Medium=Message

The medium determines the message. This is the thesis of one of my favorite books "Amusing Ourselves To Death" by Neil Postman.
It fascinates me how our society is so visual. I find myself falling asleep during a ten minute talk or loosing focus in a forty minute lecture, but I can stay up all hours of the night watching a movie. As I was writing a letter to my grandpa two days ago I discovered how difficult it is to express what I want to say without including a :) or ;) or :P. (And I knew my grandpa would not understand it if I included them, so I was working very hard not to.) It made me step back to take a look at myself though, and I realized I don't only use words to express my thoughts; I use images a lot of the time.

If the medium is the message, what is being said?

Written words take training to understand, they follow a logical flow, and they use only one of our five senses.
Film you understand instantly, is an emotion based medium, and is both seen and heard. (And what you hear is on multiple levels, you hear the lines of the actors, the score, and sound effects.)

So what can be said using film which is unique to its medium, as opposed to what can be said only, or best, by written words? And is there a way to bridge the gap and say something logical and exact in meaning in the storytelling and emotional medium which is film?

Just something I have been wondering about.

A Brief Introduction

What are the economic philosophies that lead to freedom, prosperity, and happiness? As I was studying political philosophy and political economy last year this question became my personal inquiry. The economic structure of a nation or an individual is of great importance, and it is worth looking at to make sure it is good; and any problems are fixed correctly.

Another question that came to mind was: how would a modern philosopher or economist actually share their ideas with the world? No one I know (except for some crazy college students) are actually going to read "Wealth of Nations" or "Human Action" types of books. The mediums of today are film and music, and the one that I have chosen to effectively communicate through is film. It is a powerful mode of communication whose potential is waiting to be tapped. So the question here is, how do you make a philosophical argument using an emotion based medium?