Alteritmo y periodismo-otro en la cultura del algoritmo: Crítica a la hegemonía de los lenguajes sintéticos

The article proposes a conceptual approach to the term alterhythm from the development of a critical discussion of the bibliographic contributions from the humanistic tradition, mainly from the philosophy of the technique, philosophical anthropology and literary studies, and observe its scope in the communication field. The alterhythmic and the alterhythm –category and concept–, designate a type of cognitive activity of a symbolic nature that seems competent to explore the field of human experience related to its indeterminacy and its inevitable ambiguity. Hence, it is proposed as a complement to the aforementioned operationalist mathematical soul of the language and the algorithm culture. Given that algorithmic language is based on what has already been determined –centered on what has been recorded–, the alterhythmic does not advocate technophobia, but rather presents an exploration and a reminder that human nature is also based on openness, in the possible, and that this requires polyphonic dictions. In this sense, it is proposed that we can better understand the concept of alterhythm and its implications in communication studies through thematic comparison – typical of the tradition of literary journalistic comparatism studies. As a final result, we expose the characteristics of other-journalism, rooted in alterhythmics, which develops a syndetic or silent language as opposed to surface or synthetic languages.