Mediatisierte Arbeitskommunikation

In current working environments, communication is conducted to a great extent through the use of digital technologies. This paper deals with “mediatized workplace communication" in order to accentuate the fact that communication is shaped and transformed by media and that it evokes different practices and consequences. A study with intense media-at-work-users, so-called “Digicom Workers", revealed new work-related medialcommunicative practices: to communicate flexibly, to keep connected/to establish connectedness, to produce transparency, to manage boundaries and to communicate efficiently. The study's results disclose the huge relevance of individual practices along with a vast demand for efficiency in order to meet the challenges of media use at work.