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THE OBSESSION WITH TOUCH. TOWARDS THE TACTILE DIMENSIONS OF COMMUNICATION
Barbara ORZEŁ1
Information Society – Cyberspace
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012, Publication date: 21 October 2012
Abstract We are drifting towards the new possibilities of human"s sensorium. Today's communication can be indeed described in words: „Everything touches everything". MultiTouch screens, voice gestures, swyping - we are almost everywhere able to find aspects of communication related to the human body. In this article i consider the phenomenon and popularity of multi-touch devices in daily life. I try to write about this most intimate contact with new media in many different contexts, eg. consumption (customer's behaviour), new ways of writing or controlling the media environment (voice and gesture).In the face of recalled examples I am almost sure, that McLuhan's dream came true. We are one step closer to realizing his assumption: „in the electric age we wear all of mankind as our skin", and create a constant relationship, easier communication between human and new media (with the help of user-friendly interace, perfect „thinking” algorithm).
Instytut Nauk o Kulturze Wydziału Filologicznego Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach
E-mail: barbara.orzel@wp.pl