Reflections of the Media

Reflections of the Media archives the chronology of the media from the first manifestations of primitive anthropogenic communication on cave walls to the presupposed actualization of a greater than human super-intelligence realizing a technological singularity. Reflections of the Media is an archaeological investigation through the eons of human existence aimed at discovering the origins of the media and their impact on civilizations of both antiquity and modernity. Through accounts of ancient inceptions of mass media the five major media revolutions (print film radio television and personal computing) and the controversial highlight of a technological singularity Reflections of the Media investigates the formulation of mass media as both a truthful and deceptive force offering a dialectical conversation in the discourse of critical media theory.