Jairo Ferreira 12 *** This book is one of the results of the IV International Seminar on Research on Mediatization and Social Processes, held in 2020/2021. The Seminar had a program developed in two levels: Debate Panels with guest researchers (5 roundtables, with the participation of researchers from Sweden [2], Argentina [2], and Brazil [9, including five from PPGCC-Unisi- nos]). The schedule of the IV Seminar and its structure are available at https://www.midiaticom.org/seminario-midiatizacao/ programacao-2020/. *** In this IV Seminar, the Panels theme was “MEDIATIZED SAPIENS: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE BE- TWEEN INTERACTIONS, MEANS, CIRCULATION, AND SOCIAL MEDIATIONS.” With mediatized sapiens, we mean different media pro- cesses in their relations with the mental transformations of the species. We can enunciate several questions in these relationships. How to think about the social construction of knowledge when it is mediated bymedia processes? To what extent does the species’ mental experience already incorporate media processes as a reference for its construction and inferences? How have network actors been participating in these processes? To what extent are institutions and organizations adapting to these new environments? In particular, how do the University, research, and scientific fields participate in this concert? Do the media in digital networks, managed by expert systems and artificial intelligence, intervene in these processes to pose incisive or sec- ondary questions? How do temporalities and spatialities affect production and reception conditions, including social practices, in the social production of knowledge? What epistemologies and methodologies can account for this new complexity in the midst of zones of indetermination and uncertainty? The book presents this in four parts (not corresponding to the Panels but favoring the angles presented): Mediatization and social construction of reality; Logic, algorithms, platforms, and metrics; Event, circulation, and consumption; Production of
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