Journal #2

Networks, writing, and materiality are terms that correlate with one another. Writing is seen in many different places and is communicated through different networks and can take the shape of different materials. Paper is one type of material that can act as a method of communication for individuals. When letters used to be received they were considered an event because they were not something that occurred daily. The letter had to go through many different people and could take 40 days to reach a person. Now people get mail such as bills and ads every single day. Mail is a common occurrence and it is sent and received in a much quicker way than in the past.  Letters, mail, bills, and magazines are all ways that writing and materiality go hand in hand. Another way materiality and writing correlate with one another is with the use of billboards, signs, and posters. These are all ways that writing and messages are transcribed for mass amounts of people. Even though writing can be communicated to many people through this medium it is faster and can be delivered to more people through the use of a different network. Writing and networks have a relationship and it is a relationship that is both online and in person.  Online there are different social networks that make writing and communicating easier than their physical counterpart. An email is received in seconds in comparison to a letter that can take days. This is a way that a network is aiding writing and communication. Some forms of writing, depending on their materiality, have different kinds of networks. A Facebook or instagram post has a larger network than a letter because it can be viewed by many people instead of just one person. Social medias have created a larger network for writing to be communicated faster and more efficiently to the most amounts of people. All texts have a different materiality and they have different networks that help different types of writing to be communicated. The relationship between networks, writing, and, materiality is that they are all interconnected to help communicate in different ways.