Michael Haller (media scientist)

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Michael Haller (born April 16, 1945 in Konstanz ) is a media scientist. Until September 2010, he was Professor of General and Special Journalism at the Institute for Communication and Media Studies at the University of Leipzig . Since then he has been the head of various research institutions.

Life

Haller studied at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg and the University of Basel the subjects philosophy , social and political sciences . He received his doctorate with a thesis on Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's political philosophy in the transition to social theory.

After an internship at the Badische Zeitung , Haller worked as a senior editor at the Basler Zeitung and as an author at Weltwoche in Zurich . He then worked for thirteen years as an editor and reporter for the news magazine Der Spiegel in Hamburg and, most recently, head of department for the weekly newspaper Die Zeit . As a member of the management of the Gesellschaft für Medienentwicklung , he developed new magazine titles and carried out several research projects on the complex of "media functions and social integration". In the spring of 1993 he accepted an appointment at the University of Leipzig . There he held the chair I for journalism until his retirement at the end of 2010. In addition, until 2014 he was Scientific Director of the non-profit Institute for Practical Journalism Research (IPJ) in Leipzig, which carried out research on the subject of journalism and media quality, and was in charge of the New Media Journalism master’s course at the Leipzig School of Media gGmbH. From 2014 to 2016 he was Head of Research for the Hamburg Media School (HMS) with a focus on media quality and media use in times of media change. In 2016 he took over the scientific management of the non-profit European Institute for Journalism and Communication Research (EIJK) in Leipzig, successor to the IPJ. He has been an elected member of the learned society Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin since 2018 .

Haller is married, has three children and lives in Hamburg.

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His main research interests include print journalism (especially daily newspapers), media ethics and quality assurance / quality management in journalism. In journalism, he advocates a “normative-pragmatic” theoretical approach, according to which journalism in the media society has the function of informing society about its current state and fulfilling an “orientation function” towards the citizens: “Media made journalistic are out to do this to reach as many people as possible with generally understandable statements about relevant aspects of the current reality of events in order to give them orientation ”(Haller 2003: 182). According to Haller, the normative (democratic-theoretical) justified expectations of journalism can be seen in the fact that social communication should "succeed" in that society can ascertain its values ​​based on current descriptions of reality conveyed by the media and review and change them in public discourse. This approach is based on the deliberative-based discourse and democracy theories ( Joseph M. Bessette ; Jürgen Habermas; Bernhard Peters). Haller understands the journalistic media as an orientation system necessary for democracy and understands journalism essentially “as communicative action (on). The aim of this action is successful social communication ”(2003: 181). Journalism that serves other purposes, such as purely commercial purposes, has a dysfunctional effect because it makes communication difficult or impossible.

Haller was the founding editor of the international journal for journalism message , a book series for practical journalism and the book series Leipziger Journalistik.

System und Gesellschaft was published in 1981, and in 1993 his book with Jürgen Habermas entitled Past as Future: Old Germany in New Europe? , 1990 a book of conversations with Friedrich Dürrenmatt with the title About the borders . His theory-oriented journalistic publications include in particular The Two Cultures - Journalism Theory and Journalistic Practice (2000; 2016) From freedom of the press to freedom of communication. On the normative conditions of an information-open civil society in Europe (2003), The media society or the dilemma of the incompatibility of identity and universality (2004) and the concept of independence (with Freimut Duve ) (2004). His book publications from empirical media research include “Free daily newspapers in the readership markets of Western Europe” (2009), “Freedom of information and press sales in Europe” (3rd edition 2012), “Need we newspapers?” (2014), “We need newspapers ! "(2015) and" What do you actually want? The Brave New World of Generation Y ”(2015). Two of his researches triggered strong public interest: "The 'refugee crisis' in the media - daily journalism between opinion and information" - study by the Otto Brenner Foundation (2017), "Between 'refugee crisis' and 'migration pact' - media learning processes put to the test “- A project of the Otto Brenner Foundation (2019).

In addition, Haller has published several journalism textbooks that have set standards in journalism training over the course of two decades, in particular: Recherchieren (1983ff.), Die Reportage (1987ff., 7th revised edition 2020) and Das Interview (1991ff.) As well as methodical Research as a UTB textbook (2017).

"We need media - online and offline - that are again based on the quality code of information journalism: reliability over speed, source transparency instead of colportage, description of facts instead of speculation about the cause." (2015: 10).

Fonts

  • System and society. Crisis and Critique of Hegel's Political Philosophy. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-12-913540-5 . (Dissertation)
  • (Ed.): Get out or rebel. Young people against the state and society. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1981, ISBN 3-499-33014-8 .
  • with Max Jäggi & Roger Müller (eds.): A deformed society. The Swiss and their mass media. Lenos-Verlag, Basel 1981, ISBN 3-85787-096-6 .
  • The art of denial. Wall paintings in the autonomous youth centers in Switzerland. Verlag Pro Juventute, Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-7152-0012-X .
  • Do research. A handbook for journalists. Lenos-Verlag, Basel 1983, ISBN 3-85787-120-2 ; 7th revised edition: UVK-Verlags-Gesellschaft, Konstanz 2008, ISBN 3-89669-434-0 .
  • (Ed.): Die voluntarily - voluntarily? Suicide, euthanasia, addictive death. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1986, ISBN 3-499-33073-3 .
  • The report. A handbook for journalists. Lenos-Verlag, Basel 1987, ISBN 3-85787-165-2 ; 5th revised edition: UVK-Verlags-Gesellschaft, Konstanz 2006, ISBN 978-3-89669-305-1 .
  • The interview. A handbook for journalists. Ölschläger, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-88295-085-4 ; 5th edition UVK-Verlags-Gesellschaft, Konstanz 2013, ISBN 978-3-86764-317-7 .
  • with Helmut Holzhey (Ed.): Media Ethics. Descriptions, analyzes, concepts for German-language journalism. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1992, ISBN 3-531-12305-X .
  • with Thomas Mirbach: Media diversity and communal public. Minerva publication, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-597-10658-7 .
  • with Felix Davatz u. Matthias Peters: mass media, everyday culture and participation. On information events in urban societies. Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel / Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-7190-1347-2 .
  • with Klaus Puder & Jochen Schlevoigt (eds.): Press East - Press West. Journalism in a united Germany. Vistas, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-89158-123-8 .
  • with Christopher Belz & Armin Sellheim : Job profiles in journalism. From the old to the new media. UVK-Medien, Konstanz 1999, ISBN 3-89669-231-3 .
  • (Ed.): Research workshop. UVK, Konstanz 2001, ISBN 3-89669-236-4 .
  • (Ed.): The culture of the media. Investigations on the change in roles and functions of cultural journalism in the media society. Lit, Münster / Hamburg / London 2002, ISBN 3-8258-5907-X .
  • (Ed.): The free word and its enemies. On freedom of the press in the age of globalization. UVK-Verlags-Gesellschaft, Konstanz 2003, ISBN 3-89669-430-8 .
  • Freedom of information and press distribution in Europe. On the functional performance of the grosso system in selected states of the European Union. Nomos-Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 2004, ISBN 3-7890-6874-8 ; 3rd updated edition ibid. 2012, ISBN 3-8329-1772-1 .
  • Free daily newspapers in the reader markets of Western Europe. Nomos-Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 2009, ISBN 978-3-8329-4828-3 .
  • (Ed.): Visual journalism. Contributions to the discussion of a neglected dimension. Festschrift for Dr. Jochen Schlevoigt. Lit, Berlin / Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-8258-1376-5 .
  • with Lutz Mükke (Ed.): How the media came to freedom. On the change in the East German media landscape since the fall of the GDR. Herbert von Halem Verlag, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-86962-034-3 .
  • with Martin Niggeschmidt (ed.): The myth of the decline of intelligence. From Galton to Sarrazin: The Thinking Patterns and Mistakes in Eugenics. Springer-VS-Verlag, Wiesbaden 2012, ISBN 978-3-531-18447-0 .
  • Do we need newspapers? Ten reasons the newspapers are going under. And ten suggestions how this can be prevented. Herbert von Halem Verlag, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-86962-098-5 .
  • We need newspapers! What you can do with the newspaper. Trend descriptions and best practices. Herbert von Halem Verlag, Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-86962-167-8 .
  • What do you actually want? The brave new world of Generation Y. Murmann Publishers, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-86774-471-3 .
  • Methodical research. UTB, UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz 2017, ISBN 978-3-8252-4655-6 .
  • with Walter Hömberg (ed.): “I won't let my mouth be shut down.” Journalists as pioneers of freedom of the press and democracy. Reclam Verlag, Ditzingen 2020, ISBN 978-3-15-011277-9 .
  • Between the “refugee crisis” and the “migration pact” - media learning processes put to the test . Working paper 37, Otto Brenner Foundation, Feb. 2019, ISSN 2365-1962.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joseph M. Bessette: Deliberative Democracy: The Majority Principle in Republican Government . Ed .: R. Goldwin, W. Shambra. How Democratic is the Constitution ?. Washington DC 1980, p. 102-116 .
  2. ↑ Jürgen Habermas: factuality and validity. Contributions to the discourse theory of law and the democratic constitutional state. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 1992, ISBN 978-3-518-58126-1 .
  3. ^ Bernhard Peters: Deliberative public . In: Lutz Wingert, Klaus Günther (Hrsg.): The interest of reason. Review of Jürgen Habermas's work since "Knowledge and Interest" . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt a. M. 2001, ISBN 978-3-518-29064-4 , pp. 655-677 .
  4. ↑ Otto Brenner Foundation: The history of the reception of the study. In: https://www.otto-brenner-stiftung.de/wissenschaftsportal/informationsseiten-zu-studien/studien-2017/die-fluechtlingskrise-in-den-medien/ . Otto Brenner Foundation, 2017, accessed on February 20, 2020 .
  5. ↑ see new publication Michael Haller, Between Refugee Crisis and Migration Pact, page about the study with links to download
  6. ↑ Michael Haller: Methodical research . 8th completely revised edition. UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Haller, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and media scientist
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Constancy