Forms of Communication

1-1

Post (async)
Telegraph (async)
Telephone

• Yellow Pages

m-n

Newspaper (async)
Radio (async)
TV (async)

^ + Telephone == sync

m-n

Internet is a m-n Communication model, with some twists.

• m = 1 for private messaging

• bad quality content for large m and large n

• poor dpi, resolution, bitrates

• content agnostic – text, images, video, sound

• cost for consumption increases as m increases

• cost for creation increases as n increases

• when m is small and n is large, it resembles TV with all its faults
  ** grosser kistch is the dominant aesthetic
  ** unregulated medium

• like Pirate Radio, m and n can be small
  ** this is the most unique possibility with the internet

• archival value for public domain

• interactive yellow pages

For consumers,

• use it like a tv, news
• find niche communities

For creators,

• treat it like a tv
• make news
• treat it like an archive
• get listed in yellow pages
• find niche communities