Mediebrud mellem organisationer og netv rk Mediebrud mellem organisationer og netv rk [Media disruptions between organisations and networks]

Den foreliggende artikel unders ger eliters afh ngighed af udbredelsesmedie og kommunikationsmedie inden for den Luhmannske systemteori. Gennem anvendelse af et mediebegreb fra medium-theory og koncepter fra elite-forskningen udfoldes eliters medieafh ngighed p tre niveauer; udbredelsesmediet, system-mediet og f ring (lederskab). Eliters specifikke kommunikationsform er afh ngig af de tre mediers aktuelle beskaffenhed. Hypotesen er, at eliters form er medieafh ngig, og at det bliver tydeligt i den aktuelle pr sens af netv rk i samtiden og i den socialvidenskabelige forskning. The present article examines the elites’ dependence on diffusion media and communication media within the Luhmannian system theory. Through the use of a media concept from medium-theory and concepts from research on elites, three levels of dependency emerge: the diffusion media, the media of the system and leadership as the specific communication medium of elites, which is dependent on the state of the three media. The hypothesis is that the specific form of elites has specific, epochal media dependencies, and this becomes evident in the present in social scientific research.