In class we talked about how print technology allows us to go back and reference whatever we read. We are not required to memorize and remember ancient stories from the past like many people before print technology came about. I have noticed that the busier I am with different kinds of media, the more I forget about what I am doing. I will often have my email open, my phone on, and the TV in the background as I study. From this I have discovered that I have a one track mind, and I don't fit in with my other fragmented cohorts because I can't media multitask.
This semester I am exploring a media I have had very little exposure to. It is talk radio. I love listening to the various programs they have on talk radio as I drive because it keeps me focused on the road and catching as much as I can on what they are talking about. I was listening to news on talk radio the other day talking about how different presidents have handled Guantanamo Bay and Gitmo. It was fascinating and when I got home something was said about the same subject later that night. I joined in on the conversation, but when I tryed to recall names of important people that were mentioned I couldn't remember them. I am a young, soon to be college graduate and I can't remember names of some of the people involved! It's pathetic and it is a reflection on how much our society relies on the ability to "double check" or "go back" to information.
-Courtney
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Oh, does that anecdote strike home to me. I'm primarily visual and so print has for so long been my main mode of exploration that I've really become accustomed to being able to "check." I find I don't even try to remember things. And it is sometimes most embarrassing. Actually, from having similar experiences to yours, I've begun, just barely begun, actually trying to hear things once and then remember them. It's even been worse for me than what you said. You said, "when I got home." Sometimes I've listened to a story and halfway through the next one not only could not remember who was involved but even what the story was!!!! Ok, it's rare, but it's happened.
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