The Truly Revolutionary Remediation

Looking back at all of the various remediation techniques discussed in Grusin and Bolter's book, the one that I believe to be most revolutionary seems to be the creation of the World Wide Web. Their are so many various components that have become a unified body over time, giving us the World Wide Web. In terms of what proceeded it, many different medias were remediated by its creation, some include:

• The Internet remediated the telegraph
• E-mail and file transferring remediated books, letters, and technical reports
• The speed at which information is transmitted
• Paintings
• Photographs

Since the Web's "creation", life itself has been remediated. The world has become much closer, people from different parts of the world are able to communicate with one-another, communication can take place instantaneously as opposed to waiting one month for a letter to arrive. Things such as social injustices that could not be seen by the outside world prior to the web, can now be transmitted world-wide in the click of a mouse. Demographic and soci-economic barriers have been broken down by its creation - allowing people from every color, nationality, religion, and social status to be at the same level and have the same status when using the web, also making the information accessible to all people interested in search of something.