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All in Media History
In today’s landscape of fast-paced connectivity and attention-grabbing notification stimuli, it can sometimes feel like the world is turning too fast. Two centuries of technological development, through the industrial revolution and WW2, the connection between human perception and machines has become sharper, stronger and faster. This article will examine the changing nature of time as a product of these engagements.
In 1967, both Guy Debord and Marshall McLuhan released their forward thinking publications exploring the impact of mediated images on society. Fifty two years after publication, both thinkers are considered leading media theorists of their time, with views still relevant in the digital age. What can we learn from Debord and McLuhan about the impact of technology on perception?
PUBLIC PROGRAMME ESSAY #2
An essay exploring the issues discussed in the event ‘Attention and Memory in the Digital Age’. Attention is a hot topic in the great digital debate. We know that multitasking allows us to spread our attention across a number of tasks, but does this allow us to be more focussed or does it simply make us distracted?
