Advantages of Hypermediacy over Transparency
While transparency would seem preferable to Hypermediacy in some cases, the hypermediacy of certain websites and computing methods helps to make them more useful. Many websites, such as online dictionaries, prefer to differentiate from their print counterparts. When there are links connecting all of the different articles or defenitions or entries on a site there is more connected feeling. Noticing the medium is ok because the new medium is making the content easier to access. Project Gutenberg, on the other hand, takes away all of the extras and allows the content to stand alone. The texts are simply recreated for the sake of reading them as the original. There are not links and pictures and interactive elements all of the page, the page is created to resemble the print version it came from in order to give a genuine representation. Ubiquitous computing is a way of taking virtual reality and turning it upside-down. Instead of immersing the person in a new world, ubiquitous computer creates a world of medium for the person to be fully aware of and use. Examples of this include the way the robots and vehicles we send to Mars are controlled from the remote location on Earth or how a smart classroom can provide multiple mediums to help students learn as opposed to the old forms of lecture and note taking. Both hypermediacy and transparency can be beneficial at times. Being aware of the medium is sometimes necessary to help use it.
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