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oapen-20.500.12657-574122022-07-16T02:54:52Z The Supernatural Media Virus Schmitz, Rahel Sixta Gothic Horror Media Virus Network Society Literature Film Literary Studies American Studies British Studies bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism::DSB Literary studies: general bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AP Film, TV & radio::APF Films, cinema::APFA Film theory & criticism bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFD Media studies Since the 1990s, the virus and the network metaphors have become increasingly popular, finding application in a broad range of everyday discourses, academic disciplines, and fiction genres. In this book, Rahel Sixta Schmitz defines and discusses a trope recurring in Gothic fiction: the supernatural media virus. This trope comprises the confluence of the virus, the network, and a deep, underlying media anxiety. This study shows how Gothic narratives such as House of Leaves or The Ring feature the supernatural media virus to negotiate as well as actively shape imaginations of the network society and the dangers of a globalized, technologized world. 2022-07-15T12:34:44Z 2022-07-15T12:34:44Z 2021 book ONIX_20220715_9783839455593_17 9783839455593 9783837655599 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57412 eng Gegenwartsliteratur application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 9783839455593.pdf transcript Verlag transcript Verlag 10.14361/9783839455593 10.14361/9783839455593 b30a6210-768f-42e6-bb84-0e6306590b5c 9783839455593 9783837655599 transcript Verlag 4 290 Bielefeld open access
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Since the 1990s, the virus and the network metaphors have become increasingly popular, finding application in a broad range of everyday discourses, academic disciplines, and fiction genres. In this book, Rahel Sixta Schmitz defines and discusses a trope recurring in Gothic fiction: the supernatural media virus. This trope comprises the confluence of the virus, the network, and a deep, underlying media anxiety. This study shows how Gothic narratives such as House of Leaves or The Ring feature the supernatural media virus to negotiate as well as actively shape imaginations of the network society and the dangers of a globalized, technologized world.
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