“The Medium Is The Message”

How Does The Medium Shape The Message?

With the story of Chanie Wenjack

A message tells a story, but the medium has the abilities to change the story towards the audience, just like Chanie Wenjack’s story; the medium catches the readers attention through the graphics, it gives an emotional connection through its music, and most of all it raises questions from the conversations. 

What is a Message and Medium?

  • A message gives information to the audience and holds meaning. 
  • A Medium is a way to communication a message. Instead of a written piece,  it includes media devices that gives the audience a better understanding. 

The connection between the Medium and the Message 

The medium completes the message, and sometimes it has more influence. On this blog, you will be able to learn the ability media has with the story of Chanie Wenjack. The power of the medium is that it lets us make connections. A connection is the most beneficial way to understand a concept. If your doing electricity in science, and you were able to make a connection of addition and subtraction from math, that means you were able to understand the concept better. Similar to that situation, literature is better progressing with the help of the media. Those images, music, magazines, articles, and pull on social media all aid with the message that the audience is receiving.