Ik I reacted to this but I think the idea that media are environments and eventually come ideology rly got me thinking. This calls for us to pay attention to the mediums themselves and how they affect and influence us. I definitely agree with this and will now be more aware #hwa2 #nervoussystemping

All the information lowkey overloaded my brain 😭 The whole media extensions or environments are invisible had me like ‘???’ at first. But after replaying it like 5 times, I kinda get it now.
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The idea that something becomes an extension of us when we feel withdrawal after it’s gone really stuck with me. Thinking about losing access to my phone made me uneasy, which made me realize how deeply media is embedded in my daily life. #hwa2 #nervoussystemping

TMITM is not a book about media; it is a media environment itself.

Is that why the book was so hard to follow? Because it was purposely written in a way that was supposed to break our preconceived ways of reading? #hwa2 #nervoussystemping

That we know something is an extension of us when we experience withdrawal when it ends. That part really had me thinking about what withdrawal symptoms I would experience if certain aspects of media were cut off for me, especially my phone. A little bit uneasy about this. #hwa2 #nervoussystemping

One thing that made me go ???? is that media studies is not just content critique and we should think about how media shapes us and affects our lives. This confused and surprised me at first because I always thought of media studies as analyzing a piece of media. #hwa2 #nervoussystemping

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(In minute 12 to 13} If all of these apps are extensions of ourselves because when removed we feel a lost presence is this a bad thing? Then immediately my question was answered in in live time with the explanation of Media studies it is rather "What is media doing to me?"

i mentioned it earlier but tiktok and instagram all being the same thing, just different effects. it’s solidified a lot of my own thoughts like how instragram community isn’t anything like x or tiktok. the technology itself has changed the way each platform communicates #hwa2 #nervoussystemping

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The famous McLuhan quote about marching forward using the mirror of the past was a little confusing at first, not because I didnt get the message, but I was thinking about the logistic of how best to walk forward in that way, and decided on car reversing

I still don't understand the rear view mirror analogy. Specifically how it leads us to our future. Is it saying that we as people can't change from our past? If so I definitely disagree. Or is it more about how our past preferences shape our future ones? #hwa2 #nervoussystemping

When you read a book you're inside of the material. With the thrillers I read I really am glad I'm not actually in the book... #hwa2 #nervoussystemping
POV: me reading freida mcfadden before I go to sleep

Media massages the way we take in a message differently depending on the medium that holds the message

Girl I'm lowkey still caught up on the massage part like I don't think I 100% get it
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From a young age I was always taught to dissect books and different media for what they say. Rarely ever in my time in school did we go into depth about the medium (unless it was a quick gloss, “this newspaper…”). Since starting media studies this change is refreshing! #hwa2 #nervoussystemping