How one processes Information

How do you look at a photograph? Are you more focused on the color schemes that are seen throughout or are you more interested in the object that is being focused? Photographs capture moments that are important in a person's life. They hold emotions and actions that are meant to be seen with the naked eye. With photographs, it's hard to understand the information that is being expressed. For example, one individual may feel happy and warm when she sees a picture of a sunset; on the other hand, another individual may feel angry because the presence of a sunset indicates the ending of the day.

According to Postman, "how often does it occur that information provided you on morning radio or television, or in the morning newspaper, causes you to alter your plans for the day, or to take some action you would not otherwise have taken, or provides insight into some problem you are required to solve" (68). The process of information that has changed in society is discussed in chapter five. Letters, newspapers, magazines, and television are just a few examples society has used to process information. Each type of "telegraphy" grabs the attention of viewers/readers and provides them with information about the world. However society views the information that is processed, that information is being spread through communication. As a society, how do we contribute the information that is being processed? Society processes information all the time. We read the newspaper or watch the news to find out about the weather or crime that takes place. We read magazines to catch up on the celebrities, and we listen to the radio for music that has been popular among the ages. Chapter five caught my attention because the world is effected by telegraphy. Without telegraphy, our knowledge of the world would be dull and boring. Our world would have no photographs to capture life's magical moments.