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<p>Digital media have been defined as meta-media that integrate new as well as old media on a single technological platform. As such, digital media enable new forms of meta-communication about the conditions under which communication is accomplished. The resulting meta-data bear witness to who was present, when, where and doing what, and these meta-data remain present for system administrators, regulators, marketers and other third parties to reinterpret and recycle. This article outlines the importance of meta-communication for contemporary communication theory, examines mediated presence as an instance of meta-communication, and addresses the implications of digitally mediated presence for current issues of surveillance.</p>
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Digital media have been defined as meta-media that integrate new as well as old media on a single technological platform. As such, digital media enable new forms of meta-communication about the conditions under which communication is accomplished. The resulting meta-data bear witness to who was present, when, where and doing what, and these meta-data remain present for system administrators, regulators, marketers and other third parties to reinterpret and recycle. This article outlines the importance of meta-communication for contemporary communication theory, examines mediated presence as an instance of meta-communication, and addresses the implications of digitally mediated presence for current issues of surveillance.

Been There, Done That: Communication, Meta-Communication and Presence

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Digital media have been defined as meta-media that integrate new as well as old media on a single technological platform. As such, digital media enable new...

Been There, Done That: Communication, Meta-Communication and Presence

Article Category: Keynote Speech

Publié en ligne: 07 juil. 2020

Pages: 7 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2016-0020

Mots clés
communication theory, meta-communication, meta-media, presence, surveillance

© 2016 Klaus Bruhn Jensen, published by Sciendo

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Been There, Done That: Communication, Meta-Communication and Presence

Article Category: Keynote Speech

Publié en ligne: 07 juil. 2020

Pages: 7 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2016-0020

Mots cléscommunication theory, meta-communication, meta-media, presence, surveillance

© 2016 Klaus Bruhn Jensen, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Figure 3

Figure 4

Mots clés
communication theory, meta-communication, meta-media, presence, surveillance