Methodological Aspects of Research on Mediatization and Demediatization of Everyday Life. Current State and Key Challenges Cover Image

Methodological Aspects of Research on Mediatization and Demediatization of Everyday Life. Current State and Key Challenges
Methodological Aspects of Research on Mediatization and Demediatization of Everyday Life. Current State and Key Challenges

Author(s): Katarzyna Kopecka-Piech
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Education, Media studies, Communication studies, Sociology, Theory of Communication, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: mediatization; demediatization; methodology of media studies; everyday life;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to present the main methodological paradigms and problems in research into mediatization of everyday life, as well as determining the methodological niche concerning the studies on demediatization, especially of this sphere of life. The paper begins with defining mediatization and presenting the main research paradigms. The following part concentrates on locating the discussed issues in the sphere of studies on mediatization of everyday life. The next part focuses on demedatization as a real phenomenon and an under-researched field. The final section of the paper contains the analysis of the main challenges related to the discussed studies on everyday life.

  • Issue Year: 12/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 113-121
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English