2007년 9월 27일 목요일

What are New Media? -2-

*The content based on Eui-Kwon and Soo-jung's presentation.

We looked for what are new media? -2- in this chapter. The new media is non-technical and inclusive which means It is not limited to one narrow concept for field of technology and other means it is range of phenomena. Other means the new media is general and abstract which means it is really inclusive.

2007년 9월 20일 목요일

ideological connotations of the new

It was tail part of the 'What are new media?". Yeseul presented subsequently Bundo's present. The main idea was same as last class but ask deeply about the interesting idea about what is the "new".

In Yeseul's present, she described about -modernist belief- to claims + Hopes, increased product, educational opportunity, open up new creative, communicative horizons. And the meaning of "new", she mentioned part of a powerful ideological movement and a narrative about progress in western society. Lastly, Dr. Yoon supplied about the ideas. The final given thing to us was quite difficult question that 'What is the word "new" in media?'. Dr yoon provided some examples for our solving problem.(Video watching)

The video showed incredible contents like French art movement and most especial thing was 'bit waterfall'. It was kinda interactive art used waterfall to show messages from computer messages transformed into a bit. During the movie shown, I realized a little bit about the word 'new'. In conclusion, I think the 'new' means just an one step from the step before we did which means how do we think just little varily from our oldschool mind.

2007년 9월 18일 화요일

The media as an institution & The intensity of change

The topic was "What are new media." and Bundo presented about this chapter. The main ideas of the chapter were 'The media as an institution' and 'The intensity of change'.

In 'the media as an institution' we mentioned about media communication, institution and organizations, the culture and material product of the institutions, paying attention to more than point of media, new technological possibilities and established media form.

And about 'The intensity of change', we mentioned about 1980's big changing, a shift from modernity to post - modernity, intensifying processes of globalization, a replacement of an industrial age of by a post - industrial information age, a decentring of established and centralised geo - political orders.

It was quite difficult topic for us. There were so many different kind of views and something messed up philosophies. A memorable topic was about a massmedia. We call newspaper, TV(Radio) broadcasting news and etc. to 'massmedia' but from the internet begun, the media and information's(ofcourse knowledge included) origin is messed up so I thought it should be called 'messmedia'.

Anyway, It was particular approaching of the media but in other hand I believe it was interesting lecture for us.

2007년 9월 11일 화요일

Theoretical Background 1: Traditional Thoughts on Art

The class has begun. I was worried about this class before the semester begins. Because someone told me that the class should be in English but the worry was missed. Dr. Yoon's class was really active between him and students. Dr. Yoon's instruction processing was proper and slow.(His pronunciation was also easy to understood.) Most surprise thing was the atmosphere of the class. Dr. Yoon gave some kind of jokes usually and most of the students responsed to the jokes.

Anyway, the topic of the lecture was 'Theoretical Background : Traditional Thoughts on Art'. Many philosophers name were called like Plato, Aristoteles, Hume, Kant, Hegel , Goodman, Heidegger, etc. They were really closed by art. I mean the basic of the art. their history was deeply hused with art. I was easily understood because of Dr. Yoon's distinctive expressions. The lecture was absoultly clear as he did before.

The class was really awesome as more then I expect.

2007년 9월 9일 일요일