Between the Mediatic and the Mediumistic: Haunted Media in Contemporary Horror Cinema

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Analysis of haunted media in horror cinema reveals societal fears about technology, suggesting new insights into moral panic and digital culture.

Haunted media in cinema reflects societal anxieties around technology and supernatural elements, impacting perceptions of communication.
Films like Truth or Dare and Countdown portray moral panic linked to teen culture and smartphone dependency, respectively.
The analysis employs media hauntology frameworks from theorists like Jeffrey Sconce and Jacques Derrida to explore cultural critiques.
Horror cinema serves as a laboratory to examine ethical and gendered dimensions of media-induced fears in modern society.

Bruno Surace (2025) studied this question.

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Analysis of haunted media in horror cinema reveals societal fears about technology, suggesting new insights into moral panic and digital culture.