On the mediation of everything: ICA presidential address 2008
On the mediation of everything: ICA presidential address 2008
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关于一切的调解：ICA 2008 年主席讲话
DOI：
10.1111/j.1460-2466.2008.01401.x
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
7.9
通讯作者：
S. Livingstone
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作者：
S. Livingstone
随着我们的领域超越传统的大众和人际传播形式的二元论，涵盖新的、互动的、网络化的传播形式，其影响可以追溯到现代生活的多个领域，人们普遍认为“一切都是中介的”，这代表了历史上的重大变化。本文探讨了这些修辞上宏大的主张，首先注意到与其他调解过程（例如语言、金钱、神话）的相似之处，其次提出了价值问题，因为与其他形式的调解不同，媒体的作用通常被解释为消极而非积极，第三观察到将“调解”翻译成一系列语言的困难揭示了一些概念上的混乱。作为澄清的一步，我对比了“中介”和“媒介化”这两个术语，这些术语粗略地映射到情境和历史影响，分别主要在微观和宏观分析层面上构思。然后，我提出了一个广泛的调解概念，其中包括那些被不同地称为媒体化、媒体化或媒体化的过程。分析通过解开“童年是中介的”这一主张来进行说明，然后得出结论，中介概念的不同方面要求传播学者关注“一切都是中介的”这一主张的具体经验、历史和政治含义。
As our field moves beyond the traditional dualism of mass and interpersonal forms of communication to encompass new, interactive, networked forms of communication whose influence may be traced across multiple spheres of modern life, it is commonly claimed that ‘everything is mediated’ and that this represents a historically significant change. This article inquires into these rhetorically grand claims, first noting the parallels with other processes of mediation (e.g. language, money, myths), second raising questions of value since, unlike for other forms of mediation, the media’s role is typically construed as negative than positive and, third observing that the difficulties of translating ‘mediation’ into a range of languages reveals some conceptual confusions. As a step towards clarification, I contrast the terms ‘mediation’ and ‘mediatization’, these roughly, mapping onto situational and historical influences, conceived primarily at micro and macro levels of analysis respectively. I then argue for a broad conception of mediation that encompasses those processes variously referred to as mediatization, mediazation or medialization. The analysis is illustrated by unpacking the claim that ‘childhood is mediated’, before concluding that distinct aspects of the concept of mediation invite communication scholars to attend to the specific empirical, historical and political implications of the claim that ‘everything is mediated’.