Television is becoming a collage - there are so many channels that you move through them making a collage yourself. In that sense, everyone sees something a bit different.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Viewers create their own collage of content by switching through many TV channels.
- In plain terms
- Watching TV is like making a collage by choosing different channels.
- What can you take from it?
- You curate your own TV experience by channel surfing.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you choose what to watch?
- Does choice improve media?
Another view
Not everyone has access to many channels to create a collage.
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