Region: | Western philosophy |
Era: | 20th-century philosophy |
Norbert Bolz | |
Birth Date: | 17 April 1953 |
Birth Place: | Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany |
Main Interests: | Media theory, communication theory |
Notable Ideas: | German: Theorie der neuen Medien |
Influences: | Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Benjamin, Friedrich Kittler, Jacob Taubes, Marshall McLuhan |
Norbert Bolz (born 17 April 1953) is a German media theorist. He served as a professor at Technische Universität Berlin until his retirement in 2018.
Bolz developed a media theory, the "German: Theorie der neuen Medien", that is influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Benjamin and Marshall McLuhan.