Everything is Noise: Don Delillo’s White Noise and the Affectivity of Media, Religion, and Divination
This paper provides a theoretical defense of the concept of noise, borrowed and loosened from the field of information theory, as a heuristic tool for discussing mediation as divination and exploring the intersection of media studies and religious studies. I first provide a theoretical primer for th...
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Journal of religion, media and digital culture
Year: 2018, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 158-174 |
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