Bernd Blöbaum

Bernd Blöbaum (* 1957 in Herford ) is a German communications and media scientist .

Scientific career

After graduating from high school, Blöbaum studied sociology , journalism and political science at the Ruhr University Bochum and the Free University of Berlin from 1976 to 1982 . He then did a journalistic traineeship at Neue Westfälische in Bielefeld and worked there as a sports editor for several years .

From 1987 Blöbaum worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Journalism at the University of Dortmund . There he initiated the first German campus newspaper Indopendent in 1990 as a practical media project for students at the institute and was editor of it for many years . In 1994 he completed his doctorate and in 1998 his habilitation in Dortmund .

After substitute professorships at the University of Hamburg (1998/99) and the Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg (1999–2001), Blöbaum was appointed professor of communication science at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster in 2001 . The focus of his academic work lies in the areas of media theory and practice, journalism and media usage research as well as "journalism and trust" .

News agencies in North-South relations. A study on the development, structure and reform of the world news order , Berlin 1983
Journalism as a social system. History, differentiation and independence , Opladen 1994 (doctoral thesis)
(Ed.): Between editing and reflection. Integration of theory and practice in journalist training , Münster 2000 (the book describes the emergence and development of indopendent as a theory / practice project)
(Ed.): Mainly media. Professional biographical interviews with journalists, PR practitioners and advertisers , Berlin 2008
(Ed.): Trust and communication in a digitized world. Models and concepts of trust research , Wiesbaden 2016

personal data
SURNAME	Blöbaum, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German communication and media scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Herford