The Emergence Machine

Media

abstract · COMMUNICATION/MEDIA · Level 7 · E9

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Emergence definition

Media is a collective of communication channels and platforms that facilitate the flow of information, entertainment, and messages, where the environment's complex network of living and non-living components influences the characteristics of these channels and platforms.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “media” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “media”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
medium
Origin language
la

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0MediaCommunicationBehaviorOrganismCellChannelMeaningPlatformInformationEnvironmentFormFormalActionChangeMatterQualityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesSocial MediaL8AdvertisingL13MediaL7InformationL2ChannelL3PlatformL3CommunicationL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Information L2 (requires)
    Media requires understanding information as the channels and tools through which information, entertainment, and messages reach audiences.
  • Channel L3 (requires)
    Communication channels and platforms as a collective.
  • Platform L3 (requires)
    Communication channels and platforms as a collective.
  • Communication L6 (requires)
    Communication channels and platforms as a collective.

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