Peepshow, prompter, bluebox – trzy meta-metafory relacji podmiot – infosfera
Peepshow, prompter, bluebox – three meta-metaphors of the subject – infosphere relation

Summary/Abstract: The article describes a specific kind of relation between the subject (considered to be a user ofthe new media) and digitally created meanings (which build the infosphere) that can be seenas competition. An opportunity to look for dimensions and ranges of this competition is offeredby the analysis of history and the way of functioning of three media technologies: peepshow,blue box and prompter. These are treated in the paper as metaphors of the contemporaryinfosphere prosumer’s condition. The author studies methodological possibilities of analyzingthis relation and focuses on presenting the problem in the historical perspective.

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