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Viewing Online Imagery

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Viewing Online Imagery  via ClickaSnap and other online platforms  [ Lens4anEye ]   The fast paced level of activity in today's media is a fabrication of the industry.    Whether the behavior of people is driven by the media or the media behavior is driven by the people, the end result is flashes of cognition not a continuity of presentation.    Three-second sound bites is all that politicians can convey. And the most memorable messages are the three magic word phrases: Vote for me; where’s the beef?; Stop the war. There are a million of other such PR utterances.    Pop culture music videos flash images so fast one only gets an impression of what was shown. That is acceptable for the purpose. When everything is the same choosing is an unnecessary activity. The buy is supposed to be instantaneous and reflexive.    Bidding on an NFT of a funky ape generative art figure is an example of the immediacy if the buy. Waiting a s...