Andreas Hepp takes an integrative look at one of the biggest questions
in media and communications research: how digital media is changing
society.
Often, such questions are discussed in isolation, losing sight of the
overarching context in which they are situated. Hepp has developed a
theory of the re-figuration of society by digital media and their
infrastructures, and provides an understanding of how profound today's
media-related changes are, not only for institutions, organizations and
communities, but for the individual as well. Rooted in the latest
research, this book does not stop at a description of media-related
change; instead, it raises the normative challenge of what deep
mediatization should look like so that it might just stimulate a 'good
life' for all.
Providing original and critical research, the book introduces deep
mediatization to students of media and cultural studies, as well as
neighboring disciplines like sociology, political science and other
cognate disciplines.