https://newsletters.theatlantic.com...00376a82da/welcome-to-geriatric-social-media/
This is apparently the last free posting of The Atlantic's "Galaxy Brain" newsletter. It's somewhat long and meandering, but attempts to analyze the decay of older social media platforms (even Twitter, which I feel I only mastered in the last couple of years!) and the rise of video media (TikTok).
The part that intrigued me was the observation that text itself - the written word - was less successfully employed by younger people as a means of communication than video. The idea that the written word could decay in favor of visual signs really unsettles me, as I am most confident of writing for expressing myself.
I haven't mastered visual communication. I hate most video clips for obtaining news, as they take so much longer, have to introduce the production team, include unnecesary music, etc. Give me three paragraphs I can bomb through. I dislike video instruction, as I find text allow me to go at my own pace. And I loathe watching other people's selfie videos.
I wonder how long I can deny this new reality?
This is apparently the last free posting of The Atlantic's "Galaxy Brain" newsletter. It's somewhat long and meandering, but attempts to analyze the decay of older social media platforms (even Twitter, which I feel I only mastered in the last couple of years!) and the rise of video media (TikTok).
The part that intrigued me was the observation that text itself - the written word - was less successfully employed by younger people as a means of communication than video. The idea that the written word could decay in favor of visual signs really unsettles me, as I am most confident of writing for expressing myself.
I haven't mastered visual communication. I hate most video clips for obtaining news, as they take so much longer, have to introduce the production team, include unnecesary music, etc. Give me three paragraphs I can bomb through. I dislike video instruction, as I find text allow me to go at my own pace. And I loathe watching other people's selfie videos.
I wonder how long I can deny this new reality?