McLuhan’s Theory of “Technological Determinism” proves how reliant we are becoming on technology. Technological Determinism helps us classify our relationships with modern tools in a simple chart that consists of four categories. I will apply McLuhan’s Theory with a new device that is known as an Electronic Book Reader.
An Electronic Book Reader enhances our ability to carry around and read gigabytes worth of reading material into a small electronic device.
An Electronic Book Reader reverses social activity. If someone is always reading that leaves a lot less time to take part in your daily social activities. It can also reverse some of your vision if you spend too much time staring at the screen.
An Electronic Book Reader retrieves reading in a society where reading books is on a decline. Maybe this new way of reading books will get more people into reading again.
An Electronic Book Reader makes physical hardcopies of books obsolete. Since people are going to have a device that stores all the books into it, there won’t be any need for carrying around a load of books.
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