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Final Wrap-up

First, hope everything goes well.  Second, reading, my term experience, and summary In the reading, Jurgenson summarizes his previous statements and points out the relativity between the still and moving, photographs and videos. He said "social media been made to capture the essence, the 'truth of ourselves', to be a document, a record, and such, to stimulate life within boxes, categories, cells in a database, to make an object of subjectivity. "(pg. 111)  I agreed that the "truth" and subjectivity in social media is implied and hidden. You need to have a clear mind or you will lost in the digital world.  I like he using "cyber" space and "virtual" worlds to generalize the characteristic of social media environment, they underline the fictitious effect hidden behind the photos and videos. This makes me reflect on my understanding of art. I am more a consumer than a producer in social media. I watch photos and videos people put in twitter,