The volume deals with the normative challenges and the ethical questions imposed by, and through, the developments and changes in everyday life, culture and society in the context of media change. It is thus concerned with the questions of whether and how the central concept of (enlightened) ethics must evolve under these premises or in other words: what form do ethics take in mediatized societies? In order to address this question and to stimulate and initiate a debate, the authors focus on two concepts: responsibility and resistance. Their contributions try to shed light not only on the empirical shreds of evidence of change in mediatized societies, but also on the normative challenges and ethical possibilities of these developments.

First scientific publication to systematically explore the relationship between media ethics and mediatization theory Assembles the leading international scholars from the fields of mediatization research and media ethics in order stimulate a dialogue Touches a highly relevant topic that generates increasing attention among media practitioners and offers expert knowledge

Autorentext
Dr. Tobias Eberwein, Senior Scientist and Research Group Leader at the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC), Austrian Academy of Sciences/University of Klagenfurt.

Dr. Dr. Matthias Karmasin, Professor at the Department of Media and Communications Science, University of Klagenfurt, Director of the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC), Austrian Academy of Sciences/University of Klagenfurt.

Dr. habil. Friedrich Krotz, em. Professor of Communication and Media Studies with a focus on social communication and mediatization research at the University of Bremen. Dr. Dr. Matthias Rath, Professor for Philosophy at the University of Education in Ludwigsburg and head of the Research Center Youth Media Education and the Research Group Media Ethics.

Inhalt
Responsibility and resistance: Conceptual preliminaries.- Part I: Theoretical and historical foundations.- Part II: Analyses and Cases.