Anna Maria Theis-Berglmair

Anna Maria Theis-Berglmair

Anna Maria Theis-Berglmair (born March 10, 1955 in Neuerburg , Germany ) is a German communication scientist and sociologist . She is professor for communication studies with a focus on journalism at the Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg . Her main research interests include in particular the new communication media and organizational communication.

Life

In 1974 Theis-Berglmair began studying sociology at the University of Trier , which she graduated in 1979 with a degree in sociology. After completing her studies, she stayed in Trier and worked on a project at the chair for business administration. Her focus was on work, the market and consumption. She later worked on a project at the International Institute for Empirical Social Economics in Leitershofen.

From 1982 to 1990 Theis-Berglmair was a research assistant and temporary academic advisor at the chair for sociology and communication science at the University of Augsburg . In 1984 she received her doctorate with her dissertation “Awareness Campaigns in the Context of State Intervention Policy”.

From 1991 to 1993 Anna Maria Theis-Berglmair was a scholarship holder of the German Research Foundation. In 1993 she wrote her habilitation at the University of Hamburg in the department of philosophy and social sciences: “Organization communication. Theoretical foundations and empirical research ”. After her habilitation, she worked briefly as a senior assistant at the University of Augsburg. In 1995 she held a substitute professorship for communication sciences at the TU Dresden .

Since 1996 Anna Maria Theis-Berglmair has been Professor of Communication Studies / Journalism at the Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg . There she is the head of the self-founded research center “New Communication Media”. From 1995 to 1997 she was a member of the jury of the Schader Foundation in the field of "communication studies". From 1995 to 1998 Theis-Berglmair was deputy chairwoman of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies ( DGPuK ). From 1995 to 2008 Theis-Berglmair was the head of the self-image committee of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies.

Scientific work

One of the main research areas of Theis-Berglmair is the “new communication media”. Her research focuses on questions related to the emergence and spread of new communication media. Main focus: Internet and intranet , as well as the new applications of the " social software ".

Works (selection)

Theis-Berglmair published a total of 41 publications (monographs, compilations, essays, reviews).

Monographs

• "Organizational Communication: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Research." 2nd edition (see scientific paper).
• "Mass Media and Political Control: Awareness Campaigns in the Context of State Intervention Policy".

Collective works

• "Journalism in the networked age": The new information and communication technologies are nowadays assigned the role of an engine of social development. At this point in time, however, the full scope of the changes cannot yet be calculated. This anthology takes up the experiences of those who are confronted with information technology changes in their communication-oriented work, in their daily work and in their training. In addition to the changed content, forms and texts that are mentioned again and again in connection with the Internet, it is about the changed field of activity of professional communicators and alternative forms of organization of communication work. Political and legal aspects form a separate focus.

• "Internet and the future of print media": The Internet is causing problems for traditional media in many ways. Publishers and other media actors are in the situation of having to invest in a future whose contours are only slowly becoming visible. In this compilation, the results of various empirical studies are placed in context and interpreted with a view to future developments.
• "Media and communication in the knowledge society": This compilation deals with central aspects of the modern knowledge society (change and current status). Particular attention is paid to questions of politics and economics in the knowledge society, changes in organizational and corporate communication, as well as the use of wikis and other collaborative communication media for the visualization, distribution and storage of knowledge.

literature

• Anna Maria Theis-Berglmair: organizational communication . In: Günther Bentele, Hans Bernd Brosius, Otfried Jarren (ed.): Public communication . Westdeutscher Verlag, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 978-3-322-80383-2 , pp. 265-275.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg ( https://www.uni-bamberg.de/ ) on Anna Maria Theis-Berglmair ( https://www.uni-bamberg.de/kowi/forschung/fonk/das -team-der-fonk / prof-dr-anna-m-theis-berglmair / )
2. ↑ ^{a b} Career goal professor | Herbert von Halem Publishing House. In: Herbert von Halem Verlag. Retrieved December 21, 2016 . 
3. ^ Research Center for New Communication Media - Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg. In: www.uni-bamberg.de. Retrieved December 21, 2016 . 
4. ^ Anna Maria Theis-Berglmair: Organizational Communication . In: Günther Bentele , Hans-Bernd Brosius , Otfried Jarren (eds.): Public communication . Westdeutscher Verlag, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 978-3-322-80383-2 , p. 265-275 .
5. ^ Anna Maria Theis-Berglmair: Mass media and political control . Maro-Verlag, Augsburg 1984, ISBN 978-3-87512-134-6 .
6. ^ Anna Maria Theis-Berglmair, Beatrice Dernbach, Manfred Rühl (eds.): Journalism in the networked age . Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1997, ISBN 978-3-322-87306-4 , urn : nbn: de: 1111-201204011376 .
7. ^ Anna Maria Theis-Berglmair (Ed.): Internet and the future of print media . 3. Edition. Westdeutscher Verlag, Wiesbaden 2002, ISBN 978-3-8258-5522-2 .
8. ^ Anna Maria Theis-Berglmair, Johannes Raab, Rudolf Stöber, Kristina Wied (eds.): Media and communication in the knowledge society . 1st edition. UVK-Verlag, Konstanz 2008, ISBN 978-3-86764-063-3 .