Sunday, April 12, 2009

Blog Assignment-Topic 6

:: TETRAD OF MEDIA ::

Based on Mcluhan's, tetrad of media is examining the effects on society of any technology/medium put another way meaning of explaining the social processes underlying the adoption of a technology/medium by dividing its effects into four categories and displaying them simultaneously. McLuhan designed the tetrad as a pedagogical tool, phrasing his laws as questions with which to consider any medium. I choose mobile phone as my subject.First question, ''What does this media/technology extends?"Basically. the invention of mobile phones are to contact people that are away from you. Trough mobile phone we can communicate with our friends and families no matter how far we are. Handphones has its benefits too for example, all mobile lines invented a roaming trough all countries. They even make an appopriate cost for all calls and messagers to attract users. As you know, most of all mobile inventions have GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) which we can surf the internet where ever or whenever we are. In case we lost in a middle of a highway or immidiate use of internet, we can just use our mobile phones and surf right away. Besides GPRS, MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) are famous among progressive mobile users. It seems very easy and yet fun thing to do. Next,"What does it make obsolete?"

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