Cultures of mediatization / Andreas Hepp ; translated by Keith Tribe.
By: Hepp, Andreas.
Contributor(s): Tribe, Keith.
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, Ma : Polity, ©2013Description: ix, 166 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780745662268 (hbk.); 0745662269 (hbk.); 9780745662275 (pbk.); 0745662277 (pbk.).Uniform titles: Medienkultur. English Subject(s): Mass media and culture | Mass media -- Social aspects | Telecommunication -- Social aspects | Technology -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 302.23/H41 Other classification: CASIncludes bibliographical references (p. 145-161) and index.
Introduction -- What media culture is (not) -- The mediatization of culture -- Cultures of mediatization and mediatized worlds -- Communitization within cultures of mediatization -- Studying cultures of mediatization -- Prospect.
An engaging analysis of an emerging, cutting-edge area of media studies. This accessible text draws is driven by empirical examples and terminology is clearly introduced and explained. Examines the concept of 'mediatization': the idea that media organizations and technologies now shape all aspects of social life.
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