Communication Research and Media Science in Europe: Perspectives for Research and Academic Training in Europe's Changing Media Reality

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Communication Research and Media Science in Europe

Perspectives for Research and Academic Training in Europe's Changing Media Reality

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Never before has the discipline of communication been more exciting, diverse, and innovative than it is today. This volume reflects the current developments in communication research and media science with topics including audience research, internet communication, organizational communication, studies on media use and effects, and educational and intercultural media. It represents the voices of over 40 European and North American scholars. Reflecting similarities and differences in media culture in Europe and abroad, the volume contains many important contributions from an insider point of view to European media research.

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Preface
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Part One: General Perspectives
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1.1 Communication Research and Media Science in Europe: Research and Academic Training at a Turning Point
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Angela Schorr

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1.2 Interactivity: The New Media Use Option – State of the Art
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Angela Schorr

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Part Two: The Mass Media in Perspective: Where are They Heading?
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2.1 New Trends in TV and Radio Research
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Matthias Steinmann

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2.2 Acceptance and Diffusion of Digital Television in Germany
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Thomas Döbler, Hans-Ullrich Mühlenfeld, Birgit Stark and Michael Schenk

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2.3 Making Money, Making Meaning: The Role of Communication in the Construction of a Television Station Culture
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Christine Daymon

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2.4 The Publisher: Tutor of the Information Society
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Dietrich Kerlen

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2.5 Media Assessment: The Future of Media Ethics
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Matthias Rath

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Part Three: New Findings in Media Use and Media Effects Research
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3.1 Media Effects Research 2002: State of the Art
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Michael Schenk

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3.2 Lonely Viewers? Families' Organization of Space and the Allocation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the Home
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Veerle Van Rompaey and Keith Roe

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3.4 Economic Affairs, Media Coverage, and the Public's Perception of the Economy in Germany
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Frank Brettschneider

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3.5 Prognosis Methods on Television Viewing Patterns for Target Audiences
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René Weber

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Part Four: Online Communication: Present Status and Future Perspectives
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4.1 Online Communication: Putting the Knowledge Gap Theory into Perspective
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Heinz Bonfadelli

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4.2 Cyber-TV and The New Interactivity: The GIGA Case
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Thomas Döbler, Birgit Stark and Torsten Haux

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4.3 “Is there anybody out there?” Creative Language Play and “Literariness” in Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
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Angela Goddard

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4.4 Ethnography on the Net: Language, Culture, and Communications
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Michal Anne Moskow

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4.5 Explorations in Students’ Sense-Making of the Internet
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Micheline Frenette

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Part Five: European Research on Interpersonal and Organizational Communication
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5.1 Management of Organizational Communication in The Netherlands: Glass Ceiling and Encroachment
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A. A. van Ruler and Rob de Lange

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5.2 The Advance of Public Relations as a Discipline: Retrospect and Prospect
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Joep Cornelissen, Danny Moss and Phil Harris

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5.3 A Comparative Study of Communicative Skill: Theory and Practice
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William Campbell and Andrzej Falkowski

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5.4 Voice and Power: A Critical Investigation of Accounts of Bullying in Organizations
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Kate Mackenzie Davey and Andy P. D. Liefhooghe

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5.5 The Structure and Agency of Communion Dimension in Interpersonal Communicative Interaction
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Goran Bubas

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Part Six: Perspectives on Children, Gender, and Political Culture in Media Research
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6.1 Engaged from Birth: Children Under Two Talking on Telephones
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Julia Gillen

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6.2 Everyday Discursive Practices and The Construction of Gender: A Study at the “Grass Roots”
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Lindsey Meân Patterson

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6.3 Images of the First Female Prime Minister of Turkey: An Analysis of Political Cartoons in the Turkish Newspapers
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Ayseli Usluata

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6.4 The Forgotten Europe of Small Community Media: The Basque Experience
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Iñaki Zabaleta

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6.5 Working Together, Living Apart: Inter-Group Communication within Organizations in Northern Ireland
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Owen Hargie, Seanenne Rainey and David Dickson

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Part Seven: Big Brother is Watching You? Communication Research and Media Development in Europe – Comments from Abroad
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7.1 Interaction between Online Communication and TV-Viewing: Current Status and Future Perspectives
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Horst Stipp

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7.2 Can Big Brother and His Siblings Play Together More? The Potential for Transatlantic Work on Media Coverage of Science and the Environment
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Michael Nitz

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7.3 The Converging Approaches of American and European Dialogue: Combining Pragmatic and Theoretical Ideas in the Resolution of Complex Problems
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Scott C. Hammond and Matthew L. Sanders

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Contributors
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Author Index
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Subject Index
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110849202

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Keywords for this book

Medienwissenschaft; Kommunikationswissenschaft; Massenkommunikationsforschung

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Communication Research and Media Science in Europe

Overview

About this book

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1.1 Communication Research and Media Science in Europe: Research and Academic Training at a Turning Point

1.2 Interactivity: The New Media Use Option – State of the Art

2.1 New Trends in TV and Radio Research

2.2 Acceptance and Diffusion of Digital Television in Germany

2.3 Making Money, Making Meaning: The Role of Communication in the Construction of a Television Station Culture

2.4 The Publisher: Tutor of the Information Society

2.5 Media Assessment: The Future of Media Ethics

3.1 Media Effects Research 2002: State of the Art

3.2 Lonely Viewers? Families' Organization of Space and the Allocation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the Home

3.4 Economic Affairs, Media Coverage, and the Public's Perception of the Economy in Germany

3.5 Prognosis Methods on Television Viewing Patterns for Target Audiences

4.1 Online Communication: Putting the Knowledge Gap Theory into Perspective

4.2 Cyber-TV and The New Interactivity: The GIGA Case

4.3 “Is there anybody out there?” Creative Language Play and “Literariness” in Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

4.4 Ethnography on the Net: Language, Culture, and Communications

4.5 Explorations in Students’ Sense-Making of the Internet

5.1 Management of Organizational Communication in The Netherlands: Glass Ceiling and Encroachment

5.2 The Advance of Public Relations as a Discipline: Retrospect and Prospect

5.3 A Comparative Study of Communicative Skill: Theory and Practice

5.4 Voice and Power: A Critical Investigation of Accounts of Bullying in Organizations

5.5 The Structure and Agency of Communion Dimension in Interpersonal Communicative Interaction

6.1 Engaged from Birth: Children Under Two Talking on Telephones

6.2 Everyday Discursive Practices and The Construction of Gender: A Study at the “Grass Roots”

6.3 Images of the First Female Prime Minister of Turkey: An Analysis of Political Cartoons in the Turkish Newspapers

6.4 The Forgotten Europe of Small Community Media: The Basque Experience

6.5 Working Together, Living Apart: Inter-Group Communication within Organizations in Northern Ireland

7.1 Interaction between Online Communication and TV-Viewing: Current Status and Future Perspectives

7.2 Can Big Brother and His Siblings Play Together More? The Potential for Transatlantic Work on Media Coverage of Science and the Environment

7.3 The Converging Approaches of American and European Dialogue: Combining Pragmatic and Theoretical Ideas in the Resolution of Complex Problems

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

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