In the era of new media, are emerging technologies and social media replacing traditional media and destroying the old media ecology? Andrew Chadwick (2017) would argue that it is the coexistence or intermingling of older and new media that is shaping the public’s expectations of what “politics” is. In other words, the process of new […]
When Smyrnaios (2018) mentions the term “infomediation”, he is emphasizing that, through controlling the Internet, oligopoly controls the source of knowledge and money. What’s more, oligopoly’s vertical integration of information production also enables these Internet giants to dominant direct contact with users (Smyrnaios, 2018). That’s why businesses and media publishers join the game to make […]
How many times have we engaged in a ‘lively’ political debate on Twitter? How many times have we tweeted our absolute passion for a certain cause on Twitter? How many times have we followed a global event through a live-tweet instead of watching it on television or listening to it on the radio? Most of […]
In a world of globalization, homogenization, McDonaldization, and all the other –izations that have been created to signify the “sameness” of cultures around the world, does content and culture affect how we use our technology? According to the Apparatgeist paradigm devised by Katz and Aakhus (2002), people and media technology are in a cyclical relationship […]