Domestication of Media & Technology

The book provides a theoretical and empirical overview on a key concept in media and technology studies: the domestication concept. This concept sheds light upon the process in which a technology changes its status from an outrageous novelty to an aspect of everyday life which is `just thereĹź and taken for granted. Ten years have passed since the early and most influential contributions to the concept of domestication were published. As technologies are becoming increasingly prominent in everyday life, it is an appropriate time to collect and bundle up past, current and future applications of the concept, critically reflect on its theoretical legacy and to develop it further.The starting point of the book is theoretical. The first part thus provides an in-depth overview of the conceptual development over the years. Mutually important is the presented range of recent of empirical studies that develop and use, all in their own way, the domestication approach. These range from home-based Internet use in Canada, to disadvantaged women in the Netherlands and Ireland, ICT-uses in middle-class Chinese families or home-based businesses in Belgium. The book provides insights for both experienced researchers and students looking for an introduction into the concept. Contributors: Maria Bakardjieva, University of Calgary; Thomas Berker, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Leslie Haddon, Essex University; Maren Hartmann, University of Erfurt; Deirdre Hynes, Dublin City University; Sun Sun Lim, National University of Singapore; Anna Maria Russo Lemor, University of Colorado at Boulder; David Morley, Goldsmiths College, University of London; Jo Pierson, TNO-STB, Delft, Netherlands; Yves Punie, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) in Seville; Els Rommes, Nijmegen University; Roger Silverstone, London School of Economics and Political Science; Knut H. SĹrensen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Katie J. Ward, University of Sheffield.