philosophical dimensions of media technologies

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370030
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Meiji University
• Principal Investigator: DAIKOKU TAKEHIKO 明治大学, 情報コミュニケーション学部, 専任教授 (30369441)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: メディア / 技術 / コミュニケーション / 情報社会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, I have examined internet media technologies, which include social networking services and clouds, dynamic search technology and e-books that have made rapid progress in this century. These technologies form a new ‘species’ of technology along with traditional mass media technologies such as radio and television. So I have inquired into these new technologies from the perspective of philosophy of technology. By setting "media" as the subject of technological philosophy, we could set up a theoretical viewpoint that would be shared in the information ethics, the information sociology and the media history . The fruits of this research will also contribute to the philosophical grasp of the present stage of technology in the information society era.

Free Research Field

哲学