Prof. em. Dr. Friedrich Krotz
ZeMKI, University of Bremen
Fellow at CAIS from May to July 2017
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.