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Open Speakers Series Lecture - Rainer Winter: Mediatization and the Transformation of the Self

LocationKanslerinrinne 1, 33014 Tampere University
Pinni B, Auditorium B1096
17.9.2019 13.15–14.45
LanguageEnglish
Entrance feeFree of charge
The Speakers Series is a series of Studia Generalia Lectures in the Study of Society organized weekly by Tampere University Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR) in cooperation with the New Social Research Programme (NSR).

Abstract

According to the tradition of pragmatism and symbolic interactionism, the social self constitutes by social interaction. After explaining this connection, the here presented contribution analyses the consequences of audio-visual mediatisation in the last decades of the 20th century and the implications of digital mediatisation in the 21st century for the self which is put into question by these developments. It is made obvious that there happen media-induced transformations of the self. Nevertheless, it is still of great significance for initiating creative processes and the possibility of emancipation.

Keywords: Social self, social interaction, audio-visual and digital mediatisation, the post-modern age, the oversaturated self, the culture of simulation, the virtual self, virtual transparency

 

The lectures are given by the Research Fellows as well as the distinguished guests of the IASR and the NSR.

For the programme, please check the IASR website https://research.tuni.fi/iasr/event/iasr-nsr-speakers-series-fall-2019/.

Most doctoral students can also get 2 ECTS for attending a minimum of six IASR Lectures, altogether 6 ECTS at the maximum. These 2 ECTS for attending 6 lectures can be earned during two successive terms. For the programme, please check the IASR website https://research.tuni.fi/iasr/event/iasr-nsr-speakers-series-fall-2019/.

Most doctoral students can also get 2 ECTS for attending a minimum of six IASR Lectures, altogether 6 ECTS at the maximum. These 2 ECTS for attending 6 lectures can be earned during two successive terms. 

Organiser

Institute for Advanced Social Research, Marjukka Virkajärvi

Further information

Marjukka Virkajärvi, marjukka.virkajarvi@tuni.fi, 050 358 6697