Chapter 8 Homie

In chapter 8 of Smith’s book, he talks about mediums. New types of mediums are categorized by their level of interactivity. Interactivity is how well you can interact or connect with things within the media. In some ways, past mediums we use to consume content is not interactive, such as TVs or radio. However, Smith still argues that we are never really completely passive while consuming media. There’s different levels of inactivity, such as video games vs. VR vs. books.

While reading this I was thinking about the different types of media I consume. I play video games and watch TV. I don’t like VR because it makes me sick.

I like playing video games but sometimes that interaction is too much. It’s too much work to have to be competitive and interact with the game. Sometimes I just like to completely relax and do nothing and watch TV. That’s why I think we need to keep different levels of media regardless of how outdated or non interactive they are.