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Please register for a slot in advance via Julie (julie.linn@uni-erfurt.de).
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Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 Erfurt
University of Erfurt
Faculty of Philosophy
Department for Media and Communication Studies
PO Box 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt
Germany
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Please register for a slot in advance via Julie (julie.linn@uni-erfurt.de).
Campus
Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 Erfurt
University of Erfurt
Faculty of Philosophy
Department for Media and Communication Studies
PO Box 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt
Germany
For all queries regarding your semester abroad (planning, learning agreement, recognition forms, etc.) please use my regular office hours. I will not approve your recognition forms via Email.
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Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 Erfurt
Universität Erfurt
Philosophische Fakultät
Seminar für Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt
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Notes
In this breakthrough investigation, Kai Hafez and Anne Grüne place globalization, one of the most popular keywords of our times, under renewed critical scrutiny. In a powerful conceptual language, they develop an original account of the asymmetries and tensions of our interconnected world and offer a novel understanding of how its various communicative actors and their systemic relations, at once, bind us together and keep up apart. The outcome is a compelling narrative that sheds light on some of the most urgent challenges of our time, including the rise of global fundamentalisms and illiberal populisms. A must-read.
Prof. Lilie Chouliaraki, London School of Economics and Political Science
This is a wide-ranging, sophisticated yet critical discussion of the globalization of communication. Telescoping from the systemic to the individual, and encompassing politics, commercial networks and media systems, the book provides a multi-faceted assessment of the potential and limitations of global communications.
Prof. Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Hafez and Gruene’s book offers much needed insight into the challenges of today’s diversity of globalized interconnections. It is an excellent source for scholars and students alike when aiming to assess globalized communication in its concrete current formations. Through combining conceptual debates and empirical insights, the book is a key read to understand the multifacted interactions of our digital world.
Prof. Ingrid Volkmer, University of Melbourne, Australia
This extremely useful and timely translation of the original German publication by Hafez and Grüne is a great resource for students and researchers alike, as it deeply enriches – both theoretically and methodologically – the burgeoning literature on global communication’.
Prof. Daya Thussu, Baptist University, Hong Kong
Hafez und Grüne gelingt es mit ihrem Handbuch, die Kommunikationstheorie prominent zu platzieren. (...) (Sie) tragen zu einer soliden Fundierung und fruchtbaren Diskussion zur Globalisierungsdebatte aus kommunikationswissenschaftlicher Sicht bei. (...) Nehmen Sie dieses Handbuch auch wirklich physisch oder virtuell „in die Hand". Das Lesen ist ein Gewinn.
Translation: "Hafez und Grüne successfully and prominently position communication theory in the globalization debate. (...) They contribute to a solid foundation and fruitful discussion of globalization from the perspective of communication studies. (...) Make sure that you take this handbook really "into your hands". You will definitely profit from reading it." (own translation)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Herdin, Univ. of Salzburg, Publizistik 2021
Von der Erforschung vielschichtiger Interdependenzen (Nationalstaat vs. Transnationalisierung, globale Eliten vs. lokale Mehrheiten, Einwirkung von/auf Medien) bis zur nötigen Verantwortung der Global Player ist hier anspruchsvoll nachzulesen. M.E. alternativlos.
Translation: "The deep structure (of the handbook) enables users targeted entries. Readers receive complex and sophisticated information about multi-layered interdependencies (nation state vs. transnationalization, global elites vs. local majorities, role of the media) and the relevant responsibilty of global players. There is not alternative to this book."
Annette Rugen, 2021, ekz Bibliotheksservice ID IN 2021/20
Media and transformation in Germany and Indonesia is a thought-provoking and analytically helpful book. It corrects some established assumptions and proposes directions of asymmetrical comparisons for further research. Its comparisons, made through a collection of writings with the aim of bridging a gap between theory and practice, succesfully remind us that we live in asymmetrical constructions in multiple dimnesions, and that nothing is really an apple or an orange - or a durian.
Souisa, Hellena (2021): Indonesia - Media and transformation in Germany and Indonesia: Asymmetrical comparisons and perspectives Edited by Anne Grüne, Kai Hafez, Subekti Priyadharma and Sabrina Schmidt Berlin: Frank & Timme, 2019. Pp. ix, 342. List of Authors, List of Conference Participants. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 1-3. DOI:10.1017/S0022463421000370