- I check the time on my phone. I didn't used to. I used to want a watch, back in the late 90's. But I didn't own one then, and I don't now.
A shift didn't take long. People started buying mobile phones, and the common wrist watch, as a time-piece, became obsolete. That was that.
Or was it?
Consumers stood by wearing indifferent expressions as their humble cellular phone swallowed up other technologies, jobs, and even whole industries. It was as if they had been starved their whole existence, all the while eying the buffet.
Eventually we stopped buying CD's; we could find the songs and records online for free, or cheaper at least.
The Walkmen, gone, forgotten. MP3 Players, defunct, or soon to be: phones play music too.
I've gotten used to reading my news on a smaller screen, I kind of like it.
Who needs a camera? An address book?
Newspapers?
Newspapers?
Once repressed: no longer; we became involved in the production of media and news; demanding that we be able to share our unique world view with the millions of others 'advocating a more democratised media system' (Deuze 2009, 317). Now we live oddly reliant on a singular device, itself alive at best for six to twenty-four hours at a time. A short leash.
When will analogue stop being taught? That is when it we will know.
- 4.53pm. The weather is clear - but expect rain tomorrow.
Reference List
Deuze, M. (2011). Media Life. In Media, Culture & Society, Volume 33, issue 1, pp. 137-148. Retrieved from http://mcs.sagepub.com/content/33/1/137
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