In recent two decades, materiality studies has become an important research area of quite some disciplines of humanities and social sciences. Due to its obvious multidisciplinarity, materiality studies has diverse theoretical origins and research orientations. This article focuses on the theoretical constructions and practices on medialities, techniques/technologies and materialities in multiple academic languages. Through a brief historical description of some of its prominent theories and methodological approaches, as well as their academic origins and interactions, this article sketches out the evolving paths of materiality studies in the broad media and communication research areas.