I don't think content of any type makes people dumb, we consume the content we are drawn to, we would like to blame something to made us dumb, but is ourselves who chose to consume it. In old times "books makes children dumb" was a big thing, reading a book is too passive they said, gives the story already done and that will kill kids imagination, it was said about the movies, about videogames, music, etc.
Everytime a new media is born the same concerns arise. But the fact is that unless we are forced to, the content we consume is defined by us, now more than ever, I think that today the argument is even weaker, before we where kinda forced, you watched whatever was in the TV, nowadays we can choose, that gives more responsibility to the individual. If something modern media allow us to be as dumb as we are.
In the end we are not forced anymore to see things we don't want, and in some cases we where forced to educate, to see things we didn't relate to, we where forced to blend our view with others.
I don't think content of any type makes people dumb, we consume the content we are drawn to, we would like to blame something to made us dumb, but is ourselves who chose to consume it. In old times "books makes children dumb" was a big thing, reading a book is too passive they said, gives the story already done and that will kill kids imagination, it was said about the movies, about videogames, music, etc.
Everytime a new media is born the same concerns arise. But the fact is that unless we are forced to, the content we consume is defined by us, now more than ever, I think that today the argument is even weaker, before we where kinda forced, you watched whatever was in the TV, nowadays we can choose, that gives more responsibility to the individual. If something modern media allow us to be as dumb as we are.
In the end we are not forced anymore to see things we don't want, and in some cases we where forced to educate, to see things we didn't relate to, we where forced to blend our view with others.
Informative......