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If any medium is "hot", it's Twitter. I think he misunderstands the concept. It has nothing to do with bitrates. Watching a video at 5000 vs 10000 kbps is not a
by prvc 7y ago
If any medium is "hot", it's Twitter. I think he misunderstands the concept. It has nothing to do with bitrates. Watching a video at 5000 vs 10000 kbps is not a fundamentally different phenomenon.
- spython 7y agoExcept that Twitter allows and fosters interaction and participation, which makes it, at least in that regard, cool. I think the categories McLuhan used are too limited to describe the media we have now. They conflate user participation with information density and with intensity of attention. Just too many things to represent with 'hot' or 'cool'.
- rexpop 7y agoNo one on YouTube ever linked me to a Syllabus, but that happens on Twitter all the time.