Crossing Boundaries TECNOSCIENZA Italian Journal of Science & Technology Studies 7 (1) pp. XXX-XXX - ISSN 2038-3460 www.tecnoscienza.net 2016 STS and Media Studies Alternative Paths in Different Countries Romain Badouard Université de Cergy-Pontoise (FR) Clément Mabi Université de Technologie de Compiègne (FR) Alvise Mattozzi Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (IT) Cornelius Schubert University of Siegen (DE) Guillaume Sire Institut Français de Presse (FR) Estrid Sørensen Ruhr-University in Bochum (DE) Abstract: This conversation presents three perspectives on the trajectories of interaction between Science & technology studies and Media studies in three different national contexts: Germany, France and Italy. Each of the contributions focuses on a specific country and adopts a distinctive stand- point to unfold how STS and media studies have interacted or have main- tained boundaries and differences between them. The first contribution about Germany moves from the outcomes of two workshops on these top- ics and highlights how STS and Media studies seem to tap into each other in a highly selective manner, filling some of their conceptual and empirical gaps, but not engaging in an actual mutual discussion. The second text assumes as fulcrum the concepts of “mediation” and “dispositif” in order to argue that, in France, these ideas has played the role of a “boundary objects” enabling a dialogue between the two different fields. Finally, the third and last input to this conversation reconstructs some of the trajectories that led specific groups or individuals working in communication studies in Italy to connect with STS frameworks, arguing that the concept of “mediation” emerges as a productive common ground for both communication and STS scholars. Keywords: STS, Media Studies, Germany, France, Italy. Corresponding author: Alvise Mattozzi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Faculty of Design and Art, Piazza Università 1, 39100 Bozen-Bolzano. Email: amattozzi@unibz.it