Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : from mediation to mediatization
  • Mediatization : a new theoretical perspective
  • The mediatization of politics : from party press to opinion industry
  • The mediatization of religion : from the faith of the church to the enchantment of the media
  • The mediatization of play : from bricks to bytes
  • The mediatization of habitus : the social character of a new individualism
  • Epilogue : mediatization : consequences and policies