Living in an era where technology is predominant, the internet has affected the way we understand images and use of language.
IMAGES
This lecture concentrates on the net and image relationship mixing two theories of past and present
- Networks, media and communication
- Photography and the refugee crisis
Manuel Castells (2013)
- China has the largest number of internet users
- 95% of all information is digitised and accessible on the internet
Marshall McLuhan
- Pre internet/post internet
- Concerned with all media
- The medium is the message
- The affect of the medium varies especially in individuals
Susan Sontag discusses the relationship and reaction of images of suffering and war. When people saw images of the refugee crisis in particular the image of the drowned boy it had a huge impact on people. The perception of the situation shifted opinions of the media and public. It had changed compared to the portrayal of the crisis in the media before. When there are photographs it becomes real because they are a visual representations as it acts evidence or proof that is exists. The photographs furnish evidence as way for people to wait for it to be explained or falsified by their caption.
Hito Steyerl
In defense of the poor image
http://www.e-flux.com/journal/in-defense-of-the-poor-image/
However images uploaded online are used for different means which makes it open to manipulation as stuff can circulate online. People are free to use that image for their own purpose and meaning but the danger in this happening is that the context could be taken out of proportion or exaggerated whether it is true of false. Rather than thinking about the quality of the image think about the value like how its been shared and circulated. Poor images mock the promises of digital technology and the memes on internet are the reality of digital technology. Low resolution images are targeted at the mass market whereas high resolution is for business.
LANGUAGE
Communication has changed and adapted to the lifestyle that we live in like having emojis to use instead of words. Electronically mediated communication (EMC)
Some people say that in 50 years’ time keyboards will be redundant, but this is unlikely because speech and writing perform very different and complementary functions. EMC relies on characteristics belonging to both sides of the speech/writing divide.
The Internet: Changing the Language-By David Crystal
https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/article/the-internet-changing-the-language/?fullscreen=true
Symbols like Hieroglyphics have been used approximately 3200/330 Bc since and Language changes between people especially certain things like news. Emotions in text fall as emoji rise
Task 1 Construct a sentence that has never before been said in the history of human communication
Camera hair cut frozen yogurt with the new update.
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