Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Posting Poster Quote

"One characteristic, then, of the new media landscape is that positions of enunciations now extend throughout the globe (of course, not equally), bringing into contact multiple and heterogeneous cultures . . .
Transculture is emerging as a major aspect of media exchanges. Cultural objects increasingly find their way across their territorial point of origin . . .
At the same time, networked computing promotes interactions among the like-minded, within subcultures of all kinds, groups that do not wish to open themselves to a larger world." (40)

All kinds of opportunities for a broader view, but also the opportunity to create enclaves of all sorts. Tearing down walls and putting them up -- with the same tool.

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