Thanks @goranbolin.bsky.social for igniting the conversation! I believe we shouldn't limit #mediatization (in this case, of politics) solely to journalistic practices or news outlets. Power today is broadly exercised and constructed throughout the mediasphere (...) - ThreadSky

cscolari.bsky.social • 16 hours ago

Thanks @goranbolin.bsky.social for igniting the conversation! I believe we shouldn't limit #mediatization (in this case, of politics) solely to journalistic practices or news outlets. Power today is broadly exercised and constructed throughout the mediasphere (...)

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cscolari.bsky.social•16 hours ago

I see 2 key trends emerging: (1) a shift from traditional broadcasting and "liquid" forms of mediatization towards platformized and "gaseous" forms—more ephemeral and frenetic—and (2) a widening gap between the political representation interfaces and the dynamics of the contemporary mediasphere 🤔

cscolari.bsky.social•16 hours ago

More about "gaseous politics" here https://lab.cccb.org/en/gaseous-politics/

goranbolin.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I would recommend all reading your countryman, Argentinian researcher Mario Carlón (I am sure you know him), who has very interesting things to say about "circulation", a concept that is very useful and developed theoretically in the Latin American research community.

cscolari.bsky.social•11 hours ago

😂😎💪

goranbolin.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I know - not so much a tip for you, of course, but to "all" 😀

jeffjarvis.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Oh, Lord, I wish I had done better with my Spanish lessons.

jeffjarvis.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Also delighted for this conversation. In The Gutenberg Parenthesis (credit Tom Pettitt et al) I theorize we return to un-(or less-)mediated public discourse.
The right knew how to exploit that; the left is stuck with mass-media logic; mass media are flummoxed & failing (see: #BrokenTimes).

goranbolin.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Me too. This is an important discussion, and as you rightly point out, Tom Pettitt's (and his colleagues') ideas about the closure of the Gutenberg parenthesis are indeed a valuable approach to the broader changes of modernity.

goranbolin.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I also like his parallel paper on the privacy parenthesis – these ideas are well worth exploring further:
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/legacy/mit8/papers/TomPettitt%20Paper.pdf

goranbolin.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Tom is sadly not on Bluesky, otherwise I am sure he would dive into the discussion with enthusiasm!

jeffjarvis.bsky.social•15 hours ago

A German reporter asked me whether Donald Trump needs mass media anymore. I said no. He exploited it as far as it would go; he planted its seeds of self-destruction; he now has his own "media" while the left is left with media that still think they can and should be mass.

goranbolin.bsky.social•12 hours ago

In a way this can well be true. On the other hand, he does get all the attention of the mass media that amplify whatever corny things he seemingly randomly pushes out in the public on social media. .

goranbolin.bsky.social•12 hours ago

As said in an earlier post, I value the approach by Mario Carlón, who has made important work to see how political messages circulate between mass and niche media. See, for example, his contribution to this (he publishes mainly in Spanish, but here in English):
https://www.academia.edu/48854493/NETWORKS_SOCIETY_AND_POLIS_EPISTEMOLOGICAL_APPROACHES_ON_MEDIATIZATION

goranbolin.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Thanks @cscolari.bsky.social – I totally agree! Politics is today widely transgressing traditional genre boundaries (e.g. news, entertainment, PR, etc.). As the media are saturating all spheres of social lives, and as texts travel in fluid ways, these boundaries are no longer valid.

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