“The Museum” – An Argument In today’s digital age, it has been realized that hyper mediated literature contains hypertext information which provides information via a story which enables the reader to gain insight of information via text. In this manner the reader can choose to use or not to use the hypertext which will play a major role in what the reader will gain from the story. “The Museum” that is written by Adam Kenney (2004) gives a reader an exact understanding of hyper mediated literature that is filled with hypertext. In this hyper mediated literature, the reader is allowed to visit a virtual museum with each link leading to another page for exploration and other work or art followed by a story. Obtaining information in this …show more content…
One of the problems with hypertext is that it is difficult to absorb what is being read and even more difficult to understand. To me the argument is that hyper mediated literature does not allow for clear thinking in the same manner as printed literature. When reading printed literature, transitions are easier as the reader can keep up with what the writer has written with ease in understanding. As an example, when on the lobby page in Kenney’s “The Museum” there was writing on the page with a map to the left and a directory to the right. Clicking on the map revealed the different locations located on the Museum Map to include the North Wing (with bits of painted eggshell scattered on the floor like hard candy as a description), The East Wing (being a resemblance of white marble expanse with an antique suit of armor being propped in the room), The South Wing (having a soothing darkness of ceiling with glittering lights), The Lobby (having two well-dressed men being met by someone), The West Wing (with a complex statue of two figures), and the Atrium in the Middle (housing a beautiful garden)(Kenney, 2004). Clicking on the Museum Directory revealed other information that this reader did not find to be interesting. While I was able to gain this knowledge, I found myself being very disappointed as I did not follow a set pattern; I simply starting …show more content…
New technologies have allowed interaction, especially when viewing simulations and playing video games. Another point of argument is that people like to read paper books and have become accomplished by doing so. With time those same people may find a way to enjoy the hyper world of reading books and enjoy the experience. McLuhan does believe in technology as well as its advancement and views computers as mediums that allow for a different way for people to see things and to interact with the things that they see. As previously stated, the key word is interaction thereby becoming a participant in the process allowing the gaining of new knowledge. After all, this is one of the benefits of technology that society is learning to deal with on a daily basis, whether the process is reading a book or learning a new