Tuesday, September 14, 2010


Here I have the final result of my McLuhan related Photoshop project. The image I have presented here shows how quickly media generates through this little commentary on one of the newest and fastest growing social networking websites: Twitter. Twitter has become a commodity for people to advertise and utilize with its straightforward direct marketing. The website uses images, text and video to send out information in short and simply phrased updates, or tweets. The young woman here is shown checking the local times and dates of a popular musical group and seeing when and if the group will be playing at the venue she so happens to be in front of at this point in time. Luckily for her, they are! She also is able to receive this information via another medium: her iPhone, which has a special Twitter application available for the public. With this, she is able to easily get tickets at the venue (The Box Office) and now know that the group will indeed be playing that same night. Twitter has helped her to find out all the useful information she's needed on site and on time. Afterwards, she will be able to share her reaction to the concert, or whatever else may be on her mind, as well as see other people's reactions. Who knows? She may end up finding another fun event directly after in a new tweet.

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