#hwa2 #thewater I think you meant that we need to explore the environments and media that are shaping us. The content is not as important to our studies as the design awareness is, as the designs are what shapes how we are, even when they may be invisible to us at first glance.

That he doesn’t want us to be figuring it out and trying to decode anything he just wants us to be realizing what we’re doing in the moment instead of always questionin.
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When talking about McLuhan wanting us to notice the water, I interpreted that as seeing the water as a separate entity or as a source of beauty, with fish and other stuff, rather than generalizing it as part of the environment. #hwa2 #thewater

the way that I interpreted 'noticing the water' was by identifying how the media is being delivered and not just the actual content coming to you in. how is the message sent not just what the message says #thewater #hwa2

I think you mean we should be aware that media is all around us, like water when you are swimming. Instead of focusing on something specific we should focus on treading the water and staying afloat. Meaning we should be aware that there is media all around in all types of forms. #hwa2 #thewater

I think you meant that reading this text, or using media in general, isn’t just understanding what we read or see, it’s about how the media itself influences us. McLuhans book was media itself, and he wanted to see if people would realize it, and see what they would think about it. #thewater #hwa2

"Notice the water" basically means don't get so caught up in the actual message that you forget to notice the medium itself and how much it's shaping your environment in the background
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#hwa2 #thewater I think by saying "he wants you to notice the water you're swimming in" points out the fact that we are not just trying to analyze content, but actually understand how we got to where we are and what specific media environment we are in

I always decode and overanalyze, so McLuhan's statement feels like a direct challenge. To notice the water I'm swimming in feels hard when I do not know what the water feels like. I suppose that just recognizing and being aware of it's presence is what he means #hwa2 #thewater

McLuhan is trying to help us and make us realize that we are being molded by the media and the technology that we have created, and that its surroudning us everywhere, just like water does when we are swimming. #hwa2 #thewater

2. What i think you mean is that McLuhan wants us to know what we feel when we’re “swimming”. does the media want us to keep afloat or to drown us #hwa2 #thewater

2. “Notice the water” basically means to not just focus on the message that the medium is giving you, but to be aware of the actual medium itself and how it plays such a strong role in your environment. #hwa2 #thewater

I think you meant that he doesn't want us to just memorize what he says and call it a day, but realize how his ideas are relevant to our everyday eyes. he wants us to be aware of our environment and society and how deceiving things like social media can be. #hwa2 #thewater

#hwa2 #thewater I think the point is that we’re so surrounded by media that we don’t always notice how much it affects the way we think and act.

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When McLuhan wants us to notice the water we're swimming in, it doesn't mean to understand what someone like me is tweeting within this message. Instead, it's how it "works your nervous system," the internal effects that change your subconscious way of understanding.

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#hwa2 #thewater I think it relates to the whole tech shapes us idea. Not decode the content for its words or its meaning but what is it really doing to us. How is it making us feel, why isnt making us feel that way, what can it do to us in the future.