Rough Magic: an Introduction to the module- media histories and culture

This was supposed to be our very first lecture! I really have a bad perception of theories(especially histories) in my mind, but still looking at how actually Ivan went with the lecture today, it might change!
Media- We take media in forms of newspapers, radio, TV, the internet, and so on. Media are generally understood as technical processes and or devices involved in acts of communication. It has been a very powerful tool , linking an individual with the rest of the world. For me, presently the biggest form of media is internet. I guess there's nothing left in the world that internet has not soaked! We can get any piece of information from anywhere around the world, keep ourselves in touch with friends and family, shop, learn and many more. 


Histories- I literally get goosebumps hearing this word, but still I guess we will keep ourselves limited to the histories of media only! Movies and all the animated stuff that we watch everyday took years to evolve and hence have leave a big history behind. Talking about the several studios like Disney, Warner Bros., MGM etc. , they did hell loads of work in the field of media and its just because of these major entrepreneurs that we are able to witness all those spectacular movies! 


Culture- What I interpret of this notion is that culture is something that we all accept socially and tend to work according to it. Talking about the culture in media, its like the latest technology in making those several forms of media, the latest techniques and practices used by the directors and creative team , the latest trends in movie making etc. 


Coming on to seminar with Phillipa, it was pretty nice to her everybody views on animation. For some its like drifting away from the rules of nature and create their own little world and for others, its the curiosity to bring out their imagination in all the types of media.