Rise of the Zombie Papers: Infecting Germany’s Local and Regional Public Media Ecosystem
Media and Communication, 2023 Germany’s public broadcasters, along with local newspapers, have consistently ranked among the top three most trusted news sources in Germany. Yet growing criticism of mandatory fees and recent revelations about public broadcasters’ misuse of funds have ...
Karin Assmann
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A Content Analysis of Xylazine-associated Stigma in Web-based Media Driven by the Zombie Term and Stigmatizing Imagery [PDF]
Journal of Addiction MedicineBackground: Drug use–related stigma amplifies the harms faced by people who use drugs (PWUD). Media often dehumanizes PWUD, particularly those using xylazine, a veterinary sedative and opioid adulterant, by labeling them with terms like “zombie.” This perpetuates discrimination and stigma, distracting from the ...
Jawa, Raagini +7 more
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Between, 2021 L’articolo argomenta le relazioni pre-mediatrici tra le immagini post-apocalittiche e la realtà della pandemia del Coronavirus. L'analisi utilizzerà la fiction zombie del cinema e delle serie TV come modello epistemologico per comprendere la ...
Mirko Lino
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‘Zombie virus’ and the social media: A social media analysis and call for action
New Microbes and New Infections, 2023 Yashendra Sethi +5 more
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Diseña, 2023 This contribution sheds light on discarded electronics repair in Accra, Ghana. After placing these practices in dialogue with the Western and Eurocentric narratives around the materiality of digital interactions and infrastructure, it delves into two ...
Cyrus Khalatbari
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Demystifying the New Dilemma of Brain Rot in the Digital Era: A Review [PDF]
Brain SciencesBackground/Objectives: The widespread phenomenon of “brain rot”, named the Oxford Word of the Year 2024, refers to the cognitive decline and mental exhaustion experienced by individuals, particularly adolescents and young adults, due to excessive ...
Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy Yousef +3 more
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Critique of the living dead: algorithmic aesthetic and the biopolitics of the zombie
Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, 2022 Recognizing the importance of the zombie in the interpretative forms of contemporaneity, this paper aims to actualize the current focus of the phenomenon in order to understand it within a strictly material framework.
Juan J. Vargas-Iglesias
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The Humanity of the Zombie: A Case Study of a Korean Zombie Comic
The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship, 2017 Originally defined as an undead human body by Haitian and Northern African voodoo culture, the zombie has become a popular cultural product. However, in most entertainment media, the zombie has been standardized as a frightful enemy to humans.
Mun-Young Chung
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All of Us Are Dead. The Figure of the Zombie as a Metaphor for Social Vulnerability During Pandemics [PDF]
OculaIn the media landscape, the figure of the zombie is widely pervasive, influencing films, television series, and various paratexts. Some epidemiological studies consider the zombie apocalypse as the quintessential epidemic, suggesting that this figure can
Allegra Sonego, Greta Iapalucci
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Transformation of Media Culture: Pastiche, Simulacra, and Remediation in “The Last of Us” and “Cyberpunk 2077” Franchises [PDF]
Антиномии, 2023 The article attempts a critical philosophical analysis of the ways to reinvent the production of contemporary media culture on the example of two franchises, “The Last of Us” and “Cyberpunk 2077”. Modern media culture is a complex mechanism ensuring the
Vladimir A. Anisimov
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