englischMash it up! On the Internet, anything can be downloaded, reformatted, assembled and published. At least in theory. In reality, various online practices for different purposes attract certain communities while irritating others. This dissertation thematises changes in such intermedial [...]

englischThis interdisciplinary analysis uses concepts of voice and polyphony both as visible, audible and understandable means of expression and as abstract analytical categories for the interpretation of music videos. The study combines abstract concepts of voice from music, media, literary and [...]

englischThe ubiquity of photos of children on the Internet has long been the subject of much public and controversial debate. However, on the whole only adults have expressed their opinions on this issue until now. This study closes a gap in research by analysing this issue from the perspective of [...]

englischScripted reality shows are a phenomenon of entertainment television that creates specific forms of television reality by combining factual and fictional elements. In these shows, amateur actors act out a fictional script that is based on everyday life situations. However, the aesthetic modes [...]

englischPhotographs are one the most important mediums of communication today. As a result of society’s growing and varied use of digital photographs, a systematic and structured means of analysing them is becoming increasingly important. Therefore, this book has a methodical and methodological [...]

englischMediatized communication is increasingly communication by visuals. Visualization challenges Communication Studies as an empirical diagnosis as well as a theoretical task. The author of this dissertation starts from a perspective that draws on mediatization theory and theory of action. In the [...]

englischZombies are everywhere: there are zombie-movies, zombie-games, zombie-books and zombie-TV-shows. In addition to this crossmedial appearance, the zombie is used as an academic metaphor as well as a philosophical figure of thought. Even in statistics, the zombie serves as an allegory in [...]

Kommunikation im Social Web ist geprägt von kommerziellen Bildern und privaten Fotografien. Im Band werden die visuellen Strategien und Handlungsorientierungen von Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen auf Social Network Sites untersucht. Inhaltlicher Fokus ist die Bedeutung dieser Bilder für Prozesse [...]

Auf Basis der spezifischen audiovisuellen Verhältnisse von Musikclips widmet sich die Arbeit der musikbezogenen Darstellungshandlung des Lip Synching. Die Nachahmung des Singens ist in Musikclips mit Performance-Anteilen ein zentrales visuelles Element zur Verknüpfung des Bildgeschehens mit Songtext [...]

Die Analyse populärer Musik ist traditionell Gegenstand verschiedener Disziplinen. Dies hat die zunehmende Ausdifferenzierung gegenläufiger Analyseparadigmen begünstigt. Sinnbildlich hierfür steht die Aufspaltung in einen musikwissenschaftlichen und einen kulturwissenschaftlichen Forschungszweig. [...]