Institute for Media and Communication Studies
| technical university Ilmenau | |
|---|---|
| founding | 1999 |
| place | Ilmenau |
| state | Thuringia |
| country | Germany |
| Website | Official IfMK website |
The Institute for Media and Communication Science ( IfMK for short ) at the TU Ilmenau is one of the largest university institutes in Germany in this area. In research and teaching, it deals with media and communication processes from a social science perspective.
organization
The Institute for Media and Communication Studies is part of the Faculty for Economics and Media.
Seven professors teach at the institute - communication scientists, psychologists, economists and computer scientists. This makes it unique in terms of size and composition in the German-speaking area.
profile
The IfMK focuses on new media and communication trends. The central research subject of the institute is media-mediated communication. A special feature of the Institute for Media and Communication Science is the interdisciplinary orientation, which, in addition to the social science focus, also includes technical and economic content. This applies both to the bachelor's degree in "Applied Media and Communication Science" and the English-language master's degree in "Media and Communication Science" as well as to the institute's research activities. In addition, the institute has a strong international focus: In addition to the English-language Master’s degree and English-language courses in the Bachelor’s degree, there are research contacts and study exchange programs with universities in Europe , Asia and North and South America .
technology
The IfMK has studios for audio, video and multimedia productions as well as professional and semi-professional audio and video recording devices.
areas of expertise
Empirical media research and political communication
The focus of this subject, headed by the communication scientist Jens Wolling, lies in researching media use and media effects, especially in political communication.
Media psychology and media conception
The department headed by the psychologist Nicola Döring focuses on the user-friendly conception of media offers and information technologies as well as human thinking, feeling and acting before, during and after media use.
Media management
The focus of the media management department, headed by the economist Andreas Will, is crowdsourcing & crowdfunding, digital media technologies, entrepreneurship, project management and entertainment research.
Media studies
The research area, which has been headed by communication scientist Martin Löffelholz since 1998 , concentrates on war and crisis communication , international and intercultural communication as well as journalism and organizational communication .
Public Relations and Technology Communication
The subject spectrum of the department ranges from public relations and advertising to PR evaluation and advertising effectiveness research, media change, online communication, cross media, social media, technology acceptance and empirical methods.
Virtual worlds and digital games
The focus of the department Virtual Worlds and Digital Games, headed by the computer scientist Wolfgang Broll, is, among other things, in the area of augmented and diminished reality.
Communication Science (associated)
This subject area focuses on communication and learning processes with digital media.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Research - Department of Empirical Media Research and Political Communication
- ^ Research - Department of Media Psychology and Media Concept
- ↑ Research - Media Management Department
- ↑ Research - Media Studies
- ↑ Research - Department of Public Relations and Technology Communication
- ^ Research - Department of Virtual Worlds and Digital Games
- ↑ Research - Department of Communication Studies