The Medium is the massage talks about how the "family circle has widened", meaning we're not solely influenced by our parents, but by electric media. Technology is so advanced and what we see and hear (television, radio, social networking sites, commercials, ads, etc.) at such a young age affects our values and ideas. Another aspect to consider is why we use technology as an emotional outlet (facebook, twitter, etc.) versus our family, and at what point does our family become those outside of our intermediate family.
The way the text approaches education is interesting in that it criticizes the television and how it influences children. It suggests that the average child that watches television is exposed to "adult news", meaning war, inflation, taxes, as well as ads featuring sex appeal and superficial desires, don't really know how to handle and adjust to a structured schedule in which they learn information (in a specific setting). The text then goes on to say that before the seventeenth century there was no such thing as "childhood" because during that time children "merged" into the adult world. This is interesting to think about because when I reflect back on my "childhood" it becomes unclear as to when it was over. Was is when I started doing my own laundry or when I got my cell phone?
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