Myth Media Meta Three Information Epochs and What
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Myth, Media, Meta Three Information Epochs and What They Mean for Broadcasting Dennis L. Haarsager Associate Vice President & General Manager Educational & Public Media, Washington State University
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But, what kind of free? Free as in free beer? n Free as in free inquiry or free speech? n Free as in unhindered? n
Entropy n Thermodynamic entropy: ¨ 2 nd Law of Thermodynamics ¨ Energy tends to disperse unless hindered ¨ Entropy increases over time n Information entropy: ¨ Behaves the same way – it scatters and grows in volume ¨ The math is the same (Claude Shannon developed for Bell System)
Example: Ancestral DNA 12½% 12½% 25% 50% You 250 years ≈ 10 generations = 1, 024 ancestors = 0. 01%
Example: Game of “telegraph” Story begins A C D B E … Is passed on … Revealed story usually differs from the original F
Growth in human-generated info Writing invented ca. 3500 BCE n Moving forward to 1 CE, the Royal Library at Alexandria had 400 k-600 k scrolls n ¨ Let’s assume each was equiv. of 100 pp. ¨ And that they missed 90% of info ¨ Total then is 1 TB worldwide, 3 k. B for each of 300 M persons
Info growth, continued n A 2000 study estimated 12 exabytes total, increasing at 4 exabytes per year ¨A 2002 study estimated 5 exabytes that year alone (37, 000 Libraries of Congress) ¨ Makes 2007 estimate 45 exabytes, 6. 8 GB for each of 6. 6 B people n In 2000 years, population has grown 22 fold, but information person has grown 2 million times
Human intervention Desiring to retain value from information, we humans … n … “hinder” its free dispersion. n In thermodynamics, we create low-entropy “hindrances” like the head of a match, a balloon or tire, a Thermos®, et al. n With information, we do the following … n
Information epochs n Myth ¨ Metaphor, n story-telling, poetry, music, art Media ¨ One-to-many n print, electronic communications Meta ¨ Machine-assisted communications many-to-many
Information epochs n Humans are in an “arms race” against information entropy ¨ Failings of memory ¨ Limitations of dissemination n New epochs build on – not replace – what comes before, but not without change ¨ Death of legacy media – Not! ¨ Death of culture (Andrew Keen) – Not!
Myth: poetry, values Early shall he rise who has designs On another’s land or life: His prey escapes the prone wolf, The sleeper is seldom victorious. Hávamál, The Sayings of Hár translation: W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor
Myth: poetry, metaphor Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Ariel’s song in The Tempest William Shakespeare
Media Rock paintings ca. 40, 000 years ago n Cave paintings ca. 32, 000 years ago n Earliest writing ca. 3500 BCE n Johannes Gutenberg (~1400 -68) invents movable type printing in Europe (earlier in Asia), launching mass media n
Mass media A marriage between story-telling and mass distribution n One-to-many architecture permits broad distribution of the same message n The story teller “authority” continues to be king n
Meta In Greek – transcending, going above or beyond n As in metadata – data which describe other information in a useful way n Permits granular manipulation and dissemination of information n Permits tracking and acting on to what users pay attention n
“Metamedia” In the meta world, anyone can create and distribute – “authorities” are many n Good story-telling and comprehensive effort still prevails (only 12 of top 100 blogs are individual efforts) n Machines can learn user histories and respond n
Implications for broadcasters Don’t dig your grave just yet n But don’t rely on the remote control to save you n ¨ Viewers and listeners have many access choices n Good story-telling is important in more than just 30 -minute increments ¨ Does this frame tell a story?
Implications, continued n Embrace the “meta” and social interaction ¨ Engage n in a conversation with your audience Manage production for archival value
Contact information Dennis L. Haarsager Assoc VP/GM, Educational & Public Media Washington State University www. haarsager. org/contact n www. technology 360. com n
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