Blackberry and all I really needed was a phone to get in touch with my friends and family. I didn't need the task organizer or gps or any of that stuff. I just wanted it at the time because it was the newest thing out there.

When thinking about this question, I also thought about paying bills. What if all cable, electric, and phone companies completely got rid of paper bills and started sending everything via email. You can already pay some bills online, but having that physical piece of paper on the refridgerator would not be there anymore. How many more people would completely forget to pay them or end up paying them late without that physical reminder? Would being able to do everything online really be helfpul in this case, or more of a hindrance?

I think that when new technology comes out, we should never completely get rid of the last mediation. I think that some people are always going to want to have the most basic cell phone, or a physical piece of paper there to remind them to pay the bills. No technology that we make is ever going to be perfect...if there are not flaws in it for one person, there will be for another.

Tuesday, JANUARY 27TH

What are the different reasons for media in the first place?

If immediacy leads to hypermediacy, will we/how will we know if we ever reach the best and most authentic experience ever?

Will there be a point when we don't want to remediate everything? For example, sometimes when we are watching TV we don't want to feel anything. We just want to be doing a mindless, leisurely activity while having no thoughts or reactions in order to unwind and think about other things. Would the wire that was discussed be able to make us feel "nothing?"

Media such as CNN is often viewed as useful because it provides us with information about our society. However, it can also be viewed as destructive, imposing ideas and information in to our heads that are violent and depressing. At what point do we abandon certain forms of media even if they are readily available to us?

What does it mean that our culture "wants to erase its media in the very act of multiplying them?"

The authors claim that television can and does refashion itself to resemble the World Wide Web. In what ways?

What happens if the remediation fails? Do we revert back to the original mediation or do we ignore its practical uses just to have the newly improved remediation?

Remediation Assignment

Remediation: the act or process of correcting a fault or deficiency
--Dictionary.com

Throughout history there have many adaptations that have proved to make our daily lives just a little easier.

Besides substituting daily newspapers with easily accessible online news reports, other major changes due to technology have been taking place within recent years.

One of the first things that comes to mind is something that I, as well as many other college students, use everyday: the laptop.

While the desktop computer was clearly a huge advance in technology, the remediation of the laptop opened up even more doors.

The development of a portable computer allows for students, business men, and ordinary people from all walks of life to have passage to the internet and other useful programs in many settings that were once unavailable. People are now able to bring their computer everywhere with them instead of just having access to it at the home office.

Besides desktops, laptops also can be used to replace notebooks, gaming devices, and even MP3 players. I know that I sometimes bring my laptop to class instead of taking notes with a pen and paper. Also, whenever I go to the library I do not bring my iPod because I have access to all of my music right on my laptop.

True Life: I'm Erin Anderberg

I'm Erin, junior in Speech and Hearing Science. I currently live in Raleigh, North Carolina, 2 hours from the beach and 2 hours from the mountains which is absolutely perfect. Until 8th grade, however, I lived in Westchester, Illinois which is a suburb right outside of Chicago. I missed it so much after I moved that I decided to come back to Illinois for college.

I want to be a speech pathologist after I graduate and work in a hospital or a rehabilitation center with stroke victims. People always just assume I'm going to be helping preschoolers with lisps but there is actually a lot more to it. So for anybody out there without a major/interested/bored, go here.

I am currently roommates with my best friend since I was 3 years old (who just happens to be the one you will probably find me sitting next to in this class). I have 2 other roommates and I must say that our apartment is a pretty happening place.

Here at school I work at the Athletic Ticket Office and sell all the tickets to Illinois sporting events. So for any die hard basketball or football fans, make sure to check out this website! I actually was able to work the Rose Bowl game last year out in Pasadena, CA which was one of the coolest experiences ever.

Outside of school I love to travel. I took 4 years of Latin in high school and my junior year I went with my Latin club to Italy and Greece. I am amazed by different cultures and if I had the money, you would not be able to keep me in one place for very long.

I'm also a huge fan of CourtTV. I could lay on the couch all day and watch Forensic Files or The Investigators if possible. I probably sound like a huge bum right about now because I'm the girl who also said I'm addicted to facebook when we had to introduce ourselves, but I promise I do other things.

I actually finished my first marathon back in October. I ran cross country and track back in high school so I have a bit of a running background but I didn't really train much. I plan on doing more and actually training next time around just to push myself and see how well I can do.

My favorite color is red. I probably look really lame carrying around my red coffee mug with my red phone and my red notebook while listening to my Ipod with my red headphones but hey, it's a great color.

I love to snowboard. I want to go to grad school out in Colorado so that I can get as much in as possible before it's time to enter the real world. I bought my own board about 5 years ago and surprise..it's red! My second time doing it was actually out in Montana, and let me tell you...even the bunny hills were terrifying. I was on my butt the whole trip but loved every second of it.

I'm a big scrapbooker. I haven't been able to do it as much as I would like since I've been in college but back in grade school I would have my mom wake me up early just to do another page before class. I was cool.

I have one tattoo. My best friend from North Carolina and I got the exact same one when we went to Canada together this summer. It's supposed to be a "tree of life" representing that life will always go on and it says "imagine" down the trunk, inspired by the one and only John Lennon. It was kind of an impulse decision but I tend to make those a lot.

I would eat an entire bowl of brownie batter over a "real meal" any day.





..because I'm the girl who choked on the crouton.