Intimate media and technological nature of sociality

Abstract

The article argues for the audience studies, which draws on the analysis of artifactual, spatial, temporal, and sensorial aspects of media consumption and builds on, that is, the so-called medium theory and theory of practice in sociology. In the second part of the article, we interpret the results of a qualitative empirical study regarding the daily use of media technology among young people, aged between 19 and 29 years. The study finds that circumstances, under which digital media have colonized all spheres of public life and under which online social life has become completely naturalized, have led to constant online connectivity as well as highly fragmented and dispersed communication practices of users moving between different media. The analysis of media consumption diaries points to radical mediatization, which plays an important role in the changing generational structure of feeling.

Tablet-Based Praxis Developed for Children in Primary Education Studying Natural Sciences and Mathematics

“…The activities developed for tablet use for primary education students in the natural sciences and mathematics are not very innovative or ludic. The pattern of practices most commonly developed in the natural sciences is the search for and gathering of information, which clearly demonstrates the potential of the Information Society to apply technologies to access, use and share content in multiple areas [41][42][43]; however, research has shown that the teaching-learning process in the Sciences continues to adopt a traditionalist approach that limits students' opportunities for meaningful learning [44].…”

Digital Newspapers’ Perspectives about Adolescents’ Smartphone Use

“…Banning the use of smartphones means acknowledging the existence of a problem, and we should instead offer worthy alternatives. Moreover, scientific literature highlights the advantages of establishing rules to regulate teenage smartphone use and exploit its educational potential [61,62]. The media highight the role of smartphones in boosting comunication and school learning among teenagers and in motivating them, as well as in innovating teaching methodologies.…”

Politična participacija mladih onkraj volitev: konceptualni premisleki in izzivi proučevanja

“…Ugotavljajo, da mladi brez težav prestopajo med »online« in »offline« svetom, meje teh dveh svetov pa so čedalje bolj zabrisane. Podobno ugotavlja tudi nedavna raziskava uporabe digitalne tehnologije v vsakdanjem življenju mladih pri nas (Luthar in Pušnik, 2021). Avtorici ugotavljata, da je za mlade spletno družbeno življenje postalo popolnoma naturalizirano, govorita o nenehni »online« povezanosti ter razdrobljenih in razpršenih komunikacijskih praksah, vse to pa kaže na radikalno mediatizacijo, ki igra pomembno vlogo pri spreminjanju strukture čustev in občutenja.…”