This open access volume assesses the influence of our changing media environment. Today there
is not one single medium that is the driving force of change. With the spread of various
technical communication media such as mobile phones and internet platforms we are confronted
with a media manifold of deep mediatization. But how can we investigate its transformative
capability? This book answers this question by taking a non-media-centric perspective
researching the various figurations of collectivities and organizations humans are involved in.
The first part of the book outlines a fundamental understanding of the changing media
environment of deep mediatization and its transformative capacity. The second part focuses on
collectivities and movements: communities in the city critical social movements maker online
gaming groups and networked groups of young people. The third part moves institutions and
organizations into the foreground discussing the transformation of journalism religion
politics and education whilst the fourth and final part is dedicated to methodologies and
perspectives.
