New book on Mediatization

New Book
MEDIATIZATION: CONCEPT, CHANGES, CONSEQUENCES
Edited by Knut Lundby
Published by Peter Lang (New York)

See www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vLang=E&vSiteID=1&vSiteName=BookDetail%2Ecfm&VID=310562&

Blurb:

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.

" ... a major advance in international comparative work on media theory." (Nick Couldry, Goldsmiths College, University of London)

"A theoretical breakthrough." (Andrea L. Press, University of Virginia)

Contributors:
Sonia Livingstone, Friedrich Krotz, Andrea Schrott, Norm Friesen and Theo Hug, Lynn Schofield Clark, Stewart M. Hoover, Andreas Hepp, Stig Hjarvard, Synne Skjulstad, Jesper Strömbäck and Frank Esser, Maren Hartmann, André Jansson, Tanja Thomas, Eric W. Rothenbuhler and Knut Lundby.

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TOC: Mediatization: Concepts, changes, consequences.

Foreword: Coming to Terms With ’Mediatization’
Introduction: ’Mediatization’ as Key

Concept

Mediatization: A Concept With Which to Grasp Media and Societal Change
Dimensions: Catch-All Label or Technical Term
The Mediatic Turn: Exploring Concepts for Media Pedagogy
Theories: Mediatization and Media Ecology
Media Logic: Looking for Social Interaction

Changes

Complexities: The Case of Religious Cultures
Differentiation: Mediatization and Cultural Change
Soft Individualism: Media and the Changing Social Character
Dressing Up: The Mediatization of Fashion Online

Consequences

Shaping Politics: Mediatization and Media Interventionism
Everyday: Domestication of Mediatization or Mediatized Domestication?
Mobile Belongings: Texturation and Stratification in Mediatization Processes
Social Inequalities: (Re)production through Mediatized Individualism
Continuities: Communicative Form and Institutionalization

Conclusion: Consensus and Conflict