Mediology
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture, created by Régis Debray in 1979, that pays specific attention to human symbolic activity and to technology, especially as a medium of cultural transmission. countable, uncountable
"What mediology wishes to bring to light is the way in which something serves as a medium, and the often unperceived complexities that go with it, looking back over the long term (from the birth of writing) without being overly concerned with present-day media (even if certain mediologists are prepared to consider these)."
- 2 The study of mass media and its influence. countable, uncountable
"I do not believe any mass mediology can predict the effect of a mass media message."
- 3 The use of mass media. countable, uncountable
"It is everywhere visible in hard data about four key elements of that culture: film. television, books, and theme parks. But it is not limited to such elements, for they are but pieces of a mesmerizing global mediology that suffuses consciousness everywhere."
Example
More examples"What mediology wishes to bring to light is the way in which something serves as a medium, and the often unperceived complexities that go with it, looking back over the long term (from the birth of writing) without being overly concerned with present-day media (even if certain mediologists are prepared to consider these)."
Etymology
Borrowed from French médiologie.
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