Current culturally oriented media studies have significantly advanced central concepts such as mediality, media culture, media discourse, and procedures of media. Focused on this newly defined terminological field, this volume presents landmark contributions for media studies providing new insights into the current state of research on media theory and media culture, simultaneously developing an agenda for future research.

Ludwig Jager teaches linguistics and media studies at RWTH Aachen University.

Erika Lin teaches linguistics at Siegen University.

Irmela Schneider teaches media studies at Cologne University.