Communicative Figurations

• 30.11.2012
• Zentrum für Medien-, Kommunikations- und Informationsforschung (ZeMKI) • Linzer Straße 4

International symposium

On November 30, 2012, an international symposium on “Communicative Figurations” will take place at the Center for Media, Communication and Information Research at the University of Bremen. The ZeMKI is a member of the research network of the same name with the University of Hamburg and the Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research (www.kommunikative-figurationen.de).

At the English-language symposium, Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp, Prof. Dr. Friedrich Krotz, Prof. Dr. Uwe Schimank, Prof. Dr. Inge Marszolek, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Averbeck-Lietz and Prof. Dr. Andreas Breiter will present research approaches and topics from the research areas of the “Communicative Figurations” research network.

International guests are also expected to attend:

• Prof. Dr. Nick Couldry from Goldsmith College, University of London, talks about the challenges of mediatization research
• Prof. Dr. Stig Hjarvard from the University of Copenhagen will give a lecture on “Mediatization and soft individualism”
• Prof. Dr. Knut Lundby from the University of Oslo talks about the role of the media in the field of religion
• Prof. Dr. Hubert Knoblauch from the TU Berlin talks about the relationship between communication, mediatization and social relations