THE HYPERLINKED SELF

 Applying the Laws of Media

DUE JAN. 16th

(Your analysis should only be one paragraph and via links express exponentially more than you could other wise extending the possibilities of what could be said.)

Your assignment is to create a hyperlinked analysis of your relationship with technology and media. In your analysis, consider the different levels of technology. For example the levels of a computer could be broken down into specific components such as calculation, video games, hypertext, e-mail, ext. Every word you use should be hyperlinked and should take us somewhere that gives us more insight to you and your thoughts/interactions.

Helpful questions: Consider the different spheres in which the medium's impact is felt. What are the effects on the way we perceive and interact with our environment? How does it alter the way we communicate? Does it change our ability to send messages over time and space; does it affect the speed of sending information and the amount of data we can disseminate and store? Does it provide a new set of signs or symbols, a new language with its own unique grammar and vocabulary? Does it alter who has access to information, who has control over communication and whether communication tends to be one-way or interactive, or pointto- point or one-to many? How does the medium affect the way we behave, think, feel and use our senses? Does it affect our sense of identity, the roles we play, the way we associate with and relate to others What is the technology's impact on social organization, on politics, economics, religion, education, etc.? What are the effects on social institutions, values and culture?)

(Questions provided by Lance Strate for the National Film Board.)