Work at the department focuses on the transformative effects of media-based processes in contemporary culture. These include subjectivities (homo resentimentalis, Selfie Man, the Self-Management imperative), re/configurations of the economic (capitalism, business education), representation analysis (narration and storytelling, visibility/screening economies).

Selection of recent publications:

			With Timon Beyes, Claus Pias (Hg.): Nach der Revolution. Ein Brevier digitaler Kulturen, Hamburg: Edition Speersort 2017.
			Deutschlandbilder. Filmische Landeskunde von ALMANYA bis WOLFSBURG, Berlin: Bertz & Fischer 2016. Example Chapter in German
			Ressentimentalität. Die melodramatische Versuchung, Marburg: Schüren 2016.
			Pop und die Ökonomie des Massenoriginals. Zur symbolischen Form der Globalisierung. In: POP. Kultur und Kritik, Heft 8, 2016, 135–149. Video-Clip zum Thema 'After Pop?'
			With Ulrike Landfester: Transformative Management Education. The Role of the Humanities and Social Sciences
			With Timon Beyes: Der Kreativitäts-Komplex.Ein Vademecum der Gegenwartsgesellschaft
			With Timon Beyes: The Creativity Complex: A Companion to Contemporary Culture
			With Daniel Cuonz and Scott Loren: Screening Economies. Money Matters and the Ethics of Representation