As we conclude our discussion on remediation, I want you to explore the following questions:
1. Define remediation in the 21st century
2. Draw connections between remediation and digital literacies
3. Draw connections between remediation and composing practices
4. Reflect--your concluding thoughts on remediation
**Per normal: 500 words, dialogue with your classmates, be thoughtful, yet engaging
In their book, “Remediation; Understanding New Media”, Bolter and Grusin describe remediation through the tendency of our culture to “both multiply its media and to erase all traces of mediation; ideally, it wants to erase its media in the very act of multiplying them” (Bolter and Grusin, 5). This definition is still very useful when applying it to contemporary remediation. In the 21st century, we are moving at such a fast pace that remediation is less of an abstract concept and more of an everyday process. With the development and evolution of new technology come new manifestations of remediation. Instead of traditional ways of remediation like books to movies and music to paintings, we see it now in websites, rock concerts, and amusement parks. Therefore, remediation according to the 21st century takes on a whole new concept of adapting to emerging and innovative mediums.
ReplyDeleteRemediation has a strong connection with digital literacy, especially in the 21st century. Our generation was basically born into this new age of interaction between remediation and the digital world. Even when I was younger, I understood what a website looked like and how to navigate the desktop of a computer. This makes me more open to and well versed in the numerous techniques that make remediation available in the digital age. Obviously, my grandparents or even my parents to some degree are less experienced when it comes to digital literacy. So if I hadn’t explained the intricacies of FaceBook to my mother, she wouldn’t have access to many connections to this emerging digital world of remediation. Therefore, I feel we have the upper hand so to speak in being able to adapt to the speed and complexity with which this digital world is evolving.
Remediation has, of course, connections to composing practices. There are many things to consider when composing that are also involved in the remediating process. For example, one must evaluate the medium in which they are choosing to compose in. Our text gives an abbreviated version of a medium as anything that can be remediated. So in order to fully remediate, a composer must transfer mediums. For example, a book to a poem would not be remediation, because they are both print mediums, but a book to a movie would be remediation because it is print to film. Another thing that has to be considered is the audience. When a composer considers his/her audience, they have to change their language and style to fit the comprehension abilities of the people they are reaching. This is also important in remediation because if a composer were to remediate a classic novel and their target audience was the older generation, the composer would not want to remediate the piece into a digital media project because then the audience might not be able to understand the intricacies of the remediated piece.
Personally, I think remediation is fascinating. It is remarkable that we have the ability to completely recreate an original work in ways that eliminate its originality while still bringing its best aspects. I think it is especially important as college students that we remain “up to date” so to speak on the ever-present digital mediums so we can be well versed in traditional and contemporary practices of remediation and composition.
Remediation in the 21st century- first I will discuss the general definition and then how it fits in the 21st century. Bolter and Grusin define remediation as” the representation of one medium in another remediation, and we will argue that remediation is a defining characteristic of the new digital media. (45). Also Bolter and Grusin state that, “in this last decade of the 20th century, we are in an unusual position to appreciate remediation, because of the rapid development of the new digital media and the nearly as rapid by response by traditional media (5)”. In the 21st century, there are many “rapidly” evolving types of new digital media every time you turn around. This makes the traditional media try to keep up. Therefore we are living in an age where we should “appreciate remediation” because it is leading to newer media and improved mediums.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alex in the sense that remediation has a connection to media literacy and also that because we grew up with this ever expanding media and remediation; it makes us more media literate. Since media rapidly changes and improves, so does the remediation. I think the remediator who puts what have you out makes it easy and user friendly. Bolter and Grusin say that, “ Filmmakers routinely spend tens of millions of dollars to film on location or to recreate a period costumes and places in order to make their viewers feel as if they were “really” there and ‘Webcams’ on the internet pretend to locate us in various national environments” (5). Whether it is making the product more lifelike for us or easy to understand, I think that our generation and any generation who is willing to experience the new media and if they have an interest in the remediation will be competent when it comes to media literacy of this remediation.
I think remediation is very closely connected to composing practices. First you need to consider what medium you are working with. For instance, when I started my newsletter, I considered the layout and from there what and how I was going to write. If my medium was online, I might reconsider how I could visually play with it and also perhaps change up what I composed to apply to the new medium. I think remediation is looked at by some as almost an improvement of the product before. Yes, it is changing mediums but also it takes part of the old and then improves it. For my newsletter to be transformed, I will take some of the old material I used and try to improve it, in a sense compose.
Remediation was a completely new concept to me before I came to this class. I always knew how perhaps a book could go to a movie or whatever. Now I know the specific terminology for that. It is/was a bit confusing for me because it is a broad topic and with the ever changing new types of media and mediums it can be hard to wrap your head around. However now, after class lectures and recognizing real life examples I think I understand the concept.
Bolter and Grusin define remediation as such: "Our culture wants to both multiply its media and to erase all traces of mediation; ideally, it wants to erase its media in the very act of multiplying them." Today in our culture, everyone wants to feel like they are "really there" experiencing whatever is happening in the media. For example, we want to feel like we’re really in the movie, watching it happen in real life, which is why 3-D has so recently become popular. When you can see things pop off the screen, you feel like you’re seeing it in person. 3-D is an example of immediacy. Bolter and Grusin say " The logic of immediacy dictates that the medium itself should disappear and leave us in the presence of the thing represented: sitting in the race car or standing on the mountaintop." In in the 21st century, we have come up with so many different types of media that were pretty much immersed in a sea of constant exposure to media. The fact is that the average person is exposed to almost a thousand ads a day, from billboards when you’re driving home from work, to the google ads in the periphery of your facebook. There is so much media that you wouldn’t even know how much media you see each day. So remediation is important because every day, everything is being remediated. A cable company might place ads on tv or on the internet but they might also text you. Just today I got a text that said “Watch 4000 satellite channels on the internet for free!”
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alex and Alexis that when you are composing, it’s important to think about your medium. When changing mediums, like from a book to movie, you have to consider time, imagery, and cohesiveness. It’s hard to shorten something that is so complex, like a book, into something very straightforward and obvious so everyone understands. I think remediation is a really important concept to understand because it is all around us. Almost everything in the media now has ties to something that has already been done before. For example, there’s a song named the Big Sleep that follows the storyline of the classic movie, the Big Sleep. If you hadn’t seen that movie, you wouldn’t know that it was a remediation, but it is there none the less. The more you understand remediation, the more you can use it to your advantage in your school work and in your daily life. Just the fact that you can change a concept to make it original yet keep some of the old part that you love, is awesome!
After reading chapters 15 and 18 in Bolter and Grusins remediation, the term remediation offers an abundance of different ideas to its meaning. To me, the idea of remediation has to do with the remaking of something. You take something from its original creation, and ‘work with it’ in my opinion. Remediation is the continuous in our world. It is found in many different things, but the main focus of this book is on media; the old, and the new.
ReplyDeleteWe define what we are recreating in a new way, but the main idea and focus is always present. For example: the book Romeo and Juliet. It started out as a book written by William Shakespeare. It then turned into a movie, and then a ballet play. The idea of the story was still kept alive but other authors rewrote the novel in different forms/ways. The story became visual media, different forms of reading, and my favorite which is the play. The movie shows what the story wrote, but doesn’t entirely have the exact same scenarios. The books let you visualize, using your own thoughts and lets you create the story in your head. The play allows the audience to get a better understanding of how media really relates to our everyday life. Bolter and Grusin in chapter 18 mentioned “we are what the film or media is trained on.” We remediate our thoughts, our emotions, and characterizations. Media creates immediacy and hypermediacy. Immediacy means that we are immersed as an audience to connect with the messenger, and hypermediacy meaning that we connect with our inner-selves with the message being presented. Without remediation, we would not be able to constitute original identities, or continue to build and progress in pretty much anything.
We remediate to build, to show things from other points of view, and to realize that we are continuously learning throughout the process. The idea of living in a world that is constantly undergoing remediation is to me, almost like the base of life.
As all the previous posters have mentioned, Bolter and Grusin define remediation as “the representation of one medium in another”. I think that this simple definition is useful for looking at remediation in the 21st century as well, especially with the way that our media world has expanded so much in the decade since the book was written. When they were writing, we didn’t have smart phones, or social networking, or many other technologies we have now. I like Alex’s mention of the way that remediation is essentially a daily process for us. For example, people often snap a picture on their smart phone and have it posted on facebook right away, or everyday events and scenarios can become youtube videos in just minutes too. I also thought her mention of the way that we keep expanding remediation to things like theme parks was interesting, it is clear that in today’s technological climate the only limits to remediation in this 21st century are our own imaginations.
ReplyDeleteI think there is a definite link between remediation and digital literacy because you can’t have one without the other. In the 21st century, people now grow up being well-acquainted with digital media such as computers, smart phones, and many computer programs that are relatively sophisticated. I think that this increasing digital literacy is one of the biggest reasons that we have so much more remediation- we have a greater range of digital mediums and technologies that are available to us, and our increasing comfort with all of these technologies has increased our ability to remediate as a whole.
I also think that this increasing comfort level with technology is one of the biggest factors of the link between composing and remediation. Successful composition, as Alexis mentions, requires a keen assessment of what medium you’re working in and the affordances it allows you. Successful remediation requires a similar analysis. One must consider, much as the creator of the original mediation did, what the purpose of the remediation is, and then think about which medium might be most effective in successfully accomplishing this goal and reaching the intended audience. Then, the remediator must make decisions about which parts of the older media to carry over and which parts to remove. I think the processes of successful composition and remediation are really similar in that sense that success in either depends on a careful consideration of the goal, the intended audience, and the available technologies and which is the best fit for the project.
Overall, thinking about remediation, my thoughts come back to what an essential concept it is in the 21st century. We live in a 24/7 media age when millions of people have access to the internet and almost any media available at their fingertips at all times, and we have continued to just keep building on older media and taking remediation to new places. I think remediation is going to be an important concept to understand in composition in the 21st century because the composing world cannot ignore this pervasiveness of technology in our society.
Remediation in the 21st century is a process that will continue to remediate, even faster than we ever thought possible. New things are always popping up and reforming and changing old mediums that it’s actually hard to keep up. According to Bolter and Grusin, “each month seems to bring new evidence of the voracity with which new media are refashioning the established media and reinventing themselves in the quest for immediacy” (267). I believe this to be very true. While it may seem that one month is not a lot of time for media to change, think again. It does, and it’s that fast. The internet and world wide web has played a crucial role in the remediation of the 21st century. For example, social media has taken place of many old forms of the way we connect with our friends. There are endless possibilities with the web. I agree with gbyrne4 that, “the idea of remediation has to do with the remaking of something. You take something from its original creation, and ‘work with it’ in my opinion.” You definitely have to work with it. The creators of facebook had to work with the concept of myspace and other social networks to create the ever so popular friend forum. While we continually change a medium, I agree with Alex that “remediation is about bringing out the best aspects.” I agree with this completely. However, we can’t forget that the old medium is still there. Remediation is just simply reforming and recreating an old medium.
ReplyDeleteIn order to be able to read and interpret digital media, we have to be digital literate. I thought it was interesting when Alex brought up the fact that “my grandparents or even my parents to some degree are less experienced when it comes to digital literacy.” That is definitely true. My grandmother got a computer this past Christmas and is learning how to use e-mail. Since she is not a very digital literate person, she would not understand something more digitally advanced such as websites with a lot of media or even videos on-line. She needs to master the most basic concepts before she can move further.
A point made by several people in the blog was the fact that audience plays a key role in the concept of remediation. Just like my grandmother is just starting out in the digital world, composers of digital media have to be aware of the different levels people are on when it comes to how they view media and how they use it. It’s a whole different ball game when targeting a grandmother verses a teenager.
According to Bolter and Grusin, “we cannot predict how digital media will work their particular remediations in the coming years and decades”(270). This is very true, because it changes so fast and you never know what new hot topic will come out or what new website will launch to have most of the world accessing it. Just like Harry Potter launched a whole new way we view remediation, something could spring up and create a new or different media we never realized could be possible. With new inventions that take place, “any future media will also define their cultural meaning with reference to established technologies”(270). The culture changes when a new remediation is introduced. And it can change for the good or the bad. I agree with Alexis that the concept of remediation can be kind of confusing, but if we just think of it as a reformation or recreating of an already existing medium, it can be quite easy and understandable.
Remediation in the 21st century has quite a different meaning than it did back when the first remediations were being created. It has become so complex that we cannot use the same definition as Bolter and Grusin use: “the representation of one medium in another remediation” (45). Now, we don’t just remediate one medium. We remediate many into another medium. We are constantly trying to fit a multitude of media into smaller spaces. Think about the iphone, ipad, Blackberry. There are so many new remediations that have not just been taken from one medium, but several.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Alex in that our generation was born into this age of technology. Since birth, we have been surrounded by computers and internet and tv. Things don’t really shock us as much as they do older people. When Toy Story came out, it was a big deal because it was the first fully computer animated movie. I remember thinking how cool it was, but that was about it. Older generations were probably amazed at what could be done with computers. We have an advantage with digital literacy because of the era we were born into. It’s easier for us to grasp things as small as texting and facebook to bigger things like how to design a website or edit a movie. We grew up surrounded by it, constantly having new forms of media thrown at us, which lead to a better digital literacy. I can probably understand the inner workings of an iPhone way faster then my mom ever could.
Before this class, I don’t think I ever had to remediate something. I have been assigned to use digital media, but never to actually remediate. But when we do remediate, we are composing. We are creating something from something else. In a sense, we are still starting fresh, we are just borrowing ideas from something else and creating something brand new. When we compose, we have to think deeply about our ideas before we put them on paper. In the same way, we have to brainstorm and research before we can remediate something. We have to understand the first mediation fully, before we go on to remediate.
I think it is important to understand remediation for our own futures. I had never before heard the term remediation, but I am glad that I learned because I have grown up in a world overflowing with it. I want to learn more about it so that I can maybe one day remediate something big. It sucks when you think of something that could be remediated, but don’t have the skills or resources to put it into action. I remember a few years ago my mom had this crazy idea of ordering movies online and somehow getting them to connect to your television. About a year later, Netflix was created. My mom did not have the skills to create something as huge as Netflix. But that does not mean she could not have learned or found the resources. I want to gain as much knowledge about technology and remediation as possible so that I can have the abilities to create these new breakthroughs in technology.
Remediation is a constant in our society. Always has been, always will be. Bolter and Grusin define remediation as “both multiplying its media and to erase all traces of mediation; ideally, it wants to erase its media in the very act of multiplying them”. In the 21st century remediation is more of a renewing of a past remediation. We can see that media has begun to remediate things that have been remediated in the past. We live in a world where the “new thing” is replaced by the next before you can even get used to it. When it comes to composing, I agree with my classmates who are all saying that remediation is an intricit part of the composing process. Composing a poem and a adapting a book to a movie are two completely different mediums of writing that each demand you to think about different elements. From stanzas, to quotes, to imagery and dialogue, composing is dependent on what medium you are writing. Although it is complicated to sometimes to seperate what the difference is between a new medium and a different format of the same medium. In class, we had a hard time diferencitaing between same mediums and old mediums. Is a music video a new medium of a song, or is it the same because the song is still included? For me, its exciting to think that things we think of as the newest, most modern thing now, will soon, unavoidablly be remediated. Eric made a good point about how big of a role that technology plays in our facination with remediation. As our technology continues to expand, and become more intellegent, so do our modes of remediation. It is only natural that our ways of using technology would change with the level of technology thats available. Within a few decade we have gone from hand-written, snail mail to digital webcams that immediatly link you with loved ones from miles, states, or worlds apart. Without remediation’s ever changing effect on our society we would not be able to enjoy or use the technological resources that our world has developed. So yes, it may be bittersweet sometimes, and some older generations make mock us for our fast, technologically savy lifestyles, but for the most part, remediation has furthured our world beyond anything we would have imagined, and will continue to due so.
ReplyDeleteRemediation is when some type of medium is changed and presented in a different type of media. For example, whenever a book is made into a movie is remediation. Remediation is especially evident in the 21st century because this is this century is like the turning point for technological advances. Many forms of remediation are very obvious through technology, so I think it’s been most common throughout the 21st century. Everything, for the most part, that is digital can be viewed in some way as remediation. For example, a digital camera can be looked at as a remediation of a painting. A painting is a person drawing a picture, and a camera is a digital device that captures the image for them. To draw connections between remediation and composing practices, there is an endless amount of ways and types in which to compose. If a composition is in a different form, it can be considered a remediation. For example a poem can be written in song format, then when it is sung and musical elements are added, it can be considered a remediation. A composition is a process of creating a product in a sense. Overall, I think remediation is a pretty easy term to understand. It’s always been around us, I just never knew the term. It’s like something that has the same purpose, but is more technologically advanced, or just presented in a different form. For example, if you think of a compact disc player and compare it with an IPod, both of their purposes is to be a portable music player. However, they are both very different. A compact disc player needs a compact disc that can only hold about 20 song, while with an IPod you upload songs from the computer and they can hold anywhere from 500 songs to thousands and are much smaller. They also have a lot more functions like some have games, a camera, and different applications, but when it all comes down to it they both have the same basic purpose and function: to play music portably. I agree with Stacey when she talks about having to consider the audience when remediating something. Obviously someone who is older than this generation like our grandparents probably won’t be the target audience to buy an IPod. They are just now getting into the whole boom box phase after record players. Also, if a movie is made from a book, it has to have a certain cast to correlate with that book to be successful. I also agree with Grace when she is explaining that remediation when mediation builds to keep presenting a form of medium in a new and improved form. Remediation is a never ending process that just creates ways in which to present something in a different way.
ReplyDeleteI believe that nowadays, more than any other you can see the effects of remediation clearer than ever before. It seems that in the current media climate there are new genres of media everyday and that composer are now able to express their thoughts through many different formats. In the 21st century world of “got to have it now” information, you can see more and more examples of remediation. Today many forms of media have been remediated to fit the needs of society. All news used to be print news, but then with the advent of radio and television it soon shifted to those genres as well and they soon became the majority. As television news grew more and more popular there became an increased need for it, this led to the birth of the 24 hour news network. And even after the creation of 24 hour news networks news spread to being covered online and on social networking sites that could deliver even more instant coverage than the 24 hour networks could.
ReplyDeleteAlso in the extremely capitalist society that we live in which is all ruled by money, you can see examples of remediation as well. Many forms of entertainment that are presented in one genre are then mass produced and replicated on other formats in order to make money off of it. A great example of this that we’ve talked about multiple times in class is the Harry Potter series. It started off as a book series, but because of remediation it has transformed into a much larger and more profitable brand. The popularity soon led to the movie rights being bought and made into a movie series, which then led to a video game series to be paired with the movie series. After all of that Harry Potter began to appear on everything and all types of products leading up to the nowadays where it has its own amusement park in Orlando.
As a composer remediation can have a huge impact on your composition as well. When composing a work you often try to tailor it to fit a certain audience by correctly choosing the right genre to represent it in. Well remediation allows you to change the genre while keeping a similar message, allowing you to reach many different varieties of audiences while still maintaining your original message. Being able to remediate all forms of your work allows you to simply compose what you want to and not have to worry about it being broad enough to reach a wider audience, because afterwards you can go back and remediate it in order to meet the needs of others.
Overall I feel that remediation is a very important part of the media and composing world. It is something that occurs in all aspects of media and will continue to exist for as long as you can imagine. As much as we think we have advanced as a society, remediation is always there to remind you that as much as we move on, the past will always affect us and continue to influence us.
Remediation in the 21st century is “refashioning” the media from the past to fit our changing lifestyles. It is taking the technology from the past and present and making it better, more accessible, easier to use, and more convenient. In “Remediation”, Bolter and Grusin use the example of how we get our news to explain how crucial remediation is for the 21st century. They mentioned how, in 1996, the election was available to be followed for the first time via internet, when in the past, only newspapers, radio, and television were sources for this kind of information. They also pointed out how the internet was more convenient because one could easily access the information at their own convenience, instead of having to wait for the broadcast to cover the information they were seeking. They made a note of how the CNN interactive website had so many hits during that time that many people could not get through. Bolter and Grusin say that this jam was evidence that that future of news was on the web, and that this is what people wanted. Remediation for the 21st century is updating our technology to fit our needs. People thrive on information, and the faster and more efficiently we can access it, the more we can progress.
ReplyDeleteThe connection between digital literacy and remediation is the necessity to be able to work with and understand the new technology that is replacing the old. It is very important to be able to keep up with the times and to be able to use the each technology efficiently, because there is no use in having it if you don’t. Digital literacy is working with the new technology. It is using the web to access email, social networks, advertising, news, music, videos, shopping, and more. Understanding how to use new forms of media such as the internet allow you to perform a variety of tasks at your fingertips.
Remediation allows you to reinvent your compositions. It allows you to display your works in other types of media other than in writing. It also allows others to update your composition in a new form of media. Remediation can go from a paper, to a movie, to a videogame, to a website, and all of these stages are remediation of the original paper.
From my perspective, remediation is necessary for keeping up with the times. During our time, technology is power; and whoever has the best technology is the winner. The more people who are able to access new technology, the more efficiently our country, and or universe will run. With the ability to use the internet, we have access to everything from news, to maps, to bank statements. I see remediation as a door that opens to endless possibilities. Like Alexis, if someone asked me what remediation was before this class, I wouldn’t have been able to tell them. Now that I understand exactly what remediation is, I understand how important it is to almost everything we do in life.
Remediation has now been explained to us so many ways but I still feel like it means the same thing. You are re-making something in a different form. Now this of course is just my elementary way of saying what Bolter and Grusin have said much more sophisticatedly. I don’t know if that is a real word but I am making it one. I liked what gbyrne4 said about Shakespeare. It made me think about how many stories have been remediated through our lifetimes. An example of remediation in the 21st century would be really any fairy take you could think of. Lets take Cinderella for example. This story started off simple enough. Poor stable girl who is treated badly turns out being the princess in the end. This not only has translated into just about any sort of genre movie and book you could think of, but has coined itself into the dialect of our culture. A “Cinderella story” doesn’t need to be elaborated upon, it is simply understood. The story has gone from print, to cartoon movie, to just about any form of media there is. It has even made its way onto the sports broadcasting medium. This little old fairy tale has become as much a part of the American way as baseball and hotdogs.
ReplyDeleteWhen composing, you could say that one is simply remediating or repurposing something that someone has said. An idea or a thought came from somewhere and we are remediating it into the written word. So often we repurpose an article that we read or research that we do into a persuasive argument. We even use the other articles to strengthen our papers. We us the old article as part of the new. This is a very literal way to show that remidation and repurposing keeps the old medium present. We had a discussion about this in class about if when something is remediated the old model is lost. We all agreed this is not the case and I think this idea about papers using the ideas of others is a perfect example of this.
I think that remediation is something that we all knew about; we simply did not know it had a name. We have seen remediation of almost everything we have every known. You could say remediation is evolution for mediums. Woah. Call me Darwin.
As others have previously mentioned, remediation in the 21st century is unique because we are constantly surrounded by multitudes of media, and therefore are prompted to remediate frequently to improve our technologies and ideas. Each of us, right now, probably has a phone within ten feet of them, obviously a computer, and maybe even a television and our textbook. That is four different types of media in one room and that probably would have been limited at any previous time period. So, we are in a rapidly evolving world of technology that builds and builds, and remediates constantly—from books to movies, but also to media such as amusement parks and internet sites. This seems to be an example of the “the rapid development of the new digital media and the nearly as rapid by response by traditional media” that Bolter and Grusin are talking about when they describe remediation in terms of the 21st century.
ReplyDeleteWith concern to its connection to digital literacy, I think that remediation facilitates the pace at which we grasp digital media in a way that it could not for previous generations. I agree with both Alex and Alexis that our generation, being born into an age of technology, is benefiting from the proliferation of media throughout our everyday lives simply because of our exposure. Because we are subjected to and immersed in this culture of remediation, where everything is constantly updated and modified, we are undoubtedly enabled in becoming fluent in the digital world. For example, checking Facebook and posting blog threads has almost become second nature to us, but that’s not necessarily so for our parents. I don’t know how many times I’ve tried to teach my mom how to text.
I have a similar view with Eric on the link between composing and remediation. He says that they are similar because for both, “success either depends on a careful consideration of the goal, the intended audience, and the available technologies and which is the best fit for the project.” So, I agree that the media dictates the genre/tone we will try to utilize to get across our message.
After reading all of this dense theory on remediation, I can’t help but wonder if I would be more interested in a remediated version of the text- preferably a colorful digital presentation that was more engaging or at least eye catching. Besides that, personally, I think remediation is all about innovation and meeting the demands of a rapidly changing technologically based society. Understanding remediation would definitely benefit us as composers because it will allow us to mold our style into several different mediums to keep the attention of our audience. Going along with that, I like how Rachael put remediation in terms of an “evolution for mediums” and thank you because I really needed the comic relief at the end, I am so tired!
As Eric said in his blog, Bolter and Grusin define remediation as “the representation of one medium in another”. Today I think that this is the best way to define it because remediation means so much more than it did when this book was written. Technology has evolved exponentially since the 90s which makes it that much more difficult to define it. Now in the 21 century remediation has to do with movies a medium into another medium and then very possibly into yet another medium. An example that we have discussed many times in class: Harry Potter. What started out as a book became a series of movies and then even a theme park. And as others have mentioned advertisements are anywhere and everywhere these days. From television, to every webpage you click onto, to billboards, and now even text messages! There is no doubt that remediation surrounds us all today.
ReplyDeleteToday digital literacy plays a huge role in remediation because it helps transcribe one medium into a number of other mediums. I do not agree that to have remediation you absolutely have to have digital literacy because that was not always the case, but I do believe that without digital literacy remediation becomes greatly limited. As we have discussed in class, remediation was not a concept that was recently developed, it has been around since the Renascence. I think it might even safe to say that it was around even before that. I say this because I know that a lot of artwork from long ago was greatly inspired by the Bible. An example of this is a work by Leonardo da Vinci, a little painting entitled The Last Supper.
When it comes to composing practices it helps to be digitally literate simply because it makes life a lot easier if the remediation has to do with some type of digital program. Otherwise, composing practices correlate to what other type of medium someone might use. If a work is being remediated into a painting the composing process might begin with a sketch and a series of color scribbles to make sure everything is ready to be painted. If a song or written work inspires a photographic showcase then it may take a copious amount of photographs to get the feeling across. Ultimately the composing process depends on medium a work originates, the message it is conveying, and medium it being remediated onto.
Originally after reading the text I thought that remediation was kind of difficult to explain. But as I sift through the other blogs and really sit and think about it, it is really not that difficult at all. Remediation is simply moving a work from one medium to another without completely losing the original purpose of the work. It is almost like revising an idea and maybe stretching it to fit another purpose or simply making it more appealing to another population. Remediation is not about losing the purpose of the original work simply adding to it.
Bolter and Grusin in Remediation define remediation in t he 21st century as, generally, the multiplication of media in an effort to erase them, the representation of a medium in another medium, and they even argue that remediation the redefining characteristic of new age media. Traditional media, has become increasingly irrelevant in the 21st century, as we know print mediums, however large in number they might be available, are not the most popular devices for media. So, to accommodate the technological boom, as well as the rapidly evolving new digital media, remediation is necessary in this century.
ReplyDeleteBecause of the strong relevance between remediation and the 21st century, you could also connect it to digital literacies. Remediation makes it necessary for our generation to understand and define the new media that are being produced; we must be competent in what new media we use in our lives. Due to the fact that we have invented so many different mediums in the 2st century, as a society we are constantly experiencing coverage of new media. Take for instance the broadcast arenas, at home watching television, like Stacey says, one could encounter an innumerable amount of advertisements seeking your purchase of a product or idea. A steady stream of media is remediated throughout one’s home, car, computer, and even game consoles. There are so many different forms of media; it is hard to decipher how much we as a society are affected by remediation.
And because of the fact that remediation affects our society, we as composers must adapt to the process. Composers must know that remediation is essential to keeping their work modern and up to date, take for example the ever-present example of “The Twilight” series began as a book which has now been turned into a movie, and into a computer game, and even into clothing and accessories. So how can we as composers do anything of merit if we do not recognize the connections between remediation and the act of composition? In my opinion, remediation is important to us as writings, I think it’s a brilliant concept that needs to be incorporated into all aspects of language education. For example, what about the students who didn’t take WEPO? For them, I believe that remediation is that word that we are looking for to explain phenomenon that we weren’t taught. But, in a college setting, staying up to date, on anything, moreover English Editing, Writing, and Media, is essential as well as an assessment of one’s own writing to see if it lives up to the updated media.
Remediation changes dramatically in context according to the era in which it is present. Remediation today is not what it was during the Enlightenment or the Renaissance. Therefore, in order to define remediation in 21st century terms, we must take into account the role that it has played in developing our currents modes of communication, technology, and the effect it has had on society. One thing that is obvious is that the birth of the internet has paved the way for globalization and communication. Bolter and Grusin emphasize that our generation has become defined by an almost obsessive search for identity through media. "New media offer new opportunities for self-definition…We can define ourselves through the converging communication technologies of the telephone and the internet" (Bolter & Grusin, 231) Remediation contributes to our search for definition in offering us different transparent media that we can remediate onto ourselves. The ideas presented in an online forum can become our belief system, a graphic design can become an outfit. In a world population close to breaching 7 billion, seeking a unique and independent identity has become necessity, and connecting with cultures and peoples that are foreign to us, obligation. Thus, remediation is defined not only be a change in media, but by what it provides for us.
ReplyDeleteDigital literacies present on the web have served as a remediation from sources such as print and video in order to bring several different types of media into one. As a result, we are faced with an ultimate source of expression, knowledge, and communication. As Amanda Saxton said, "There are endless possibilities with the web." Digital literacies emulate the modern definition of remediation by providing us with a connection to others and a means by which to define ourselves. This relates to composition in that our writing that is subject to remediation, especially within digital space, will contribute to someone else's search for self-definition. By sharing ideas and experiences through different media, we give someone else the opportunity, either to remediate our work into a different form or remediate the essence of a text onto themselves. In doing this, we become more aware of the media that surrounds us. "Whenever we engage ourselves with visual or verbal media, we become aware not only of the objects of representation but also of the media themselves" (Bolter & Grusin, 236). Having said that, for our composition to be affective, we must learn to adapt to different media. I agree with what Eric says in regards to technology and audience. When we proficient with different media, we become more proficient in adapting to different audiences as well. The audience approached through books is much different from the audiences approached through television.
In conclusion, remediation has made me aware of why certain industries are more widely recognized than others. There's a reason that two circles sitting on top of a large circle immediately point us to Disney. Large companies remediate multiple times in order to overload our senses. in doing this, they leave a significant imprint on our identity. Apparel, print, websites, videos, theme parks; all these are ways by which remediation helps instill an idea deep into our conscious. Capitalism and globalization have thus given birth to be the most affective composers today.
Remediation in the 21st century is a very fast process that occurs due to the age of new media. I agree with Alex when he says that remediation is less of an anomaly to most people, and more of an everyday process. More and more people are connecting to the Internet, interacting and defining their online self. With new media, people have created within themselves a “hypermediated self” in which we have an increased need of immediacy in the content that we are interested in. In today’s Internet society, the large amount of content available, and the appearance of new media cause us to almost be ambivalent to the occurrences of remediation.
ReplyDeleteRemediation and digital literacy both represent each other. I really liked gybrne4’s example of remediation in the 21st century. Gybrne4 used the example of Romeo and Juliet and how it has been remediated into several different types of media such as movies and ballets. Another example one could use when referring to digital literacy is how the comic “Spiderman” has been remediated into several movies, cartoons, and now a Broadway musical. Previous posters have used Facebook as an example of digital literacy and how many people of older generations find it difficult to use unless specifically taught. Our generation is built on the grounds of a fast moving and information wealthy society. Nearly all of our questions, if not all, can be answered with a few quick keywords in Google. Those of an older generation and less digital literacy tend to rely on their previous notions on gathering information, such as asking a family member or calling a hotline.
Remediation is a very important aspect of composing. As previous posters have mentioned, it is important to keep in mind the medium you are composing in. For example, the internet gaming website IGN provides reviews of various video games in several forms of media. First, there is a written review, which is extensive and several thousands of words long, and then there is the video review. The video review remediates the text review to be more accessible to those who are pressed for time. The video review remediates the text review in a way that it is shorter and that it provides a more concise breakdown of a certain breakdown to an audience that thirsts for immediacy. The text review is still there however, for those who truly want a in-depth analysis. For most of us, remediation doesn’t really take on the grand scale of IGN. Personally, when I remediate, it is from script to movie. I like to write short film skits which then I upload online. When remediating, I have to keep in mind my final medium, and how the transition from text to film can cause different meanings within each other.
For me, remediation has been an everyday part of my life for years. However, it wasn’t until I joined this class that I fully understood that there was a name for the process and that people have fully analyzed its meaning. Now that I know what remediation is, I plan to use it to my advantage when exploring and remediating the online highway.
Remediation is the taking of one medium and recreating it in another medium. This means that we seek to advance our media which while maintaining the basic qualities of the older original medium. The number one goal of society is to be immersed in media , to make what isn’t real a reality and in this way discover their own self and their various remediations We do this by play video games and virtual reality games and by our social websites and emails all different ways of self immersion. Remediation takes place in merchandising franchises that have various products across the line from card games to music. In the 21st centary remediation is all around us almost constantly and through it we are seeing to find the answer to what reality really is and how to duplicate the experience.
ReplyDeleteIn the last ten years more children are using computers at younger and younger ages and handling it much better than their parents. The experience is our nature at this point, the hunt for immediacy and hyperimmediacy is something natural to the world and because we use these digital tools, computers, websites, digital camera and so on in order to make identities for ourselves they have become essential for our culture.
Remediation has always had a connection to composition through books and movies and plays. A novel can become a film or theater production and then can inspire a song and be incorporated into the idea for a card game or a board came (examples being the harry potter series) and ever into a television show. To do so requires an understanding of both mediums so that the transition is smooth. An example would a book to a movie where visual cues can be used instead of characters thoughts, words or back story. You have to be able to travel in both worlds.
Remediation to me is like the process of evolution. Only the strong parts that work the best survive the transition and while the shadow of the original product is still there, usually the end product is much better off and more functional. The fact that we as human beings can advance in this way and keep doing it is fascinating. Immediacy and hyperimmedicay to me is like a odd mix of a search for and an escape from reality at the same time. We want to immerse ourselves in another reality while at the same time we want to created more parts of our selves. I agree with Alex Araon, in order for us to succed we have to keep up to date on the latest in remediation. Not only because our generation is the basic forefront of remediations height but because as EWM majors its going to be our jobs one day to make sure that remediation, at least in composition and related media continue to advance and survive the next round of evolution.
In the book, the authors keep referring to virtual reality helmets. Remediation is the act of transferring mediums to get as close to "real life" as possible. I agree with Stacey in that 3-D has become a popular medium because of immediacy. It is the new virtual reality helmet. Not only can you go to a new world, your friends can go with you. It reminds me of Avatar in a way. The idea of the virtual reality helmet is remediated into something even closer to reality, or the ability to be in two places at once.
ReplyDeleteA component of remediation is improvement or "remedy". As technology improves, our mediums through which we remediate improve. While new technology is being produced every day, digital literacy becomes of utmost important as we continue education. It wasn't until high school that all my work had to done on my computer. Before that I had mostly used it for leisure. My younger brother is in middle school using the computer every night for homework. My parents have not even reached their 40s yet and ask me computer questions all the time. I find this extremely frustrating because I am so used to people just knowing how to do things on the computer for it is second nature for me. My father embraces the changes and even shoots me the occasional email or text; my stepmother completely refuses to learn more than how to Google.
Because remediation has so many new forms, especially in technological forms, it affects our compositions. Technology has opened up composition and thus, remediation, to everyone. It is taking the original medium and putting it into a new one. Often, as students, whether in our head or not, we remediate what our professors say into something that we can relate to, that is easier to remember, or that makes more sense. Compositions no longer have to be written, painted, or drawn; they can be Tumbled, Facebooked, YouTubed, or even just simply put into a word processor.
Remediation was a brand new term to me, but I see that it is everywhere. As a huge fan of Harry Potter, remediation is often disappointing to me. I prefer print, but I am amazed at the capabilities and mediums we have the capability to compose through today.