Culture

Media Awareness 9/15/2012: Social Patterns

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Continuing my media awareness experiment – essentially watching how I consume media and what I see in media consumption, and what I learn from it.

Since I gave up on cable, I’ve noticed my socializing patterns have changed.  It’s stunning to me how much of our socializing is centered around media – television shows, movies, etc.  Sure this is understandable, but it seems almost dominant, and also seems odd when there’s so much else in life that such a great deal of time is devoted to media.

This also makes me think that, when people study media, we’re often overwhelmed by “there’s so much” and forget to ask “what’s it all for.”  As soon as I began noticing the prominence of media, especially big media, in our culture, the “what for” question kept popping up – and there’s no one answer.

However I think we’re unaware of how much of our lives are influenced or driven by television, movies, and publishing.  At an age where there are more media choices – and more ways to choose them – we may be in some pretty seismic shifts as peoples awareness and choices change.

That also means changes in social patterns.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

The Fire That Leaves All As Ash

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Hatred is fire, and a powerful weapon too tempting for many to resist.

It is easy to inflame a few people with words, actions, and deeds.  Such people with their passions ignited will easily take terrible actions and commit atrocities.

Soon, seeing the actions of this hateful group, others will burn with hatred of them.  These people, caught up in the fire of hatred, will in turn do even worse acts.  These acts will catch many innocents, many unawares, many who were not enemies.  Those who survive these acts of retaliation will be further enflamed.

Thus hatred spawns hatred, the fire spreads.  Clever, sly men will use the fire of hatred to achieve their goals.  Clever, sly men will benefit when their followers and deceived agents hate each other.  Clever and sly men know hatred too easily blazes alight, and those blinded in the brilliant agony of hatred can be so easily led to do horrors.

Of course in the end fire leaves ash, but oh those clever and sly men don’t think of that, only of the power they have.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

 

Theoretical And Real Dimensions In Script

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A book is a TARDIS.

Inside is a world much bigger than it’s outer form.

It can lead to you wondrous adventures and fantastic places.

It can hold infinite surprises.

It has infinite potential.

It can enchant you for a lifetime.

It’s best with a companion or two.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.