Digitalization is a third communications revolution comparable to the printing press
Evidence
After the first evolutionary advance to recording the spoken word in writing, the introduction of the mechanical printing press in early modernity meant that the alphabetic characters became detached from handwritten parchment; in recent decades, as a result of electronic digitalization, binary-coded characters have become detached in a similar way from printed paper. As this further, equally momentous innovation has unfolded, the communication flows of our garrulous species have spread, accelerated and become networked with unprecedented speed across the entire globe and, retrospectively, across all epochs of world history. — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 31
Categorization
- XREF: The three-epoch scheme (orality-writing-print-digital) parallels Innis’s bias-of-communication monomyth. — connects to: Digital communication technologies have fundamentally changed public communication, reshaping perception of space and interaction — The Influence Of Communication Technology On Human Relations; Communication technologies are celebrated for transforming society, not transmitting faster — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 729; Digital platforms are not media in the traditional sense — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 32 (+2 more)
Related
- Communication technologies shifted commerce out of public space and into private homes (similarity 0.81)
- Electronic communication’s true effect is spatial political competition. (similarity 0.80)
- Digital communication technologies have fundamentally changed public communication, reshaping perception of space and interaction (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Communication technologies are celebrated for transforming society, not transmitting faster
#corroborates(0.75) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 729 - Digital platforms are not media in the traditional sense
#qualifies(0.75) — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 32 - Electronic communication’s true effect is spatial political competition.
#expands(0.72) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 663