Digital media in my life

 I hope to learn more about appreciation of digital art and seeing digital media in a new way. Most people only have an impression about digital media is practical and convenience. But I believe there are some more values in it other than practical use.

 YouTube and online communication tools. YouTube is like an audio and video library. Many clips I found are so entertaining. YouTube is very user-friendly, input one key words and then hundreds or more results are listed. For sure, it is a good way to kill time. But on the other side, it can be educational and inspiring.  And what's more important is free. When comes to here, I want to make a short conclusion, as YouTube and online communication tools share quite a lot of similarities. They are free, good way to kill time and brought convenience to our lives. Work efficiency is enhanced with these medias and most people can enjoy them without price. But still one good point I want to highlight for YouTube is the creativity and possibilities it generated. Many people with passion in making video, they can have a world-wide and free platform to do whatever they want. It can be shown to millions possible audience. But the negatives always follow from the positives. We always unaware how many time we used in these two medias. Over-usage is unnecessary and a time-waste. Also because of the convenience and instance they brought, many things that are shallow were produced. For example, online communication tools allow instant messaging, we would say many things without a deep thought. When it becomes a habit, we maybe fast thinking with many logical mistakes and emotional.

Modern times, Then and Now.

How is new technology affecting the Charlie Chaplin character?
It is affecting him physically and mentally. Working in a factory made him doing repetitive work all the time. He was holding the same posture even he left the position because he was too into the work. It implies he was not very conscious during working, just moving like robot. Also, long working hours seem to make him exhausted. That is the physical part.

The factory work  and new eating machine drove him crazy and lost control. After the long day work and being "tortured" by eating machine, his abnormal behaviors became more frequent. He let himself got into the working machines and kept chasing his colleagues.

Is there any similarity between his experience with new technology and ours now?
We supposed new technology assists us to work more efficiently and being our helper, but sometimes the situation reversed. We changed to serve the new technology. In the film, Charlie tried to catch the speed of machine and became very rush. He was led by the machine instead of controlling it. Nowadays, people used smart phone a lot, they are addicted to it. And they felt uncomfortable if without it. We created new technology, but we are now chasing and following them.

Also, over-use of new technology will bring our bodies a lot of problems. This is proved by many professionals. For example, muscles fatigue,short-sighted, mental stress and etc.