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    Homo nuntius-Messaging humanity

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    Authors
    Hartley, John
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Hartley, J. 2010. Homo nuntius-Messaging humanity. Popular Communication. 8 (4): pp. 293-311.
    Source Title
    Popular Communication
    DOI
    10.1080/15405702.2010.512830
    ISSN
    1540-5702
    School
    Department of Internet Studies
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33586
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This article analyzes the history and application of the term "the message" in communication, cultural, and media studies. It goes on to propose that conceptual coherence can only be achieved for this concept if it is considered historically and in evolutionary terms. The article then pursues recent changes in the status of "the message" through four phases of semiotic history-(1) the representative (modern), (2) the excessive (postmodern), (3) the productive (user-created), and (4) the message as human identity-Homo nuntius. Having arrived at a conceptualization of "messaging" as constitutive of our species, the final section provides the example of fashion communication to show what is meant by the term "Homo nuntius-messaging humanity." © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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