Mediatization

Peter Lang

2009

xix, 316 p.

9781433105623

Mediatization : a concept with which to grasp media and societal change / Friedrich Krotz. Dimensions : catch-all label or technical term / Andrea Schrott. The mediatic turn : exploring concepts for media pedagogy / Norm Friesen and Theo Hug. Theories : mediatization and media ecology / Lynn Schofield Clark. Media logic : looking for social interaction changes / Knut Lundby. Complexities : the case of religious cultures / Stewart M. Hoover. Differentiation : mediatization and cultural change / Andreas Hepp. Soft individualism : media and the changing social character / Stig Hjarvard. Dressing up : the mediatization of fashion online / Synne Skjulstad. Shaping politics : mediatization and media interventionism / Jesper Strömbäck and Frank Esser. Everyday : domestication of mediatization or mediatized domestication? / Maren Hartmann. Mobile belongings : texturation and stratification in mediatization processes / André Jansson. Social inequalities : (re)production through mediatized individualism / Tanja Thomas. Continuities : communicative form and institutionalization / Eric W. Rothenbuhler

The media are ubiquitous and constantly changing, causing social and cultural shifts. This book examines how processes of mediatization affect almost all areas of contemporary social and cultural life, and takes the theoretical debate on mediatization in communication studies and media sociology to a critical edge.

Английский