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Americans seem to be getting smarter.  This is discussed in the middle of page 140.  The IQ tests are getting harder but still, the American people are performing well on them.  Johnson suggests that this trend is related to the increase in media, television, and gaming.  I believe this to be true.  I read the whole book before this class and noticed that television shows such as the Sopranos and the Simpsons are making us smarter in that they require an audience to "fill in" the hidden meaning behind cultural jokes and so forth.  Also, shows such as the Sopranos and 24 require audiences to follow several intensive plots as well as remember events from prior episodes that are being refrenced several shows after.  The audience must remain alert and focused in order to put the shows intent od plot in order so the viewer can grasp the full concept of the show.  
This is all good and dandy, however, one must also think that standardized testing is on the rise.  Back home every student need to take tests known as regents.  Students must pass a regent test in everygrade for every department of education in order to pass the year.  Tests such as the ACTS and SATS also are taken by almost all high school students.  Is it new media that is allowing for this rise in intelligence or is it just that of standardized testing?  
I would believe more that the use of new media has helped this trend.  Standardized testing has been around for some time.  New media as we know it today is complicated and requires an intelligent viewer.  In order for this to happen New Media needed to slowly accelerate to become the speed demon it is today.

The authors of remediation view new media as encompassing that of the medias predesessor.  The new media builds off of and encompasses that of the medium prior to its establishment.  As stated  speech is the predessessor of written works and photography the predesessor of film and so on.  These types of media lead to the design of new media.  The new media uses that of the knowledge/effieciency gained by the prior technology and furthers the benifit alloted through that of improvements.  The writers of this work also believe that the new media should be transparent and allow for users to navigate through the web without the need for erasure.  The users of this medium should navigate through this virtual world as if it was reality.  They should be able to use the tools as they feel fit and 'put them down' when they complete their works and 'pick them back up' at later dates and times if necissary.