Mediation Concepts to Conceive 21st Century Society Set coordinated by Valérie Larroche and Olivier Dupont Volume Mediation A Concept for Information and Communication Sciences Jacqueline Deschamps First published 2019 in Great Britain and the United States by ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons, Inc Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms and licenses issued by the CLA Enquiries concerning reproduction outside these terms should be sent to the publishers at the undermentioned address: ISTE Ltd 27-37 St George’s Road London SW19 4EU UK John Wiley & Sons, Inc 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030 USA www.iste.co.uk www.wiley.com © ISTE Ltd 2019 The rights of Jacqueline Deschamps to be identified as the author of this work have been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018962335 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-78630-386-8 Contents Preface ix Introduction xiii Part Epistemological Foundations Introduction to Part Chapter Exploring the Concept 1.1 A conceptual approach 1.2 The origins 1.3 Professional mediation 1.4 Mediation and peace 10 13 Chapter The Constituent Elements of Mediation 17 2.1 The third party 2.1.1 From the word to the concept 2.1.2 Models and functions of the third party 2.1.3 The power and authority of a third party 2.1.4 The symbolic third party 2.2 Relation 2.2.1 A concept present in numerous fields 2.2.2 Relation as a process 2.2.3 Interactivity 2.2.4 The socioeconomics of relation 17 18 19 22 24 26 27 28 32 35 vi Mediation 2.3 The subject 2.3.1 The subject in philosophy 2.3.2 The subject in psychoanalysis 2.3.3 The subject in mediation 37 37 41 43 Chapter The Organization of Mediations 45 3.1 Mediation and institution 3.1.1 The spirit of institution 3.1.2 A historical approach to institutions 3.1.3 The human and the institutional spheres 3.1.4 Parliamentary mediation 3.2 Dispositive and mediation 3.2.1 Dispositives in mediation 3.2.2 The social dispositive 3.2.3 Technological dispositives 3.2.4 Legitimizing a dispositive Chapter Time and Mediation 57 57 59 61 64 Part Mobilizing the Concept of Mediation in Information and Communication Sciences 67 Introduction to Part 69 Chapter Communicational Mediations 73 5.1 Transmitting and accessing knowledge 5.2 Scientific communication 5.3 Digital mediations 5.3.1 Information accessibility 5.3.2 The digital mediation of our heritage 5.3.3 The digital mediation of libraries 45 46 46 49 50 52 52 53 54 55 4.1 The time of mediations 4.1.1 Synchronous and asynchronous mediations 4.1.2 Diachronic mediation 4.2 Timeless mediation 75 78 82 82 85 87 Contents Chapter Informational Mediations 6.1 Information professionals 6.2 Documentary mediation in academia 6.3 Competitive intelligence and mediation 6.4 Strategic foresight and mediation vii 89 89 93 95 97 Chapter Cultural Mediations 101 7.1 Mediation and cultural institutions 102 7.2 Promoting our heritage 106 7.3 Artistic mediation 108 Chapter Organizational Mediations 111 8.1 Organizational theories 112 8.2 Organizations and communication 116 8.3 Other perspectives in organizational communication 118 Chapter Societal Mediations 121 9.1 Political mediation and the public space 122 9.2 Public communication and citizenship 127 9.3 Ecological mediation 128 Conclusion 133 References 139 Index of Cited Authors 153 Index of Terms 157 ... concept of mediation per se, its origins, mediation in its professional dimensions and the relations of mediation and xiv Mediation peace, the presentation of the epistemological foundations of mediation. .. Documentary mediation in academia 6.3 Competitive intelligence and mediation 6.4 Strategic foresight and mediation vii 89 89 93 95 97 Chapter Cultural Mediations... asynchronous mediations 4.1.2 Diachronic mediation 4.2 Timeless mediation 75 78 82 82 85 87 Contents Chapter Informational Mediations