Geert Lovinks Theorie des Bloggens
Geert Lovink
Blogging, the nihilist impulse
Original in English - First published in Lettre Internationale 73 (German version)
Media theorist and Internet activist Geert Lovink formulates a theory of weblogs that goes beyond the usual rhetoric of citizens' journalism. Blogs lead to decay, he writes. What's declining is the "Belief in the Message". Instead of presenting blog entries as mere self-promotion, we should interpret them as decadent artefacts that remotely dismantle the broadcast model.
Blogging, the nihilist impulse
Original in English - First published in Lettre Internationale 73 (German version)
Media theorist and Internet activist Geert Lovink formulates a theory of weblogs that goes beyond the usual rhetoric of citizens' journalism. Blogs lead to decay, he writes. What's declining is the "Belief in the Message". Instead of presenting blog entries as mere self-promotion, we should interpret them as decadent artefacts that remotely dismantle the broadcast model.
kschoenberger - 16. Jan, 10:10
