ZeMKI, University of Bremen
Fellow at CAIS from May to July 2017
We are living in the midst of a radical change in media and communication, and thus also in a transformation of economic, social, cultural and political living conditions. This development can be described in communication studies as a current surge in mediatization. Computer networks and computers are changing the communicative media and their significance. A digital, computer-controlled infrastructure is emerging that affects personal identity and social relationships, companies, political parties and institutions, and entire areas of society. The mediatization approach is a comprehensive, theoretical and empirical approach that seeks to understand these developments in terms of their form and historical integration, and also from a critical perspective.
Over the last seven years, I have also initiated and coordinated a DFG priority programme “Mediatized Worlds” with a total of 36 projects. My time at CAIS will offer me the space to work through the knowledge that I have gained, to summarize and develop my findings, to discuss them in new collaborations, and to publish them in books and articles.
