Media sciences organize around concepts such as »mediality«, »media culture«, and »media discourse«. This volume presents current positions regarding this issue, providing a look at the state of the art in a living discipline.
Current culturally oriented media studies have significantly advanced central concepts such like 'mediality', 'media culture', 'media discourse' and 'procedures of media'. Focused on this newly defined terminological field, this volume presents landmark contributions for media studies providing new insights into the current state of research on media theory and media culture, simultaneously developing an agenda for future research.