Bolter & Grusin- response to pg. 52-87

This section really helped me to better understand the connection between immediacy and hypermediacy : both strive to either reform or create reality. While immediacy, using the example of virtual reality, makes sense, it is the concept of hypermediacy that was difficult for me to grasp at first. However, this section helped me to grasp how hypermediacy creates a "fullness" or a new reality. This leaves a never-ending possibility of adding new layers to a hypermedium.

On the other hand, immediacy is never quite perfected. I found the section about how the flaws of lack of reality in one medium is never realized until it is perfected in a new medium.

I noticed that these authors were already discussing the effect digital media and remediation will have on our political environment. Even though the book was written in 2000, they discussed the way the democratic process will be remediated because of the change in digital medium. This can be seen in the CNN youtube debates we just had a few months ago. Because of remediation, we have come up with ways for our candidates to be approached by college students, mothers, your every day citizen and that changed the nature of our election period this year.