I find the first chapter of Media and Culture very informative about the history of the news. More importantly to the topic of media criticism, it discusses the various partisanship with the media and politics. I like how it brings up the issue of what is popularly considered as high culture versus low culture. It’s funny how all the high culture related examples are all old classic works. Makes you wonder if after enough time has passed, the examples that are in the in-between levels, would then be promoted to high culture. I also find the issue of the sleeper curve very interesting especially to the people who’s careers involve making motion pictures. There are definitely works that require slow pacing and low amounts of information to achieve its impact. This brings the question of whether the general majority will continue to prefer fast pacing or if eventually there will be a development in tolerance for slower pieces sometime in the future.
I find that the second chapter feels more like an encyclopedia entry about the invention and evolution of communication technologies. It spends a lot of content explaining the components of devices and the internet. I feel like the writer may have gone a step into writing a technical book during this chapter. Other than covering modern technologies it also goes into the business history of big names in the internet service providing industry. I think the topics of net neutrality, advertisement, and censorship are the most relevant topics in this chapter.
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