Body 4.2

Winston believes that technological determinism portrays us as both capable and powerless, as easily influenced consumers who unquestioningly accept the power of media technology. Over time, people have become dependent on this video format. According to Winston, technological determinism tends to present us as competent and impotent, as malleable consumers, unthinking and unprotesting the face of media technology power. As time goes by, people began to rely on this video format.