Class Discussion- The Internet

The discussion we had in class today about the internet and what it might be capable of in the future was eye-opening. I had no idea that we had technology capable of making clones or printing physical objects. It's weird to think about a world where we can get anything we need just by printing it out. I also hadn't known about the extent of the damage the internet has inflicted on the other mediums, especially books and TV.

Classmate Response #1

http://alfrey99.blogspot.com/2013/10/class-talks.html

I completely agree with Drew's thoughts on media popularity. I doubt that the people who created the internet in 1969 thought that over 2 billion people would use it on a daily basis forty years later. Something else that really impressed me was that we can download entire movies and TV shows from the internet nowadays, but back then the whole thing crashed after they typed two letters. If the internet's creators could see it today, I bet that they would be completely shocked.

Local News Relevance-Man Hit by Train

http://www.wdrb.com/story/23667001/kansas-man-is-hit-by-train-gets-up-and-walks-away

Honestly, it's surprising that this story came from a local "news" station and not from Fox News' website. It holds zero relevance to anyone except the man who was hit, and even then he only received minor cuts and bruises. What was really surprising though was the fact that this "story" takes place almost halfway across the country. Even if it were locally relevant, it wouldn't matter because we're nowhere near there! It wouldn't be shocking if the only reason they reported on this story was because WDRB didn't have any important stories to report on and they needed something to use as filler. This story is proof that modern news organizations focus too much on making the interesting important, and not the important interesting.