Sunday, April 27, 2014

Consider the old forums of media such as radio, tv, and print. Do you think these old types of media will cease to exist and be replaced by online digital media such as downloadable music streaming video and ebooks/emagazines

Radio, TV and magazines have played an important role in our lives because they entertain us. They've been entertaining us for years and usually have generally stayed the same since the older years. Sure there are newer models and bigger types but they generally still work the sane way. Now since we're heading towards the future at a surprisingly fast rate, people think that soon all of this will be digital, which when you think about it, it's actually possible. TV shows are being uploaded to the internet so you don't have to wait a certain time to watch it on the television, you can listen to music on youtube and we have things like eBooks/eMagazines. Although there is a possibility that these will become digital, I for one think that the current forums of media won't necessarily fade away from our loves but rather improved or modified (or even possibly combining both digital and technological *like a digital/holographic TV)  in the future.  I guess the main problem with TV people are having is having to pay for cable and that they had to wait for certain times to watch an episode of something they want to watch. Online they can just find what episode they want to watch and just download it. The same kind of thing goes for radio. When it comes to TV i think that digital media can be implemented towards TV so they can work together an help benefit each other. Like for example TVs with internet connection. Sure it's not catching on so much today but it could as the years go by. People like to watch things on a big screen, so unless they create a 42 inch screen laptop I would think that TV is here to stay, and with shows like The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones, it's keeping the TV industry alive. When it comes to books and magazines I understand why it would go away since i'm not a reader. Books, magazines and newspapers are slowly being less used since wehave  eBooks. Again i don't think it will go away i think it will just be implemented digitally and possibly a mixture of both. I'm guessing the only reason there are newspapers and magazines on actual paper is that the old generation is still here but is slowly going away. Old people don't know how to use this kind of technology just yet, but in a few years time all of us will probably know how technology works.

If a computer makes an artwork is that considered art?

Artwork itself can be limitless to the artist creating the art. What is artwork in the first place? To me artwork is a creation made by someone that is adored/liked by other individuals. I guess the only difference between a machine creating art rather than a human is the value. People consider things valuable because they put their skills, time and effort into making something nice. Sure programmers take time and effort to create a program or robot that can draw, but programming and making artwork are two different things. What if the programmer doesn't know how to draw/paint at all? From an artists eyes it deprives the passion and effort a real artist would make to ceate art instead of making a lifeless robot. But its all just opinionated since we all have different talents and opinions on things. A robot could be considered art in some eyes, in other eyes it's a lifeless metal husk programmed to do whatever. Same being said with art, so it's all up to the people themselves.