“Natural Selection” of Technology: Criticism on Levinson’s Evolutionism of Media
HU Yilin
Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2013, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2) : 77-84.
“Natural Selection” of Technology: Criticism on Levinson’s Evolutionism of Media
Levinson has inherited the tradition of the media ecology, but a superficial one. He believes that
the disadvantage of the firstborn technology can be eliminated in the evolutionary process. However,
Levinson's theory of evolution faces three questions: Who makes selection? How to make selection?
How to assess the result of selection? Levinson gives the same answer, “nature – humanity”, with a
Hegelian theoretical prospect. But he does not realize the paradigm revolution of the standard of value.
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