mediology

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

mediologies plural

词汇关系

相关词
mediologic mediological mediologist

词源

Etymology tree
French médiologiebor.
English mediology
Borrowed from French médiologie.
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