digital media ecology
It’s the social system technology is embedded in that matters
digital media ecology
the database experience frames the encounter with narratives so that we experience narratives as just so many entries in a database of information.
L. M. Sacasas • Narrative Collapse
a super-stimulus system optimized to fulfill our desires.
Jon Askonas • The New Control Society
With the proliferation of digital speech, communication reversed from information to affirmation. We post to reaffirm our standing in the digital tribe.
Andrey Mir • The Digital Reversal. Thread-saga of Media Evolution
Increasingly our tech also opens us up to new vectors of anxiety. Regardless of whether you’re working more or less, your nervous system is now plugged into a neurotic and hypersensitive globe-spanning information system that’s constantly pushing unnecessary things into your consciousness. Perversely, this information obesity actually makes us feel... See more
Brett Scott • Tech Doesn’t Make Our Lives Easier. It Makes Them Faster
the “ecological” effects of media—its “terraforming power” to change the human environment and so human behavior and society.
Martin Gurri • The Fifth Wave: Andrey Mir Takes on World History
"Clout" is the values-free currency of the always-online age — both a substitute for hard cash and a conduit to it. - Naomi Klein
“Commerce and culture are locked in an ever-tighter embrace.”
Rogers Brubaker • Hyperconnected Culture and Its Discontents
Feelings are the compass of social navigation. They play the same role in social dynamics as the senses do in physical settings: they guide us. To navigate the social-digital, we need to sense the attitudes of others, just as a tribal individual needs to navigate tribal moods and attitudes. Digital reactions of users evolve (or devolve) into
... See moreAndrey Mir • The Digital Reversal. Thread-saga of Media Evolution
In other words, vibes.