The contemporary revolution in communication

Authors

  • Pierre Lévy University of Paris VIII

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.1998.9.3009

Keywords:

Communication, Digital, Cyberspace

Abstract

The contemporary communications revolution, of which the emergence of cyberspace is the most striking manifestation, is only one of the dimensions of a wide-ranging anthropological mutation. First of all, I will try to put the development of the Internet and the digitization of information back into a long-term historical perspective. Secondly, I will try to characterize the originality of the new communication devices and will address some of the political, economic and social problems resulting from the rise of cyberspace. I will conclude with a poetic meditation on the web page.

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Author Biography

Pierre Lévy, University of Paris VIII

Master of Science in History and Ph.D. in Communication and Sociology and Information Sciences from the University of Sorbonne

References

FERNAND Braudel. Civilisation matérielle, économie et capitalism. Paris: Armand Collin, 1979.

JOSEPH Reichholf. L’Émergence de l’homme. Paris: Flammarion, 1991.

LÉVY, Pierre. Les technologies de l’intelligence, l’avenir da la pensée à l’ère informatique, Paris, La Découverte, 1990.

YVES Coppens, Le Singe. l’Afrique et l’homme. Paris: Fayard, 1983.

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Published

2008-04-10

How to Cite

Lévy, P. (2008). The contemporary revolution in communication. Revista FAMECOS, 5(9), 37–49. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.1998.9.3009

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Vol. 5 No. 9 (1998)

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