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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Villanova University\NIgnite Change Now]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.41,0:00:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Fatal Amusements Nov 3, 2014\NGarey Hall - Villanova University]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.85,0:00:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Contemplating Contemporary Media]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.81,0:00:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Dr. Lance Strate\NHarron Family Chai in Communication]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.42,0:00:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Villanova University does not endorse and assumes no liability for the materials apearing or opinions expressed in this video]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.68,0:00:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)\N(Lance Strate) Well thank you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.17,0:00:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think, I don't know, does it \Nmatter? Do we need the microphone?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.35,0:00:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do we need them
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.78,0:00:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you hear me, you hear me OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.86,0:00:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so we will set aside this prop and\Nthank you very much I am indeed honored
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.67,0:00:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have been chosen as the \NHaron Family Chair for this year
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.84,0:00:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd like to thank the NBC family, Provost Mcginty \NDean Landmeyer Maurice Hall, of course, (check)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.76,0:00:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the chair of the department Heidy Rose and\NCheryl Bowen and the rest of the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.36,0:00:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Department of Communication, including\Nthe ones who really run the place,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.67,0:00:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Loretta and Maria.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.77,0:00:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been a great pleasure to be \Npart of this faculty this semester
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.05,0:00:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and especially to spend time
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.22,0:00:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the wonderful graduate and \Nundergraduate students
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.02,0:01:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that attend here at Villanova.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.92,0:01:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think it's, no doubt,\Nit's something of a cliche
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.98,0:01:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for visitors to begin by making reference\Nto our close proximity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.43,0:01:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the birthplace of the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.63,0:01:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And far be it from me \Nto break with tradition.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.29,0:01:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me begin by posing the question: \NIf Benjamin Franklin we're here today,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.15,0:01:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do you think he would make of the\Npossibility of Donald Trump as president?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.90,0:01:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.36,0:01:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or to put it more generally, what would \Nthe founders of the American Republic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.69,0:01:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to say about the State of\Nthe Union in the 21st century?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.48,0:01:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I hasten to add that when I speak \Nof the Founders, I want to set aside
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.41,0:01:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all that racism sexism \Nall the other awful isms
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.55,0:01:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were part and parcel of their times.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.04,0:01:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to consider them \Nas embodiments of the ideals
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.98,0:01:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they set forth in their writings.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.20,0:02:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can say I'm being a romantic \Nbut this is my thought experiment
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.00,0:02:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you'll have to bear with me, and so \NI ask you to imagine what these champions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.33,0:02:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of reason and rationality, freedom \Nand equality, justice and democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.48,0:02:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would make of contemporary \NAmerican culture?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.78,0:02:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would they make of a culture \Nthat's been shaped
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.27,0:02:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by instantaneous communication, \Nthat's dominated by the video image,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.14,0:02:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transformed by the internet social media \Nand mobile devices?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.01,0:02:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would they make of the ways \Nin which public discourse
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.32,0:02:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been altered and influenced \Nby our electronic communications?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.66,0:02:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let me suggest to you that some of\Nthe words that might come to mind
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.04,0:02:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might be: disturbed, disappointed, \Nmaybe even disgusted.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.10,0:02:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And don't get me wrong:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.67,0:02:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do think they'd be duly impressed by all\Nthe progress that we've made
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.21,0:02:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in science and technology \Nover the past 230 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.32,0:03:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also think they'd recognize the progress\Nwe've made regarding human rights
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.46,0:03:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the past two centuries,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.64,0:03:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I do believe that \Nour founders would express
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.24,0:03:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grave and profound concern \Nabout our future
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.66,0:03:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Benjamin Franklin uttered the ominous\Nreply regarding the kind of government
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.67,0:03:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had created "A republic, if you can\Nkeep it,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.32,0:03:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The danger he foresaw was a return to\Nsome form of authoritarian government
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.02,0:03:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what George Orwell depicted \Nin his novel 1984,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.67,0:03:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would have been more extreme than \Nanything that Franklin had known
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.34,0:03:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he would easily understood the basic \Npremise of coercion oppression and fear
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.10,0:03:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under which totalitarian regimes operate.\N////
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.55,0:03:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what franklin never imagined in\Nhis wildest dreams that the reports that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.58,0:03:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrote the Republic might be lost
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.01,0:03:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not by force of arms but by fulfillment\Nof our desire to have fun and he
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.20,0:04:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,therefore would have been baffled by the\Nkind of dystopia depicted in Aldous
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.28,0:04:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Huxley Aldous Huxley in his novel brave\Nnew world but I believe that he would
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.69,0:04:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,agree that Huxley was more prophetic the\NNorwell a point that Neil Postman
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.44,0:04:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,observed in his best-known book amusing\Nourselves to death so let me quote to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.99,0:04:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you now from the opening of that book\Npostman wrote
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.25,0:04:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what orwell feared was though where\Nthose who would ban books what Huxley
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.16,0:04:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feared was that there would be no reason\Nto ban a book for there would be no one
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.88,0:04:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wanted to read one or welfare those who\Nwould deprive us of information
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.89,0:04:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Huxley feared those who would give us so\Nmuch that we would be reduced to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.65,0:04:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passivity and egoism orwell feared that\Nthe truth would be concealed from us
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.09,0:04:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oxley fear the truth would be drowned in\Na sea of irrelevance orwell feared we
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.09,0:05:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would become a captive culture oxley\Nfeared we would become a trivial culture
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.00,0:05:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preoccupied with some equivalent of the\NFeelies the orgy porgy and the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.20,0:05:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,centripetal bubble puppy as Huxley\Nremarks in brave new world revisited the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.34,0:05:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,civil libertarians and rationalists\Nfailed to take into account man's almost
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.43,0:05:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infinite appetite for distractions in\N1984 Huxley added people are controlled
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.48,0:05:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by inflicting pain and brave new world\Nthey are controlled by inflicting
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.47,0:05:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pleasure in short orwell feared that\Nwhat we hate will ruin us Huxley feared
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.87,0:05:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that what we love will ruin us now as\Nyou may have noticed the title of my
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.06,0:05:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talk fatal amusements is a tribute to\Nthe book that post published thirty
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.81,0:05:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,years ago and in my thought experiment\NI'd like to think that Franklin
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.61,0:06:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jefferson and company would find a\Nglimmer of hope and postman's
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.71,0:06:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explanation of how public discourse is\Nshaped by our media of communication and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.39,0:06:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since this is my thought experiment I'd\Nalso like to imagine that they gain some
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.11,0:06:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,additional encouragement from the\Nfootnote and follow-up to post mean that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.16,0:06:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I published last year a book entitled\Namazing ourselves to death in the old
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.15,0:06:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,postman's brave new world revisited I\Nwant to believe that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.49,0:06:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in all fairness to benjamin Franklin\Nhe certainly would have been familiar
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.51,0:06:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the old saying Nero fiddled while\NRome burned which is a popular metaphor
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.80,0:06:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for irresponsible and foolish action in\Nthe face of serious events fiddling
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.39,0:06:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while Rome burns has been used in\Nparticular to refer to inaction on the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.15,0:06:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part of political leaders in the face of\Na crisis but as citizens in a democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.28,0:07:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,responsible for governing ourselves\Nthere are no solo acts when it comes to
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.21,0:07:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fiddling around we're all playing in the\Nband fiddling while Rome burns might
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.32,0:07:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well have been an alternative title for\Namusing ourselves to death which postman
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.12,0:07:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrote not in puritanical condemnation of\Nall pastimes and leisure pursuits nor is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.45,0:07:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an elitist screed promoting the poor\Ntaste of youth today or the loss of
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.80,0:07:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manners or moral standards the problem\Nthat post man identified is not that we
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.04,0:07:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seek pleasure or like to have fun or\Namusements are part of what make us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.66,0:07:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.87,0:07:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the problem instead is one of context in\Nthe context of a city on fire
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.84,0:07:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we ought to expect to serious response\Nfrom our leaders not a musical one in
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.03,0:07:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the context of certain activities such\Nas a courtroom trial religious ceremony
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.22,0:07:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or classroom we ought to expect a\Ncertain measure of decorum and behavior
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.55,0:08:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appropriate to such situations at the\Nvery least to prevent their destruction
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.20,0:08:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the context of the vital matters\Nthat must be dealt with within a
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.71,0:08:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,democratic society we ought to expect\Nsome serious discussion and debate as a
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.63,0:08:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basis for making decisions
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.15,0:08:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understanding context is at the core of\Npostman's message and understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.23,0:08:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eloquently expressed in ecclesiastes to\Neverything there is a season and a time
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.23,0:08:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to every purpose under heaven postman's\Nargument and is that there's a time for
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.22,0:08:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amusement and it's time to be serious\Nand as our media and technology of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.52,0:08:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expanded our ability to amuse ourselves\Nwe've lost the ability
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.02,0:08:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to distinguish between the two and this\Nblurs the boundaries in favor of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.77,0:08:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amusement as a consequence we find\Nourselves suffering from too much of a
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.60,0:08:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good thing we know quite well that too\Nmuch of the food that nourishes us leads
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.40,0:09:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to obesity that too much of the exercise\Nthat strengthens the body can cause it
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.12,0:09:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,damaged that too much of a dose of\Nmedicine that cures disease can be
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.01,0:09:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deadly
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.24,0:09:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the primary value for any ecological\Nsystem is balanced and post man
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.82,0:09:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,identified late twentieth-century\NAmerican culture as dangerously out of
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.18,0:09:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,balance his reference to death in the\Nbook's title amusing ourselves to death
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.86,0:09:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was no mere hyperbole but an indication\Nthat our loss of balance had called into
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.17,0:09:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,question the very survival of our\Nculture of liberal democracy and even of
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.49,0:09:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humanity as a species so whether the\Ntune we imagine Nero playing was a
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.32,0:09:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,raucous fire on the mountain
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.64,0:09:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rendition of hearts and flowers in the\Nface of such nihilistic soundtracks we
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.22,0:09:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might invoke an altogether different\Nmore hopeful musical that of Fiddler on
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.02,0:10:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Roof Inn at musical texture the main\Ncharacter says of himself and his fellow
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.56,0:10:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,villagers that every one of us is a\Nfiddler on the roof trying to scratch
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.62,0:10:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out a pleasant simple tune without\Nbreaking his neck and while he goes on
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.10,0:10:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sing about tradition the theme of the\Nplay is the need to cope with change
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.05,0:10:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with modernization in the face of events\Nthat would have otherwise been entirely
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.12,0:10:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demoralizing disorienting and\Ndestabilizing tradition served as a
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.49,0:10:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much-needed counterweight again
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.37,0:10:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,context is essential under other\Nconditions and unchecked emphasis on
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.37,0:10:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tradition might lead to a rigid\Ninflexible culture unable to adapt to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.56,0:10:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changing circumstances so context and\Nbalance or two fundamental elements of
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.24,0:10:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an ecological approach to understanding\Nmedia which is to say that they are
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.13,0:10:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fundamental
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.41,0:11:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the field of media ecology a postman\Nintroduced the phrase media ecology back
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.99,0:11:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1968 defining it as the study of\Nmedia as environments and noting that he
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.88,0:11:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not inventing the field that it was\Nalready in existence and that he was
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.97,0:11:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just naming it and to this side at that\Nthe best known most frequently cited
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.27,0:11:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,media ecology scholar would be Marshall\NMcLuhan and its famous maximum the
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.82,0:11:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,medium is the message can be considered\Nthe first axiom or rather the first
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.82,0:11:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aphorism of our field to put it\Nsuccinctly the medium is the message
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.17,0:11:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asks us to pay attention to how we do\Nthings because the way that we do things
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.90,0:11:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much to do with what we end up doing\Nand with the results of our actions and
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.28,0:11:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with who we are and who we become idea\Nhas been expressed in many different
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.71,0:11:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ways winston churchill said we shape our\Nbuildings there after they shape us and
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.14,0:12:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Koolance associate John culkin\Nexpanded that as we shape our tools and
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.82,0:12:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thereafter they shape us back in the\Nnineteenth century Henry David Thoreau
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.28,0:12:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remarked we do not ride on the rail\Nwrote it rides upon us and Mark Twain
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.17,0:12:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quipped that when you have a hammer in\Nyour hand everything else looks like it
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.26,0:12:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now you know my mother was fond of\Nsaying how you make your bad so you
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.50,0:12:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shall sleep which has its origins as a\N15th century French proper course the
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.86,0:12:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English version is you made your bed go\Nsleep on it which is more go sleep in it
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.28,0:12:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is more judgmental s media logical\Nbut also in the 15th century the English
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.02,0:12:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rider and pioneering printer William\NCaxton published a retailing of Aesop's
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.31,0:12:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fables that had the first English\Nversion of the same ask a silly question
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.45,0:13:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get a silly answer and it's a\Nfundamental idea and media ecology that
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.92,0:13:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kinds of questions we ask have quite\Na lot to do with the kinds of answers
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.76,0:13:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we obtain
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.90,0:13:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pain but you can find this idea in the\NBible as well in the New Testament
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.97,0:13:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gospel of Matthew Jesus declares all\Nthat live by the sword shall die by the
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.21,0:13:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sword and in the hundred fifteen psalm\Nof David there's a passage about the
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.78,0:13:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worship of idols that concludes they\Nthat make them she'll be like onto them
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.64,0:13:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yay everyone that trusteth in while the\Nbasic idea is an ancient 11 of the
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.79,0:13:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,direct sources of inspiration from the\NCoons famous saying came from the
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.06,0:13:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anthropologist Ashley Montegut who wrote\Nthat and I quote in teaching it is the
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.08,0:13:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,method and not the content that is the\Nmessage and not Montacute went on to
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.28,0:13:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,declare that the quote that education\Nquote does not depend upon the
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.93,0:14:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transmission of knowledge but upon the\Nmanner in which the knowledge is
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.49,0:14:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transmitted by the teacher so from the\Nmedia ecology perspective a teacher's a
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.60,0:14:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,type of medium and the student is the\Nmessage or to put it another way the
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Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.94,0:14:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the teacher-student relationship is\Nthe most important medium of education
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.91,0:14:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all at this point let me acknowledge\Nthem trying to provide a brief
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.84,0:14:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explanation of the field of media\Necology but I've already exceeded the
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.06,0:14:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time limit and given for what's come to\Nbe known as an elevator speech is also
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.07,0:14:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known as an elevator pitch the concept\Nis based on the way in which in elevator
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.10,0:14:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ride shapes our relationships and\Ndiscourse given the fact that it's
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.74,0:14:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,characterized by a captive audience a\Nrelatively intimate space in the
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.94,0:14:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relatively brief duration we might\Ncontrasted then to the ways in which our
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.99,0:15:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relationships and forms of discourse are\Ninfluenced by the characteristics of a
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.28,0:15:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,classroom or a living room or a bar room\Nwe might also note how all of these
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Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.11,0:15:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,definition of the terms media and medium\Nand scholars in other fields use it
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Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.64,0:15:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use the many modes and codes of\Ncommunication available to us the
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.55,0:15:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,situations and spaces the contacts and\Nrelationships all of the ways in which
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.94,0:15:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we mediate between each other and with\Nour environment and this includes all
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.78,0:16:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manner of technology and technique not\Njust those associated with communication
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Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.55,0:16:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,language and simple uses what\Ndistinguishes us from other species
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.32,0:16:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving us what Alfred Krzyzewski\Nreferred to as the capacity for time
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Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.96,0:16:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and evaluating what we know in order to\Nmake progress so media ecology
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Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.06,0:16:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different media affect us in different\Nways as the influence and shape the way
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.80,0:16:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we think he'll act use our senses\Norganize ourselves collectively and
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.66,0:16:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,create and maintain cultural\Ncontinuities this means that the
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.71,0:16:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,introduction of a new medium can have\Nprofound effects on individuals and
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.98,0:17:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,societies and that's because media\Nconstitute environments that shape and
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.52,0:17:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,influence us in the same way that\Nbiological and geological environments
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.24,0:17:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shape and influence organisms and\Nspecies it follows that media ecology is
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.92,0:17:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concerned with the process of change\Nwhen you introduce a change into an
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.14,0:17:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interdependent system its effects can\Ngive rise to secondary effects and those
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.44,0:17:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two church sure you effects and so on\Nthrough many generations of interactive
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.18,0:17:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facts that's why we understand that the\Nintroduction of a new medium has an
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.93,0:17:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ecological effect not simply added to\Nthe old system plus the new medium but
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.70,0:17:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transformative resulting in a change to\Nthe entire system throughout the entire
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.90,0:17:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,system and because of the complexity of\Necological strange we should understand
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.24,0:17:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that some of the effects will be\Nunanticipated on an unpredictable that
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.02,0:18:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll never know for certain all of the\Nconsequences of any given innovation
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.55,0:18:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this means there'll always be negative\Neffects that accompanied the positive
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.80,0:18:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,effects that every benefit will come\Nwith a cost and it may well be that the
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.96,0:18:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,benefit is worth the cost but does it\Nreally make sense to buy into an
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.16,0:18:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,innovation without first looking at the\Nprice tag the old sales slogan buy now
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.39,0:18:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pay later pretty much sum saw our\Ncontemporary approach to technology and
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.03,0:18:35.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much like buying on credit we never\Nreally know how much will pay for our
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.77,0:18:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,purchases in the end
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.67,0:18:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given the concern with change media\Necology provides us with the way to
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Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.95,0:18:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply put language and speech are basic\Nto the human condition
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Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.67,0:19:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the transition from tribal societies\Nto more complex forms of social
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.90,0:19:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organization cities kingdoms and empires\Nalphabetic writing and particulars what
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.69,0:19:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives Western culture what gave Western\Nculture its distinctive characteristics
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.74,0:19:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the invention of the printing press with\Nmovable type is closely associated with
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.91,0:19:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the shift from the medieval to the\Nmodern era in Europe and the electronic
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.60,0:19:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,media brought the modern era to a close\Nmoving us into a new era some refer to
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.18,0:19:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as postmodern of course the spells the\Nend not only of modernity but of almost
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Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.42,0:19:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said the following this is from\None of his biographies quoting do you
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.37,0:19:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really want to know what I think that\Nthing if you want to save one shred of
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.80,0:20:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her breakup greco-roman Medieval\NRenaissance enlightenment modern Western
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.97,0:20:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,civilization you'd better get an ax and\Nsmash all the sex is being a bit extreme
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.09,0:20:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might say hi and even postman who\Nwas often labeled and died would agree
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.11,0:20:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the important point is that all the\Nbenefits that we've gained from our
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.23,0:20:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,electronic media come with the cost we\Nneed to know what the cost has been and
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.06,0:20:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it yet might be so we can start by\Nnoting that the first form of alphabetic
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.34,0:20:38.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,writing the Semitic alpha put it as used\Nby the ancient Israelites went along
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.59,0:20:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the introduction of monotheism and\Nreligion based on a sacred texts with
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.73,0:20:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first historical narrative in the\Nfirst system of codified law and what
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.02,0:20:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,went with it was a generalized\Nconception of justice and human rights
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.29,0:20:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this was followed by the Greek\Nalphabet which made possible rhetoric
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.42,0:21:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and philosophy theater and theoretical\Nscience the first monetary system in the
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.46,0:21:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first form of democratic government the\Nshift from a reality to literacy vastly
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.40,0:21:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,increased our capacity for time binding\Nopening the door to significant progress
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.86,0:21:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all aspects of human life now the\Nprinting press amplified the impact of
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.98,0:21:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the written word well introd introducing\Nnew effects of its own so given the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.17,0:21:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Villanova is an Augustinian\NUniversity you no doubt are thoroughly
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.15,0:21:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,familiar with the confessions and what\Naugustine says about the reading habits
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.17,0:21:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of British Bishop Ambrose but just in\Ncase you slipped slipped your mind let
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.53,0:21:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me remind you quote from it when he was\Nreading his I glided over the pages and
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.01,0:21:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his heart searched out the sense but his\Nvoice
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.64,0:22:05.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tongue where I rest we see the fact was\Nthat silent reading was greeted with
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Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.24,0:22:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people knew about for the almost\Nentirely until the advent of the
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.36,0:22:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,printing is highly legible typefaces\Nwhich made the process of decoding taxed
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.47,0:22:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,easier and faster print media also\Namplified the written words biased
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.56,0:22:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards individualism and Privacy Act of\Nreading and writing especially when it's
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.82,0:22:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,silent requires a high degree of social\Nisolation as opposed to speaking and
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.26,0:22:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listening which is a collective group\Ncentered activity printing increased
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Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.32,0:22:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as increased specialization and\Nstandardization and easy access to the
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.80,0:23:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accumulated knowledge of centuries past\Nfacilitated scholar ship it spyridon
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.72,0:23:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,research and it led to the rise of\Nmodern science and with it what became
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.22,0:23:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known as the age of reason the\NEnlightenment and printing created a
Dialogue: 0,0:23:14.16,0:23:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reading public which constitutes the\Nbasis of democracy increased access to
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.01,0:23:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,political information made it hard to\Nargue that individuals don't know enough
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.63,0:23:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to govern themselves so the breaking of\Nthe state's monopoly of knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.67,0:23:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resulted in the democratic revolutions\Nof the modern era as Thomas Carlyle Road
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.04,0:23:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the nineteenth century he who first\Nshorten the labor of copyist spy device
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.46,0:23:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of movable types was disbanding hired\Narmies and cashiering most kings and
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.06,0:23:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,senate's and creating a whole new\Ndemocratic world I wish I could do in
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.78,0:24:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English accent is that's really what\Nthat requires but printing also fostered
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.43,0:24:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it did foster centralized political\Neconomic and social control and the
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.06,0:24:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building of colonial empires
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.17,0:24:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it also made possible the Enlightenment\Nideals of political emancipation
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.08,0:24:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-determination equality before the\Nlaw along with a new emphasis on
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.39,0:24:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,individualism rationalism and scientific\Nmethod so out of the typographic media
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.59,0:24:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environment come we came the\NEnlightenment and out of the
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.82,0:24:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enlightenment result we have resulted in\Nthe creation of the American republic
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Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.07,0:24:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,logical argument has put forth in the\NDeclaration of Independence now the 18th
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.96,0:24:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,century media environment was one in\Nwhich the spoken and written word
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.27,0:24:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,achieved a fruitful but a delicate\Nbalance which is why they're given
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.41,0:25:02.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,special protection in the first\Namendment freedom of speech freedom of
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.05,0:25:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the press so what happened to public\Ndiscourse over the past century and a
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.32,0:25:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,half but we could boil it down to three\Nfactors the first involves images from
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.53,0:25:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the invention of photography to\Nsubsequent developments and graphics
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.88,0:25:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,film television and video we do take it\Ninto an image culture one in which
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.10,0:25:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,images have replaced and displaced words\Nas the philosopher Susanne Langer as
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.97,0:25:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explained images do not make claims they\Ndon't make arguments they don't put
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.38,0:25:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forth statements or propositions if I\Nsay that it's raining outside right now
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.99,0:25:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can look out there and determine\Nwhether that's true or false you can
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.59,0:25:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gather the evidence and image if I show\Nan image though what is it it's a
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Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.95,0:26:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neither true nor false it can be used as\Nevidence but it makes no claim about
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.56,0:26:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.96,0:26:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a picture can be tampered with it can be\Nairbrushed photoshopped but it's not a
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.43,0:26:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fake until it's attached to a statement\Nthe bias of the image as a symbolic form
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.47,0:26:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,favors gut feelings over rap
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.81,0:26:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coherent organization of ideas it evokes\Nemotional reactions rather than rational
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.79,0:26:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought that's the first factor the\Nsecond is information and the problem is
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.75,0:26:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our capacity to transmit and store\Ninformation has continued to expand over
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.22,0:26:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the past two centuries so that we find\Nourselves in a time of TMI too much
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.77,0:26:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,information otherwise known as\Ninformation overload media professionals
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.44,0:26:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are well aware of the problem of cutting\Nthrough all the noise and clutter but
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.14,0:27:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for audiences the problem is making\Nsense of so much stimuli evaluating the
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.32,0:27:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,messages determining what small amount\Nof them is really relevant to us and
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.36,0:27:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what small amount of those are\Nactionable the third factor is immediacy
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.76,0:27:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beginning with the Telegraph electricity\Nmade instantaneous transmission of
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.18,0:27:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,messages possible this contributes to\Ninformation overload and incoherence
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.32,0:27:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no time to sort things out\Nespecially as the acceleration of
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.94,0:27:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communication favors rapid turnover\Nagainst any type of contextualization
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.73,0:27:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and speed gives us an abbreviated form\Nof discourse the sort we associate with
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.31,0:27:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the telegram the newspaper headline the\Nadvertising slogan more recently the
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.73,0:27:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,text message status update in tweet\Ncontemporary critics such as Nicholas
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.77,0:27:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carr know that there's a significant\Namount of reading the takes place online
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Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.66,0:28:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a kind of rapid scanning and\Nskimming accompanied by a good deal of
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.70,0:28:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,linking and clicking speed also places a\Nnew emphasis on efficiency which is
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.67,0:28:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,essentially a numbers game based on\Nmeasurement and statistical analysis and
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.65,0:28:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this sense the balance between the\Nspoken and written word comes under
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.75,0:28:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assault from another direction in the\Nform of counting and calculation were
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.66,0:28:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caught then between two extremes of\Nimage and number of the irrational
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.74,0:28:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the hyper rational so images\Ninformation and immediacy come together
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.32,0:28:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as never before with the medium of\Ntelevision with television language
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.57,0:28:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,takes a back seat to the image as the\Nmedium allows us to see what is
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.55,0:28:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happening for ourselves as it is\Nhappening the verbal report is no longer
Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.81,0:29:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the main source of information as it was\Npreviously it
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.21,0:29:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,newspaper reports and even with radio\Nbut now the purple report is reduced to
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.13,0:29:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commentary coming after the fact of the\Nlive image the difference between a
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.61,0:29:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,televised experience in the report can\Nbe seen especially in the sports program
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.27,0:29:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Walter on pointed out the voice on a\Nlive television sports broadcast lags
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Dialogue: 0,0:44:53.77,0:45:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specials entitled mermaids the body\Nfound and mermaids the new evidence he
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Dialogue: 0,0:45:45.45,0:45:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes honey boo boo you know the most\Nrecent fad in higher education has been
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Dialogue: 0,0:46:14.66,0:46:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,terms such as mmm RPG that stands for a\Nmassive multiplayer online role-playing
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Dialogue: 0,0:46:28.90,0:46:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and came in can be educational but the\Nquestion is can learning be reduced to a
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Dialogue: 0,0:46:54.86,0:47:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,question we're left with is to all of\Nour amazing new media technologies allow
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Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.62,0:48:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ecology scholarship and as for postin he\Nwas well aware of the flaws and failures
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Dialogue: 0,0:48:46.87,0:48:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entertainment information and innovation\Npost comments argument speak to the
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Dialogue: 0,0:49:32.08,0:49:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well as our psyches and ourselves as\Nhuman beings we are certainly well
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Dialogue: 0,0:49:54.20,0:49:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fundamental question raised by postman\Nand by the field of inquiry he called
Dialogue: 0,0:49:59.05,0:50:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,media ecology now there's no turning\Nback the clock no point in arguing that
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Dialogue: 0,0:50:40.89,0:50:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always result in unanticipated affects\Nmany of them
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Dialogue: 0,0:52:01.42,0:52:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a powerful sorcerer living in exile and\Nlike prospero we possessed extraordinary
Dialogue: 0,0:52:07.43,0:52:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,powers through the use of media and\Ntechnologies that are nothing short of
Dialogue: 0,0:52:11.32,0:52:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,magical shakespeare concludes his play\Nwith prospero finally willing to give up
Dialogue: 0,0:52:17.81,0:52:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his sorcery in order to embrace the\Nworld of rationality and reconciliation
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.83,0:52:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with family and community can we do the\Nsame perhaps not entirely abandoning or
Dialogue: 0,0:52:29.78,0:52:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gifts but being mindful of their\Ncontacts
Dialogue: 0,0:52:32.13,0:52:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our need for balance to once again\Ninvoke ecclesiastes there is a time to
Dialogue: 0,0:52:39.29,0:52:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weep and a time to laugh at time to\Nmourn and a time to dance time to
Dialogue: 0,0:52:44.89,0:52:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,embrace and a time to refrain from\Nembracing a time to keep silent and a
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Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.50,0:53:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changes so can we make the time and can\Nwe create what mcluhan referred to as
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Dialogue: 0,0:53:30.07,0:53:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've been fiddling around as we\Nare amusing in forming an amazing
Dialogue: 0,0:53:35.25,0:53:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ourselves to death can we find the means\Nthe method the way to start speaking and
Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.16,0:53:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking and teaching ourselves back to\Nlife that's the question I leave you
Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.91,0:54:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with thank you very much
Dialogue: 0,0:54:35.66,0:54:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well I think that when you talk about\Njournalist says as people some are some
Dialogue: 0,0:54:49.24,0:54:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of them are are very much on the side of\Ncultural change some of them lament the
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Dialogue: 0,0:54:56.87,0:55:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,postman's book amusing ourselves to\Ndeath was one of five books that tom
Dialogue: 0,0:55:01.39,0:55:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brokaw he was the guy who was the anchor\Nof NBC Nightly News before Brian
Dialogue: 0,0:55:06.81,0:55:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Williams the email listed five books\Nthat every journalist should read and
Dialogue: 0,0:55:12.44,0:55:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amusing ourselves to death was the only\Nbook that wasn't specifically about
Dialogue: 0,0:55:17.18,0:55:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,journalism so I and that critique was\Nvery popular among serious journalists
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Dialogue: 0,0:55:30.27,0:55:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to do what they want to do so I\Nwouldn't put the blame on on journalists
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Dialogue: 0,0:55:43.99,0:55:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organization of media industries that\Npushes them towards working with the
Dialogue: 0,0:55:52.46,0:55:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bias of the media not against it so I\Nmean the answer from a democratic point
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Dialogue: 0,0:56:04.22,0:56:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change you want to see in the world and\NI think you know also echoing post
Dialogue: 0,0:56:09.29,0:56:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,minute and others education is very much\Na part of it that it starts through
Dialogue: 0,0:56:14.83,0:56:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,education it's what we try to do and\Nwhat we try to instill in our students
Dialogue: 0,0:56:20.12,0:56:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the you know anyone to hold out some\Nhope because in some folks take from
Dialogue: 0,0:56:27.68,0:56:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this you know conclude that it is\Nhopeless I think it's difficult it may
Dialogue: 0,0:56:32.47,0:56:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take something catastrophic to wake\Npeople up but at the very least there's
Dialogue: 0,0:56:39.53,0:56:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the idea of let's preserve something of\Nyou know in the sense of when you have
Dialogue: 0,0:56:45.74,0:56:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dark ages at least let's have some\Nplaces
Dialogue: 0,0:56:49.17,0:57:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those where people are still enlightened\Nand and certainly it starts with schools
Dialogue: 0,0:57:29.21,0:57:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanks you know I I try I felt like I\Nwas saying I was writing this I felt
Dialogue: 0,0:57:35.67,0:57:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like how many times should I say that\Nthere are benefits and it's i mean but
Dialogue: 0,0:57:41.55,0:57:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the problem is that the benefits are\Nclear to people for the most part and
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.71,0:57:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the problem is recognizing the cost but\Ncertainly access to information can be
Dialogue: 0,0:57:57.08,0:58:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very advantageous and can be with\Nparading the ability for people to
Dialogue: 0,0:58:05.46,0:58:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organize I think it is a very powerful\Nbenefit of the new media so that people
Dialogue: 0,0:58:14.07,0:58:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are there's a kind of empowering\Npeople who are on the margins and able
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Dialogue: 0,0:58:26.21,0:58:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,definite benefits that what you're\Nasking and it but I think that you know
Dialogue: 0,0:58:35.76,0:58:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again I mean what we find is that people\Nreally to do all those benefits i mean
Dialogue: 0,0:58:39.87,0:58:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know how many times have you heard\Nhow much access to know how wonderful it
Dialogue: 0,0:58:43.87,0:58:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you can say hey Google and get\Nwhatever the answer to any question you
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Dialogue: 0,0:59:13.98,0:59:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really comes down to how to find that\Nbalance and how to say no because we
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Dialogue: 0,0:59:22.23,0:59:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going and keep going
Dialogue: 0,0:59:23.82,0:59:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joseph wise and pound he was the head of\Na professor of computing at MIT back in
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Dialogue: 0,1:00:05.67,1:00:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wouldn't it be wonderful if we had\Ncomputer kiosks so anyone in need to go
Dialogue: 0,1:00:10.68,1:00:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to one and get psychotherapy and wise\Nand pound said usually worry we don't
Dialogue: 0,1:00:16.93,1:00:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use too much thought you said just\Nbecause we can to something ought we to
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Dialogue: 0,1:01:48.73,1:01:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's appropriate right i mean we all\Nknow the phenomenon of spending all your
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Dialogue: 0,1:02:04.03,1:02:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mcluhan in particular so are as as\Nessential and as away as a kind of way
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Dialogue: 0,1:02:27.59,1:02:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how are using our senses so this is not\Nso much about art but you know again we
Dialogue: 0,1:02:36.34,1:02:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wouldn't expect against talk about\Ndemocracy for example we wouldn't expect
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Dialogue: 0,1:03:14.87,1:03:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be employed
Dialogue: 0,1:03:49.24,1:04:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one hand it's just a progression and\Nit's not that newspapers where three of
Dialogue: 0,1:04:01.10,1:04:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,criticism they had their faults as well\Nbut then reading the news and print had
Dialogue: 0,1:04:07.16,1:04:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a different set of biases than seeing it\Non television so it's a natural
Dialogue: 0,1:04:12.87,1:04:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,progression from nightly news to comedy\Nprograms because they really are about
Dialogue: 0,1:04:19.81,1:04:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eliciting responses gathering audiences\Neliciting responses rather than trying
Dialogue: 0,1:04:26.89,1:04:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to arrange things in a coherent and\Nlogical manner so it's all relative so I
Dialogue: 0,1:04:35.19,1:04:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mean compared to what used to be the\Nnightly news it's it's further sliding
Dialogue: 0,1:04:42.88,1:04:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,further downhill but it's not that the\Nnightly news was that was particularly a
Dialogue: 0,1:04:48.88,1:04:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great way to get news either you know\Nthere was a time when no serious person
Dialogue: 0,1:04:54.67,1:04:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would say that they got their news only\Nfrom television if you ever heard of the
Dialogue: 0,1:04:59.42,1:05:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the novel being there by Jerzy Kosinski\Nthe movie they made out of it it was
Dialogue: 0,1:05:04.74,1:05:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the big joke in the novel was that\Nthis one fellow says I like to watch and
Dialogue: 0,1:05:11.41,1:05:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people said it's so refreshing to\Nsee someone who says they get their news
Dialogue: 0,1:05:15.54,1:05:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from television actually read it into\Nthe character but I don't know if you if
Dialogue: 0,1:05:19.42,1:05:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you remember or noticed a man who is\Nthis moment when Katie Couric was
Dialogue: 0,1:05:25.52,1:05:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interviewing Sarah Palin and she says\Nwell where do you get your news from
Dialogue: 0,1:05:29.10,1:05:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what newspapers do you read and she\Ncouldn't answer to all I read all of
Dialogue: 0,1:05:33.53,1:05:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them right
Dialogue: 0,1:05:34.39,1:05:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could tell she was just bullshitting\Nright i mean that she couldn't answer
Dialogue: 0,1:05:38.17,1:05:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more recently I forget who was it\Nsomeone asked a trump you know what
Dialogue: 0,1:05:45.89,1:05:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are as military involved Bazar what\Ndoes he get his military advice from an
Dialogue: 0,1:05:49.68,1:05:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,800 i watch the shows I mean this is a\Nproblem it's also a problem by the way
Dialogue: 0,1:05:57.58,1:06:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as PowerPoint which is also saw the\Nusual
Dialogue: 0,1:06:00.41,1:06:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,medium no supe seriously they found this\Na major problem for the military
Dialogue: 0,1:06:05.03,1:06:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the pentagon there they look at the\Npower points they don't get the
Dialogue: 0,1:06:10.09,1:06:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explanation and they think they have\Nthat's what people say it's also in
Dialogue: 0,1:06:14.76,1:06:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,business they say oh I mister talking I\NC you can you know Casey your PowerPoint
Dialogue: 0,1:06:20.29,1:06:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its abbreviated its visual but they\Ndon't get the context
Dialogue: 0,1:06:30.58,1:06:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,condemnation
Dialogue: 0,1:06:44.73,1:08:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,story is the latest version and of\Ncourse what can be harder than trying to
Dialogue: 0,1:08:00.14,1:08:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get a young child to sit still I mean it\Ngoes completely against the grain
Dialogue: 0,1:08:07.47,1:08:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know that's why we have to learning\Nto read and write is completely
Dialogue: 0,1:08:12.86,1:08:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,artificial learning to speak and listen\Nisn't that's natural to us reading and
Dialogue: 0,1:08:18.13,1:08:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,writing is artificial and its fragile\Nfor that great reason to keep trying to
Dialogue: 0,1:08:23.08,1:08:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find ways to make it fun and you know\Nand get some game applications just the
Dialogue: 0,1:08:29.68,1:08:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,latest version of that and the problem\Nis that with all these attempts to use
Dialogue: 0,1:08:35.11,1:08:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,formats whether it's that or sesame\Nstreet and posting was an early critic
Dialogue: 0,1:08:39.81,1:08:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Sesame Street as being all about\Nadvertising formats you know that it
Dialogue: 0,1:08:45.27,1:08:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really was more about that than anything\Nelse
Dialogue: 0,1:08:48.45,1:08:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it teaches that's what it teaches that\Nyou know it's the manner not
Dialogue: 0,1:08:53.56,1:09:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,content so it teaches game playing and I\Nlove playing games I spent when I was
Dialogue: 0,1:09:00.34,1:09:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,younger I spent many a late night on\Ncomputer games in and I still play like
Dialogue: 0,1:09:04.91,1:09:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plants vs zombies and in some of these\Nother games not angry birds they're
Dialogue: 0,1:09:09.32,1:09:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stupid but you know but they're not that\Nthat's what they teach you they teach
Dialogue: 0,1:09:15.92,1:09:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you how to play games and that's very\Ndifferent from learning to read and
Dialogue: 0,1:09:20.89,1:09:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,write I tell you when I was two years\Nago and posting was still alive I was
Dialogue: 0,1:09:25.66,1:09:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teaching and M a class and I had him in\Nas a guest lecturer he was my mentor or
Dialogue: 0,1:09:32.32,1:09:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really friends and I wanted to play\Ndevil's advocate so I and my son was
Dialogue: 0,1:09:40.50,1:09:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a few years old they said you know\Nhe's watching he's watching Sesame
Dialogue: 0,1:09:46.85,1:09:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Street and he's learning letters and\Nnumbers from Sesame Street and postman
Dialogue: 0,1:09:51.15,1:09:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,said well you know lance and they're\Nonly 26 letters in the alphabet and
Dialogue: 0,1:09:56.96,1:10:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children have been able to learn this\Nfor thousands of years without the
Dialogue: 0,1:10:01.51,1:10:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,benefit of television and that's really\Nthe case so you know i mean it's very
Dialogue: 0,1:10:08.59,1:10:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hard to do
Dialogue: 0,1:10:09.88,1:10:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,education is very hard so you know where\Nwe love to look for technologies to try
Dialogue: 0,1:10:18.06,1:10:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make it easyer but in the end it's\Nthe teacher and the student that's what
Dialogue: 0,1:10:23.58,1:10:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it comes down to