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mediatization

8.8

Media shapes and changes how society and institutions work

noun
/ˌmiːdiətaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Specialized

: mediatización

Social networks have accelerated the mediatization of everyday life.

Examples

The mediatization of politics has changed how leaders communicate with the public.
The mediatization of politics has changed how campaigns are run.
Many scholars study the mediatization of culture in the digital age.
How has mediatization affected social movements?
The mediatization of politics has changed how candidates communicate with voters.
In today's world, the mediatization of everyday life influences how people perceive their reality.
Scholars debate the implications of mediatization on social institutions like education and healthcare.

Antonyms

isolation

172 3.7

A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally

How Mediated

mediatization

Specialized

8.8

exposure

88 3.9

coverage

Literature

446 2.7

influence

806 2.3

Surface Forms

mediatization singular

mediatizations plural

Morphology

mediatization = media (semi-transparent) = media + tization

The form clearly contains media plus a process-forming suffix, but the sociological sense is specialized and not fully predictable from the parts alone.

Etymology

Mediatization comes from media ('channels like TV or the internet') and the idea of something passing through those channels. So the mediatization of politics means politics is shaped by the media and by the way people receive news and messages.