2025 № 4 (55)
On the Critique of the ‘Creator — Viewer’ Information Chain
UDC 007; 316.776.22; 791.43
BBC 60.524; 71.07; 85.37
DOI: 10.51678/2226-0072-2025-4-770-795
For cit.: Maloletkin M.F. On the Critique of the ‘Creator — Viewer’ Information Chain. Hudozhestvennaya kul’tura [Art & Culture Studies], 2025, no. 4, pp. 770-795. https://doi.org/10.51678/2226-0072-2025-4-770-795 (In Russian)
Maloletkin Maksim F.
PhD Student, S.A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (VGIK), 3 Wilhelm Pieck Str., Moscow, 129226, Russia
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3724-5346
ResearcherID: JRY-9737-2023
On the Critique of the ‘Creator — Viewer’ Information Chain
Abstract. This article extends the ongoing research on the phenomenon of information noise in screen arts by examining the interconnected components of the ‘creator — filters — viewer’ communication chain within contemporary screen productions. The study analyses the distinctive manifestations of information noise across three critical domains: the creator’s artistic process, intermediary filtration systems, and the viewer’s perceptual mechanisms. In the creator domain, the study explores noise origination during the transformation of artistic conception into the audiovisual expression, including subjective dimensions of authorial reality interpretation. The filtration analysis traces the evolution from institutional censorship to algorithmic content moderation and examines the impact of recommendation systems on media landscape formation. The viewer domain investigates cognitive reception processes and the transformation of S. Eisenstein’s theory of attractions within non-linear screen arts contexts. The proposed information chain model synthesizes C. Shannon’s information theory, S. Hall’s encoding/decoding framework, and G. Miller’s cognitive processing principles to identify potential information distortion points in the transmission of artistic intent across diverse screen art formats.
Keywords: information noise, information overload, cinema, television, social communication, value, artistic conception, stories, clips, non-linear screen
arts, ephemeral content, momentariness, authenticity, simulacra
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* Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor): foreign owner of the resource violates the legislation of the Russian Federation.
Received 14.05.2025
Accepted 16.08.2025
