TY - JOUR AB - ‘Digital modernity’ promises advanced possibilities for correcting consequences of the functional differentiation of society for a variety of civil society initiatives. Against this backdrop, our article focusses on processes of synchronization between media, politics and law and examines new potentials for irritation design. First, we discuss the classical theory of reflexive law and recent refinements of it. Second, we introduce notable visions of an online-induced acceleration of the correction of society and of the need for societal rectification. Supported by empirical case studies, we thirdly elaborate our main thesis that the technical improvement of communication structures per se does not necessarily increase the likelihood of an evaluation of the queries by the systems addressed. The search for and the design of convenient forms of irritation remains a complex organizational process. In contrast to other positions, taken in recent sociology of law, we maintain that the role of the law is changed, but essential. In the final chapter, we contextualize our findings within a broader evolutionary perspective. DA - 2017 DO - 10.1515/zfrs-2017-0015 KW - Beschleunigung KW - Zivilgesellschaft KW - Digitalisierung KW - Irritation KW - Synchronisation KW - Massenmedien LA - ger IS - 2 M2 - 239 PY - 2017 SN - 0174-0202 SP - 239-265 T2 - Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie TI - Neue Irritationspotentiale in der „digitalen Gesellschaft“. Synchronisation zwischen Medien, Politik und Recht UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29159122 Y2 - 2024-11-22T04:36:35 ER -