A Geological History of Media

The printing press, radio, film, television, VCR, personal computer and Internet are all examples of tectonic bubbles that created seismic shifts of the media-publishing world. The collisions of these different media have created both shock and awe. The shock comes from those who cannot see past the...

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Published in:Film Journal International 2011-05, Vol.114 (5), p.26-27
Main Author: Steele, Jeff
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Democracy
Digital technology
Film industry
History
Internet
Mass media
Music publishers
Printed materials
Publishing
Technology
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Summary:The printing press, radio, film, television, VCR, personal computer and Internet are all examples of tectonic bubbles that created seismic shifts of the media-publishing world. The collisions of these different media have created both shock and awe. The shock comes from those who cannot see past the destruction of their old world; the awe comes from those who see opportunity in the new world. Steele examines the digital democratization that is going on in the media world. He states that as the music industry was entirely reconstructed through digital democratization, so too has the print publishing industry been transformed by binary code. And so goes the way of the film industry.
ISSN:1526-9884