Article:
Gott und Google

Author(s): Durham Peters, John

Abstract

Both the structure of the Google search algorithm and the rhetoric surrounding the company suggest Google's aspiration to attain the classic theological status of omniscience. Understanding how Google performs online searches shows that this most characteristic of all digital media corporations fits in a long lineage of religious media that claim to operate ontologically.

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Durham Peters, John: Gott und Google. In: ZMK Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung, Jg. 6 (2015), Nr. 2, S. 93-107. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/18627.
@ARTICLE{Durham Peters2015,
 author = {Durham Peters, John},
 title = {Gott und Google},
 year = 2015,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/18627}",
 volume = 6,
 address = {Hamburg},
 journal = {ZMK Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung},
 number = 2,
 pages = {93--107},
}
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