Dr. Denis Newiak is a German media, film and television scholar. He teaches media and communication theory at various universities. His research interests include expressions of loneliness in modern societies, social functions of television series, and future knowledge in science fiction films.

• 1. On the concept of modernity.- 2. communities of the pre-modern era.- 3. the onset of modernization.- 4. disorientation and abandonment: the lonelinesses of the early modern era.- 5. lonely time diagnoses of the industrial high modern era.- 6. the lonelinesses of the late modern era.- 7. life in the network society and the escalation of the late modern lonelinesses.- 8. has the post-modern era already begun?.

Dr. Denis Newiak is a German media, film and television scholar. He teaches media and communication theory at various universities. His research interests include expressions of loneliness in modern societies, social functions of television series, and future knowledge in science fiction films.

• 1. On the concept of modernity.- 2. communities of the pre-modern era.- 3. the onset of modernization.- 4. disorientation and abandonment: the lonelinesses of the early modern era.- 5. lonely time diagnoses of the industrial high modern era.- 6. the lonelinesses of the late modern era.- 7. life in the network society and the escalation of the late modern lonelinesses.- 8. has the post-modern era already begun?.

Dr. Denis Newiak is a German media, film and television scholar. He teaches media and communication theory at various universities. His research interests include expressions of loneliness in modern societies, social functions of television series, and future knowledge in science fiction films.

• 1. On the concept of modernity.- 2. communities of the pre-modern era.- 3. the onset of modernization.- 4. disorientation and abandonment: the lonelinesses of the early modern era.- 5. lonely time diagnoses of the industrial high modern era.- 6. the lonelinesses of the late modern era.- 7. life in the network society and the escalation of the late modern lonelinesses.- 8. has the post-modern era already begun?.