For week 3 in this topic, we learned about media technologies and social change and how and how these reflect into society.

In the lecture for this week, we learned about the link between the media and the changes that are actually projected by them. we also learned about digital media and how this also links to the topic for this week. We also learned about terms such as ‘technological determinist’  and ‘social shaping’. What is meant by these terms is that technology is ever evolving and that society is influenced by what technology is around at the time. A determinist in this sense would be someone that is part of this period and helps contribute to society using the tools that are presented to them.

As I missed the seminar for this week, I missed out on some valuable information but the core readings have helped me to catch up with this week. Especially the reading titled ‘New Media. A critical introduction’