Inkshedding

The point that Bolter makes is that the devices we use to help us write can be seen or seen through, depending on what the writer wants.  An example of this is a computer.  You can use links in your writing which make the reader aware of the medium that is being used.  In some writing, the writer only wants you to see what they write.  They don't want you to take notice of the medium.  They want all of your attention to be on the meaning of each word.  Some people really enjoy this because they fall deeper into the story.  On the other hand, many people enjoy seeing the medium used.  Just like in museums where there are paintings really using the medium to bring out the true meaning of the work.  This makes a person have to take the image as a whole and not just as individual brushstrokes.  This shows a hypermediacy at its finest.  In many ways, despite its technological sophistication, hypermediated art/writing can lose its initial purpose- to portray the artist's gift and present the view of the creator.  a more transparent experience lets teh creator's work shine; unless, of course, the creator intends for his/her art to literally be the hypermediated medium.  In the frame of post-modern writing and art, this is often the case.  It cannot be said that either does a "better job".  On the other hand, looking at popular writing forms, we see typewriters are heavily extinct.  In schools, computers are the norm.  Pencils and paper were once the staple school suppliers, yet today even the government recognixes the importance of technology in the classroom.  Funding is provided for those who cannot afford a computer for education or purposes because they give student the opportunity to learn in different mediums.