i find it interesting that new medium as a threat has been a problem for such a long time. as silverblatt mentions in the book-(chapter 6)"in the eighteenth century, women were advised not to read novels for fear that it would make their brains soft." (p 83) i think that todays mediums of music videos, video games, and even the use of gps devices are going to lessen but not completely deminish the use of prior mediums. for example look at how the music industry has changed so quickly...it used to be things like albums, 8-tracks, cassette tapes, cds, and now we just press a button and we own that music!these mediums are no longer really known about in our society but yet cds still are made. this is only a quock look at the changes in music technology and its advances. its interesting to think that this will continue to change in all aspects and mediums in our life.
i looked at the video of the song "video killed the radio star"sung by the buggles and the lyrics and video itself are very funny in a kind of profound way.