mediation
refers to something that comes in between 2 or more things (physical, inanimate things getting in between receiver and source); connects what is unconnected
interpersonal mediation
phone call, email, letters
small group mediation
conference call
intrapersonal mediation
diary, voice memo, pictures, mirror, posit-it notes
mass communication mediation
books, newspapers
more limited feedback
no or little rules to follow
increasingly more impersonal, less dynamic
mediation complications
possible to mediate and non-mediate at same time (ex/ lecturer using a microphone, visitor at a prison)
multiple systems working at once - not always clear which system is being used