Category: Sociology

  • From Sociology to Media Studies to Software Studies, part two

    Friedrich Kittler’s Media Archaeology What has, to the contrary, been very successful and influential in German universities is the media theory of Friedrich Kittler. Kittler’s media archaeology and media historiography have led to the rise of the Berlin School of media theory, of which Wolfgang Ernst is at the forefront. Kittler opposes the so-called discourse analysis of…