Research Centre ”European Media and Public Spheres” (EuroMaPS)

Several staff members of the Hans Bredow Institute are participating in the Research Centre “European Media and Public Spheres” (EuroMaPS), founded in 2001 at the University of Hamburg. The aim of EuroMaPS is to enhance cooperation among the researchers in Hamburg, who are dealing with the urgent questions of the process of European unification and the role of the media within it.

The Centre coordinates the activities of its members as they relate to Europe, promotes exchanges between different research disciplines and also with media practitioners and seeks stronger international cooperation with foreign colleagues. Since the winter term 2002/2003, the Centre has mounted the series "Discussions about Europe", which caters for students from all disciplines and interested members of the public. Here researchers and media practitioners from Europe are invited as the opportunity arises.

Currently, the Centre has two major areas of activity: in the context of the EU’s Erasmus Mundus programme, the members of the Centre in addition participate in the Masters Programme "Journalism and Media within Globalization: The European Perspective", which is offered jointly with the universities of Århus, Amsterdam, London and Swansea (www.mundusjournalism.com). On the other hand, the Centre has coordinated the development of a research focus "Transculturality and European Public Spheres" for the Research Center for Media and Communication (RCMC).

Publications

  • Hasebrink, U.; Domeyer, H. (2010): Die Konstruktion europäischer Fernsehpublika [The Construction of European TV Audiences]. In: U. Daniel, A. Schildt (eds.), Massenmedien im Europa des 20. Jahrhunderts [Mass Media in 20th-Century Europe]. Köln; Weimar; Wien: Böhlau, pp. 121-148.

  • Hasebrink, U.; Domeyer, H. (forthcoming): Die Konstruktion europäischer Fernsehpublika [The Construction of European TV Audiences]. In: U. Daniel, A. Schildt, A. (eds.), Mediengeschichte im Kontext. Massenmedien in der europäischen Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts [Media History in Context. Mass Media in European History of the 20th Century].

Events

  • "Perspektiven auf Europa - Beiträge aus Kommunikationswissenschaft, Medienpolitik und Medienpraxis" [Perspectives on Europe - Articles from Communication Studies, Media Politics and Media Practice], conference of the Research Centre "EuroMaPS" at the Europawoche 2009 [European Week 2009] in Hamburg on 5 May 2009.

  • „Gespräche über Europa – Talking about Europe“, lecture series of the Research Centre EuroMaPS with lecturers from London, Brussels, Barcelona and Vienna in Hamburg on 5 and 20 November, 2 December 2008 and on 9 January 2009.

Lectures

  • "Die Medienpolitik der EU und ihre Auswirkungen auf Deutschland“ [Media Policies of the EU and their Effects on Germany], lecture by U. Hasebrink at the EuroMaPS-conference „Perspektiven auf Europa. Beiträge aus Kommunikationswissenschaft, Medienpolitik und Medienpraxis“ [Perspectives on Europe. Articles from Communication Studies, Media Politics and Media Practice] in Hamburg on 5 May 2009.

  • "Europäische Publika? Europa aus der Sicht der Mediennutzer" [European Public Spheres? Europe from Media Users' Perspective], presentation by H. Domeyer at the conference "Perspektiven auf Europa - Beiträge aus Kommunikationswissenschaft, Medienpolitik und Medienpraxis" [Perspectives on Europe - Articles from Communication Studies, Media Politics and Media Practice] of the Research Centre "EuroMaPS" in Hamburg on 5 May 2009.

  • “New Media and European Public Spheres”, lecture by U. Hasebrink at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg on 28 May 2008.

  • “European Media, European Audiences, European Public Spheres”, lecture by U. Hasebrink in the context of the MCM lectures series at the University of Salzburg on 8 January 2008.

Contact person

Anja Herzog, M.A.

Hans-Bredow-Institut
Dependance
Warburgstr. 8-10
D - 20354 Hamburg

Tel. +49 (0)40 45 02 17 - 84
Fax +49 (0)40 45 02 17 - 99

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