Photoshop 2

The medium I chose for this picture was Skype. Skype, along with other video chatting services, allows friends, families and business to stay in touch even when great distances divide them. I used a picture of a family eating a sit-down meal, but I sliced the picture into four and separated the members. By doing this, I wanted to show that technology may actually be tearing relationships apart. Messages of love, friendship and other meaningful emotions are being sent out as technical information, confining such feelings to the binds of the computer. It seems now that the only way to express human sentiments is through electronics and other secondary means of communication.

Photoshop

For my photoshop project, I want to show the effect that handheld media devices (specifically the iPod) have on today's world. We are all so reliant on new technology and have an obsession with discovering more convenient ways to live our daily lives. To show this message, I placed popular application icons throughout a living room. The iPod has condensed much of our daily activities and routines into one compact system, creating less of a need for other single-function appliances. 

Medium is the Message

Medium: Ipod 

Content: Virtual music, games, movies, applications

Message: The music industry is suffering. Due to its wi-fi capabilities, it is interactive through application sharing/creating and website applications for Twitter, Facebook, etc. This device creates a competition with personal movie playing devices, radios, handheld gaming devices and a variety of other gadgets. 

Medium: Online movie watching/delivery websites

Content: DVDs sent directly to the subscribers home and instantly streamed videos available on any computer and select gaming devices such as the Nintendo Wii

Message: Movie theaters are suffering because of this. It also hurt movie rental stores such as Blockbuster. Such stores have since attempted to offer services similar to those of Netflix in hopes of saving their companies. 

Medium: Video chatting

Content: downloadable software that allows users to chat directly with another user using computer video cameras (Skype, Oovoo, IChat)

Message: It is now easier than ever to stay connect with friends, families and business associates. This interactive service is more personal than calling someone over the phone or texting because you are able to see them in  real time as if they are sitting directly in front of you. Unfortunately, this does not replace actual, real-life communication despite what its users may think.