Media evolution and ‘epi-technic’ digital media: Media as cultural selection mechanisms
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Media evolution and ‘epi-technic’ digital media: Media as cultural selection mechanisms. / Olesen, Mogens.
I: Explorations in Media Ecology, Bind 14, Nr. 1/2, 2016, s. 141-160.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Media evolution and ‘epi-technic’ digital media: Media as cultural selection mechanisms
AU - Olesen, Mogens
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The explosive development of new digital media technologies is often described as a media evolution but hardly ever is the concept of ‘media evolution’ taken at face value. This article takes up that challenge by combining cultural evolution theories with medium theory. The article argues that biological selection mechanisms can provide an inroad into a new kind of historical and structural understanding of the relation between human culture and our technologies. In specific, human history is seen as a cultural evolution in which media technologies are the selection mechanisms.
AB - The explosive development of new digital media technologies is often described as a media evolution but hardly ever is the concept of ‘media evolution’ taken at face value. This article takes up that challenge by combining cultural evolution theories with medium theory. The article argues that biological selection mechanisms can provide an inroad into a new kind of historical and structural understanding of the relation between human culture and our technologies. In specific, human history is seen as a cultural evolution in which media technologies are the selection mechanisms.
KW - Det Humanistiske Fakultet
KW - Media evolution
KW - media environments
KW - memetics
KW - medium theory
KW - Digital Media
KW - cultural evolution
KW - epigenetics
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
VL - 14
SP - 141
EP - 160
JO - Explorations in Media Ecology
JF - Explorations in Media Ecology
SN - 1539-7785
IS - 1/2
ER -
ID: 151901277