The affect our feeds have on us is INSANE. When talking about the change and evolution of media, it made me think of all the times my mom had mentioned what she had done "back in her day"...  We've all heard this but hear me out.  The high rates of depression and anxiety.  The addiction.  The polarization.  The radicalization.  The outrage.  The increase of vanity.  These things have never been seen like it's being seen now. We are overpowered.  I learned from this great movie on Netflix called The Social Dilemma about the things large tech companies are doing to tailor our feeds (ads, responses, answers to questions, notifications, etc.) to us individually and what that does to our psyche. Modern media.... It's horrible.  Something expressed that will stick with me is the simple statement that these programs were not generated by child psychologists who want us to grow developmentally and progressively. So what are the motives?  Algorithms are not objective- t

Media has grown so much over time and it's fun to look back and see where we've come from.  We grew from the prehistoric age to the industrial age, electronic age, and now the digital age. From newspapers to landlines to smartphones. Man the digital age is something. The world’s first electronic television was made by Philo Farnsworth in 1927. His system used a cathode-ray tube and was able to capture moving images using a beam of electrons. The CRT screen allowed for a better picture, which, in turn, helped television become adopted by the public.  After that, television took off . The mediums became widespread throughout the United States, commercial television networks began to flourish, and color came into the picture in 1951. The growth led to the development of movies, television shows, and more. We've grown a lot since the 50's. Now we have mobilized computers in laptops. Now we have green and blue text bubbles determining who we want to talk to. This is a real

 After last week's post, I wanted to dive more into this topic and how it actually affects us.  Let’s look at how visual Christian media transmits democratic ideals.  Visual Christian media, especially that created and viewed by believers within a certain faith or belief system, plays an important role in cultural transmission through discussing moral issues. This discussion promotes the voice of the people, a fundamental value of democracy. In his “Christianity and the Mass Media in America: Toward a Democratic Accommodation” Quentin J. Schultze,  “argues that American mass media and the democratic traditions they influence need the leaven of religious believers who use their own media to debate issues overlooked or misunderstood by mainstream media...This "critical moral discourse" is "fundamentally important to the future of democracy.” (351).  Considering complex moral topics, perhaps such as homosexuality, abortion, or racism, from a religious viewpoint promotes