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Taking into account. Harold Garfinkels Beitrag für eine Theorie sozialer Medien

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This essay draws paradigmatic parallels between the development of ethnomethodology and media studies by outlining Harold Garfinkel's theoretical and praxeological contributions to social media research. Based on the analysis of his «Sociological Theory of Information», it is demonstrated how the thingification of information within accounts determines the agency of communicative nets. Social media are therefore distinguished from other document-based media mainly through their increased accountability. Taking this into account, the essay concludes with patterned socio-techniques already described by Garfinkel in the 1950s that still remain characteristic for the Web today.

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Thielmann, Tristan: Taking into account. Harold Garfinkels Beitrag für eine Theorie sozialer Medien. In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft, Jg. 4 (2012), Nr. 1, S. 85-102.10.25969/mediarep/2680
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