Alright, time for yet another odd question, this time pertaining to something tangentially touched upon several times in the RP, and even vaguely hinted at in the comic.
It is obvious from the comic that Cyantian individuals at Mars Academy are being exposed to a fairly large amount of Terran (predominantly North American and British/UK) mass media, ranging from television to radio to movies to even the internet. I am interested in five primary things:
1) Is any of this being "exported" back to Cyantia as something more than scientific and academic research (ie. is it being circulated in general over media channels (TV, newspaper, their internet, etc.)?
2) Has any of this caught on in general on Cyantia to the point of being widely shown and popular?
3) Has the media from Terra affected perceptions and styles of media on Cyantia, in effect changing, possibly surprisingly so, what they focus on and use for entertainment?
4) Native Cyantian popular media: how does it compare, stylistically, with genres of similar programming (where such exists) from Terra? While there are examples in use in the RP (such as Rutilus being into secret agent films and the like), are these styles of media something imported from Terra and/or copied from then altered, or were these things in existence prior and if so in what forms?
5) Among the various races, what is the standpoint on media rights and the like, especially from an off-planet culture such as Terra from which there is plenty of broadcast information but no open relationships nor treaties to handle such things?
Lastly, separate from all of the above, there is the question of media penetration. From what I can see I would guess the following:
Wolves in Centralis/Teraplex seem to have access to but not use in such profusion as Terrans things such as the equivalent of the internet, cell phones, and things like television and radio. While the technology behind all this might be interesting to me, the thrust of this is more on how exposed they are to all this. Currently, most youth live a deeply connected life style, with such things as social networking, the internet in general, and mass media playing a very large and important role in their lives. The ability for instant communication is also taken for granted. I am wondering how this is for Wolves in Centralis/Teraplex in a comparison.
The other races seem, from what has been shown, to live markedly less connected lives, perhaps all the way down to the media penetration levels seen in North America in the 1940s or so. Thus, while communications might be semi-ubiquitous, as well as hardcopy media like newspapers, the idea of constant media connections such as TV, 24-hour radio, and the internet and all its' attendant social media and email seems to not be there for the other races.
The Fox seem to be somewhere in between, media-wise, perhaps, I am guessing, at the level of the 1970's to early 1980s, with solid media penetration but less general connectedness.
I am wondering how true any of this is, whether I've come to correct conclusions for my thoughts, and, if not, where the errors lie and how they affect day to day lives of the Cyantians. I am aware that this is one of those questions that needs to be broken down by both region and possibly species, thus am looking for those kinds of specifics and demographics.
I would, of course, absolutely adore it if Tiff was willing to jump in on this question. ^_^
Many thanks in advance,
Lillowen