I find it interesting that this propensity seems to extend to production choices in media. As a kid I knew sudden black and white in a movie indicated something in a scene from the past. It was a common cliche, a shortcut in storytelling. I don't think that is so prevalent today as we gave up on b&w before many people were born. The general population no longer has an innate sense of history connected to the lack of colour.
Similarly today, I was listening to Meghan Trainor's Dear Future Husband on my phone. (I blame Google Play for having it there rather than a conscious choice I made.) I noticed the use of crackle and hiss as a means to indicate past thoughts. It is funny how we can count on previous technologies to reinforce things that are now past.
Even still digital photography is affected by our knowledge of film. In this photo, I added a bit of vignetting around the corners with a photo editor. The brash, side-to-side clarity of modern cameras make some images seem a bit too jarring. We feel comfortable seeing photos with darkened corners. That's how they were for most of our lives.
Cool, eh?