Although Lev Manovich presents several relevant issues in his essay, his work was utterly impossible to understand. After days of blank stares at incomprehensible words, I finally had a breakthrough. Could he be discussing databases in relation to our everyday lives and new media? That is exactly what he is saying, just in ten pages longer than it really had to be. In the first few dozen pages of his work, Manovich discusses narrative style. …showed first 75 words of 722 total…

…showed last 75 words of 722 total…will be created to dominate over databases just as databases are dominating narratives today. Although long, difficult, and mind boggling, I mainly agree with Manovich’s arguements on databases and narratives. They do not seem to have many similarities, although they both translate information for our society to understand. They contrast each other so much that they are almost opposites. Narrative form is more traditional, but databases open the door to the future of communication.