The Working and Research Group Media Systems and Media Organisation analyses media, communication, media economic processes, digitalisation, the Internet, and the roles of media systems and media organisations in society, the information society and the information economy. As a framework, the approach of the Political Economy of the Media and Communication is of particular importance. Research is focused on media systems, media organisations, communication processes, media industries as well as the processes and dynamics of digitalisation in the context of the interaction of the economy, politics and society. The utilised approach combines social theory, empirical social research, and philosophy/information/media ethics.
Research projects
INNOVADE: INNOVAtive DEmocracy Through Digitalisation
INNOVADE ist ein internationales, interdisziplinäres, dreijähriges Horizon Europe EU-Projekt, in dem die digitale Demokratie erforscht wird. Die elf beteiligten Teams kommen aus den Feldern der Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, der Politikwissenschaft, der Soziologie, der Anthropologie, der Informatik, den Security Studies, der ...
Duration: 01/2025 - 12/2027
Political Economy of the Media and Communication
The goal of this project is to theorise and analyse the politics and economy of the media and communication as well as the combination of politics and economy of the media and communication (political economy). It elaborates contributions to the international research field of the Political Economy of Communication and the Media.The main question ...
Duration: 04/2022 - 12/2030
Political Economy of Digital Media and Digital Communication
The goal of this project is to ground the foundations and develop the approach of the Political Economy of Digital Media and Communication. It applies the international research and theory approach of the Political Economy of the Media and Communication to the realms of the Internet and digital media.The project theorises and analyses the politics ...
Duration: 04/2022 - 12/2030
