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Michael Brüggemann
Latest news about my research, publications and teaching:
Just published: Germany's media are still doing well in spite of a lot of talk about the crisis of journalism. This article analyzes how crisis talk is part of a successful strategy of the German publishers to shape media policy making.
Brüggemann, M.; Esser, F.; Humprecht, E. (2012): The Strategic Repertoire of Publishers in the Media Crisis: The “Five C” Scheme in Germany. In: Journalism Studies [iFirst: 22.3.2012.]
Abstract: Germany could be considered a deviant case in the comparative study of the current transformations in media markets as publishers continue to be profitable despite painting a gloomy picture of the possibility of there being a “media crisis.” What is specific about the German case is the strong economic position and political lobbying of the publisher associations. Combining different sources of primary and secondary data, this article investigates five strategies of crisis management (“the five Cs”): media companies may react to the current changes by cutting down costs and creating new products. They may further try to influence the general framework conditions by complaining about their plight in public (discursive strategy), taking competitors to court (legal strategy) and wooing politicians through lobbying and campaigning (political strategy). The article concludes that the sustainable provision of journalistic value benefits the most from creative, productive strategies.
Available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1461670X.2012.664336
Just published: How do journalists come up with ideas for their topics and are there common patterns of journalistic practice across countries? A new article (published in German) deals with this question taking European coverage as a case study.
Brüggemann, M. (2012): Transnationale Kulturen des Journalismus. Praktiken journalistischer Themenfindung im Vergleich. In: Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft 60, Sonderband Nr. 2 Grenzüberschreitende Medienkommunikation, 76-92.
Abstract: Eine ganz zentrale Tätigkeit von Journalisten ist die Themenfindung, die sich aus kommunikationswissenschaftlicher Sicht als von verschiedenen Faktoren beeinflusste redaktionelle Themenkonstruktion darstellt. Ziel dieser Studie ist die Identifikation von typischen Mustern redaktioneller Themenkonstruktion in der Europaberichterstattung. Da-zu wurden die Autoren journalistischer Artikel interviewt, um aus Akteurssicht die „Biographien“ ausgewählter Artikel der Europaberichterstattung von 23 Tageszeitungen insechs EU-Mitgliedstaaten zu rekonstruieren. Die Interviews wurden qualitativ undquantitativ inhaltsanalytisch ausgewertet. Mittels Cluster- und Varianzanalysen wurdentypische Muster journalistischer Themenkonstruktion identifiziert und ihre Verteilungauf Länder und Zeitungstypen untersucht. Grenzüberschreitend geteilte Praktiken der Themenfindung verweisen auf die Existenz transnationaler Kulturen des Journalismus,die über die grenzüberschreitende wechselseitige Beobachtung der Medien stabilisiert werden.
Funding for new research project on journalistic framing of climate change
The university of Zurich has granted me funds for a two year research project on journalistic framing of climate change. The project explores how journalists frame climate change in leading online outlets in five different countries. The study combines content analysis with interviews and starts in Switzerland with the view to eventually also cover climate journalism in the US, the UK, Germany and India. Please contact me, if you are interested in cooperation or if you are currently working on similiar questions.
Further content on this website:
- About me: Short CV, teaching and research interests
- Mybooks: Transnational communication, EU information and communication policy, print and online journalism
- Download: Selected publications and papers
- The list: Full list of publications for download (May 2012):
