Radio ghosts
Phenomenology's phantoms and digital autism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4755663 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Babette Babich (0000-0002-4499-0718, Fordham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 153 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57-74 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0725513619863852 |
| OpenAlex | W2970524731 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
Günther Anders offers one of the first phenomenological analyses of broadcast radio (in 1930) and its transformation of the contemporary experience of music. Anders also develops a reflection on its political consequences as he continues his reflection in a discussion of radio and newsreel, film and television in his 1956 'The World as Phantom and Matrix'. A reflection on the consequences of this transformation brings in Friedrich Kittler's reflection on radio and precision bombing. A further reflection on Jean Baudrillard's notion of 'speech without response' permits a review of digital culture and the self-creation of the digital consumer absorbed in what Anders named a schizo-topia, that is, today, an autistic culture of distraction, displacement, and self-driven surveillance
Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive psychology · Distraction · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Computer Science · Cybernetics and Technology in Society · Digital Media and Philosophy · Philosophy · Psychology · Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |