What Do Angels, Viruses, and Media Have in Common?

Authors

  • Marcus Burkhardt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2009.429

Abstract

At the core of Sybille Krämer's most recent monograph is the idea that media should be understood as archetypal messengers. This places media on a continuum with angels, viruses, psychoanalysts, and witnesses. Based on an exemplary analysis of these phenomena, the German media theorist develops a "message model" which, when applied to medial transference, reveals a process characterised by distance, heteronomy, thirdness, materialism, and indifference. Supplementing this with the opposing idea of a "trail" – which, sadly, is not given as much attention – Krämer demonstrates the applicability of her concept to other topics within the field of media studies.

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Published

2009-01-31

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Section

KULT_reviews

How to Cite

“What Do Angels, Viruses, and Media Have in Common?”. 2009. KULT_online, no. 18 (January). https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2009.429.