Contemporary Challenges in Mediatisation Research

<p>This book focuses on key challenges related to conducting research on mediatisation presenting the most current theoretical empirical and methodological challenges and problems addressing ignored and less frequently discussed topics critical and controversial themes and defining niches and directions of development in mediatisation.</p><p>With a focus on the under-representation of certain topics and aspects as well as methodological technological and ethical dilemmas the chapters consider the main critical objections formulated against mediatisation studies and exchange critical positions. Moving beyond areas of common focus – culture sport and religion – to emerging areas of study such as fashion the military business and the environment the book then offers a critical assessment of the transformation of fields and the relevance of new and dynamic (meta)processes including datafication counter-mediatisation and platformisation.</p><p>Charting new paths of development in mediatisation this book will be of interest to scholars and students of mediatisation media studies media literacy communication studies and research methods.</p>