Publications

This policy paper examines how precarious working conditions, platform dependency, the AI transformation and funding gaps are putting pressure on journalism in Germany, and sets out recommendations for strengthening the resilience of journalism by improving working conditions, developing editorial AI skills, promoting public-interest funding and fostering local communication ecosystems.

Editors are Prof. Dr. Maren Hartmann, Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp, Prof. Dr. Friedrick Krotz and Prof. Dr. Waldemar Vogelsang and is published by Springer VS Verlag. The series focuses on an interdisciplinary examination of the (…)

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The progression of deep mediatization, that is, the molding of society by digital media and their infrastructures, is not only driven by outstanding ‘corporate actors’ such as media companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook and (…)

A main problem of any mediatization research is how to ground it in a practicable empirical approach. When we argue that within an ongoing mediatization process our cultures and societies transform, how can we investigate (…)