Burkhardt, MarcusShnayien, MaryGrashöfer, KatjaApprich, Clemens2020-09-222020-09-222020https://explorations.meson.press/media/Apprich_Paranoid_Machine.pdfhttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/15837In the following article I want to propose the idea of a paranoid machine, in order to reflect on some of today’s developments in digital cultures. Starting from the assumption that we experience a shift from mass media to social media, I will show how paranoia can provide a diagnostic tool to analyze such a transformation. Paranoia as a method helps to shed light on the epistemological, technological, ethical, political, and aesthetical implications of a (post-)digital world. The paranoid machine exposes hidden assumptions in computer code and calls for intervention in the narcissist and homophilic disposition of digital cultures.engdigitale KulturMaschineParanoiaDigital CultureParanoiaMedia Theory00410.25969/mediarep/14850https://doi.org/10.14619/1716