Predictive Technology in Social Media

CHAPTER 8 Reviving Topological Thinking in the Post-Media Condition

Justin Michael Battin

School of Communication & Design, RMIT University, 702 Nguyen Van Linh District 7, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

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Introduction

The art critic Peter Weibel proposed that no single medium is dominant in the early twenty-first century, the different media available in the contemporary world mutually influence and complement each other. He refers to this phenomenon as the post-media condition, which is founded upon two phases: the equality of the media and the mixing of media. The first phase aimed to achieve equality between different forms of media, those considered traditional (like painting and sculpting) and those considered ...