Remediation (53-87)

First off, I must say that these two chapters helped clear up my confusion of remediation and what that entails. I was intrigued to learn more of the in-depth definition of remediation. The definitions of "remediation as the mediation of mediation," "remediation as the inseparability of mediation and reality," and "remediation as reform," (p. 55) all help to greater explain this idea. It was especially helpful to hear that the goal of remediation is to "refashion or rehabilitate other media (p.56)." This allowed me to understand that remediation is focused mainly on updating/revamping what we already have as our mediums. For example, in order to keep in touch, we used to only have letters and phone calls. Now, email has been created as a form of communication, which in turn is much easier and convenient to use. Remediation has been a path of change that was bound to happen and continue to happen.