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Friedrich Krotz
University of Bremen
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Hana Pravdová
University of SS. Cyril and Methodius
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Ľubica Hulajová
University of SS. Cyril and Methodius
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Keywords:
communication, media, media culture, mediatisation, social networks
Abstract
The interview focuses on Friedrich Krotz’s views on the mediatisation of communication and culture and its consequences for daily life and social relations, culture and society. While discussing the topic Friedrich Krotz mostly addresses the negative aspects of mediatisation and outlines possible solutions to counter them. The given topics also refer to technological and cultural development of the society in the light of the influential notions proposed by Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer or Marshall McLuhan as well as from the viewpoint of specific traits of today’s communication via cyberspace. The interview therefore covers the issues concerning Internet security and privacy. The discussion specifically reflects on our dependence on online search engines, especially Google, and Internet social networks such as Facebook or WhatsApp.
Author Biographies
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Friedrich Krotz, University of Bremen
Friedrich Krotz is an outstanding expert on communication and media studies focusing on social communication and mediatisation research. He is a member of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), the International Communication Association (ICA), the International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), the German Society for Sociology (DGS), the German Society for Journalism and Communication Research (DGPuK), the Society for Media Science (GfM), the Association of the Institute for Youth, Film, and Television in Munich and many other associations, committees and editorial boards of scientific journals. In his research, he focuses on theories of media and communication science, culture and communication sociology, cultural studies, media change and mediatisation, on reception studies and problems of media research, politics and society as well as on qualitative and quantitative research methods and theory of science.
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Hana Pravdová, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius
Professor Hana Pravdová, the Head of the Department of Language Communication at the Faculty of Mass Media Communication, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, focuses on media culture and journalistic genres. As an active journalist, she has worked for the Slovak public television, for a nationwide daily newspaper and an advertising agency at various positions. She applies her knowledge and professional experience through giving lectures on media culture, cultural competences, games in historical and cultural contexts as well as genres of journalism. She is the author of several monographs, university textbooks and a number of scientific and professional studies published in domestic and foreign scholarly journals or conference proceedings.
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Ľubica Hulajová, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius
Ľubica Hulajová works as a lecturer at the University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava where she gives lectures and seminars in the fields of media relations, public relations, lobbying and marketing. At present, she focuses on using English for specific purposes in the context of mass media and her research is oriented on the issues of intercultural communication. She has also worked in media; her long-term aim is to use this professional knowledge and experience in her present scholarly work. She holds a Master’s degree in translation and interpretation from the Faculty of Arts at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.
How to Cite
Friedrich Krotz, Hana Pravdová, & Ľubica Hulajová. (2025). Mediatisation of Communicative Behaviour. Interview with Friedrich Krotz.
Communication Today,
8(2).
https://doi.org/10.0000/e0ws5074
