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Boccia Artieri, Giovanni

Ecologia dei media e pratiche di digital pollution

2022 - Franco Angeli

43-58 p.

  • The paper addresses the issue of digital pollution from the perspective of mediaecological theory. Such an approach is useful in addressing the ideas of "pollution£ and "toxicity" (two words that are indeed part of the ecological semantics) in relation to communication in the public sphere, which today is seen as a crucial site of challenges for democracies. First, the paper traces the theoretical framework of media ecology and how the environmental metaphor helps to frame the problem of maintaining a moral balance in communication. Then, it delves into the issue of media pollution by expanding the environmental perspective through the discussion of social systemic and socioanthropological approaches.
  • The focus on the system/environment distinction, typical of the social systemic approach, can complement the ecological paradigm in defining the 2ecological threats" attributed to digital space and technologies. The socioanthropological approach allows a better understanding of how digital pollution relates to the maintenance of social order and the sociocultural tensions generated along the boundaries of digital practices. [Publisher's text].

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Sociologia della comunicazione : 64, 2, 2022