MAT200A 03W
george j. avelino
| The Computer Is A Medium | ||
"It [the computer] is the first metamedium, and as such it has degrees of freedom for representation and expression never before encountered and as yet barely investigated. " (Alan Kay) "...What McLuhan was saying is that if the personal computer is a truly new medium then the very use of it would actually change the thought patterns of an entire civilization." (Alan Kay) |
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| =: | Marshal McLuhan's Understanding Media: the Extensions of Man [1964], Kay realized that the computer is a medium, not just a tool or vehicle. Contains the first part of the book including, "The Medium Is The Message". | |
| =: | "The Computer Revolutions Has Not Happened Yet" - Kay believes that we have not figured out how to use the computer, still treating it as paper. | |
| =: | Will computers change the thought patterns as books did in the middle ages? | |
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