Cultures of Mediatization

What does it mean that we can be reached on our mobile phoneswherever we are and at all times? What are the culturalconsequences if we are informed about 'everything andanything important' via television? How are our political,religious and ethnic belongings impacted through being increasinglyconnected by digital media? And what is the significance of allthis for our everyday lives? Drawing on Hepp's fifteen-year research expertise on mediachange, this book deals with questions like these in a refreshinglystraightforward and readable way. 'Cultures ofmediatization' are described as cultures whose main resourcesare mediated by technical media. Therefore, everyday life incultures of mediatization is 'moulded' by themedia. To understand this challenging media change it is inappropriateto focus on any one single medium like television, the press,mobile phones, the Internet or other forms of digital media. Onehas to capture the 'mediatization' of culture in itsentirety. Cultures of Mediatization outlines how this can bedone critically. In so doing, it offers a new way of thinking aboutour present-day media-saturated world.