TV has been under development since the 20’s in the last century, and continues to be in transition today. The range of viewing devices we use today has proved problematic in that it can be anything from a tiny phone screen to a huge home theater to a digitally projected image in a theater. And the “environment” or “scene” or “venue” within which we view those images is extremely varied as well.
In a way, it’s all the “same” image. However the method we use to view it, and to consume it and to deliver it, and to curate it, and to aggregate it, and to make it serve different functions adds a level of complexity that is hard to penetrate. Is there a fundamental difference between images at various scales, for example? And what is the right size and venue for learning best?
This is where we turn again to Marshall McLuhan’s slogan, “The media is the message” and ponder how that mystically vague but still meaningful idea applies today. What would he have to say about this article in The Verge which discusses all sorts of media questions in play today? While it touches on many aspects important to those in Ed Tech, it talks more directly about delivering media to consumers.
And some of this will have to be rethought as virtual reality “viewers” become ubiquitous, assuming they do.
(admin note: this pdf is a very large file and takes some time to “open” in a new browser window.)
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