Media as procedures of communication edited by Martin Luginbühl, Jan Georg Schneider

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Luginbühl, Martin, 1969- editor.

Schneider, Jan Georg, 1967- editor.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond new ser., 348

Pragmatics & beyond new series (P&BNS) volume 348

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Communication--Social aspects.

Communication.

Semiotics--Social aspects.

Semiotics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company [2024]

Summary:

"The book explores the multifaceted nature of media and communication by challenging traditional views that consider media solely as technical infrastructures for transmitting information. Instead, it focuses on mediality as an empirically relevant concept and proposes to understand media as socially constituted semiotic procedures that shape and are shaped by communicative practices. The book is structured around this central idea, with four main sections. Part I examines digital environments, analyzing the interplay between multimodal approaches and mediality through case studies such as digital learning platforms and Zoom seminars. Part II focuses on journalistic procedures, investigating how media shapes political debates and news presentation on platforms like Instagram. Part III delves into embodied processes, particularly the role of the body movements and gestures in communication, illustrated through analyses of yoga tutorials and family dinner conversations. Part IV combines diverse semiotic and medial resources, with studies on historical data interpretation and virtual reality gaming practices. The book aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the role of different media in constituting meaning and shaping social interactions"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction : why mediality matters

media as procedures of communication / Martin Luginbühl & Jan Georg Schneider

Mediality vs. Materiality : a multimodal perspective on the notion of media as procedures / Janina Wildfeuer

Format as the locus of negotiating media procedures : the case of a Zoom seminar session / Peter Schildhauer & Alexander Brock

"Do you have an idea what this clown is doing?" : Multimodal media staging in the first presidential debate and the vice presidential debate 2020 / Martin LuginbühlLuginbühl & Jan Georg Schneider

Playing one's part within a medial procedure : a talk show host's role-specific interaction / Georg Albert

Media as cookie cutters : exploring the digital mediality of news on Instagram / Daniel Pfurtscheller

Media as processes of doing and perceiving : how a yoga pose in an online tutorial takes on meaning as felt sensation / Silva H. Ladewig & Dorothea Horst

The choreography of multimedial procedures and multimodal languaging in French family dinners / Aliyah Morgenstern

Handling signs medially : on mediality and indexicality in semiotic media practices / Mark Dang-Anh

Digital play as procedures : social, technological, and ludic practices in the innovative VR multiplayer co-location Game Spacecraft

A New Way Home / Hiloko Kato

Polymedia procedures : a commentary / Jannis Androutsopoulos

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 09, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version Media as procedures of communication

Print version :

ISBN:

9789027246455

9027246459

OCLC:

1461743304

Publisher Number:

CIPO000158886

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license