Joan Erickson's List: module 6 readings and findings

• graduate work at Cambridge University planted the seed for McLuhan’s eventual  move toward media analysis.
• were his juniors by only five to eight years, he felt removed from them by a  generation. He suspected that this had to do with ways of learning and set out  to investigate it

• efficiency
• technophiles who do not see the downside of technology. This is dangerous  because technophiles want more technology and thus more information
• Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see
• If students get a sound education in the history, social effects and  psychological biases of technology, they may grow to be adults who use  technology rather than be used by it
• A new technology tends to favor some groups of people and harms other groups.  School teachers, for example, will, in the long run, probably be made obsolete  by television

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• where people medicate themselves into bliss
• Postman asserts the presentation of television news is a form of entertainment  programming; arguing inclusion of theme music, the interruption of commercials,  and "talking hairdos" bear witness that televised news cannot readily be taken  seriously

• games can tie into constructivist pedagogy
• gaming influences how they perceive and use information
• Some libraries have hosted game nights or have developed a digital game  collection for access and preservation purposes

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