%0 Journal Article %T The mediatization of life – an attempt to capture the phenomenon %A Drożdż, Michał %J Zeszyty Prasoznawcze %V 2015 %R 10.4467/2299-6362PZ.15.001.3139 %N Tom 58, Numer 1 (221) %P 1-16 %K mediatization of the life, the mass media, new media, media axiology, communication, the space of media, interpersonal communication, human and media %@ 0555-0025 %D 2015 %U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/artykul/the-mediatization-of-life-an-attempt-to-capture-the-phenomenon %X The mediatization of the human life space is a consequence of both: the progress of media technologies and mass scale and pluralism of the media. This analysis is an attempt to show some aspects of mediatization processes of life, which I understand as a multi-faceted phenomenon in social communication using technical tools of symbolic forms of communication. These analyzes are probing scientific poll of this phenomenon based on both: empirical knowledge about the processes of technological change in the media, as well as based on the media theory and on the philosophical concepts of contemporary media space.