Response to Vince’s Nov 10 Decussion Question
1) Bolter discusses Hypermediacy and how is is what many feel when they watch a news broadcast. The emotions or feelings we feel might be different among different people. What was the last news broadcast you remember or the most rememberable broadcast you’ve seen? How did it make you feel?
The most vivid news broadcast I remember are of the September 11th attacks. At the time I didn’t realized the gravity of the situation, but the news was everywhere. The world had stopped to witness these plane crashes. I remeber my teachers discussing it in class amongsth themselves, kinda in a whispered tone, as if it was too horrible to mention the to students. There were a lot of scared and confused people that day, I on the other hand did not really care. I was off in my own world, more worried about what happened to me than anything else. I was actually a little upset that every braodcasting channel was still covering the event when I got home that evening because it was starting to interfere with my life. Now obviously I have a lot more respect for the event and I fully understand the ramifications that unfolded because of it.
