Communicative Figurations Transforming Communications in Times of Deep Mediatization

• Other Authors: Hepp, Andreas (Editor), Breiter, Andreas (Editor), Hasebrink, Uwe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2018
• Series: Transforming Communications - Studies in Cross-Media Research
• Subjects: Media studies; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Cultural studies; Social issues & processes; Political science & theory; Public administration; Media and Communication; Cultural Anthropology; Cultural Theory; Social Structure, Social Inequality; Political Communication; Public Policy; Sociocultural Anthropology; Social Structure; media communication; culture and society; media transformations; technical communication media; social relations and roles; social fields and institutional dynamics; identities and collectives; public debate; political decision-making; media logic; Mediatization; open access; Social & cultural anthropology; Social & ethical issues
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This open access volume assesses the influence of our changing media environment. Today, there is not one single medium that is the driving force of change. With the spread of various technical communication media such as mobile phones and internet platforms, we are confronted with a media manifold of deep mediatization. But how can we investigate its transformative capability? This book answers this question by taking a non-media-centric perspective, researching the various figurations of collectivities and organizations humans are involved in. The first part of the book outlines a fundamental understanding of the changing media environment of deep mediatization and its transformative capacity. The second part focuses on collectivities and movements: communities in the city, critical social movements, maker, online gaming groups and networked groups of young people. The third part moves institutions and organizations into the foreground, discussing the transformation of journalism, religion, politics, and education, whilst the fourth and final part is dedicated to methodologies and perspectives.