week 1

Question 1

mediatization

Answer 1

the process whereby society to an increasing degree is submitted to, or becomes dependent on, the media and their logic

Question 2

media logic

Answer 2

institutional and technological modus operandi of the media, including how they distribute material and symbolic resources and make use of formal and informal rules

Question 3

mediation

Answer 3

communication via medium, whereby the medium can affect the message.

Question 4

insitutional perspective

Answer 4

analyzing media and their interaction with society using sociological concepts of institutions, including rules and allocation of resources (materials and authority over it)

Question 5

direct mediatization

Answer 5

a social activity is substituted or transformed from a non-mediated form to a mediated form, where the media become a necessary interface

Question 6

indirect mediatization

Answer 6

a social activity is increasingly influenced in form, content, or organization by mediagenic symbols or mechanisms

Question 7

virtualization

Answer 7

social insitutions are no longer as bound to specific physical locations and so individuals can participate (in politics, education, etc.) remotely through media

Question 8

hyperreality

Answer 8

the symbols or signs of media culture form a simulacra, semblances
of reality that bit only seems more real than the physical and social reality, but also replace it

Question 9

Schulz: 4 processes

Answer 9

extention; substitution; amalgamation; adaptation

Question 10

mediated quasi-interaction

Answer 10

mass media, newspapers, radio and
television; the communication addresses an unknown, unspecified
group of people who are unable to interact with the sender; monologue

Question 11

functions of media for institutions

Answer 11

1) constitute an interface in relations with and between other institutions, 2) realm of shared experience, 3) creating public political sphere

Question 12

cultural reflexivity

Answer 12

In the era of globalization the media not only provide channels of
communication between nations and peoples, but also establish networks
across all manner of geographical areas and actors

Question 13

centrifugal force

Answer 13

broadened national public sphere contact with outside world

Question 14

centripetal force

Answer 14

media environment with more “introvert” spaces, like neighbourhood radio, etc.

Question 15

affordances

Answer 15

action possibilities of use you have with a particular device, media
platform. Are not just about the functionalities of the technological device, but are
related to the context and the individual: the goals you have with the communication
you want to play