GLOBAL CONNECTION TEXT
- 1. The path for a global connection We come from different countries and cultures but I believe that we all share a common vision in the digital media and entertainment business. And that common vision is not to become distant observers in the advances (both technological and creative) in communication and information but to become active partitipants in the global ICT proccess. In a global enviroment that is changing the task in not only to record the information or create the technology and share it with others, but to communicate the information throught technology in an effective way that reaches beyond the boundaries in all scopes. The path for global connection was laid many centuries ago by Aristotle. Taking into account an adaptation of his “Physic's and the Four Causes” we can create the framework for the proccess. What are the Four Causes that could stimulate the co-operation between countries in the present day ICT fields? 1.First, Material : The technological support from advanced countries. 2.Second, Efficient : Considering the particularrity of each country. 3.Third, Formal : Exchange on a country/ government state. 4.Fourth, Final : Throught human interests, preferences and values which can influence the final interpretation of results. Looking at the world around us, in a multicultural audience with different cultural backgrounds the task might seem difficult, yet again this is the challenge and the obstracle to overcome and more important the best way to close or bridge any possible gap. It only takes a leap of faith and trust.
- 2. We live in the age of information and communication yet, there are issues still unsolved. Issues like economy, ethnic boundaries, prohibitions and technological limitations. We have achieved the spread of information in a global way but if the economy is weak and people cannot affort the access on internet because survival is more important than communication or information then we have achieved nothing. Slower economies or financial crisis situations lead to technological drawbacks than eventually end on limited access to information and communication. Yet in the 21st Century we still struggling to maintain peace, we are trying to overcome ethnic boundaries because in some form there is human aggression still lurking within. We need first to overcome our limited possibilities as humans and living beings so we can devote our energy to connect in a true global form people from all nations and races. This is why i believe that we must strengthen regional networks to connect in a global system of information exchange so information is not controlled by a monopoly but is effective spread on globall recipients. The communication in general is inclined to be self-referential and the same goes for information. To prevent information from becoming a self- referential system we need to use an eco-policy of distribution. That means the creation of multiple regional networks that each of them will be possible to become the main broadcaster for smaller areas. And here comes the main role of peripheral networks. Through this eco-policy we can manage a better referencial cross check system for the news gathering and also achive higher standard form credibility. We do not disintegrate the absolute power of the huge networks, but work with them to distribute their information in distant areas or even when it finds a way to approch these areas the quality of the information might be different from its origins and its authenticity. Often the quality and autenticity of information depends on the importance that this specific information has for the reciever. The regional news is more important for the people of the regions than other people. So, if the regional network is strong enough to produce its own news that means that the information keeps its importance and its authentic character. Think of dropping a
- 3. stone in a lake. The fallen stone creates waves around the spot where the stone fell. These waves are getting weaker and weaker as they move away from the spot. The stone is like a huge network that runs in a concentrating way. The waves are the information. As long as the information stays close to the concentrating network is strong and vivid but as it moves away it becomes weak and loses its authenticity. If we all want a success story in the global ICT spectrum we must work close in both ends. We need low cost yet high end technology so people in countries who luck the economic means to have access on ICT products. We need an on going education for those proffecionals who specialize in the related industries. And that is connected also with economy We need to overcome our regional or local limitations and expand globally to exchange information so that we all understand that the butterfly effect on information and communication connects us globally. Zachos Samoladas April 2016