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Loosen, W.; Schmidt, J.-H. (2014): Wechselseitige Erwartungen [Mutual Expectations]. In: Message, 15(4), pp. 24-25.
Prof. Dr. Wiebke Loosen • PD Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt
2014
After a successful test run in Bremen, a science team is researching how the local news and information app "molo.news" can be made available nationwide. The BMBF is funding the project with 1.5 million euros.
In the light of “fake news” accusations against established media and declining subscription numbers: what does the public expect from journalists, and how do they view their own role in terms of social cohesion?
The relationship between journalism and its audience is changing, yielding consequences for what journalists cover and how. The project, which is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), examines the breadth, depth, and diversity of this re-figuration and its consequences.
The project, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), investigates how journalistic pioneers and pioneer communities envision an ideal future for journalism and, by that, actually shape the future of the field.
A population survey collects representative data for the first time on the tasks assigned to journalists by the German population. These will then be compared with existing data on the self-perception of journalistic roles.
In this working paper, Wiebke Loosen, Anna von Garmissen, Elsa Bartelt and Tim van Olphen present first findings from a representative survey involving 1,221 journalists in Germany, conducted between September 2022 and February 2023. The study is funded by the German Research Founda...
Media change and digitalisation have changed the way journalism researchers look at their field. Disciplines such as computer science are increasingly being included. What interdisciplinarity means for journalism research and practice is discussed in the articles in M&K 1-2/202, available as an...
In their book contribution, Wiebke Loosen and Paul Solbach write about how data and algorithms affect the work of journalists. The chapter is published in the handbook Fake News, Framing, Fact-Checking: Nachrichten im digitalen Zeitalter [Fake News, Framing, Fact-Checking: News in the Digital Age] b...
Prof. Dr. Wiebke Loosen, Julius Reimer and Dr. Sascha Hölig analyze the self-image of journalists in their article published in the journal Journalism Studies. The focus is not only on their own role perception, but also on the expectations of their audience - in other words, what journalists w...
In the "Handbook of Political Communication", Dr. Sascha Hölig writes about news repertoires, the relevance of established brands, social media, participation possibilities and preferred modes of use. As an open access publication, the article is available free of charge. You c...
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