I have never seen nor have read anything like it before in my life and I can't seem to make up my mind whether I like it or find it annoying. I did enjoy it being a short read however, and all the vast pictures spread throughout its pages were amusing - but I still just don't know.
That being said... When I read the sentence "all media work us over completely" for the first time, I immediately thought of the gym and how instead of physically working out our bodies and muscles, the internet and all media seem to do the same thing only with our minds: working our senses and how we perceive the world around us.
Media changed the way people communicated, educated, & entertained each other. Instead of written notes and telephone calls, we now have tweets and instant messaging. Everything is fast-paced.
Whenever I go back and watch an old movie or talk to my parents about the first time they saw color on the television they talk about it in a way that is almost "epic". Today, new technology comes out everyday, ceasing the excitement due to the grandeur scale of new releases. People don't really see the big difference in it all, there's just too much.
"All media work us over completely" ---- Media is everywhere!
Even if someone wanted to get away from it all, it'd be a much difficult task then you think. When I read the statement again, I think about how media work us over because we are constantly using some form of it or are surrounded by it. Cellphone, computer, iPad, iPhone, television, even the radio.
For an experiment I think it would be interesting if you asked everyone to put their cell phones on the front desk in class. Visible to us, so we know its not in danger, but far away enough where we are on edge. I can bet we all act a little differently for the hour and fifteen minutes because of it.
Because yes, "all media work us over completely" -- Every sense of us.
Yes that is very true. No matter what you do you cannot avoid the media. it's almost as if we are a slave to it.
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