tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734846.post112889751847929426..comments2023-10-02T06:06:38.784-05:00Comments on Fires Along the Tallgrass: Television and the Internet - Technological Salvation or Snake Oil?Phil Dillon, Prairie Apologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00933117233625601141noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734846.post-1129036431892147772005-10-11T08:13:00.000-05:002005-10-11T08:13:00.000-05:00I dislike any "throw the baby out with the bathwat...I dislike any "throw the baby out with the bathwater" type approach, and I sure you are a reasoned man, who is not suggesting a blanket approach, declaring all “new” media as bad. I would hope that any "new" technology that comes along (television...the internet...who knows what next?) will adapt and evolve, and that there will always be room for intelligent discussion of ideas. If not for the internet, those who have commented here would be unlikely to have been able to share in this very discussion!Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12921767665400064807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734846.post-1129002250641253872005-10-10T22:44:00.000-05:002005-10-10T22:44:00.000-05:00Great article again, Phil. I have posted before o...Great article again, Phil. I have posted before on matters closely related but you have stated the problem very clearly and with considerable insight. What concerns me particularly is this matter of the internet - I'm not sure that it is just a child of television. It seems to me that it contains some hope for the future, although much depends on who uses it and how they do so. If nothing else, it does present us with a chance to have our say...Wyrfuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01108378377720475315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734846.post-1128960165004282112005-10-10T11:02:00.000-05:002005-10-10T11:02:00.000-05:00Phil,This is a very insightful and thoughtful post...Phil,<BR/><BR/>This is a very insightful and thoughtful post, thank you.<BR/><BR/><I>There’s a part of me that would like to believe that the internet, and blogging, hold some promise to turn America from its hell-bent pursuit of the visual toward reason and reflection, and the written word. I see glimmers of hope. But, more than anything, I see a youth dominated medium that is more preoccupied with visual effect than it is with serious discourse.</I><BR/><BR/>True. And it is forcing bloggers to post in such a way that caters to an age that is dominated by a "fast-food" media culture.<BR/><BR/>BradBrad Hustonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13034379100231079992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734846.post-1128956268240356752005-10-10T09:57:00.000-05:002005-10-10T09:57:00.000-05:00Hi Phil...Good comments on Al Gore's speech (I was...Hi Phil...<BR/><BR/>Good comments on Al Gore's speech (I was there, actually) <BR/><BR/>You are right about televison (and the internet) contributing to illiteracy among Americans--but I would take it one step further in that it has fostered an inability to reason. As you comment, we need time for reflection. Reflection helps cultivate and the ability to apply reason. We are lacking reason nowadays--among the 18-34's most graphically, but also in the 35-59's who can also be pulled along by kneejerk emotionalism. <BR/><BR/>There is a need to acquire information. If we don't constantly acquire, we are left out of the loop or are uncool. Be don't process anything. We don't reason. Therefore there is no "marketplace of ideas" and no "rule of reason" is applied.<BR/><BR/>you can read my report on We Media here:<BR/><BR/>http://spap-oop.blogspot.com/2005/10/we-media-talk-amongst-yourselves.html<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/>Tish G.Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734846.post-1128943756648660672005-10-10T06:29:00.000-05:002005-10-10T06:29:00.000-05:00It's an old story...blaming technology for the ill...It's an old story...blaming technology for the ills of mankind. Perhaps instead of looking to fix the tools we devise, we could look at using the tools to fix ourselves. The internet, like television before and radio before that and moveable type before that, offer us greatness or crassness....the choice has always been ours.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364474203368804347noreply@blogger.com