Patterns and Dynamics of Socio-Economic Complex Systems Originated from Technologies

Abstract

 The aim of this study is to demonstrate the transformations of socio-economic systems that orig- inated from technologies. For instance, media and content industries can be conceptually explained as socio-economic complex systems that were constructed from technologies, rules, institutions, markets, and culture. Accordingly, this paper identifies these constituents and patterns of the systems in the abovementioned industries. These industries developed after the inventions of reproduction technol- ogies, and technological characteristics have contributed to the development of certain standardized patterns for these industries, such as content reproductions and the copyright business. Defining such patterns would help in conducting quantitative analyses regarding micro structural changes within the systems. The patterns would be transformed if the dominant technologies of the systems would change. The whole system is emergent and indecomposable; therefore, each element of the system is indicated conceptually in this paper. This approach would contribute as an explanation for the transformation of the whole complex system both deductively and empirically.