Thursday, September 4, 2008

Response

I thought that this essay that I read in "Text Messenging" was interesting because it showed how popular culture has changed and improved since the late 19th century till present and around our lives. I know that the technology has changed the way people will see objects and people, but I didn't realize it would change them completely. I thought the 2nd paragraph was the most interesting because it asks us to visualize that we live in a town in the late 1800's. Then it says that our opinion of immigrants is formed by buying things from that market and not from anything else. The Authors Ivey and Tepper also wrote that back in the day when people listened to music, and it was most likely local performers who were putting on the show. Say I wanted to hear the same song again, I couldn't just hit the play button on the computer again, but rather I would have to bring the entire band back up on stage.

1 comment:

Ryan said...

i agree. we often take for granted how much technology has really changed our lives. i often think about how ridiculous it is comparing where i'm at with 100 years ago. compared to the kings and queens of old, we live in so much more luxury and most of us are nowhere near as rich...