englischNowadays, the EU and the project of forming a united Europe seem to be being tested permanently. Using the example of feuilleton coverage of the financial crisis in Europe (from 2008 onwards), this thesis analyses how culture journalists—as experts in narratives and framing—reflect on an [...]

englischAccording to journalistic norms, journalists should report accurately and in a timely manner on current events. How journalists deal with this challenge when reporting on crises, which is characterised by a rapid succession of events and the absence of established sources, is examined in [...]

englischTrust, distrust and trust issues are often objects of journalistic coverage. However, little is known about the journalistic depiction of the three dimensions of trust. Using a longitudinal analysis, this study is the first to provide a comprehensive and systematic investigation into their [...]

englischThe threat to and restrictions placed on the freedom of the press are two of the most pressing current political concerns. It is not only the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo, the arrest and imprisonment of Deniz Yücel, and the attacks on the media by heads of state such as Erdogan or Trump [...]

englischBe it Brexit, the Eurozone crisis or the degree of a banana’s curviness–we are affected by EU issues every day. The most important source of information about these issues are journalistic media. However, little is known about the anonymous news producers, that is, news agencies. In this [...]

englischSchool shootings are events which are widely reported in the media. However, the focus on “simple explanations” tends to create a false image and supports the mystification of the perpetrators themselves. These individuals plan for their respective "appearances" in the media when making [...]

Etablierte Medienorganisationen setzen große Hoffnung auf Mobile Publishing und produzieren zahlreiche Apps für Smartphones und Tablet-PCs. In der Frühphase eines Mediums neigen journalistische Anbieter allerdings zur Imitation bewährter Medienprodukte, ohne die Spezifika des Mediums zu [...]

englischIn light of pressures brought to bear by the Internet, it is becoming increasingly necessary for journalists to be able to point out specific criteria for demarcating their work against citizen journalists. An online experiment among German journalists and non-journalists investigates the [...]

Stellt partizipativer Journalismus eine Chance für publizistische Vielfalt dar? Die empirische Studie beantwortet diese demokratietheoretisch relevante Frage für den lokalen Printjournalismus. Neben traditionellen Formen der Leserpartizipation stehen dabei neue, online-basierte Formen im Fokus. Die [...]

englischNews agencies face great challenges in the digital age. On the one hand they have to deal with the change of media and the related economical and editorial changes of their media clients. On the other they have to assert themselves against competitors on the world’s most competitive news [...]