Interview with Friedrich Krotz: Mediatization as Metaprocess. A Historical-process Perspective

Entrevista a Friedrich Krotz: La mediatizacion como metaproceso. Una perspectiva histórico-procesual

Entrevista com Friedrich Krotz: A mediatização como metaprocesso. Uma perspectiva histórico-processual

Ferreira, Jairo - Carlón, Mario - Olivera, Guillermo
Detalles Bibliográficos
2026
entrevista
Friedrich Krotz
mediatización
interview
Friedrich Krotz
mediatization
entrevista
Friedrich Krotz
midiatização
Español
Universidad ORT Uruguay
RAD
https://revistas.ort.edu.uy/inmediaciones-de-la-comunicacion/article/view/4459
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11968/7871
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Resumen:
Sumario:Friedrich Krotz is one of the most prominent figures in the field of mediatization studies in Northern Europe and a pioneer of such perspective in Germany, having first introduced this concept and approach to communicationscience research in that country in 1995. After a long career at various German and Swiss universities, as well as a number of important research stays at various universities around the world, Krotz is currently Professor Emeritus of Communication and Media at the Universität Bremen (Germany). In conversation with InMediaciones de la Comunicación, he reflects on his academic career, his assumptions or epistemic starting points, his strongly historical perspective, the processual nature of his approach, and his key original contribution to the field: mediatization as a (historical) “metaprocess”, analogous to other “long-term transcultural metaprocesses” studied by the social sciences, such as globalization, individualization, modernization, literacy, and industrialization, to name a few.