Connect and Divide
Bergermann, Ulrike / Schüttpelz, Erhard / Dommann, Monika / Stolow, Jeremy / Taha, Nadine
Media divide and connect simultaneously: they act as intermediaries between otherwise disconnected entities, and as a »middle« that mediates, but also shields different entities from each other. This ambiguity gives rise to conflicting interpretations, and it evokes all those figures that give a first clue about this janus-faced relationship of »connect and divide«: gate-keeper, parasite, amongst others. If we give accounts of media before and...