Binary Models

     Before this lecture, I would have no idea what a binary model was and if it had anything to do with journalism. So even with just that very small piece of information I think we can both agree that this was something that was needed to be talked about and have a lecture on it was important.
     I never     really thought about things like binary models, like how there are hot and cool mediums and elitist verses populist. These weren't exactly new to me because I experience things that go in these categories everyday, but the terms were all new. I really liked talking about them, especially the hot and cool mediums. I guess they interested me the most because I experience them more than the others. Like reading a book, books are hot mediums because they need you full attention. And something like listening to music or watching a movie you have seen a million times is a cool medium because it does not need your full attention. I think binary models are very important because they help us understand different types of mediums and it helps us categorize different types of journalism, even though most binary models have been scrunched together, like information and entertainment (infotainment), they are still very important to know about.