Honam University Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences 'Philosophy Communicates with Media' Public Lecture

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Honam University Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences announced on the 22nd that it conducted the 16th online citizen lecture to foster 'humanistic literacy.'

Senior Researcher Ko Hyun-beom explained in a lecture titled 'Philosophy Communicating with Media' that modern society is a hyperconnected society based on new media, where hyperconnected society refers to a society in which connections go beyond human-to-human to include connections between objects and humans, and even between objects themselves.

He added that such a hyperconnected society demands philosophical reflection on the relationships between objects and between objects and humans. On the other hand, in a hyperconnected society, we sometimes experience fatigue.

He emphasized that to reflect on questions like 'Are we truly the subjects of a hyperconnected society?' we must pay attention to the media characteristics of new media.

In particular, by introducing instrumental technology theory and autonomous technology theory, he stressed that the importance of media literacy and critical thinking in a hyperconnected society based on new media is greatly increased.

Participants expressed sympathy for the approach of accessing philosophy through media and the necessity of philosophical reflection in a hyperconnected society.

Honam University has been selected for the ‘Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences Support Project’ by the National Research Foundation of Korea and has been conducting research funded by the government since 2019 under the theme ‘Research on Liberal Arts Education to Foster Humanistic Literacy Competence in a Hyperconnected Society.’

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