Electronic media includes anything that has electricity. Samuel Morse was a painter before he invented the telegraph or got it patented before anyone else. He wanted to unite and communicate through art. Marconi made the radio. He sent the 1st radio telegram. Orsen Wells did a play on the radio about aliens invading the world. This terrified the nation. They used many tools and objects to create the sound effects to make it seem like there was a lot going on in the background. It ultimately was fake, but it scared and terrified many. The television was invented by Farnsworth. The mechanical television. John Logie Baird does a contraption called Selfridges used a hodgepodge of materials like tea chest, used biscuit box, and cardboard discs. The digital revolution led to the information age. Digital tech changed the way we communicated. Still to this day, we can't communicate without the digital tech. Digital is way more technologically advanced. Analog is a rep of information being communicated, clocks, radios etc. Digital gives discrete values like the digital watch. Star Wars Episode 1 was the 1st digital film. The disadvantage to the film is how expensive and how long the process is. Film does have a very authentic look, which gives many a reason to keep using it. Digital has a crispness and is less expensive to use. Electronic Media permeates people's lives. The information we know comes from electronic media (radios, tv shows, movies, news shows, etc.) Walter Benjamin was very suspicious of the television, film, and photography. The television is on with the basic click of the hand. The ye of a camera is very different than our own eyes. You take whatever is available, which he can see the power and danger of film. T.V is a distraction. Audiences don't care about what people write; they prefer what they see.
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