On my way to work Saturday
morning I listened to the radio. I don't usually enjoy listening to the radio
because there are always so many commercials and I feel like they play the
same songs over and over again. It makes my head hurt. However, I do enjoy listening
to talk radio in the morning. They don’t play as many songs and the radio is
sometimes how I get my news in the morning. Plus, I like the radio broadcasters
on 103.5 KISS FM.
While I was listening to the
radio I remembered McLuhan’s argument that with the invention of the radio
speech was reduced to only one sense, auditory (Gordon, 1997). However today,
people are able to call the radio stations and talk to the radio broadcasters
to comment on stories or request songs. The two-way communication between radio
and the listener definitely keeps listening to the radio a lot more
interesting.
I also remember talking about the
evolution of media, specifically the radio. It came out in the 1890’s and people
thought it would ruin society. But it was only popular until the television
came out (Evolution of Media lecture, 2013). Today, it seems like radio is not as popular
anymore. People have smart phones to listen to mp3’s or Internet radio. I think
it is interesting to see how radio has changed over the years and it’s exciting
to see how it will continue to change.
(interesting link I found)
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