Rarefied atmospheres

Abstract

We have been using remote connections for many years, for decades; already in the past millennium it was largely in use by several industrial holding companies, in politics, in journalism, in entertainment. But only in the last two years, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the call system has undergone an unexpected development: modified and enriched platforms, simplifications in connections, expansion of accessibility. A sort of interaction pseudo-democratization. Today and in few months, video-calling has become a widespread custom regardless of social media; it’s strongly inter-generational and available even from faraway places. What are the consequences of this new pervasive competence and what the rebounds on the practice of knowledge transmission? The emerging scenarios are different and depend on many variations. The aim of this short contribution is to trace a framework, a field of possibilities, using a simple and proven analytical analysis: the SWOT.