Many would think that staying at home at a late age seems wrong in our society. The parents seem normal, but the dad was hooking up online while checking his profile. In the beginning of the video, in his car the main character has his laptop in hand while at work. That works as a smart mob. This can provide instant access to the internet quickly and anywhere. This can describe what Wood and Smith explains that one can adjust to there surroundings and are not confined to four walls. The middle aged man was not confined to a room, he was mobile to keep in touch with his friends online, and watch the Paisley video.
The characters seem comfortable in a surrounding that they can hide there true self. I feel as if your just thinking in the box, not trying to think outside of it. The middle age man seem comfortable in his box, which is his computer. Wood and Smith explain in this weeks reading, that the internet allows public and private communication. The internet has provide a portal for the characters to connect with others online. This can explain that the main character changed his identity online to connect with others. We can agree that being online could give you a great deal of confidence, that could explain what Paisley is trying to explain to others in his music video. You have no worries about how you look and how other look at you. When your online, people will agree on what you write on your profile. You can con and sway people in different ways, by the words that you can convey online. I think that was Postman's idea od technologies giving problems to others.
I think that Thamus says that even tools have a way of intruding. The video explains that the internet can find its way in to our homes. In this case the internet has found a way for the middle aged man. This gave him a way to connect with people that who would not imagine hanging around with in reality. Postman states that tools bid to be the culture. This culture fitted the man's status and comfort zone.
I'm right there with you, I thought the music video was really funny. You make a good point about the characters seeming comfortable in a surrounding where they can hide their true self. Jason Alexander's character was really awkward in society, as can be seen at the beginning of the video when he tries to deliver the pizza and gets laughed at. However, you can see his face light up once he logs on to the computer. I feel kind of bad that he doesn't have enough confidence to be comfortable with his true self and feels the need to pretend he is someone else. Poor guy!
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