Week 8
Reading Reactions
Marshall
McLuhan
There many interpretations of how man’s literacy skills evolved
over the centuries the author believes “It’s helpful to know the origins of the
alphabet and of civilization and of rationality in that sense because we have
come in the twentieth century to the end of that road. And it’s a considerable
revolution to have been through 2500 years of phonetic literacy only to
encounter the end of the road. Right now, the people in this room are making
the decision whether or not we’re going to have any more literacy or any more
civilization in the twetieth century or whether it’s going to stop right here.”
(McLuhan, 1970, pg. 2) This quotation can be taken as a reflection of the past
how we survived first, with paper and pen all writings were done by hand.
Second, the invention of the printing press improved mass communications.
Third, the contemporary time period improvement of communication tools between
individuals such as; telephone, radio, and the television. Finally, the digital
age and the invention of the Internet in my opinion is the new age revolution of
communication.
McLuhan, Marshall. (1970) Living in an Acoustic World. University
of South Florida. Retrieved from http://www.marshallmcluhanspeaks.com/media/mcluhan_pdf_6_JUkCEo0.pdf
Henry Jenkins
I took a step back in my re-reading the table of contents in the
report Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for
the 21st Century by Henry Jenkins, and I discovered a topic of
interest “The Challenge Ahead: Ensuring that All Benefit from the Expanding
Media Landscape. ”At
the present time there is a discourse how we as a society can go forward in
these unknown times of politics, economics, and uncertainty. Henry
Jenkins reports that “Ivey and Tepper bring us back to the core concerns that
have framed this essay: how can we “ensure that all students benefit from
learning in ways that allow them to participate fully in public, community, [Creative]
and economic life?” (Jenkins, 2010, pg. 61) This is an important topic to
discuss because each day student’s that are falling behind in their class work
for ever reason, lack of community support, and turmoil with his or her family
life affects their academics.
Jenkins, H. (2006). Confronting the Challenges of
Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century.
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