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30-06-2022

Portrait of Mariela Bustos Ortega — © Mariela Bustos Ortega

Visiting scientist from Spain: Mariela Bustos-Ortega for three months at the IfK

Mariela Bustos-Ortega from the Spanish University of Granada (UGR) will be a visiting researcher at the Institute for Communication Studies (IfK) from June 30. She will support the research group for online communication led by Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt for three months.

23-05-2022

The Eiffel Tower next to the Seine during sunset — © ICA

IfK researchers* represented with 35 contributions at the 72nd annual conference of the ICA

This year's 72nd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) focuses on "One World, One Network‽" and will take place from 26.-30. May for the first time after the corona pandemic in presence in Paris. Researchers from the Institute for Communication Science are represented with 35 contributions there.

28-04-2022

Cover of the book "The Handbook of International Trends in Environmental Communication" — © Roskilde University, University of Oregon, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Amsterdam, Jan Kåre Wilhelmsen, Penn Today

Post-Journalism: Six international journalism researchers as guests in the master's seminar

For the guest lectures in his master's seminar "Post-journalism: The reconstruction and deconstruction of journalism" Thorsten Quandt could recruit six international journalism researchers in the 2022 summer semester to discuss the current transformation processes in journalism.

06-01-2022

Just published: „The Handbook of International Trends in Environmental Communication”

Three thematic issues of Digital Journalism and Journalism Studies on Covid-19

In collaboration with Bruno Takahashi (Michigan State University, USA), Suzannah Evans Comfort (Indiana University, USA) and Jagadish Thaker (University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand), Prof. Dr. Julia Metag edited “the Handbook of International Trends in Environmental Communication”, which has now been published.

25-10-2021

The digital journalism cover, in the background a stilized virus and a mask — © Digital Journalism, Pexels

Digital Journalism, Volume 9, Issue 9 (2021)

Three thematic issues of Digital Journalism and Journalism Studies on Covid-19

The pandemic is not only a crisis for global health and social systems, but also a critical moment for journalism. The latest issue of the journal "Digital Journalism" takes up this topical issue and gathers a dozen contributions on Covid-19. The 'Special Issue' is edited by IfK professor Thorsten Quandt with his colleague Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, and it is just the prelude to further publications.