tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417553948608280671.post1073309855358892515..comments2023-05-05T01:04:59.396-07:00Comments on Poem Box: On Electronic MediaPoem Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02474785804108483244noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417553948608280671.post-33444399092813845232010-02-14T00:09:09.058-08:002010-02-14T00:09:09.058-08:00Excellent point about the use of the word "f...Excellent point about the use of the word "follower." Yet another troubling aspect of the medium.Poem Boxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02474785804108483244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417553948608280671.post-31425924641891193262010-02-12T01:34:23.896-08:002010-02-12T01:34:23.896-08:00I agree. How can we harness these tools in a benef...I agree. How can we harness these tools in a beneficial way?<br /><br />Gee. "The boredom, the sameness." "Pain of the present." Are our lives really so boring and painful? To be honest, I'm a bit more worried about Reality TV than internet use. Who are these people? And why are we, as a society and/or individually, seemingly so hungry for attention? <br /><br />I think the choice of the word "follower," used by the Twitter community, speaks volumes about electronic media addiction. Forget about crack! Isn't "follower" the same word we use in the context of religion and cults? Anyway, the Twitter comparison to crack is a bit over the top for me as it belittles the severity of that particular physical addiction. <br /><br />Many years ago, long before the world wide web, a study was done about television. One hundred families were invited to participate -- they would all give up television for a year. At the beginning, there was more reading, more family activity, travel, etc. As the months went on, though, some of the families began to drop out of the program. Some, actually, hadn't lasted a week! Ultimately, not one family made it through the entire year. They had to have their daily TV fix. <br /><br />The more things change, the more they remain the same.<br /><br />Religion, cults, Twitter -- they're all the same. Perhaps if we were better educated, we might not need to be following the crowd, the trend, the other. Perhaps we could learn to think as individuals. On the other hand, nah, never gonna happen.C Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598500930695788895noreply@blogger.com