The article proposes the notion of 'biographies of media' as a theoretical framework addressing how media change is domesticated through the construction of popular and personal narratives. Relying on theoretical approaches to storytelling and to the biographical genre, it argues that our relationship with media is shaped by efforts to insert them into recurring narrative patterns, through which their impact on our societies and everyday lives is represented and negotiated. Narratives about how media emerged, developed, and declined help people to make sense of new experiences and events, providing emotional and symbolic tools to cope with the transformations triggered by media change. The article also explores how such narratives may be employed by individuals and groups in support of political and ideological agendas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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揭开媒体传记的面纱：论叙事、轶事和讲故事在新媒体历史建设中的作用

这篇文章提出了“媒体传记”的概念，作为解决媒体变革如何通过构建流行和个人叙事来驯化的理论框架。依靠讲故事和传记体裁的理论方法，它认为我们与媒体的关系是通过将媒体插入反复出现的叙事模式而塑造的，通过这些模式，它们对我们的社会和日常生活的影响得到体现和协商。关于媒体如何出现、发展和衰落的叙述有助于人们理解新的体验和事件，提供情感和象征工具来应对媒体变革引发的转变。本文还探讨了个人和团体如何利用此类叙事来支持政治和意识形态议程。