Media Evolution Emulation: Development Perspectives
Abstract
The article continues to analyse the problems associated with the processes of forming of the media evolution model (“Modeling the Media Evolution”, №3 [25]). It describes the ways to create the media evolution model in the cross-disciplinary context, which includes different lines of research. It is claimed that the methods of communication undergo the same stages of improvement as any other technology, which, in general terms, can be seen as birth, formation and extinction. There is a number of versions for the media evolution model. The article expands on the models described in the original article: the media evolution model (based on the example of the internet) of a natural life cycle type, and the multilevel model, which considers the economical, political, sociocultural and other factors. There are several assumptions in relation to the potential pathways of further improvement in media technologies.
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Bakulev G.P. Media Evolution Emulation: Development Perspectives. Vestnik VGIK. 2015;7(4(26)):143-150. (In Russ.)
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