Mediatization theory: What is in it for the philosophy of communication? On Stig Hjarvard�s The Mediatization of Culture and Society

The present essay advances a critical assessment of Hjarvard’s 2013 work The Mediatization of Culture and Society with an emphasis on its valuable contribution to the philosophy of communication and its current debates. The examination focuses on three specific aspects: first, the epistemological advantages of middlerange theorization over micro and macro levels of analysis; second, the usefulness of mediatization as groundwork for a critique of postmodern media theory; third, the ontic features of technology as the spatiotemporal bender of communication and action today.