Phenomenology of the digital spirit
“Until now, the interpreters of the network have remained very close to their research objects and their current condition, choosing compact sociological or feuilletonistic approaches, opting for this or that aspect. What is missing are the far-reaching, comprehensive, comprehensive, courageous, fundamental, generalizing, even overambitious and eccentric theories – in short: the phenomenology of the digital spirit still has to be written. ”
: Wie Shitstorms entstehen. Bernhard Pörksen erklärt eine grausame Web-Dynamik. Tagesanzeiger 16.02.2018 https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/buecher/bei-knopfdruck-shitstorm/story/10196371
Schöpfer discusses the book by media scientist Pörksen, who analyzes shitstorms in an intense and detailed way. According to his analysis, Pörksen comes to traditional demands: more education, preferably as a school subject.
At the beginning, the question arises whether the object of knowledge, the communication technology context of the Internet, the analysis and the results are epistemologically influenced or even determined.