Conceptualizing Mediatization: Contexts, Traditions, Arguments

Polymedia Distinctions

“…These conclusions are relevant not only to our understandings of how individuals navigate within increasingly complex polymedia environments, but also in a broader perspective, notably in relation to ongoing epistemological debates about mediatization, understood here in the social-constructivist (rather than institutionalist) sense of the term (Couldry & Hepp 2013, Hepp 2013). From such a perspective, an important conclusion that can be drawn from the present study is that the historically accentuated dependency on and saturation of various media in everyday life (that is, mediatization) unfold in different ways in different parts of the Bourdieusian social space.…”

The dawn of a new golden age for media relations?

“…Hence, each type of media is geared to the actions of others and contributes to information, discursive practices, understanding, and persuasion. Therefore, communication channels not only have technical characteristics, but also societal potential (Couldry & Hepp, 2013). Depending on the society and the historical context, media are embedded and have been developed differently in various countries in Europe (Djankov, McLiesh, Nenova, & Shleifer, 2001;Kelly, Mazzoleni, & McQuail, 2004;Trappel, Meier, D'Haenens, Steemers, & Thomas, 2011).…”

When Narratives Travel: The Occupy Movement in Latvia and Sweden

“…Participation in the media refers to contributions of lay people to the decision making processes and governance of (mainstream) media, while participation through the media refers to own productions, but also visibility of different voices in media content (Carpentier 2011). Generally it is argued that all of these forms of media participation become increasingly important in societies characterized by mediatization (Couldry & Hepp 2013;Hepp 2011). One of the most prominent approaches to analyze the role of media participation for social movements suggested by Manuel Castells' is the notion of the network society that is largely based on communicative power (Castells 2009(Castells , 2011(Castells , 2012.…”