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<p>This article offers evidence from a literature review that mediatization research has yet to engage with the internet of things (IoT). This is a major lack, given the widely recognized importance of IoT phenomena, and may be attributable to mediatization’s limited direct interest in media technology. Through an extended examination of media in cars, the article demonstrates the fertility of a mediatization approach toward what is argued to be a prototype example of the emerging IoT. The article concludes by suggesting future directions for empirical studies.</p></abstract>

This article offers evidence from a literature review that mediatization research has yet to engage with the internet of things (IoT). This is a major lack, given the widely recognized importance of IoT phenomena, and may be attributable to mediatization’s limited direct interest in media technology. Through an extended examination of media in cars, the article demonstrates the fertility of a mediatization approach toward what is argued to be a prototype example of the emerging IoT. The article concludes by suggesting future directions for empirical studies.

Mediatization and the Internet of Things

Cultural Science

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This article offers evidence from a literature review that mediatization research has yet to engage with the internet of things (IoT). This is a major lack,...

Mediatization and the Internet of Things

Article Category: Research

Published Online: Jan 30, 2019

Page range: 1 - 12

Received: Jul 03, 2018

Accepted: Jan 11, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.113

Keywords
Mediatization, internet of things, mediatization of automobility, media materiality

© 2019 James Miller, published by De Gruyter

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Mediatization and the Internet of Things

Article Category: Research

Published Online: Jan 30, 2019

Page range: 1 - 12

Received: Jul 03, 2018

Accepted: Jan 11, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.113

KeywordsMediatization, internet of things, mediatization of automobility, media materiality

© 2019 James Miller, published by De Gruyter

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Mediatization, internet of things, mediatization of automobility, media materiality