Video Games as modern Fairy Tails
Recently, the Sächsische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung (SLPB) interviewed me about video games for their latest issue of #wtf?! – Wissen, Thesen, Fakten.
Start of scientific survey: „Media Education 2020“
I am happy to announce that the media blog FLURFUNK recently covered the beginning of our scientific survvey „Media Education 2020“ researching the peoples needs for offerings in the field of media literacy.
Openining: Exhibition „Aufbruch ins Abenteuer. Die virtuelle Welt der Computerspiele“
Come, See, Play. That is the claim of the special exhibition I’ve designed the past months. „Aufbruch ins Abenteuer. Die virtuelle Wetl der Computerspiele“ at Castle Hartenfels (Torgau), which was ceremonially opened on December 16, 2019, with a keynote lecture by Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Wimmer (University of Augsburg) and an introduction on the relevance of weiterlesen…
Sustainable Journalism (?) – 2nd anual meeting of KriKoWi
In early December 2019, i’ve had the oppurtunity to talk again about a prolific area of research that I am especially interested in: sustainability. The question (and the answer) „Warum der Journalismus mit seinen Standards unsere Demokratie gefährdet und keine Orientierung in einer sich verändernden (Um-) Welt bietet. “ (Why journalism endangers our democracy with weiterlesen…
„From zero to hero“ – Presentation at the ECREA 2018 in Lugano (CH)
Despite rainy days in November in Lugano (CH), the presented study at the ECREA 2018 on public television news coverage on video games in Germany between 2009 and 2018 ganined much audience attention and some interesting follow-up ideas.
„Stop the frack!“ Study presented at the IAMCR 2018
In June 2018, I’ve presented current results in a talk of a content analysis of the public relations (PR) activities of an environmental action group against hydraulic fracturing (fracking) at the Baltic Sea. The study analyzed how the mass media covered the activities of „Erdöl Barth“ nationwide. Eugene, Oregon (USA) was a perfect and inspiring weiterlesen…