Stop ur so right I wish I thought of that! #hwa2

One medium that definitely shapes my life is TikTok and my For You Page. I feel like it knows what I like before I even realize it. For my design I could start liking and watching videos I normally would never interact with and see how different my FYP becomes after that. #hwa2 #normalmedium

McLuhan wants us to stop thinking in parts because it is the same idea of thinking in parts. It is seen as a fixed idea that does not allow freedom to think. #hwa2 #thinkinginparts

I think the “water you’re swimming in” is like when you wear the same perfume everyday and after a while you dont even smell it anymore. The medium can affect us so much that we stop noticing its even doing anything to us. #hwa2 #thewater

How our brain's defaults and that it can be broken with change #hwa2 #flippingdewey

Melvil Dewey had created the decimal system that is allowed for the organization but it leads to humans being treated as datapoints and numbers. And John Dewey is a philosopher that goes against this idea and knows the human experience is important. Both teach fragmentation. #hwa2 #thetwodeweys

The way something is presented can affect us just as much as the actual message, because the medium changes how we experience and respond to it. #hwa2 #forrealthough

we r in several mediums.. that's just crazy to think about.. mediums disorient purposefully. "the amateur can afford to lose": amateurs always ask questions and be curious.. they lay out a platform for the anti-environment-- hearing this is crazy! #hwa2 #curious

spotify is genuinely a medium that's so normal in my life that it simply disappears.. to me it's not just a music provider; it's comfort in a way. an anti-environment to expose it would be a library when I'm studying or have to focus w/ no music #hwa2 #normalmedium

McLuhan didn't want us to decode content-- that's something anyone can do.. well.. mostly. But the water we're swimming in ig indicates like what exactly we have to be aware of while being delivered the message.. like say tiktok or youtube; can we trust these sites? that's the medium #hwa2 #thewater

I for sure think media becomes more powerful when its invisible bc just look at cyberbullying for example half of it happens bc the bully knows that they are invisible or "protected" behind a screen therefore allowing them free rein to say whatever they want. #hwa2 #invisible

10. Having the knowledge to use this information about media for bad is what is so dangerous. Even if you know how to do bad doesn't mean you will, but the kind of mentality doesn't apply to this because this mentality might entrap/ fragment my way of thinking unknowingly #hwa2 #becomingdangerous

Something that made me go "???" was when Ashley mentioned that the medium is what makes the change and not the deliverer or the message itself.. it's the platform in which the message is being delivered.. #hwa2 #forrealthough

I think I’m becoming “dangerous” when I start questioning patterns I normally accept. Like noticing how I automatically check my phone when I’m bored and asking why that feels so normal now. #hwa2 #becomingdangerous

we actually are being disciplined to read in a certain way-- it's the medium that technically changes us.. woah #hwa2 #mindBlown

9. Just by going through this media experience of McLuhan and digesting it through hwa it's made itself an extension in my brain that chimes into what I perceive in media and makes me ask more questions rather than assuming everything is the way it is for a reason. #hwa2 #somethingishappening

speaking of i'm so excited that we're getting into what media acc is bc i don't think i acc know lol #hwa2

I remember talking about the image that was just previously shown! It looked like a look back into history, but ig it's rear-view mirror vibes! It's a comparison b/w past and present.. We really are marching back into the "future" #hwa2

I realized that sometimes I don't even choose what I'm paying attention to anymore. I'll open TikTok looking for something specific, get pulled into the feed, and completely forget what I originally opened it for. #hwa2 #somethingishappening

Ashley mentioned that "media is an extension of us" -- I completely agree with this! We tune out the fact that media is like different from us; "media are most powerful when invisible"-- it's so deeply integrated w/in our daily lives now.. it's crazy how we're so used to it around.. #hwa2 #invisible