@inbook {2136,
	title = {Rethinking Transforming Communications: An Introduction},
	booktitle = {Communicative Figurations},
	number = { Transforming Communications {\textendash} Studies in Cross-Media Research},
	year = {2018},
	pages = {3-13},
	publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan, Cham},
	organization = {Palgrave Macmillan, Cham},
	abstract = {This chapter introduces the contributions to this volume in three stages. First, it is argued that when considering the present stage of deep mediatization, it is insufficient to concentrate solely on the media as such: one also has to consider how communication transforms with changing media. It is by virtue of the change in human communicative practices together with other social practices that processes of social construction change. This is what is called transforming communications. Second, the chapter outlines why it is helpful to take a figurational approach for researching such transforming communications. The term figuration goes back to Norbert Elias, who used it to describe structured interrelations between humans. However, for the analysis in question, it is extended to reflect questions of communication. Finally, this introduction provides an overview of the arguments presented in the following chapters.},
	keywords = {Communication, mediatization},
	issn = {978-3-319-65583-3},
	url = {https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-65584-0_1$\#$citeas},
	author = {Hepp, A and Breiter, A and Hasebrink, U}
}
@article {2119,
	title = {Digital Traces in Context - An Introduction},
	journal = {International Journal of Communication },
	volume = {12},
	year = {2018},
	abstract = {A consequence of living in a media-saturated world is that we inevitably leave behind digital traces of our media use. In this introduction to the International Journal of Communication{\textquoteright}s thematic section, we argue for a need to put those digital traces in context. As a starting point, we outline our basic understanding of digital traces, generally defining them as numerically produced correlations of disparate kinds of data
that are generated by our practices in a media environment characterized by digitalization. On this basis, we distinguish three contextual facets that are of relevance when considering digital traces: first, the context of the scientific discourse in which research on digital traces is positioned; second, the context of the methods being applied to researching them; and third, the aforementioned context of the empirical field. With reference to the articles in this thematic section, this introduction argues that, in a single study, all three contextual facets interact as the scientific discourse relates to the methods being used, which in turn relates to the entire field of research. },
	keywords = {big data, contextualization, datafication, deep mediatization, digital methods, digital traces},
	url = {http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/8650},
	author = {Hepp, A and Breiter, A and Friemel, T}
}
