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Power – Media – Society

Overview

Overview

Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Dorothée de Nève, Prof. Dr. Elif Özmen 

 

The societal use of media is pervaded by power relations and, at the same time, causes power relations itself. This becomes most apparent when the power of the media is discussed, scandalised, or celebrated in public – particularly with regard to the protection of digital data from companies and intelligence agencies, or in reference to the revolutionary and participatory potentials of social media. Beyond that, the social power of the media also unfolds in the everyday life of political processes: for example, in the reconfiguration of democratic procedures through digital participation. Finally, the use of media involves power relations in social relationships, such as families and households, who increasingly organise their everyday life medially. This section provides an interdisciplinary framework for topics such as these.

Recent Publications

Recent Publications

  • Hergenhan, Jutta / Auth, Diana / Holland-Cunz, Barbara (eds.) (2017): Gender and Family in European Economic Policy. Developments in the New Millennium. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Langenohl, Andreas / Schober, Anna (eds.) (2016): Metamorphosen von Kultur und Geschlecht. Genealogien, Praktiken, Imaginationen. Paderborn: Fink.
  • Langenohl, Andreas / Hahn, Kornelia (2016): Kritische Öffentlichkeiten - Öffentlichkeiten in der Kritik. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
  • Langenohl, Andreas (2014): "Scenes of Voting: Reactions to the Swiss Referendum on the Ban on the Construction of Min-arets (2009) in Switzerland and Germany." In: Claudia Wiesner / Meike Gleim (eds.): The Meanings of Europe: Changes and Exchanges of a Contested Concept. London/New York: Routledge, 179-193.
  • Bröchler, Stephan / Grunden, Timo (eds.) (2014): Informelle Politik. Konzepte, Akteure und Prozesse. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
  • Langenohl, Andreas / Wetzel, Dietmar (eds.) (2014): Finanzmarktpublika. Moralität, Krisen und Teilhabe in der ökonomischen Moderne. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
  • Greschke, Heike (2014): "'Mein Smartphone ist mein Schatz.' Intimität in transnationalen Familien." In: Kornelia Hahn (ed.): E<3Motion. Intimität in digitalen Medienkulturen. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
  • Greschke, Heike (2014): "The social facts of global warming: an ethnographic approach." In: Heike Greschke / Julia Tischler (eds.): Grounding Global Climate Change: Contributions from the Social and Cultural Sciences. Dordrecht: Springer.

Activities

Activities

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