Convergence, Globalization, Technological Development, and Interdisciplinarity in a Fast‐Evolving World

The Formidable Question of Method

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ID23647345
AuthorsFabienne Darling-Wolf (0000-0002-9362-2911, corresponding author), Fabienne Darling‐Wolf
Year2013
Pages19-36
Publication date2013-12-02
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781444361506.wbiems171
OpenAlexW1563721918
ISBN9781444361506
LanguageEN
References cited14

This introduction makes the case for the continuing need to pay close attention to methodological issues in media studies. Locating the field within a fast‐evolving global context, it outlines some of the questions of methodology media scholars must contend with, particularly as they relate to processes of convergence, globalization, and technological development. It argues that just as media are converging, media studies scholars must transcend methodological boundaries in order to continue to develop the kind of fluid interdisciplinary approaches that are best suited to explore the multimodal and heterogeneous nature of contemporary media. It concludes that, collectively, the essays included in this volume illustrate the innovative and dynamic nature of research methods in media studies and demonstrate their authors' commitment to critical and carefully contextualized work attuned to changing dynamics as well as to the researcher's own position and bearing on the process of inquiry.

Context (archaeology) · Convergence (economics) · Dynamics (music) · Economics · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Geography · Globalization · Management science · Order (exchange) · Political science · Position (finance) · Process (computing) · Social science · Sociology · Technological convergence · Work (physics) · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Engineering · Mathematics · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics

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