Mediatization of Communication (Handbooks of Communication Science, 21) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3110271931 ISBN 13: 9783110271935

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, 2014

Synopsis

This handbook on Mediatization of Communication uncovers the interrelation between media changes and changes in culture and society. This is essential to understand contemporary trends and transformations. "Mediatization" characterizes changes in practices, cultures and institutions in media-saturated societies, thus denoting transformations of these societies themselves. This volume offers 31 contributions by leading media and communication scholars from the humanities and social sciences, with different approaches to mediatization of communication. The chapters span from how mediatization meets climate change and contribute to globalization to questions on life and death in mediatized settings.The book deals with mass media as well as communication with networked, digital media. The topic of this volume makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of contemporary processes of social, cultural and political changes.The handbook provides the reader with the most currentstate of mediatization research.

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About the Author

Knut Lundby,University of Oslo, Norway.

Edition details

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110271931
• ISBN 13: 9783110271935
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 754
• Editor: Lundby Knut