Cyberdruštvenost: kraj čovjeka (kao zoon politikona)?
Cybersociality: The End of Man (Like Zoon Politikon)?
Author(s): Fulvio ŠuranSubject(s): Philosophy, Media studies, Communication studies, Philosophy of Science, Theory of Communication
Published by: Centar za filozofiju medija i mediološka istraživanja
Keywords: cybersociality; cyberculture; cyberspace; social network; machines; internet; virtual reality; new technologies; community; sociality;
Summary/Abstract: In the debate about the spread of new technologies of online communication, we often find extreme points of view about the effect they have on people: the “techno-pessimists” prophesy an obscure era in which the surfers, reduced to a total physical immobility, will end up by “disconnecting” themselves from the world; on the other hand, the “techno-optimists” theorize that an on-line life could become almost self-efficient, taking away the weight of reality from people. We still tend to think of the cyberspace dynamics from a “cybernetic” point of view, by concentrating more on the tools than on the true dynamics of interaction that bring new forms of “cybersociality”. It is a co-evolution between real and virtual, physical space and cyberspace, that could be interpreted like a “middle path”. At the root of these new collective realities there is always the human element and shared social passions.
Journal: In Medias Res
- Issue Year: 4/2015
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 882-894
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Croatian