Kultur der Digitalität

In his groundbreaking work Culture of Digitality, the renowned cultural and media scholar Felix Stalder analyzes the profound changes that digital technologies have brought to our societal and cultural structures. He identifies three central features of this new culture: Referentiality, Communality, and Algorithmicity.

Referentiality describes the practice of recombining existing content and placing it in different contexts, thereby creating creative processes that build on what is already known. Communality emphasizes the collective participation in the creation and interpretation of meaning, while Algorithmicity highlights the increasing role of automated processes in the organization and evaluation of information.

Stalder examines how these features challenge traditional cultural orders and enable new forms of social interaction and meaning production. He sheds light on the historical origins of these developments and discusses their political implications. In doing so, he poses the question of whether we are heading towards a post-democratic society of surveillance and knowledge monopolies or whether we can shape a culture of commons and participation.

This book is an indispensable guide for anyone who wants to understand and actively shape the dynamics of digital transformation.