「媒介化」(mediatization)日益被定性為媒介和傳播研究中典 範轉移的一部分。本研究將被置於這個大背景之下。研究的緣起是探 索一條可以在媒介化理論的視野下進行次文化(sub-culture)研究的 路徑。研究回顧了解決次文化邊界問題的傳統思路,指出媒介化視野 帶來的好處是可以將傳播和媒介作為次文化研究的關鍵,對一段時期 內的「傳播和媒介」的變化與「社會和文化」的變化進行「整體性的 理解」。本研究最重要的理論工具是媒介化學群中日益盛行的「傳播 形定」(communicative figurations)概念,它將被期許帶來次文化 研究的新思路。

Mediatization is now considered as part of a broader paradigm shift within media and communication research. In this context, the current research represents an attempt to discover a new approach to a diachronic study of sub-culture from the perspective of mediatization. More specifically, it aimed at constructing a universal theoretical model to study sub-cultures that not only explains the changes in communication and media during a particular period of time but also captures long-term interrelation processes between media and social and cultural changes. Additionally, this study explored the possibility of incorporating communicative figurations—the new mainstream approach to mediatization—into empirical studies.