Answer:
In my six decades of life, I have witnessed an astonishing regression in mass media. In the 50’s, radio and newspapers were the dominant forms of mass communications. We had a TV but only three channels and reception was spotty at best. We willingly performed artistic movements with our rabbit ears antenna in order to achieve maximum clarity. Heck, I would have held the antenna over my head for an hour if it would have gotten me a better picture of Annette Funicello on the Mickey Mouse Club. Maybe that’s what we’re missing out on today, participation, the sense that somehow this is a team sport. The technology of today has made it so easy to get every last pixel, that we just don’t appreciate the quality of the content as much. Now we just flood our senses with unlimited stimuli and hope something sticks. I really doubt that we would be so addicted to smartphones today if we all had to wear beanies with antennas, just to get a signal.
