In reading chapters 1 and 2 from Media and Culture, one section that caught my eye was “The Power of Media in Everyday Life”. What made this section catch my eye was that it was talking about how ancient Greeks described art. Plato thought it should instruct and uplift. Aristotle believed that “art and stories should provide insight to the human condition” but also be entertaining. And Euripides believed that the arts should imitate life. I was intrigued by this paragraph because it reminds me of my Historical Intro to Philosophy class. On the first day of class, we had a discussion to determine “what is art”. For three hours we discussed our views upon what we thought art was, if bad art was also considered art, etc. I feel as though that you can give examples of art and culture, maybe you can loosely describe them but they are forever changing. Therefore there definitions are always changing and can never really be defined.
In reading chapter 2, I discovered something very interesting. “The Net Widens” section states that in the “mid-1980’s fiber-optic cables became the standard for transmitting communication data”. I find this very interesting because Verizon commercials boast about how their tv connection uses fiber-optics. I don’t know anything about how their system works or if they upgraded their fiber-optics to make it faster and better then when it first came out in the 80’s (I sure hope they did). I just find it very interesting that they make it seem as though their system is new and innovative.
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