Workshop: Mediatization in transcultural and transnational perspecitves

It might seem like a follow-up of the recent Ørecomm Festival – which had ‘mediatization’ as a general theme. The workshop is organised by the ECREA temporary working group on mediatization, led by professor Andreas Hepp, keynote speaker at the Ørecomm festival. The workshop is to be held at Goldsmiths, University of London, 30-31 March 2012.

The aim of this workshop is to discuss whether mediatization constitutes a global process of change, and, if yes, where the inequalities and dissimilarities of this process are located. Additionally, it can be expected that mediatization is not the same everywhere. Therefore, there might be differences but also similarities between cultures and nations in the process of mediatization. This said, mediatization becomes part of comparative media and communication research, not only in a current but also in an historical perspective: We must think about what the (trans-)cultural and (trans-)national differences are and how to compare them. Also there is a need to do this in a postcolonial and non-western perspective. And, finally, there is the challenge of doing comparative work to separate out different aspects of mediatization.

For more information, see web page here. Abstracts (not more than 300 words) are due by 15 January 2012.