German Communication Studies facing the challenge of digital media change: debates and controversies in the scientific community since the 1990s

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Autor(a) principal: Koenen, Erik
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Sanko, Christina
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia
Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/revistafamecos/article/view/27647
Resumo: The article deals with the development of German Communication Studies since the mid 1990s until today. Its focus lays on the discussions on new media and their consequences for the redefinition of the scientific field as “New Communication Science”. Different to the scientific tradition of the ‘old’ German “Publizistikwissenschaft” with the main focus on mass media and public communication, the ‘new’ field is characterized by a broader view on communication and media in reaction to the interweaving of interpersonal and media communication in the digital age. According to the idea of science as social process, this paper asks how the new orientation gained acceptance in the scientific community and reconstructs the scholarly debates on this path. These include external triggers of debate such as the Silbermann controversy that resulted in the appointment of an internal self-conception committee and the very first paper on the profile of the discipline in Germany. The reconstructed debates in this paper outline the development of two strands within the scientific community: traditionalists and visionaries. Although the intensity of discussions on the disciplinary identity of German Communication Studies abated since the adoption of the second self-conception paper that embraced the diversity of the discipline, debates on the extension versus limitation of the range of research subjects in the course of changing media environments and societies prevail until present day.
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spelling German Communication Studies facing the challenge of digital media change: debates and controversies in the scientific community since the 1990sEstudios alemanes de comunicación enfrentan el desafío del cambio de los medios digitales: debates y controversias en la comunidad científica desde la década de 1990German Communication Studies facing the challenge of digital media change: debates and controversies in the scientific community since the 1990sGermanyNew MediaNew Communication StudiesMediaAlemaniaNuevos medios de comunicaciónNuevos estudios comunicacionalesMidiaAlemanhaNova mídiaNovos estudos comunicacionaisMídiaThe article deals with the development of German Communication Studies since the mid 1990s until today. Its focus lays on the discussions on new media and their consequences for the redefinition of the scientific field as “New Communication Science”. Different to the scientific tradition of the ‘old’ German “Publizistikwissenschaft” with the main focus on mass media and public communication, the ‘new’ field is characterized by a broader view on communication and media in reaction to the interweaving of interpersonal and media communication in the digital age. According to the idea of science as social process, this paper asks how the new orientation gained acceptance in the scientific community and reconstructs the scholarly debates on this path. These include external triggers of debate such as the Silbermann controversy that resulted in the appointment of an internal self-conception committee and the very first paper on the profile of the discipline in Germany. The reconstructed debates in this paper outline the development of two strands within the scientific community: traditionalists and visionaries. Although the intensity of discussions on the disciplinary identity of German Communication Studies abated since the adoption of the second self-conception paper that embraced the diversity of the discipline, debates on the extension versus limitation of the range of research subjects in the course of changing media environments and societies prevail until present day.El artículo aborda el desarrollo de los estudios alemanes de comunicación, de la mitad de los años 1990 a la actualidad. Su enfoque reside en las discusiones sobre los nuevos medios y sus efectos en la redefinición de este campo científico como "nueva ciencia de la comunicación". A diferencia de la tradición científica alemana conocida como "Publizistikwissenschaft", enfocada sobre todo en los medios masivos y en la comunicación pública, el "nuevo" campo se caracteriza por tener una visión más amplia de la comunicación y sus medios, reaccionando al entrelazamiento entre comunicación interpersonal y mediática en curso en la era digital. Sintonizado con la idea de ciencia como proceso social, el artículo pregunta sobre cómo la nueva orientación conquistó aceptación en la comunidad científica alemana y reconstruye los debates académicos que la acompañaron.The article deals with the development of German Communication Studies since the mid-1990s until today. Its focus lays on the discussions on new media and their consequences for the redefinition of the scientific field as “New Communication Science”. Different to the scientific tradition of the ‘old’ German “Publizistikwissen-schaft” with the main focus on mass media and public communication, the ‘new’ field is characterized by a broader view on communication and media in reaction to the interweaving of interpersonal and media communication in the digital age. Ac-cording to the idea of science as social process, this paper asks how the new orien-tation gained acceptance in the scientific community and reconstructs the scholarly debates on this path. These include external triggers of debate such as the Silber-mann controversy that resulted in the appointment of an internal self-conception committee and the very first paper on the profile of the discipline in Germany. The reconstructed debates in this paper outline the development of two strands within the scientific community: traditionalists and visionaries. Although the intensity of discussions on the disciplinary identity of German Communication Studies abated since the adoption of the second self-conception paper that embraced the diversity of the discipline, debates on the extension versus limitation of the range of research subjects in the course of changing media environments and societies prevail until present day.Editora da PUCRS - ediPUCRS2018-01-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/revistafamecos/article/view/2764710.15448/1980-3729.2018.1.27647Revista FAMECOS; Vol. 25 No. 1 (2018); ID27647Revista FAMECOS; Vol. 25 Núm. 1 (2018); ID27647Revista FAMECOS; v. 25 n. 1 (2018); ID276471980-37291415-054910.15448/1980-3729.2018.1reponame:Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologiainstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSenghttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/revistafamecos/article/view/27647/16256Copyright (c) 2017 Revista FAMECOSinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessKoenen, ErikSanko, Christina2018-01-01T14:10:37Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/27647Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/revistafamecosPRIhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/revistafamecos/oai||revistafamecos@gmail.com1980-37291980-3729opendoar:2018-01-01T14:10:37Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv German Communication Studies facing the challenge of digital media change: debates and controversies in the scientific community since the 1990s
Estudios alemanes de comunicación enfrentan el desafío del cambio de los medios digitales: debates y controversias en la comunidad científica desde la década de 1990
German Communication Studies facing the challenge of digital media change: debates and controversies in the scientific community since the 1990s
title German Communication Studies facing the challenge of digital media change: debates and controversies in the scientific community since the 1990s
spellingShingle German Communication Studies facing the challenge of digital media change: debates and controversies in the scientific community since the 1990s
Koenen, Erik
Germany
New Media
New Communication Studies
Media
Alemania
Nuevos medios de comunicación
Nuevos estudios comunicacionales
Midia
Alemanha
Nova mídia
Novos estudos comunicacionais
Mídia
title_short German Communication Studies facing the challenge of digital media change: debates and controversies in the scientific community since the 1990s
title_full German Communication Studies facing the challenge of digital media change: debates and controversies in the scientific community since the 1990s
title_fullStr German Communication Studies facing the challenge of digital media change: debates and controversies in the scientific community since the 1990s
title_full_unstemmed German Communication Studies facing the challenge of digital media change: debates and controversies in the scientific community since the 1990s
title_sort German Communication Studies facing the challenge of digital media change: debates and controversies in the scientific community since the 1990s
author Koenen, Erik
author_facet Koenen, Erik
Sanko, Christina
author_role author
author2 Sanko, Christina
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Koenen, Erik
Sanko, Christina
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Germany
New Media
New Communication Studies
Media
Alemania
Nuevos medios de comunicación
Nuevos estudios comunicacionales
Midia
Alemanha
Nova mídia
Novos estudos comunicacionais
Mídia
topic Germany
New Media
New Communication Studies
Media
Alemania
Nuevos medios de comunicación
Nuevos estudios comunicacionales
Midia
Alemanha
Nova mídia
Novos estudos comunicacionais
Mídia
description The article deals with the development of German Communication Studies since the mid 1990s until today. Its focus lays on the discussions on new media and their consequences for the redefinition of the scientific field as “New Communication Science”. Different to the scientific tradition of the ‘old’ German “Publizistikwissenschaft” with the main focus on mass media and public communication, the ‘new’ field is characterized by a broader view on communication and media in reaction to the interweaving of interpersonal and media communication in the digital age. According to the idea of science as social process, this paper asks how the new orientation gained acceptance in the scientific community and reconstructs the scholarly debates on this path. These include external triggers of debate such as the Silbermann controversy that resulted in the appointment of an internal self-conception committee and the very first paper on the profile of the discipline in Germany. The reconstructed debates in this paper outline the development of two strands within the scientific community: traditionalists and visionaries. Although the intensity of discussions on the disciplinary identity of German Communication Studies abated since the adoption of the second self-conception paper that embraced the diversity of the discipline, debates on the extension versus limitation of the range of research subjects in the course of changing media environments and societies prevail until present day.
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