Towards a Philosophy of Digital Media

This book uses the conceptual tools of philosophy to shed light on digital media and on the way in which they bear upon our existence. At the turn of the century, the rise of digital media significantly changed our world. The digitizing of traditional med

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Edited by Alberto Romele and Enrico Terrone

Towards a Philosophy of Digital Media

Alberto Romele  •  Enrico Terrone Editors

Towards a Philosophy of Digital Media

Editors Alberto Romele Université Catholique de Lille Lille, France

Enrico Terrone Università di Torino Torino, Italy

Universidade do Porto Porto, Portugal

ISBN 978-3-319-75758-2    ISBN 978-3-319-75759-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75759-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018934728 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: Alexey Borodin Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Contents

I ntroduction   1 Alberto Romele and Enrico Terrone Part I Digital Media as Recording Devices

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 etween Formats and Data: When Communication B Becomes Recording  13 Bruno Bachimont From Capital to Documediality  31 Maurizio Ferraris Recording the  Web  51 Janne Nielsen  ou Press the Button, We Do the Rest. Personal Archiving Y in Capture Culture  77 Jacek Smolicki

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Part II Consequences of Digital Recording

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 cyclopedias, Hive Minds and Global Brains. A Cognitive E Evolutionary Account of Wikipedia 103 Jos de Mul  rust, Extended Memories and Social Media 119 T Jacopo Domenicucci Digital Eternities 143 Fanny Georges and Virginie Julliard Safeguarding Without a Record? The Digital Inventories of Intangible Cultural Heritage 165 Marta Severo Part III Digital Media Beyond Recording

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The Unbearable Lightness (and Heaviness) of Being Digital 185 Stacey O’Neal Irwin  rom Cellphones to Machine Learning. A Shift in the Role F of the User in Algori