Vicente, Paulo Nuno2019-03-152019-03-152018-12-011646-4974PURE: 12017438PURE UUID: d1d3f3ff-085a-490b-9873-f8bae4b1789eScopus: 85057005837ORCID: /0000-0002-1952-6016/work/164274340http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85057005837&partnerID=8YFLogxKUID/CCI/04667/2016Contemporary communication sciences are embedded with theoretical traditions supportive of an occupational boundary work: the social and the cultural world as a strict sociological and anthropological object of study and the material world as the domain of scientists and engineers. This epistemic divide places communication sciences before a future shock, by failing to respond explicitly to emerging mediations made possible by radical technologies. Practice-based research (PbR) is still under-represented in communication studies and has yet to be further articulated in order to provide a clear epistemological foundation. This paper objective is to fill in that knowledge gap: it positions digital media as a transdisciplinary scientific domain with a triple helix structure (hardware, interface, and software studies), placing PbR as a critical native methodological approach and presenting a holistic research framework.122388258engDigital mediaEmbodied mind paradigmNarrative machinesPractice-based researchTransdisciplinarityCommunicationjournal article10.20287/ec.n27.v2.a05https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85057005837