Heinz Bonfadelli

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Heinz Hans Rudolf Bonfadelli (born June 7, 1949 in Zurich ; legal resident in Kloten ) is a Swiss media scholar .

Life

Bonfadelli studied social psychology , sociology and journalism at the University of Zurich and received his doctorate in 1980 under Ulrich Saxer . He then did a research stay at the Department of Communication at Stanford University . In 1992 he received his habilitation for journalism in Zurich. In 1994 the University of Zurich appointed him associate professor and in 2000 full professor of journalism. In 2015 he retired. As of August 1, 2016, his successor will be the Hungarian-American sociologist and media scientist Eszter Hargittai .

His main research interests are media use by young people, media impact research, violence on television and audience research.

Bonfadelli's most widespread writings are Media Effects Research (1999), Introduction to Mass Communication (2001) and Media and Migration: Europe as a Multicultural Space? (2007).

Fonts (selection)

  • The knowledge gap perspective: mass media and social information. UVK-Medien Ölschläger, Konstanz 1994, ISBN 978-3-88295-195-0 .
  • Media impact research. UVK, Konstanz 1999/2000; 4th, 5th & 6th edition, with Thomas N. Friemel;
  • ed. with Otfried Jarren : Introduction to Journalism. Haupt, Bern 2001; 3rd edition, with Otfried Jarren and Gabriele Siegert , 2010.
  • Media content research. UVK, Constance 2002.
  • with Thomas N. Friemel Communication Campaigns in the Health Sector: Basics and Applications. UVK, Konstanz 2010; 2nd edition, ISBN 978-3-86764-260-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kürschner's German Scholar Calendar . 20th edition (2005). Vol. 1, p. 337.
  2. ^ Farewell lecture by Heinz Bonfadelli , University of Zurich website, April 20, 2015, accessed on June 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ Hargittai becomes Professor of Mass Communication , media release of December 8, 2015, accessed on December 8, 2015.
  4. ^ Literature by and about Heinz Bonfadelli in the bibliographic database WorldCat
personal data
SURNAME Bonfadelli, Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bonfadelli, Heinz Hans Rudolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss media scientist
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich