Media Offering and Media Culture

The Hans Bredow Institute investigates what it is that media offer to their users. Media content is significant, because the media steer our perception. Whether it is local elections or war in distant lands – the media put us ”in the picture“ and in this way they determine perceptual attitudes and our ways of looking at things. That also goes for the stories, through which the media provide for our entertainment. Hence, entertainment offerings are also investigated as to orientations to the everyday world they communicate.

Researchers: Prof. Dr. Uwe Hasebrink, Nele Heise, Dr. Claudia Lampert, PD Dr. Wiebke Loosen, Julius Reimer, Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt, Alina Laura Tiews, Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner

Associate Staff in this Area: Prof. Dr. Joan Bleicher

Current projects in this research area

Communication about the Past. Memory Formation and the Social Web
Young Scholars Network on Privacy and Web 2.0
Norag and the Culture of the 1920’s in Hamburg
The Literary Programme Offering of the Reichssender [Reich Broadcasting] Hamburg
Public Communication as Facilitated by the Media from the 1950’s to the 1970’s
Media and Mental Representations of the Holocaust
Scanning Topics on the Internet
Young People and Web 2.0

Overview on all projects in this area