What media classes really want to discuss. Chapter 7, pages 117-134.

Reading Summary
This chapter talks about mediums and why they’re hard to define. Typically, we see them as the technology we use to view content, but their meaning is expansive and different for everyone. He uses the examples of film, photography, and art to show how different technologies affect our understanding of the content. Mediums change with technology and with society, so the purpose of mediums is fluid and ever changing.

Outside Connection
I thought of the original iPhone when reading this passage. Phones used to be solely for calling, and eventually texting. The main usage of a phone was always communication. Eventually though, technology and society evolved, and now we use phones for a variety of purposes.

Reading Connection
The phone has always been a medium for communication, but just as mediums change over time, so too has the use of the phone. I used the example of an iPhone because I believe that is the point in time where the both the usage of the iPhone and the phone as a medium changed. Phones went from being used for communication to being used for just about everything.