Christina Holtz-Bacha

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Christina Holtz-Bacha (2014)

Christina Holtz-Bacha (born December 31, 1953 in Braunschweig ) is a German  communications scientist  and held the chair for communications science at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg from 2004 to 2019 . Her main research interests include political communication, media policy, media systems and gender-specific media research.

Life

Christina Holtz-Bacha was born in Braunschweig in 1953 and grew up in Hanover . She studied journalism , political science and sociology in Münster and Bonn. Your doctorate as Dr. phil. took place in Münster in 1978 . From 1979 to 1981 she worked as a press officer at the Institute for Demoscopy Allensbach and then from 1981 to 1991 research assistant and academic adviser at the Institute for Communication Studies at LMU Munich . In 1986 she taught as a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota .

She qualified as a professor in 1989 at the Hanover University of Music and Drama in journalism and communication studies. Her habilitation thesis with the title "Diversion or turning away from politics? Media use in the web of political orientations" was written in 1988. In 1990 a version of this work revised by Christina Holtz-Bacha was published.

Christina Holtz-Bacha has been co-editor of the communication science journal Publizistik since 1989 . From 1991 to 1995 she was a professor at the Ruhr University in Bochum and then at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz . There she taught and researched at the Institute for Journalism and headed it for two years. A research stay in 1995 took her to the Political Communication Center at the University of Oklahoma .

From 1998 to 2002 Christina Holtz-Bacha was the spokesperson for the Communication and Politics section of the German Society for Media and Communication Studies (DGPuK). In 1999 Christina Holtz-Bacha stayed in America again and did research as a Fellow at the Shorenstein Center at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and Harvard University . From 2000 to 2002 she was vice-chairwoman of the Political Communication department of the International Communication Association (ICA) and then chairwoman for two years.

Christina Holtz-Bacha has held the Chair of Political and Communication Science at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg since 2004 . From 2010 to 2012 she worked as Associate Editor Europe for the Communication Yearbook (ICA). Christina Holtz-Bacha spent the summer semester 2011 as a guest researcher at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. A year later she took over the office of Chair of the Political Communication Research Section in the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR).

In addition, she is a member of the advisory boards and editorial offices of many international journals such as Journal of Communication, European Journal of Communication, Journal of Political Marketing, Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, Estudios de Comunicación Política, International Journal of Press / Politics, Global Media Journal ( German Edition), Revista Brasileira de Ciência Política, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly , Communication & Society, doxa comunicación and Cogent Social Sciences.

Research priorities

Christina Holtz-Bacha is one of the sponsors of important institutions in the field, primarily through her activities in international research associations and her teaching and research stays in the USA. Distraction or turning away from politics in your habilitation thesis ? Media use in the network of political orientations is the first study on video malaise in Germany. Michael J. Robinson is considered to be the founder of the hypothesis of the video malaise, but this was hardly empirically substantiated and American studies provided no clear evidence. The German study was intended to examine whether there is a connection between media behavior and political alienation in Germany and, if so, how it is. In addition, the factor of political activity was also included. The research model was based on three questions: "Is there a connection between media behavior, political alienation and willingness to be politically active? Are there differences between television and the print media? The relationship between media behavior and political orientations is different, depending on whether more politically informative or more entertaining offers are used on television or in the print media? " The study showed that there is a connection, but this is not based on the preference for one or the other medium. The willingness to participate in politics, however, is higher among people who mainly get information from the print media than among others who use television as well as print media for information. There are also differences in the political orientations, depending on whether more informative or entertaining offers are used. People who deal with politically informative content show a more positive attitude towards politics and are more willing to participate in politics. Christina Holtz-Bacha was supported in this work by communication scientists Klaus Schönbach and Winfried Schulz , with whom she has been researching European election projects for many years.

In the following years, Christina Holtz-Bacha dealt increasingly with aspects from the field of gender and media. This was followed by some work together with Romy Fröhlich , relating to women in communication professions, equality between women and men in the media, differences between women and men in the reception of media content, etc. In March 2012, Christina Holtz-Bacha spoke in an interview at the "Gender Matters!" of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung on stereotypes of women in media and politics: "The most famous quandary we have to do with is the one between feminine and masculine. For example, when a woman goes into the election campaign, how much femininity should she be? show how much masculinity? [...] If she shows herself to be too masculine, then she is decried as a man-woman and that is not good for the image. And femininity is associated with weakness, that is, if she campaigns too feminine [ ...] that gives the picture that she may be weak and not prepared for the tough life [...] in politics. "

Christina Holtz-Bacha's most important research area is political communication, especially election and information campaigns . Since 1990 she has published election readers on the federal elections and has written numerous papers on the subject of election advertising. The article "To entertain, inform, and educate" by Christina Holtz-Bacha and Pippa Norris was voted Best Article of the Year 2001 by the Political Communication Division of the International Communication Association . Her publications are not limited to Germany, however, but also deal with European and US elections.

Publications (selection)

Monographs

  • Christina Holtz-Bacha: distraction or turning away from politics? Media use in the network of political orientations. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1990, ISBN 3-531-12195-2 (habilitation thesis).
  • Christina Holtz-Bacha: Media Policy for Europe. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-531-14127-9 .
  • Christina Holtz-Bacha: Media Policy for Europe II: the Council of Europe . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-531-15696-5 .

Election reader for the federal elections

  • Christina Holtz-Bacha, Lynda Lee Kaid (ed.): The mass media in the election campaign. Studies from the election year 1990. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1993, ISBN 3-531-12429-3 .
  • Christina Holtz-Bacha, Lynda Lee Kaid (ed.): Elections and election campaigns in the media. Studies from the election year 1994. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1996, ISBN 3-531-12742-X .
  • Christina Holtz-Bacha (ed.): Election campaign in the media - election campaign with the media. A reader for the 1998 election year. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1999, ISBN 3-531-13419-1 .
  • Christina Holtz-Bacha (ed.): The mass media in the election campaign. The Federal Parliament election 2002. Westdeutscher Verlag, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 978-3-531-14028-5 .
  • Christina Holtz-Bacha (ed.): The mass media in the election campaign. The 2005 Bundestag election. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-531-15056-1 .
  • Christina Holtz-Bacha (ed.): The mass media in the election campaign . The election year 2009.  VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-531-92509-7 .
  • Christina Holtz-Bacha (ed.): The mass media in the election campaign . The 2013 Bundestag election. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2015, ISBN 978-3-658-06151-7 .

Work on gender and media

  • Christina Holtz-Bacha, Romy Fröhlich: Women and mass communication. A bibliography. University Press Dr. N. Brockmeyer, Bochum 1993, ISBN 3-8196-0207-0 .
  • Christina Holtz-Bacha, Romy Fröhlich: Women and the media. A synopsis of German research. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1995, ISBN 978-3-322-95644-6 .
  • Christina Holtz-Bacha, Romy Fröhlich: Closed society? Between the majority and the minority - women in journalism . University Press Dr. N. Brockmeyer, Bochum 1995, ISBN 3-8196-0314-X .
  • Christina Holtz-Bacha, Nina König-Reiling (Ed.): Why not right away? How the media treat women in politics. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-531-90540-2 .
  • Christina Holtz-Bacha (Ed.): Women, Politics and Media. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2008, ISBN 978-3-531-90963-9 .
  • Christina Holtz-Bacha (Ed.): Stereotypes? The representation of women and men in advertising . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-531-93358-0 (2nd edition).

Web links

  • Chair of Communication Science at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg: Christina Holtz-Bacha . Retrieved on January 21, 2017. 

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Lutz M. Hagen: Personalalien. Christina Holtz-Bacha, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg . In: Christina Holtz-Bacha, Arnulf Kutsch, Wolfgang R. Langenbucher, Klaus Schönbach (Ed.): Journalism . tape 50 , no. 1 . Springer Fachmedien, 2005, ISSN  1862-2569 , p. 108 ( springer.com ).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Chair of Communication Science at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg: Christina Holtz-Bacha. Retrieved December 19, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c Christina Holtz-Bacha: Diversion or turning away from politics? Media use in the network of political orientations. Opladen 1990, p. 9-12 .
  4. ↑ Christina Holtz-Bacha: Distraction or turning away from politics? Media use in the network of political orientations. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1990, ISBN 3-531-12195-2 , pp. 73 .
  5. ↑ Christina Holtz-Bacha: Distraction or turning away from politics? Media use in the network of political orientations . Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1990, ISBN 3-531-12195-2 , pp. 151 .
  6. ^ Romy Fröhlich, Christina Holtz-Bacha: Women and Media. A synopsis of German research. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1995.
  7. ↑ Christina Holtz-Bacha, Romy Fröhlich: Closed society? Between the majority and the minority - women in journalism . University Press Dr. N. Brockmeyer, Bochum 1995.
  8. ↑ GenderMatters: Interview with Christina Holtz-Bacha. March 20, 2012, accessed January 21, 2017 .
  9. ↑ a b Chair of Communication Science at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg: Publications by Christina Holtz-Bacha. Retrieved December 20, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Christina Holtz-Bacha, Pippa Norris: "To entertain, inform and educate". (PDF) Retrieved December 20, 2016 .
  11. ^ Harvard University: Articles published in journals. Retrieved December 20, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Holtz-Bacha, Christina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bacha, Christina Holtz-; Holtz, Christina; 홀츠 - 바카, 크리스티나
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German communication scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig