It's just sort of the eagerness and the thrill of the new, the adventure, the hunt. But the advent of the Internet seems to have broadbanded the speed with which we cycle and recycle our media trends. But adults are also guilty of buying into the latest new media thing. We get it through products we share. According to Murray, we buy into hype hoping to give meaning to our own existence here.
People focus outwardly because there's nothing inside and they become anxious about that.
Even more, people use trends or objects of hype to mark time, according to Murray. In other words, when we hear a song or see an old movie, we can identify it with a place in our existence as much as we can an actual event. We're getting some markers out there. We can tell we're making progress. If Murray's vision sounds depressing, Entin offers another view.