Media Lifeeverytime we do anything with media we’re creating something -> the world we live into make you think differently about the media that you use dailycomplex range of emotions -> losing phonemedia and life are exactly the same thingliving life in mediaairplanesphones on standby/airplane modecan’t truly be switched offcannot switch of and cannot live withoutwe can no longer control mediamedia is to us as water is to fish8/23- Living life in mediamedia is everyweherethere isnt a time when media is offanytime, any placeriots in uk- blamed blackberry and twittermedia plays a part in everythingit is essential to what is going onhow a country runs itselffusion of our life with media contains hackable qualitieswhen we do this media, we are also create somethingends up running your lifemedia is part of your life from birththinking, deliberately and using it all the timeTruman showEdge of studioRealize truthWhat would you do if you were Truman and decided not to stay8/28- What are media?Advance media world isSimple, idyllic, sleek, smaller, connected, spotless, seamless, digital, expensive, problematic, efficient, impersonal, fragileDependence is unhealthyMedia makes our life easierMedia will always comeMedia are infrastructures with three componentsArtifacts- devices used to communicate/convey infoActivities- practices in which people engage to communicate or share infoArrangements- social arrangements or organizational forms that develop around those devices and practicesPrograms and programmingWe were programmed as audiencesMedia artifacts- laptop and internetmedia activities- writing papers, sending emailsmedia arrangements- outside in laptop in sunartifacts getting BIGGERmedia becomes bigger all the timegetting lost in themevery member of household have own media environmentredesign homes to accommodate mediaartifacts getting smallertechnologies- cell phonesall touch screen, not really theremedia disappearold phonetvsdisappearing from our awarenessmedia fused with glass, are disappearing and become everything around you8/30any symbol or technological systems that channel, structure, or amplify communication between peoplemedia -> artifacts -> evolution of meidamassiveLED screens and billboardsBrains don’t evolve with our mediaCant see big media in our lives anymoreTinyDisappearWe become mediaBe your avatar, become versions of you inside computerFade awayEvolution of media as artifacts leads them to disappearThe dark side of media artifacts: before/after useWhen media are bornchina -> everything assembled there, workers homeswhen media diewhat really happens after we “recycle” our mediamedia dumps in west Africa, Ghanaover 90% illegally dumpede-waste hellsmoke and young kidsSTEPWhat are media?After they evolve, multiply, and disappearMedia are what we doNothing in our lives that doesn’t involve mediaIf we study media, we study lifeThe black box fallacyA singular device that incorporates everything we doMedia reproducing at exponential ratesThe shiny toy syndromeArtifacts are fading away, going into background, disappearing, were becoming less and less aware -> just like the way we use mediaHow can we use it?Multi-tasking vs concurrent media exposureAll around us and part of everything we doHow many windows open on laptopLiking, favoringBehavior is shiftingTaking more action in the world9/4 what are mediaafter they evolve, multiply, and disappearartifacts- devices/technologiesactivities- practicesarrangements- organizational formsif we define media today, we have to use technologies or else they would completely run our lifewe live in mediamedia artifactstechnologymedia is completely fused with our environmentwe associate using a lot of media with being less aware of the real worldbreaking down barriers“media are what we do”most of what we do in media produces something rather than us consumingno longer multitasking -> concurrent media exposureexposed to lots of media at the same timeusing media = making mediatime person of the yearyouyou control the information agewelcome to your worldmedia arrangementsway media structure and shape our livesfrom moment you’re born -> close to dyingthere will be a generation that wont be able to imagine media before touch screenshow it literally changes the way we look at the world, how we interact, the way in which we work with the worldhow it affectively changes how we interact with the world and how it changes our liveswe live in a media global villagemedia shaping the way the world worksNO MORE REALITYContinued use of media’s changing in how we look at realityPerception is morphedMedia in commonPlain facesAnywhereMedia and people = no interactionYou control mediaNot as individualsAll unique to usDevices w/ personalityWhat media life is not1. beware of technomyopiaoverestimate change over one year, underestimate 30 yearsdo the same things with new technologies as old oneschange in 10 years explained by media2. optimism?Assumption that new media makes things betterWay we interact makes us better3. pessimismmake world worsedon’t become less happydon’t make life better of shittier4. no epic transformationmost people live their lives the same5. and nothing ever stays the same6. we are not getting lonlier in media7. we are not getting closer eithermost of what we know comes form other sourcesLove in/with media 9/18associate things with media that make us feel goodif love is in media, how does it manifest itself?How does it reflect societyMedia gives us:Desire/passionSense of self/identityBelonging/communitySelf-expressionLove in media lifeHow media comes in between us and our romantic partnersGetting together or not getting togetherBeing in love, falling in love, all assumptions with loveLike media todayLove: then and nowChoice is yours17th and 18th centurygetting involved romantically became a topic of choicearistocratsguided by issues of classarranged marriagesgood for family, economic standing, belief systemsnow marriage of any kind of couple is of individual choicewhy being alone and living alone is a better way of livingbecause of the way media functions in people’s lives they feel more connected through the media than they would in a relationship#whyimsinglemarried couples are counseled to be very careful and make explicit arrangements for media usemedia doesn’t make people less or more flirtatiousthat’s who we are, it just makes it visibleJean-Claude KaufmannThe curious history of loveLove onlineMakes