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Posts Tagged: distraction

Petra Löffler – A History of Distraction From a Media-Archaeological Perspective

By Michelle Oosthuyzen, March 21, 2013

Discussing the theory and critique of ‘social’ during the first session of Unlike Us #3, Petra Löffler provides us with a media-archaeological perspective on the rise of the concept of distraction; an important source of critique when it comes to mass media. By leading us through the history of distraction, Löffler shows how some of [...]

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