Institute for Journalism

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The Institute for Journalism at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is one of the largest institutes for journalism and communication studies in Germany. It was founded in 1966 by Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann , who began teaching at the Faculty of Law and Economics in 1964 and was appointed professor a year later. Since then, the institute has produced numerous professors who teach at universities in Germany and abroad. Scientists at the institute publish regularly in the relevant national and international journals. Book publications by the founder and other professors of the institute have appeared in several languages. In 2018, eleven professors, three honorary professors and 39 research assistants were employed at the Institute for Journalism. The managing director of the institute is M. Bjørn von Rimscha.

history

The history of the Institute for Journalism goes back to 1963, when an associate professor for journalism was set up at the Johannes Gutenberg University. One year later, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann , founder of the Allensbach Institute for Demoscopy , began teaching. In 1965 she was appointed professor and in 1967 director of the institute founded the previous year. She gave her inaugural lecture on “Public Opinion and Social Control”.

The first research assistant at the institute was Winfried Schulz in 1964 . From 1966 onwards it was possible to do a doctorate with journalistic topics in the field of law and economics. Journalism became an optional subject for the examination of the graduate economist and graduate business teacher. In 1968 Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann was appointed full professor with her own chair. In the same year journalism became the main subject at the Philosophical Faculty with the degree options Magister Artium and the doctorate to Dr. phil. In 1972 the institute was incorporated into the newly established Faculty of Social Sciences.

From the end of the 1970s, the institute was gradually enlarged. In 1978 the postgraduate course in journalism was established with two professorships for press journalism. In 1980 a professorship for media law followed. In 1982, Hans Mathias Kepplinger was appointed to a newly created professorship for empirical communication research with a focus on political communication. The institute's founder, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, retired in 1983, but continued her teaching and research activities. In 1988 Jürgen Wilke was appointed her successor to the professorship for journalism, which from then on was dedicated to general communication studies. In 1984 a professorship for television journalism was created, one year later a professorship for media economics and media effects, which was later devoted to public relations.

The thematic differentiation of communication science was also reflected in the establishment of further professorships and courses in the following years: Professorships for media structure (1995), media economics (1999), online communication (2007), corporate communication (2009) and media convergence (2011) followed ). The classic spectrum of the subject has been represented by another professorship for communication studies since 2009. Finally, a junior professorship for media systems and media services and a professorship for media effects and media psychology (both 2017) followed.

The range of courses was expanded in the summer semester of 2002 to include the diploma course in media management. The postgraduate course in journalism was converted into the master's course in journalism in the winter semester 2002/2003. As of the winter semester 2008/09, the planned introduction of Bachelor and Master courses as part of the Bologna process took place. In 2009, the master’s degree program was expanded to include the course in corporate communication, one of the first advanced and specialized German courses in this area. A year later, the bachelor's degree in Audiovisual Publishing was set up. The Master’s degree in Communication Science was added in 2011.

In 2013 the institute moved into the newly constructed Georg Forster building between the university library and the Philosophicum on the Mainz campus.

Research priorities

Since the establishment of the first professorship for journalism in 1963, the analysis of theoretical and practical questions on causes, content and effects of the masses (media) has been the focus of research at the IfP. In the process, a “Mainz school” has emerged that makes use of the entire spectrum of modern social science methods - in addition to classic surveys and content analyzes, also automatic and apparatus-based procedures using eye tracking and RTR measurement.

The social dialogue on current political and communication science topics and the transfer of knowledge to the public are also sought. Interdisciplinary collaboration with researchers from other disciplines should also be promoted. The media convergence research area funded by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Education and the Mainz Media Institute act as platforms in this context.

The research activities can currently be divided into six, partly interdependent areas:

  • Media change and convergence
  • Media and public
  • Use and impact of the media
  • Political communication and media policy
  • Journalism and society
  • Research methods and method research

Course offer

The institute currently offers students the following training opportunities:

  • the undergraduate bachelor's degree in journalism
  • the Bachelor subject "Audiovisual Publishing"
  • the postgraduate master’s courses
    • "Communication" with the main focus
      • Communication and media research,
      • Media management and
      • Corporate communications as well
    • " Journalism "

Each academic year, 250 students are admitted to the Bachelor in Journalism, 32 to the Bachelor minor in Audiovisual Publishing, 25 to the Master’s program in Communication and 20 to the Master’s in Journalism.

In the meantime (as of 2018) more than 5,000 students have graduated from the Institute for Journalism. In addition, more than 100 doctorates and 13 habilitations have been completed since 1968. According to a survey among graduates who graduated from the institute between 2011 and 2015, two thirds of the graduates would study at the institute again. More than 70 percent find a job in the professional field they are striving for. More than 40 percent have already received a job offer before the exam, 81 percent find a job within the first five months after graduation.

People (selection)

Professors who have studied, completed their doctorate or habilitation at the Institute for Journalism:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/ifp/geschichte/
  2. ↑ Wilke, Jürgen (2005): Foundation and development of the Institute for Journalism. In: Wilke, Jürgen (Ed.): The topicality of the beginnings. 40 years of media studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Cologne: From Halem. Pp. 13–40, here p. 36.
  3. ^ Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: History | Institute for Journalism. Retrieved on August 17, 2018 (German).
  4. ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung - "Georg Forster" House: New building for the social sciences at Mainz University will be in 2013 ... January 20, 2013, accessed on August 17, 2018 .
  5. ^ Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: Mobile Eyetracker | FSP media convergence. Retrieved on August 17, 2018 (German).
  6. ^ Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: RTR measurement with Perception Analyzer | FSP media convergence. Retrieved on August 17, 2018 (German).
  7. ^ Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: FSP media convergence. Retrieved on August 17, 2018 (German).
  8. ↑ Home | mainzer-medieninstitut.de | Master's degree in media law. Retrieved on August 17, 2018 (German).
  9. ^ Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: Research | Institute for Journalism. Retrieved on August 17, 2018 (German).
  10. ↑ http://www.studium.ifp.uni-mainz.de/studieninteressierte/studiengaenge/
  11. ^ Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: Results of the graduate survey at the IfP | Institute for Journalism. Retrieved on August 17, 2018 (German).