Media Ecology (a reason for a systems metaphor)
Media landscape is a visual metaphor to describe the media’s array. Media ecology is a systems metaphor. A media landscape is to be looked at - and this viewing act locates the spectator in relation to the landscape, that exists elsewhere, at the other end of the gaze.
A media ecology cannot be looked at without being part of it. It’s beholder is by definition included in the system - experiencing a media system implies connecting to a mediation, thereby becoming part of the systems’ internal state.
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