Media Determinism
Andrey Mir, Carlos ScolariEverything is a media effect
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Perception vs. Conception: prolegomena
1. Writing separated the knower from the known (Havelock).
2. But pre-phonetic writing was still mimetic: its symbols resembled what they represented. Sensory perception still provided the cues for understanding symbols through residual...
Why deep space exploration will never happen
Deep-space exploration cuts against the logic of media evolution. That’s why it has stalled. The only reason to revive it is AI’s needs, and even those don’t extend beyond the already reached frontiers of orbit and the Moon. AI doesn’t ne...
Will humanity find deterrence for AI as it did for nuclear weapons?
Some excerpts from my recent interview in Seúl, an Argentine online magazine of political and social analysis, by Eugenio Palopoli. Automated translation from Spanish, edited. — A.M.
… Seúl: In your previous book, The Digital Reve...
How society used to pay for journalism
The excerpts from Postjournalism and the Death of Newspapers: The Media After Trump, Manufacturing Anger and Polarization.
If you are going to blame “capitalism” for the faults of the press, you are compelled to prove that those faults d...
Understanding the Law of Reversal (III): Interview with Andrey Mir
This interview concludes the cycle of reflections by Carlos A. Scolari on McLuhan's Law of Reversal in the context of The Digital Reversal (2025), which he read and kindly reviewed. The previous parts of the cycle are:
Understanding t...
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Author: The Digital Reversal. || The Viral Inquisitor. || Digital Future in the Rearview Mirror. || Postjournalism and the death of newspapers. || Human as media. // I study media and everything.
Carlos A. Scolari is Professor of Communication at Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona. He was PI of H2020 TRANSLITERACY and now co-coordinates the LITERAC_ia project. His latest books are On the Evolution of Media (2023) and Homo Mediaticus (2026)
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