After today's lecture on technology and media, I stumbled upon a programme called 'Electric Dreams' on the BBC. The programme explores how the technological revolution of the 70s, 80s and 90s has changed Britain's homes and our lives.
Tonight's episode explored the technology of the 80s and very interesting. It was good to see the Amstrad, Sinclair and Commodore technologies mentioned in today's lecture being used and in action. It was great to see the format transitions of this era, such as records to CDs and Betamax to VHS.
It also brought home the fact that we take technology for granted so much in the modern day. As recently as 15-20 ago, modern technology was still in its early stages, difficult to use and expensive. Nowadays wide range of technology and information is freely and easily available to us.
I will be watching tomorrow's 90s episode with great interest to see and remember the technology I grew up with!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/electricdreams
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