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Chomsky argued that the medium of television (this was in the pre-internet era) frames any discussion held within it on the outset, because, on it, noone can pr
by dmos62 8y ago
Chomsky argued that the medium of television (this was in the pre-internet era) frames any discussion held within it on the outset, because, on it, noone can present an argument longer than 5 minutes, due to logistic reasons, which is insufficient for someone to form an adequate opinion about, and certainly insufficient to change someone's mind. In effect, he was saying that television was an echo chamber, because you'll just end up hearing what you like, all the debates being castrated of the ability to change your mind.
5 minutes. What is the twitter message character limit again?
- asdff 8y agoThis is on the nose. Even a 5 minute article is too much work, people would rather read a viral twitter screenshot or watch a talking head on youtube read that screenshot back to them.
- tomjen3 8y agoIrrelevant. Most posts on blogs are much longer, and some of the most listened to podcasts are hours long.
- dmos62 8y agoThis is a critique of "short-form" mediums, like TV, Twitter, Facebook, etc. This is, of course, not a critique of blogs or podcasts (or books, or essays, etc.)