Acta Metallurgica Sinica(English letters) ›› 2010, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (2): 61-67.

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The Medium Is the Message
——The Tragic “Amuse to Death” Era

 CHANG  Jie   

  1. Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,Beijing 100732,China
  • Received:2009-03-14 Online:2010-04-30 Published:2010-04-30

Abstract:

The wisdom behind the invention of “The Medium is the Message” can be leveraged with “I think, therefore I am”, because they per se contains considerably subversive messages In other words, messages do not necessarily mean verbal information and language semiotics is not its sole carrier Information on TV, computers and the Internet shall not be identified with language message, while they can all deliver much information An important reflection of this change is the decline of typography and the start of image era The 21st century is witnessing an era of sensational amusement, on which no previous experience can be referred to

Key words: media, information, amusement, image

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