Today, everyone has instant access to media and transfers information to public sphere.
This session is devoted to discuss the impact and future of the current situation with media-activists from Europe and Asia.
- CREAM Forum Session 4 - Social Media : Socializing Media and/or Mediating Society
- Date: November 3 (Tue.) 11:00 - 13:00
- Panelists: Franco Berardi "bifo" (Media theorist / Accademia Di Belle Arti Di Brera), Takashi Sakai (Sociologist / Osaka Prefecture University), Kang Kim (Independent curator / LAB39), Zoe Romano (Media activist / Serpica Naro), Keisuke Narita (Media activist / Irregular Rhythm Asylum)
*Mr.Franco Berardi’s participation has been cancelled for health reasons. - Navigator: Kazuya Sakurada (remo researcher)
- Outline: Free use of media and transmission of information is no longer a privilege limited to certain groups of people. Such a fundamental change has emerged for example as a movement called “DIY culture” in which people attempt to apply technologies once bound up with commercial activities to independent media expression.
However, the process of media domination is accelerating on a global scale, and the popularization of technology as people’s dream no longer seems to be a persuasive argument. The section is for examining this issue together with those active in such fields in Europe and Asia and who work for its success via various approaches.