This intro really got me thinking about how much media shapes how we experience the world — even the tiniest sounds can carry meaning. I’ve been diving into all kinds of niche content lately, and while exploring, I had to https://discovery-plus.pissedconsumer.com/customer-service.html about some streaming issues. Wasn’t perfect, but got sorted in the end. Just shows how much we rely on media platforms to get our daily dose of content and inspiration. Cool to see projects like this that go beyond the usual and focus on how we really listen.

We’re surrounded by media—not just when we look at our phones, turn on the TV, or get on the internet. Everything from Tupperware and office plants to buttons and smartphone apps is exerting pressure on what we think, how we think, and what is even possible to think. 

This is Media Objects, produced in collaboration with Media Studies at Cornell University. With support from the college of Arts and Sciences and the Society for the Humanities. Editing and academic counsel from Erik Born, Jeremy Braddock, and Paul Fleming.

Media Objects: Intro

Benjamin Harnett reads "Yahoo! Answers," first published in Tahoma Literary Review, Volume 3, Issue 1.

Benjamin Harnett, "Yahoo! Answers"

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