Blog 2 Response

Before technology, there were limited ways in which media was created. For instance, the only way that news was created was through newspapers, which was printed on paper in a factory and sold on the streets. Technology has completely changed the way we get our news today. It makes it so easy to have access to it, whether it is on television, on a mobile device, and of course the Internet. The Internet has given anyone who has access to it the ability to view just about anything. The question is how has media changed with the emergence of digital technology. One of the main ways technology has changed media is through remixability. Technology enables people to create their own content, and frequently change the content made by someone else, and sign off on as their own. The music industry has probably had the biggest impact. Before technology, people often bought CD’s in a store and played them in a boom box or CD player. Have things changed dramatically over the past few decades. More often than not, songs are being downloaded illegally or downloaded from an online music store. The last time I bought a CD was over the summer. Youtube has paved the way for aspiring artists to create their own songs and upload them for anyone to hear. The Internet negatively and positively affected the music industry.

--Jesse Steinberg--