englischAs a central element of mediation between players and the game world, the avatar is at the centre of many video games. In this research work, Ronja Weidemann uses the example of Let's Plays to examine the extent to which the relationship between avatars, players and their community can be [...]

englischThe secularisation thesis predicts the long-term loss of religion’s importance due to it being at odds with modernity. In some countries, however, religion is gaining in importance.

In this book, Hannes Vorhofer analyses religious–secular conflicts in Israel against the background of the [...]

englischThe renowned German composer Lothar Voigtländer (* 1943 in Leisnig/Saxony) gained his first musical experience in the Dresden Kreuzchor and studied at the Academy of Music in Leipzig and at the Academy of Arts of the GDR in Berlin, where he has lived since 1973. He worked as a professor of [...]

englischThe internet is increasingly becoming part of the everyday experience of younger and younger children. While the age at which children first experience the internet has been falling continuously since the turn of the millennium, internet-enabled devices are being integrated into everyday [...]

englischLeo Justinus Kauffmann was at the height of his creative powers when he was killed in an Allied air raid on Strasbourg in 1944. Subject to Nazi reprisals because of his Jewish wife and forced out of his job as a piano teacher, Kauffmann had to earn much of his living by composing light music [...]

englischWith this study, Jennifer Reiff encourages us to critically question the gender culture in children's media and to find new ways of representation.

Based on the psychological and sociological foundations of interculturality research, the author examines selected sequences in children's audio [...]

englischReaders are often mystified by the late work of Gerhard Roth, the Austrian author who died in 2022. Hans-Bernd Bunte’s book on Roth’s last five novels undertakes a detailed search for interpretations which complement the common perception of Roth. Known to be a critical observer of reality, [...]