Fundamentals of socio-technical mediatization
A non-anthropocentric approach of technological innovation
Abstract
he purpose of this paper is to dispense with the anthropocentrism of the analysis of technological and symbolic production and appropriation by proposing the notion of ‘socio-technical mediatization’ which includes the performative capacity of technologies. To this end, the theoretical guidelines of the semio-anthropological perspective of mediatization are recovered, although it postulates the relevance of incorporating a socio-technical and symmetrical approach that does not over-determine human actions over the qualities of communication technologies. To this end, it draws on studies of technology and archaeological findings that postulate that technological innovation and use were the driving force behind the evolution of the human species.
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