Social Media And Global Computing The Medium and The Message

Where does it begin? Where does it end? From clocks to telegraphs to radio and television, new media have always woven themselves into everyday life, interfering with existing patterns of organization, and generating new patterns. The migration of computer technology from industry and research laboratories to the home over the past fifty years or so has intensified this process. Popular culture uses this new media ubiquitously from everyday communications, to gaming, to work and other mental, physical and even spiritual pursuits. That which separates the imagination from reality is slowly diminishing, and one phrase used to explain the meaning of this ongoing change is, “The Medium is the Message".