Blog 4 “Art, Entertainment, and entropy” by alex elliot

“Art, Entertainment, and entropy” makes the claim that media isn't exactly art, to put it in Stevens words “entertainment gives us what we want. Art gives us what we don't know we want.”. That being said the author builds on the claim basically saying that art imitates change while entrainment opposes change. Well to put it bluntly,... I disagree. In rearguards to new interned media and social networking such as you tube, and face book, whose primary use is entertainment there is a huge potential for change. In fact web sites like face book allowed for great social change, for instance Barack Obama has credited social networking sites for his election. Twitter allowed for the Iranians to communicate with the outside world during the recent revolts. In both instances there was a media buzz and in one a president was elected. If any thing the Internet and social networking sites in particular would be a form of art according to Stevens, it creates knowledge and thus expands on creative energy; yet these sites also provide a play ground to deliver entertainment, just about ever celebratory has a twitter page and you can find any show or movie on you tube for instance. Entertainment does not oppose change, it supports the channels in which change art, and creative energy may be delivered people flock to face book, and you tube to be entertained but they often leave with more then they came looking for, as a venture for entertainment gradually become a collection of knowledge information.