Pub Date : 2021-12-09DOI: 10.24434/j.scoms.2021.02.022
Heinz Bonfadelli, W. Meier, Vinzenz Wyss
Michael Schanne (27.6.1948–30. 8. 2021) studierte Soziologie, Publizistikwissenschaft und Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Zürich und schloss sein Studium 1977 mit Lizentiat bei Prof. Peter Heintz in Soziologie ab. Danach war er Assistent am Seminar für Publizistikwissenschaft bei Prof. Ulrich Saxer bis Mitte der 1980er Jahre. 1987 gründete er mit Werner A. Meier die AGK – Arbeitsgruppe für Kommunikationsforschung und -beratung und führte u. a. im Rahmen von Evaluationen zahlreiche Inhaltsanalysen durch sowie qualitative Forschungsprojekte basierend auf Experteninterviews. Von 2001 bis zu seiner Pensionierung 2013 forschte und lehrte er an der ZHAW – Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften zusammen mit Vinzenz Wyss an der Professur für Journalistik.
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Pub Date : 2021-10-12DOI: 10.24434/j.scoms.2021.02.016
M. Bitschnau, Dennis Lichtenstein, Birte Fähnrich
Current research on right-wing populist communication is often confined to political parties, with social movements receiving much less attention. To help fill this research gap, we examine the frames and master frames of the PEGIDA movement and the role of the 2015 “refugee crisis” in shaping them. Using qualitative content analysis of speeches held at PEGIDA rallies between 2014 and 2016, we identify two distinct master frames, each consisting of five particular frames. Besides an initial master frame about the allegedly looming Islam- ization of Europe, a second master frame dealing with the Perils of Asylum emerge during the “crisis” – ultimately, both converge, with the latter incorporating central elements of the former. These findings buttress our interpretation of the “crisis” as an opportunity structure that helped right-wing populist social movements to revitalize their message and broaden their audience. However, its long-term impact still appears limited as PEGIDA’s influence has greatly waned in recent years.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-25DOI: 10.24434/j.scoms.2021.02.003
Lídia Raquel Herculano Maia, O. Demushina, S. McDowell
Social networking sites can be defined as online services that allow users to create public or private profiles and, among other things, create connections, share opinions, news, and affections. In 2014, many electors in Brazil were engaged in the presidential campaign on these virtual spaces as never before. In this context, the research question guiding this study is: What are the communication strategies employed by electors and the three main presidential candidates in the online interaction processes during the 2014 Brazilian elections? To address this question, empirical research was employed using a qualitative approach to analyze comments posted in the candidates’ Facebook fan pages during that electoral process. Based on the research and theory in this field, two types of communication in the virtual space were investigated: (a) vertical communication through interaction between Internet users and campaign staff; and (b) horizontal communication among electors in the comments section. We conclude that, although the comments section of the candidates’ pages on Facebook is frequently used as a space both for mutual support and incivility against opponents, it is still used creatively for discussion on the candidates’ government plans, the situation of the country, attempts of engagement in the electoral process and exposure to ideologically crosscutting viewpoints.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-20DOI: 10.24434/j.scoms.2021.02.031
R. Blum
Philomen Schönhagen legt zusammen mit Mike Meißner eine Kommunikations- und Mediengeschichte vor, die den Fokus vor allem auf die Schweiz legt. Das fehlte bisher. Es gibt Medien- und Journalismusgeschichten Frankreichs, Deutschlands, Italiens, weltweit, es gibt das Handbuch der Mediengeschichte von Helmut Schanze, aber an eine Gesamtschau für die Schweiz hat sich seit langem niemand gewagt. Philomen Schönhagen, avec l’aide de Mike Meißner, propose une histoire de la communication et des médias qui met l’accent sur la Suisse. Cela manquait jusque-là. Il existe des histoires des médias et du journalisme en France, en Allemagne, en Italie et dans le monde entier, il y a le manuel d’histoire des médias de Helmut Schlanze, mais il y avait longtemps que personne n’avait tenté de livrer une vue d’ensemble de la situation en Suisse. Philomen Schönhagen, insieme a Mike Meißner, presenta per la prima volta una ricerca sulla storia della comunicazione e dei media incentrata principalmente sulla Svizzera. Fino ad oggi esistono studi sulla storia dei media e del giornalismo in Francia, Germania, Italia e a nivello mondiale, oltre al manuale sulla storia dei media di Helmut Schanze.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-13DOI: 10.24434/j.scoms.2021.02.004
Maria Laura Ruiu, Massimo Ragnedda
This paper investigates the use of science in British newspapers’ narratives of climate change between 1988 and 2016. It is based on the analysis of eight newspapers and their Sunday and online versions (Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, The Daily Express, The Sun, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent). We used the keywords “climate / climatic change”, “warm / warming” and “greenhouse / greenhouse effect” to retrieve the articles from the Nexis / Lexis database. To identify the articles with a specific focus on climate change, we included only those containing the keywords in the headline (9789 items). Framing theory helps interpret the process of construction of the “threat” through science by showing a tendency towards scientific consensus for the centre / left-leaning newspapers, and an instrumental use of consensus for the centre-right. These findings are useful for both scientists and policymakers interested in understanding how climate narratives can promote delay in action on climate change.
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Pub Date : 2021-06-11DOI: 10.24434/J.SCOMS.2021.02.015
N. Stamatinis, A. Archakis, V. Tsakona
Following a critical discourse analysis (CDA) approach, the present study reports on the analysis of 49 texts from the Hellenic Parliament Proceedings, where the term λαθρομετανάστης “illegal migrant” is used. The texts under scrutiny date back to 2015 (i. e., the year the migration crisis reached its peak) and reveal the recontextualized use of this term, which is identified with the hegemonic national-racist discourse of the 1990s perceiving migrants as criminals. Since the 1990s, the term has been stigmatized by political correctness as racist and inaccurate. We consider political correctness as a type of corrective practice, since it detects naturalized language uses reproducing stereotypes and power relationships. We will examine how the re-emergence of the older, racist use of the term in question as a reaction against the guidelines of political correctness is anew connected with national-xenophobic discourse and, in particular, with framing migrants as invaders and a national threat. Overall, tracing the semantic trajectory of the term λαθρομετανάστης “illegal migrant” allows us to explore how language use at the micro-level is dialectically connected with discourses at the macro-level.
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Pub Date : 2021-06-10DOI: 10.24434/J.SCOMS.2021.01.032
Silke Fürst
What is public science? What can communication science scholars contribute to society, especially in times of crisis? What are the challenges and limitations of such engagement? These questions were addressed at a recent preconference held on April 7, 2021, titled “Public communication science in times of the Covid-19 crisis”. The preconference was organized as part of the DACH 21 conference (the first three-country conference on commu nication science) and was held online with more than 50 participants. It was an excellent opportunity to stimulate discussion among Swiss, Austrian, and German scholars regarding the self-understanding and societal role of the discipline. The preconference was hosted by the association Öffentliche Medienund Kommunikations wissenschaft (Public Media and Communication Science, PMCS), which aims to establish, promote, and further develop the concept of public science in the field. The co-presidents of the PMCS association, Prof. Dr. Marlis Prinzing (Hochschule Macro media Köln) and Prof. Dr. Mark Eisenegger (University of Zurich), welcomed all participants to the preconference. They emphasized that the preconference aimed to bring together diverse perspectives and to reflect on principles as laid out in the charter of the association (https://oeffentliche-kowi.org/charta/). This charter consists of fifteen principles and was signed by more than 250 scholars.
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Pub Date : 2021-06-10DOI: 10.24434/J.SCOMS.2021.01.004
Nina Wicke, Monika Taddicken
This study aims to increase the understanding of how the media should report scientific issues by exploring audience’s expectations of how the media cover the contemporary, global issue of climate change. Drawing upon qualitative group discussions (n = 26) and on the theoretical perspective of Wolling’s Theory of Subjective Quality Assessments (TSQA), we provide insights into the relations between public views on climate change and the expectations and assessments of its media coverage. Stimuli material of climate change media coverage presenting uncertainty, a scientific claim, and emotional appeal was integrated. Overall, the relevance of the media for this public issue was emphasized. Despite diverging opinions on how the media should adopt its societal function, a more solution-oriented, detailed and diversified coverage was desired to provide guidance and to overcome topic fatigue. Differing quality dimensions regarding content and reporting style from the audience’s perspective were derived.
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Pub Date : 2021-06-10DOI: 10.24434/J.SCOMS.2021.01.033
Philipp Bachmann
In recent years, there has hardly been a conference in communication science without the buzzwords of digitization and transformation in its title. In an effort to stand out from the crowd, conference titles end up adorned with complementary buzzwords like “disruption,” “data fication,” “platformization,” and “artificial intelligence.”These conferences frequently follow the same pattern: Papers and presentations are packed into individual panels by way of abstracts and keywords. Researchers then present their more or less elaborate empirical analyses to one other – usually involving a great deal of statistics. Since these papers and presentations are based on a variety of theoretical foundations, methodologies, and statistical analyses, the level of mutual knowledge acquisition is often negligible. There are no common pillars – be they theoretical or empirical.The Three-Country Conference hosted by Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Osterreichische Gesellschaft fur Kommunikationswissenschaft (OGK), and Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft (SGKM) in Zurich from 7 to 9 April 2021 made an effort to counterbalance that trend.
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Pub Date : 2021-06-10DOI: 10.24434/J.SCOMS.2021.01.003
Thomas Zerback, D. Wirz
Emotions are considered important drivers of the diffusion of messages on social networking sites. Therefore, emotion-eliciting political communication yields the potential to reach broad audiences and to influence citizens’ attitudes and behavior. In this study, we investigate message characteristics that potentially trigger emotional reactions on part of the users of political social networking pages and test if this fosters the diffusion of political content in the network. Based on appraisal theory, we employ a manual coding scheme to identify appraisal dimensions in political parties’ Facebook posts that should trigger sadness or anger. We subsequently combine the manual codings with information of the users’ reactions to the respective posts, which we gathered using an automated content analysis. More specifically, we determine (1) if posts that include sadness or anger appraisals are associated with the corresponding emotional reactions in the form of emojis and (2) if these posts are shared more often.
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