On this lecture, we have learned about whether a new media is determining or determined, which means.. is new media a active or passive.
We have discussed this problem by talking about Mc Luhan and Williams. Also by talking about centeral culture and popular culture.
McLuhan said that new media change everything. On the other hand Williams said that medium is a part of our culture, and it includes socual processes.
I think it is just a way of thinking. It is very similar to the phrase, 'Is egg first or a chicken first?' That's because new media can change everything with it's new technologies, and also we can think that those new media(new technologies) is brought up in our culture. If we see TV as an example, we can ask... is TV made up as a part of our culture? or did TV changed our life style and our culture? This, we should ask to the person who developed the TV.
Again, centeral culture and popular culture.
Centeral culture is enjoyed by only few person, like classic, oppera, etc. This have a history, and contain a lot of studies and researches. We also call this a high art.
Popular culture is a culture which is popular to us. TV shows could be an example, and this have no historical background. To make popular culture to centeral culture, we have to research many things and study, so that it can have a historical background. Many proffessors and students are doing this works.
Prof. Yoon said arts like pictures are considered as a centeral culture, but media artrs like interactive arts are not considered as a centeral culture. That's because arts like pictures have a long histories, but media arts doesn't. But I'm sure media arts will become a centeral culture soon, because technologies are developing and things are changing very rapidly in this century.
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