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Futuristic media: A temporal reflection and eternal platform capitalism

Author(s) -

Xuefei Cao

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of environmental media

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2632-2471

pISSN - 2632-2463

DOI - 10.1386/jem_00028_1

Subject(s) - ephemeral key , consumption (sociology) , capitalism , reflection (computer programming) , china , digital media , resource (disambiguation) , internet of things , sociology , political science , computer science , computer security , social science , law , computer network , politics , programming language

Digital media is not a remedy for excessive consumption and environmental damage; the seemingly reduced impacts on the environment by the pandemic are on the ground of accelerating other modes of consumption, resource exploitation and capitalist investments. In this article, I would take China for a case to reveal the ephemeral ecology and the perpetual consumption on digital platforms in a singular future.

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