Week 3 Question 1: Constituents of a Theory of the Media

Enzensberger did not have too many positive things to say in regards to his view of the media. Although this article was a bit of a tough read, I believe his overall purpose was to show that technology is taking over everything we do. He is very critical of how the media is basically doing our thinking for us. For example he talked about how he disliked the fact that media forms such as books, radios, articles are only transmitting information to us, without allowing any interaction. So I do not think that Enzensberger is totally against the idea of media, I just think he feels strongly about self-thinkers or "go-getters". He hates the fact that we all rely on media's to relay information to us, or get us from point a to point b. In a sense, I can agree with him on that. But I think he fails to realize that in moderation, the media can and has been very effective to our every day lives.