The first English daily newspaper, The Daily Courant, began publication is 1702. This might be called the beginning of the … More
Category: Journalism
Journalism and Public Opinion
Journalism, as an autopoietic system, established its autonomy in the eighteenth century by separating itself from the political system. In the early … More
Call X a function system
Instead of following the practice of ontology and saying “X is a function system,” we might state it is an injunction: … More
George Spencer-Brown and Journalism
The following are two disconnected sections from a paper I’ve been trying to write for a long time now. The draft … More
Journalism in the Next Society
More tentative thoughts on journalism as a function system. In the Next Society (see Dirk Baecker) information is abundant and is … More
