1.) Digital is anything that is represented by binary code ie 1 and 0. Analog is any physical representation of information. Digital readouts are generally easier and more reliable than analog. The quality of digital stays the same no matter how many times it is copied whereas analog gets worn out after so many uses. With digital as long as the numbers can be read you get the same wave. Of course you can store a greater amount of information with digital than analog.
2.) Some examples of Digital Vs. Analog are...
A digital clock Vs. An old fashioned clock with a dial.
A cordless phone vs. a phone with a cord.
3.) As for 'The Medium is the Message' I honestly had a hard time grasping it. I will be the first to admit that I am going to have a hard time with this class because computer's to me are kind of foreign. I can work them but when it comes to talking about them or fixing them I might as well be trying to speak another language. I thought with the reading it would be different, espically when I saw references to Shakespeare which is something I know and love. Then I started to read, and it seemed like I was reading something for a class I wasn't even taking.
I had no idea an article would confuse me so much. I didn't understand what they meant by the medium. It might just be the fact that I am one of those people who needs clarity and specifics but I didn't understand the broad statements they were making about 'the medium' this and 'the medium' that. Somehow it just wouldn't go through my brain.
So I will probably try and read again and try to grap something more important about this article, and if not I will have plenty of questions.
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