A sense of deja vu & Conclusion

The last class' theme was a sense of deja vu & Conclusion.

According to text, two kinds of historical enquiry are relevant. the first is to be found in the existing body of media history, such as: literacy, the printing press, the book, photography, film and television. These long-standing topics of historical research provide us with detailed empirical knowledge of what we broadly refer to as earlier 'media revolutions'. Second, a more recent development has been historical and ethnographic research into our imaginative investment in new technologies, the manner in which we respond to their appearance in our lives, and the ways in which the members of a culture repurpose and subvert media in everyday use. This is the concept of the 'technological imaginary'. These two concepts were so serious and complex a bit, but interesting things at the same time. I became knowing about the concept 'deja vu of new media'.