Understanding Media

One question that comes to mind as I read this is how does media change my life in the way that I interact with my peers/friends/family/world? What are the social consequences of the way in which I connect with those around me? The example I give is that of my friend. Even though we don't live near each other we still live in the same "global village". This is an interesting thought for me. The internet and e-mail make it possible for me to live in that global community along with others. The internent itself is not me-yet it truly becomes that extension of ME to the outside world. The e-mails I send, the pics I post, the text messages I get and send, all beocme the ME that others recieve. They become the extension of who I am to others. Our media extends the "human" to others and this in turn makes the media become somthing else, somthing more than what it was created to be. It becomes life giving and shapes the thoughts, patterns and the way in which we view the world.