Media’s influence,which is called mediatiztion,has brought about profound changes to social life and culture in modern society,forcing them to follow media’s principles. This paper analyzes the terminology of mediatization,explains the main points of mediatization,such as media logic,molding forces,metaprocess. It also explains the process of mediatization from the perspective of materialization,institution,and social construction. This paper discusses the approach for research in mediatization by western scholars,and analyzes its applicability in China. The purpose is to inspire scholars to explore paths and principles for Chinese mediatization according to our actual situations.