Digital communication. Memories of the future

Authors

  • Carlos Scolari El profesional de la información

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2012.jul.01

Keywords:

Digital communication, Society, Social transformation, Information technologies, Digital revolution, Information ecosystem, Social networks, Media, Media ecology.

Abstract

A reflection on the emergence of new forms of interactive digital media in the late twentieth century is proposed. Presented as a historical account written in the future, the main mutations experienced by the media ecosystem from the emergence of digital technologies and global networks are described. From a historical perspective the contemporary period is presented as an unintelligible and often contradictory period similar to other phase transitions, such as the Renaissance (XV-XVI century) or the Industrial Revolution (XVIII-XIX). The text also describes some of the theoretical implications and the most salient debates of that period.

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Published

2012-07-26

How to Cite

Scolari, C. (2012). Digital communication. Memories of the future. Profesional De La información, 21(4), 337–340. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2012.jul.01