Category: Student Work

The Medium

According to Wikipedia, the phrase “the medium is the message,” created by Marshall McLuhan means that the nature of a medium (the channel through which a message is transmitted) is more important than the meaning or content of the message. This can be proven in the article “The Medium is the Message,” when it is …

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Medium

A medium is defined as a channel or system of communication to which information or data can be obtained or transmitted. A medium is important to digital culture because the medium is literally “the message” in which the medium is how we decide to communicate with one another. The medium is the connection to how …

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Why is the medium so important to how we consume digital media?

Why is the medium so important to how we consume digital media?   In my opinion, the medium is extremely important to how we consume digital media. The way that bloggers and journalists  write their post, it gives the reader certain takeaways to create deeper conversation, and that’s a way that more controversy of the …

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The Medium

The point that “the medium is the message” because it is the medium that shapes and controls the scale and form of human association and action. The content or uses of such media are as diverse as they are ineffectual in shaping the form of human association according to “The Medium is the Message.” In the …

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Media theory

The medium is important to how we consume digital media because the medium is the connection to how the message is received by anyone. Without the medium, the content is nothing because it cannot be passed on. While some might portray certain mediums as negative or positive, the medium is neither. None of these mediums …

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Medium

The reason why the medium is so important to how we consume digital media is because it is a physical material that we use such as CD, DVD, disk and hard disk that can be used to archive and store things such as video and audio files. The medium is used to communicate to people, …

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The Medium

The medium is important to how we ingest digital media.  The Medium can be looked at as the electric light or illumination as stated in ” The medium is the message”.    Mediums are used to reach people, they are used to draw people in and help them form connections in whatever piece of digital …

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Class Activity

Hi Everyone! Karey and I will be presenting  on Thursday (April 4th) on the topic of media theory based on the reading by Marshal McLuhan. For the first activity we will we ask that you get into four groups ( about 4 people in each). We will play the first music video that was ever …

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Media Theory

Melanie Beltran MCS 244 March 23, 2019   The medium is important to how we consume digital media by connection through a media source like a newspaper, television, radio and other forms delivering messages to people. In the article, “The Medium is the Message, by Marshall McLuhan” it states, “‘…the medium is the message’ because …

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In Class Activity Evaluation(March 28)by Sadia Sylla and Jaritza Flores

1. What was your activity? Please be specific on what you asked the class to do and what you hoped it would accomplish. Our first activity was the game of Jeoprady. Our 2nd activity was the making of an app that is related to Bitcoin and uses blockchain. Me and Jaritza hoped to have the …

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