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• Martin Gurri’s “The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium”

  By Andrey Mir on December 8, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Martin Gurri’s “The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium” (2014 – 1st edition) has just been updated into the Trumpian Age. In my opinion, this is a must-read book for all who explores… Read More ›

• ‘Trump Bump’ and ‘Trump Filter Bubble’: How the Media’s Obsession with Trump May Encourage the Russian Propaganda Machine

  By Andrey Mir on August 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  News coverage of Trump has not only been important for democracy, it has also been highly profitable for the media. This has trapped both the media and the audience in a Trump filter bubble that has had a greater impact… Read More ›

• AI to Bypass Creativity. Will Robots Replace Journalists? (The Answer Is “Yes”). Part I: Intro

  By Andrey Mir on August 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Journalism is a creative human practice. This, according to widespread opinion, makes it harder for robots to replicate. However, writing algorithms are already widely used in the news media to produce articles and thereby replace human journalists. In 2016, Wordsmith,… Read More ›

• The post-truth world: how social media destroy the absolutism of the “objective” truth

  By Andrey Mir on February 22, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Monotheistic religion, scientific ethic, and writing alienated truth from personal experience. Social media return truth from priests to people. Nobody likes it. In 2016, Oxford Dictionary declared ‘post-truth’ to be the Word of the Year. The dictionary explains the adjective… Read More ›

• Reading list for a young media thinker

  By Andrey Mir on February 9, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  What to read to be read. What to quote to be quoted. The list is always under upgrade. What is highly recommended is highlighted. Any good additions are welcome. Baudrillard, Jean. Simulations. New York: Semiotext(e), 1983. Carr, Nicholas. The Shallows:… Read More ›

• In Belarus, the military use newspapers for the winter camouflage of an infantry combat vehicle

  By Andrey Mir on February 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Here is more proof that newspapers are still in high demand. The news site “The Belorussian Military Newspaper. To the Glory of Motherland” (an official organ of the Ministry of Defense) published a report on a military exercise, along with… Read More ›

• Transcending Human Sensorium

  By Andrey Mir on October 27, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  People still act in virtual reality in a mostly natural way, as “physical beings”, which is obviously predefined by their (our) previous experience. Moreover, the content of the virtual reality is still physical reality. This reflects McLuhanian ideas of interplay… Read More ›