classwork 9/28/2023

One way of incorporating McLuhan into our writing is explaining his idea of cool and hot media and explain how my selected technologies operate. Another idea would be amputation into amplification. The technologies chosen should show how technology transitions from old to new. Reasoning given can be how does new technology expand and come into conflict with previous existing technology. The third idea would be the global village. McLuhan speaks about the advancements of computers and other telecommunication technologies. Social media is a good example of the global village. As an example, Instagram has been able to connect people in many ways and do a lot to create a global shared culture, hence the term “global village”. However, McLuhan revised his ideas on the global village and realized the larger negative effects of it. Echo chambers are created and the idea of the peaceful global village is incorrect. Instagram is a modern equivalent the global village both simultaneously uniting and splitting apart people.