New Book MEDIATIZATION: CONCEPT, CHANGES, CONSEQUENCES Edited by Knut Lundby Published by Peter Lang (New York) See www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vLang=E&vSiteID=1&vSiteName=BookDetail %2Ecfm&VID=310562& Blurb: The media are ubiquitous and constantly changing, causing social and cultural shifts. This book examines how processes of mediatization affect almost all areas of contemporary social and cultural life, and takes the theoretical debate on mediatization in communication studies and media sociology to a critical edge. " ... a major advance in international comparative work on media theory." (Nick Couldry, Goldsmiths College, University of London) "A theoretical breakthrough." (Andrea L. Press, University of Virginia) Contributors: Sonia Livingstone, Friedrich Krotz, Andrea Schrott, Norm Friesen and Theo Hug, Lynn Schofield Clark, Stewart M. Hoover, Andreas Hepp, Stig Hjarvard, Synne Skjulstad, Jesper Strömbäck and Frank Esser, Maren Hartmann, André Jansson, Tanja Thomas, Eric W. Rothenbuhler and Knut Lundby. +++ TOC: Mediatization: Concepts, changes, consequences. Foreword: Coming to Terms With ’Mediatization’ Introduction: ’Mediatization’ as Key Concept Mediatization: A Concept With Which to Grasp Media and Societal Change Dimensions: Catch-All Label or Technical Term The Mediatic Turn: Exploring Concepts for Media Pedagogy Theories: Mediatization and Media Ecology Media Logic: Looking for Social Interaction Changes Complexities: The Case of Religious Cultures Differentiation: Mediatization and Cultural Change Soft Individualism: Media and the Changing Social Character Dressing Up: The Mediatization of Fashion Online Consequences Shaping Politics: Mediatization and Media Interventionism Everyday: Domestication of Mediatization or Mediatized Domestication? Mobile Belongings: Texturation and Stratification in Mediatization Processes Social Inequalities: (Re)production through Mediatized Individualism Continuities: Communicative Form and Institutionalization Conclusion: Consensus and Conflict