L2 Current and Future trends in media and information

• 10 new paradigms of communication in the digital age

  1. audience to user
  2. media to content
  3. monomedia to multimedia
  4. periodicity to real-time
  5. scarcity to abundance
  6. editor-mediated to non-mediated
  7. distribution to access
  8. one way to interactivity
  9. linear to hypertext
  10. data to knowledge
• Paradigm 1 : audience to user

  • communication process is user-centered
• Paradigm 2 : media to content

  • able to use media as/in activities, source of credibility and prestige for digital content
• Paradigm 3 : monomedia to multimedia

  • allows all to converge online and traditional media
• Paradigm 4 : periodicity to real-time

  • sharing info and opinions with the ability to interact in real-time in cybercommunities
• Paradigm 5 : scarcity to abundance

  • avoids limit in media like traditional print media, allows overflow of information
• Paradigm 6 : editor-mediated to non-mediated

  • publishing worldwide without editors, the mediators can be the viewers (through comments) instead
• Paradigm 7 : distribution to access

  • media is accessible to all
• Paradigm 8 : one way to interactivity

  • has 3 levels:
  • 1st - allows users to choose the format of information display
  • 2nd - users can produce input in a system (co-authoring, answering polls and tests, etc.)
  • 3rd - users can communicate with other users of the system
• Paradigm 9 : linear to hypertext

  • the language of the digital world is hypertext
• Paradigm 10 : data to knowledge

  • media can be processed from mere data/information to knowledge