blog post 3/ tech lit narrative

tech_lit narrative

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The idea that I was getting at with the drawing is McLuhan’s ideas of hot and cool media. While watching TV McLuhan talks about the strange paradox of how the viewers high involvement with images on the screen minimized rather than heightening the need for viewers to respond to what they see on TV. In my drawing I drew a person watching the news about the Iraq war. The viewer, although seeing up close fighting in real time, does not feel any need to get more involved in it. There is a disconnect between the viewer, what’s happening on the screen, and what the overall situation is.