Open AccessFuturistic 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.