Unveiling the J.A.M. Journal of Post-modern Media Consumption

Issue 1, Volume 1
“An Invective for the Co-opting of Art into That Which May Not Be Enjoyed: Special Essay Introduction”
Zeldaru^*
* - J.A.M.School of Cinema, Ribbonroomia

For years, the acts of creating and consuming art has been considered a noble pursuit. Having a hand in many different areas, asides from suggesting flexibility of mind, is itself praiseworthy and a hallmark of civilization itself. However, as some sources have indicated (animemaru), art has recently, in a fit of post-modernism, lost all entertainment value – rather, one only focuses on consuming numbers of works of art but not the quantity. Look to noted scholar FireFlinger to see how a MyAnimeList focuses on increasing the list length rather than the diversity of works or even getting a life and watching something other than anime. Though anime is an insular medium, its demise approximates the decline of other forms of art. Other researcher, Deadlymushroom, forgoes such a simple method of tracking consumption and instead focuses on engaging art while performing unrelated tasks – veritably, Deadly’s method, while seemingly more natural, mocks art itself by inducing a quarter-attention-span field around any and all works of art rather than making a sincere effort. This behavior fits my predictive modeling of the decline of art based on data collected (not shown or collected). Data secretly (not) acquired from Deadly without permission suggests the following model: dq/dt = -q, where q is quality of consumption, resulting in exponential decay. Rather, Justin is doomed to exponential decay of quality of consumption as he grows older without a true solution. The only solution, apparently, is to travel back in time and alter one’s path, which has not yet been supported by science. This conclusion suggests an erroneous mathematical model that must be calibrated to include variables such as the diversity of media consumed, the relative length of a work of art, and a person’s net consumptive capabilities. Future work will further characterize this decline in quality of consumption while examining the consequences of such an action. Lastly, a means of slowing the steep decline will be determined…someday.

Acknowledgements
I thank Deadlymushroom for unwillingly and unwittingly providing data for a mathematical model. I also appreciate FireFlinger providing data that is freely available and public anyways.

References
“A Self Citation.” 2015. Print.
Zeldaru. 2015. All mediums known to mankind.