McLuhan Project

 

McLuhan's ideas about how media changes society is very clear. For example, the social media site, Twitter has broken down a pre-existing barrier between "normal" people and celebrities. Previously, the status of being a celebrity was an untouchable figure that was off limits to the average person. Now with real time updates of celebrities lives, it takes away some of the mystery and glitter to being a normal person. Whether it's Kim Kardashian tweeting about a fight between her sisters or Justin Bieber saying that he just hung out with his friends and played basketball, we as average citizens get to see a side of these celebrity figures that we never have been able to before. We can see these people now and relate to things we all do. The privacy wall is being broken down and Twitter and other social media sites have allowed us access to peer into the bedroom window of millions of people we don't even know.  

3 Mediums

In the past few years Facebook has risen to one of the leading competetors in social media interation sites. With millions of users, this growing site reaches people all over the world as a tool to communicate, advertise, and inform its users.




Twitter is a social media site in which its users update what is going on in there lives. Whether it's an update about how long they're waiting for a bus, what they ate for dinner, or posting information about politics, environmental issues, or the latest celebrity gossip, Twitter has reached millions of people including many public and governmental figures.





Smartphones have taken over as the new "it" phone. These phones can practically do anything. Thousands of applications that can be stored onto these phones can do anything from updating you on breaking news to tracking you on a GPS. These phones have opened a connection for their users to have constant contact with the world.