ABSTRACT
The changing media ensemble makes new dynamics of communication possible. Which dynamics these are in detail is an open empirical question. The task of future mediatization research is to describe exactly what these dynamics look like and what patterns will emerge in the long term. The rise of transnational families refers not only to mediatization but also to globalization when precarious working conditions in one’s original place of residence and increasing labor and mobility opportunities in other countries become the motivation for economic migration. Any re-figuration that is institutionalized and materialized by digital media, supports and accelerates or weakens and decelerates deep mediatization’s already existing trends. Establishing and maintaining digital media infrastructures is anything but clean. The resulting surplus of data has led to the emergence of new business models based on these data which in turn has led to the investment in appropriate digital infrastructures and software for data processing.
