summary of reading 3.1

The focused theme of my reading is about the saturation of space and time caused by the modern electronic media. Television, radio, and telephone turn once private places into more public ones by making them more accesible to the outside world. and car stereos, wristwatch televisions, and personal sound systems such as the Sony 'Walkman' make public spaces private. Through such media, what is happening almost anywhere can be happening wherever we are.those entering many places no longer find them informationally special. Places visited for the first time now look familiar if they (or places like them) have already been seen on television. with electronic media, now have a strong common denominator. Those aspects of group identity, socialization, and hierarchy that were once dependent on particular physical locations and the special experiences available in them have been altered by electronic media.