Networks, Society, and Polis: Epistemological Approaches on Mediatization

Foreword 21 zation. Jairo Getúlio Ferreira, in a similar direction, presents pro- legomena for a general theory of algorithmic applications, which are today one of the pulsating centers of the digital universe, al- ways within the framework of a general theory of mediatization. The result is a book that offers us a considerably high level to continue the debate on the scope, meaning, and valid- ity of the concept of mediatization. A set of theoretical chapters leads us to this level, with concept maps and secure cartogra- phies about where we came from and where we are now. But, also, the careful applications and thought-provoking explora- tions of new themes and approaches that this collection has also taken care of ensuring for us.