Fascisation / Faschisierung
Trajectories of the Digital
The function of a machine is what it does. For more than 20 years now, the digital machine has been regularly spitting out new forms of fascism and radicalisation. Trumpism and extremism are gaining ground, and we try to confront these developments with fact checks and critical media competence.
Naïve thinking, says Simon Strick, because the process of fascisation is an underlying tendency immanent to digital media. Right-wing populism and the internet not only emerged at the same...
Naïve thinking, says Simon Strick, because the process of fascisation is an underlying tendency immanent to digital media. Right-wing populism and the internet not only emerged at the same...
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The function of a machine is what it does. For more than 20 years now, the digital machine has been regularly spitting out new forms of fascism and radicalisation. Trumpism and extremism are gaining ground, and we try to confront these developments with fact checks and critical media competence.
Naïve thinking, says Simon Strick, because the process of fascisation is an underlying tendency immanent to digital media. Right-wing populism and the internet not only emerged at the same time, they work with similar formulae and have made the public sphere more reactionary. In his lucid analysis, which draws on a wealth of material, media theorist Simon Strick echoes Leo Löwenthal in coming to the conclusion that democratic discourse is unprepared and helpless when it comes to arresting the trajectories of fascisation. There needs to be a change in thinking.
Naïve thinking, says Simon Strick, because the process of fascisation is an underlying tendency immanent to digital media. Right-wing populism and the internet not only emerged at the same time, they work with similar formulae and have made the public sphere more reactionary. In his lucid analysis, which draws on a wealth of material, media theorist Simon Strick echoes Leo Löwenthal in coming to the conclusion that democratic discourse is unprepared and helpless when it comes to arresting the trajectories of fascisation. There needs to be a change in thinking.
2026, 300 pages