After actively watching the YouTube video “Web 2.0… The Machine is US/ing Us” by Michael Wesch I felt inclined to think further about the topic he addressed in the video. The video expresses that we are the web. It also expresses that the web links people and ideas together. In addition he talked about the differences of digital text verses text written on paper. He explained how digital test is more movable, flexible, and above all more hyper then text written on paper. Digital text can link and move anywhere in just a couple short seconds. Towards the end of the video he says “The Web is no longer just linking information…The Web is linking people…” this quote, I feel poses a significant point in the message the video is ultimately trying to get across. The message that I interpreted from the video was that the Web is a tool that we use in order to connect and share with each other. The Web is a new and more efficient way of communicating.
Personally, I find using the web as a tool of communication surpasses any other form of communication. It is faster and the message you are trying to communicate can be altered so that it is worded to the best is possibly can be. The individual sending the message has the power to proof read what they are going to say and avoid social turmoil by portraying the message in a better way. Although the new and well adopted way of communication has many benefits there is always negatives, some insignificant others quite the opposite. Is it important to continue the traditional way of communication and preserve our society or embrace new ideas and concepts that have an undetermined outcome? Is the progress of society more important than the reassurance that relatively no new negative changes will occur? Conclusively, this video caused me to participate in thinking further about what the web really is and what purpose it serves.
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