I kept going #justkeptgoing #hwa2

A media environment is the invisible influence that envelops us, while the anti is the counter that makes people aware of said environment. And anti-environment makes you think about why you've been doing things a certain way or why something ever became normal to you. #hwa2 #antienvironmental

One way I might already be becoming dangerous is by opening my eyes to the times I mindlessly scroll or consume media. I now actively think about what I choose to consume and what it may be doing to me. #hwa2 #becomingdangerous

Amateurs offer the world a new perspective and awareness while experts do not because it is already expected from them, I would rather be an amateur in some cases but an expert in most because comfort matters but I enjoy challenging norms at times as well #hwa2 #amateurvsexpert

i love that you acknowledged the use of he/him in the book! that was something that I noticed when reading it but remembered what time it was written in #hwa2

The most important thing that Hanging With Ashley has taught me is to be skeptical and reflective on my own thought processes. The way I intake media or react to media around me. #hwa2 #somethingishappening

Media is invisible and doesn't enforce a certain perspective on things while anti-environmental is the counter of it often created by some artists, making it visible to society, it leaves us asking questions on what makes it visible all of a sudden. #hwa2 #antienvironmental

I guess I never gave attention to texting. I don’t really think about how crazy it is that I can instantly send someone a message and have it sit there until they respond. An anti-environment for it might be going a day without texting and having to communicate only face-to-face. #hwa2 #normalmedium

Social media like TikTok has become a "normal" medium in my life. Im so used to getting news from it that my first instinct is to search on the app if something is happening. A form of anti-environment could be locking the app to limit usage or reminding myself to crosscheck info #hwa2 #normalmedium

Q3: social media is so normal in my life. It is something that i go on without a second thought. If I am bored I go on it if its silent I go on it. Ways to expose it are setting time limits on the apps and start doing activities outside of my phone to bring my attention elsewhere #hwa2 #normalmedium

I think the “water you’re swimming in” thing is basically noticing the medium instead of just the content. Like I’m usually focused on what I’m watching on TikTok and not really thinking about how TikTok itself affects how I’m getting that info. #hwa2 #thewater

“We create technologies, but then those technologies reshape us.” I get the point, but part of me is like… isn’t that kind of obvious? Of course the tools we create are going to change how we live and behave. I’m wondering if I’m missing something deeper. #hwa2 #forrealthough

McLuhan wants us to stop thinking in parts because "we consume information without noticing the media that delivers it." It causes us to be stagnant thinkers, almost like machines that are fed a prompt and create a generic response. #hwa2 #thinkinginparts

Q2: The way I took this is that McLuhan doesn't want you to decode but to recognize what is around you and analyze it. #hwa2 #thewater

Notice the water you're swimming in means to open your eyes to the otherwise overlooked medium. Instead of taking information at face value, think about how its presentation affects the way you receive it. It's awareness of the invisible. Look at the book not the words on the page. #hwa2 #thewater

Q1: "when you are reading a book, you are not just reading a book, you are inside it" this quote made me stop and think and I found it so fascinating and how we are inside TMITM and how that is an environment. I just found this whole section intriguing #hwa2 #forrealthough

My first reaction to "massage" originally being "message" was suspicion. It reminded me of those videos that say, "This whole scene was improvised but the director liked it so much it stayed in!" It's not that I don't believe him, but sometimes things are exaggerated for effect. #hwa2 #forrealthough

McLuhan flips Dewey's quote not to dismiss him, but to show how critics can unintentionally fall victim to the subject of their critique. #hwa2 #flippingdewey

"you're in a media world, being shaped by it" is such a true statement and this sentence alone shows how impactful media is #hwa2

100% without even realizing it, technology is changing everyone in every way! #hwa2