Sep 13 2010
Week 2 Framing Questions (Chapters 5-8)
Why is it when we learn that marketing was viral, some almost feel cheated by the company who created it? Does word of mouth marketing only work if it comes from somebody we trust or is it just another form of propaganda?
Popular media seems to be replacing thought-provoking works of literature, music, art, movies.Is the Commodification of Culture making us, on the whole, less intelligent?
Looking at McLuahan’s Technological Determinism Theory, even as we become more easily and globally connected, are we as a society becoming more detached due to our lack of physical involvement or more attached because we can learn more information and become more personal with a person or a cause, even if it’s halfway around the world?