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We've had cameras for centuries and home movies for a couple of generations but until recently, the act of recording something was seen as deliberate and perman
by extension 17y ago
We've had cameras for centuries and home movies for a couple of generations but until recently, the act of recording something was seen as deliberate and permanent.
Now, photos and videos are a part of our day to day lives, an extension of our own thoughts and social interactions. That change is colliding with the historical concept of producing media for consumption (it's also colliding with technical reality, but that's a whole other issue).
The conflict arises not simply from the availability of technology but from the level of intimacy we have with it.
- gnaritas 17y agoAdults have had those things, it's only recently that it's become common for children to own them as well.
- billswift 17y agoIf recently you mean 30+ years ago. Many teens had (cheap) cameras in the later 1970s. Some even Polaroid cameras that didn't need processing.
- gnaritas 17y agoIf by many you mean a very small minority then sure, it was hardly common for kids to have cameras; today nearly every teen has one in their phone.