Theory of Hypermedia
Ana Brambilla, January/2019
THEORY OF HYPERMEDIA
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HIERARCHY >> Power
AUTHONOMY
TIME & SPACE PERCEPTION
SOCIAL VALUES
COMMERCIAL VALUES
T I M E
TIME: cultural meaning
… ALWAYS ON...
S P A C E
SPACE: cultural meaning
Everything. Everytime. Everywhere.
It means...
AUTHONOMY
SEGMENTATION
Commercial Values
PUBLIC
X
PRIVACY
Mass Media: bringing the public to
the private sphere
Social Values
Hypermedia: carrying the private to the
public sphere
Social Values
I post,
therefore...
… I am!
TRUTH
What about
the TRUTH? (Bio)logic of the web: organic, looking for a
cultural and a technological balance.
“In the moment when we access the web,
we accept some rules and limits.”
SELF-ORGANIZED
(C. Scolari, 2008)
Hypermedia:
Reframed place from where emerge
news (and hybrids) communication
models.
Networked processes of exchange,
production and symbolic consumption,
with many actors, means and
languages.
MORE
communication
SHORT
messages
real time Less text
fragmentation anxiety
co l s
new
agreements
Flow of Media
Message
DISTRIBUTION
SPREAD
Mass Media
Hypermedia
People play a crucial
role in the spread of
information, according
their judgment, interest
and action!
PRODUCTION
MODELS
Bert is Evil
INSTABILITY
NEW
ECONOMY
What money doesn’t buy
Traditional
Communication
Digital
Communication
You ARE if you HAVE
You ARE if you SHARE
What about books?
Why people pay $4 for a snack
bag and don’t pay $1 for
an app?
ANCHORING
LOSS OF TANGIBILITY
But isn’t streaming a successful
media model?
They don’t sell musics;
they sell a service.
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Theory of hypermedia