The Book on Mediums

One moment in particular that does so in an interesting way is when the boy looks at his book and shakes it, which causes random school items to fall out. At the same time, the narrator describes how the curriculum taught in schools is compiled of various ideas that have been applied in somewhat of a random way. In shaking the book, this signals to the audience the randomness of information that falls into students’ laps, rather than information geared towards making successful individuals in current day fields and vocations. Another part that stood out was the usage of the rocket shooting out of the building and then falling into a sandbox. While this also provides an action to match the narration, it also works to symbolize success in a way that many people recognize. Specifically, space exploration and technological advancements such as the rocket are things that the majority of people recognize as successes for the human race. The sandbox could also be used to symbolize childhood, starting back at square one, or failure. This usage of imagery is helpful because it is more than just imagery; it is symbolism. This allows for the picture to say more than the narration. Additionally, the end of the video explains how in order to be successful in life one must do two things: one must do well in school to get a good education, while…

The Extensions of Man. McGraw-Hill, 1964. Reviewed by Kayla M. Piper, Pittsburg State University, KS. Medium Is the Message, a part of the book Understanding Media, is a critical evaluation and interpretation of Media Ecology, a communications theory. Marshall McLuhan particularly focuses on the idea that the medium is the message. He presents the idea that instead of the content of the medium being the message, it is actually the effect that it creates on human life. He states, “The medium…

in 2012. Both the book and the movie have a huge cult following, including yours truly. I originally read this book in middle school and it honestly changed my life. It was the first book I connected with so strongly. When the movie was announced, I was thrilled. My best friend and I drove about an hour away to a specific theater to see the movie during its small release. Fortunately, the movie did the story justice and my friend and I left the theater with smiles on our faces. The book was able…

Without the medium, the message would not be able to get through or be accessible. The primary physical medium of this object is a book. Without the book Scivas, the message would not be able to get through to the outside world. The messages of the excerpt spread through the writing in the book. Her work was written and distributed all over with the help of pieces of paper bound together with ideas filled in them. Other media depicted that helped with the construction of the object would be a…

The Medium and Conveying Intelligence Postman begins his book, Amusing Ourselves to Death, showing how the world may not have fallen into the “Big Brother” type dystopia that George Orwell warned of, but we had fallen into another. Postman describes the dystopia originally created by Aldous Huxley where there are “technologies that undo capacities to think,” something that could very well be said about the people of today. The television and internet have dulled people to the point where they…

brave and courageous muskrat. Rikki-tikki-tavi is a book by Rudyard Kipling as well as a movie. Movies can be either similar, different, or both to the original book. Between the book and the movie, there are similarities and a few, noted differences. Some similarities…

Although everyone thinks differently, the book Night by Elie Wiesel, proved to be the best teaching medium for a high school audience. It shows a good quality of information, understanding, and pretty good interest unlike the rest. The other teaching mediums weren’t as good for many reasons. To be specific, the documentary Oprah Interviews Elie Wiesel wasn’t the best wasn’t very interesting because of the way it was done. The whole interview was very slowly paced so it was easy to stop paying…

Through various differences and changes within medium, David Foster Wallace’s original graduation commencement speech sends a completely message to that of the published book. This notion is due to how the published book “This is water” by the Little, Brown, and Company changed, removed, and added numerous word or sentences that inherently change the original meaning David Foster Wallace initially delivered. In David Foster Wallace’s original speech, he attempts to advice his audience to think…

Forms and Content, Take 2: Noël Carroll, “The Specificity Thesis” Noël Carroll’s essay, “The Specificity Thesis”, works to address the flaws in the idea that each art form has one subject matter that it alone is best suited to represent and express. Early on in the essay Carroll explains how the theories on art changed from pre-Enlightenment, during which theorists often analyzed different art forms based on the form of their subject, and how during the eighteenth century art theorists shifted…

since 2007. Thus far, this animation has become a series of productions. For a Chinese animation, the scale of it has create a unique record. The broad and profound Chinese traditional culture shown in animation is an important factor for the popularity of this series (Lan, 2014). The success of “The Legend of Qin” cause a wave that culture and art communicate in animation. In Chinese market, “The Legend of Qin” firstly achieved that the success of both market and culture communication. This…