Mediatization, polarization, and intolerance (between environments, media, and circulation)

Mediatization, interactions and education: a classroom-grounded sketch 45 Figure 01: Possible elements of a mediatization process Retrieved from: Martino (2019). The perspective of “media environment” refers to the fact that, in contemporary society, social practices are con- nected, though partially, to different types of electronic media responsible for their intermediation. The medium is not just a technical channel, but it has its specific language, and its domain is the first condition for the success of any message. Among other things, living in a media environment is being in constant relationship with the media, mediating practices, experiences, and actions. The media environment, according to Meyrowitz (1993; 1999; 2000), is less the set of communication media than the interactions between human beings with and from this technological tool. In a mediatized society, social practices are directly in- terrelated to the languages, codes, logics, and discourses of the media. Social interactions happen - also, but not only - through the media, adapting to their logics and languages, which in turn be- come habitual - and, again, reinforcing the “habits of the listener.” “Mediatization,” says Ana Paula Rosa (2011, p. 134), “is not just about the communication media, but the logics that are used by the most varied institutions to make them known, public, and to give access to the events that have relevance or to which relevance is attributed.” Thus, it is questionable to expect that the individual, living in a mediatized society, with his/her practices permeat- ed in a digital environment, does not develop some of his/her