Published March 22, 2026 | Version v1.1.0
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SOCIOPLASTICS [1507] — Media Theory as Mediation Framework — Visibility, Transmission, and Operational Surfaces — Topology Fields — Tome II

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  • 1. LAPIEZA

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This essay develops media theory as the mediation layer within a system of ten interdependent fields. Media are understood as operational environments that make knowledge visible, recordable, and transmissible. In relation to the other fields, media record linguistic structure, transmit protocol operations, store validated knowledge, enable systemic regulation through communication, materialise architectural structure in formats, map territorial distribution, enable morphogenetic expansion through replication, enable movement through transmission, and stabilise the system through infrastructural storage. Media therefore make the system visible and operable.

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2026-03-22

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