In my
short 20 years of living it’s hard to explain the explosion of new technology
and media that has heavily influenced the way information is now presented. I
remember when I got a blackberry freshmen year and texting was the best way to
constantly connect with friends, and Google had the answer to all my questions
immediately. The rate at which
information and media is spread has is almost too fast to keep up with.
Hash tags, threads, blogs, apps, social media, and all different forms of
technology allow us to have a constant flow of information, news, and ideas in
the palm of our hands. The evolution of the iPhone has created the demand for
technology even in underdeveloped countries, which clearly shows the impact and
universal connectedness we gain while living in a day-to-day progression of
conveying information.
Jenken’s
states that “we are in an age of media transition.” Now that there is an
overabundance of ways to attain knowledge and news, we must consider how this
new media plays into our ability to connect knowledge and ideas through
multiple platforms. Not only do we have to post a blog, our picture to
Facebook, but we must connect outside of solely safari, and intertwine our
ideas with: Instagram → Blogger → Facebook → Pinterest → Magazines → Vine
→Tumblr → and multiple other networks where people communicate and share
likeminded ideas.
Attaining
information of the latest trend and fashion used to mean flipping through
multiple copies of Vogue and Harper’s Bazar – and which of course where only
published once a month. Now, almost every single magazine has a coordinating online
website, or app, where bloggers and columnists from the magazine post multiple
times a day. The new platforms available allow us to fulfill our need to be
constantly updated on what is going on in the fashion world.
In the past couple of months Miley Cyrus
has became globally known for her flamboyant performance at the VMA’s and her inability
to keep her tongue in her mouth - making her iconic pose recognized like Gene Simmons. Even
though there was a lot of negative feedback, Cyrus posted a couple weeks after
of her 'behind the scenes view' of her feature on the well-known magazine covers in
October of Rolling Stones and Harper’s Bazar. Before a magazine is ever published
in the new millennium, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have already made
pictures and commentary available on certain events such as fashion week. Not only
do we have the perspective of journalists, but famous fashion icons and models
now have Instagram and Twitter accounts which allow them to constantly give a
global audience an ‘inside view’ or ‘first person view’ of their day to day activities.
