Journal

In short, mobility has changed writing by drastically increasing the size of the audience.  Before the Internet, writing was mostly a thought out, methodical process that involved an author editing his work multiple times so that it was perfect before sending his work off to the press to get published.  The art of getting published was a significantly bigger deals because it wasn’t easy to have your writing be spread to a wide audience.  When the mart phone was invented as well as social media and the internet, it was no longer necessary to go through the act of getting published, one could be a published author within seconds thanks to the device in their pocket.  In the old days, I feel that being an author had a certain nuance to it.  People viewed authors as educated scholars who were so bright and interesting that their thoughts would be published for the world to see.  A certain romance came along with being an author in the old days.  Nowadays, being a “writer” is taken a lot more liberally because essentially anyone can be a writer thanks to the Internet and public forums.  In my opinion, mobility highlights the fact that just because someone can publish a thought or idea in a public forum doesn’t mean they’re an author.  Mobility in writing diluted the importance of published work but also gave society a much bigger basis for information.  Now the public can be thoroughly more educated on certain issues (such as politics) because individuals can now share their personal experiences with the public.  These days, with one click of a button, your audience expands from your geographical location, to anyone who may “follow” you, or click on the link you published.  Mobility has helped us in that it has largely eliminated the biased of media outlets.  Whereas before we were subjected to whatever stories and issues media outlets chose to share with the public, we can now gain access to real life events through millions of online sources.  It has helped to make sure that all information is accessible to the public, not only what the media outlets want us to see.