Media Logic(s) Revisited

This volume provides new approaches to the concept of media logics - developed by Altheide and Snow - by drawing on theoretical and empirical perspectives from international scientists working in the field of communications, media, political science, and sociology. In an increasingly digitized and globalized world, powerful media structures and technologies influence our daily lives in many respects. It is not only mass media but 'poly media channels' that become more and more contextualized in everyday lives. Therefore, it is necessary to revisit the theory of media logics, which focuses on the strong intercorrelation of media technologies, media institutions and media power. Media Logic(s) Revisited attends to this by critically reflecting on the idea of media logic, a much needed input in light of current developments and strong cultural embedding of media in various social contexts.

Caja Thimm is Professor for Media Studies and Intermediality at the University of Bonn, Germany. She is head of the project 'Deliberation on the Net' which is part of the DFG priority programme 'Mediatized Worlds', funded by the German Science Foundation. Mario Anastasiadis is a scientific coordinator of the Graduate School 'Digital Society' at the University of Bonn, Germany, and a research associate in the project 'Deliberation on the Net' which is part of the DFG priority programme 'Mediatized Worlds'. Jessica Einspänner-Pflock is a researcher and lecturer in the field of digital communication at the University of Bonn, Germany. She has published on the subject of Twitter in election campaigns, online PR, and adolescents' sense of privacy in the digital world.