Comunicación digital: recuerdos del futuro

Scolari, Carlos Alberto, 1963-

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3145/epi.2012.jul.01

Comunicación digital: recuerdos del futuro

Citation

Scolari CA. Comunicación digital: recuerdos del futuro. El Profesional de la Información. 2012; 21(4): 337-340. DOI 10.3145/epi.2012.jul.01

Abstract

A reflection on the emergence of new forms of interactive digital media in the late twentieth century is proposed. Presented /nas a historical account written in the future, the main mutations experienced by the media ecosystem from the emergence /nof digital technologies and global networks are described. From a historical perspective the contemporary period is pre/n-/nsented as an unintelligible and often contradictory period similar to other phase transitions, such as the Renaissance (XV-XVI /ncentury) or the Industrial Revolution (XVIII-XIX). The text also describes some of the theoretical implications and the most /nsalient debates of that period.