Michael Kunczik

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Michael Kunczik (born March 1, 1945 in Colditz ; † March 29, 2018 ) was a professor at the Institute for Journalism at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz .

Kunczik dealt mainly with theories and concepts as well as the history of public relations and public relations . Another focus of his academic work was crisis PR and PR for states and international organizations. He has also made a name for himself in media impact research in the past .

Kunczik used the terms propaganda and PR synonymously. This view is controversial. For Kunzcik, on the other hand, as long as there was no clear separation between the two terms, the synomial use was not only legitimate but scientifically necessary.

academic career

Kunczik was born in Colditz / Saxony in 1945. He studied economics and social sciences in Cologne and obtained his diploma in economics in 1971. He received his doctorate in Cologne in 1974 and completed his habilitation in Bonn in 1982. From 1972 to 1974 he was a research assistant at the Research Institute for Sociology at the University of Cologne. From 1975 Kunczik worked as an academic advisor at the Department of Sociology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . In 1980/81 he was a lecturer at the Institute for Journalism at the University of Münster . In 1983/84 he received a substitute professorship in Mainz, and in 1984 a visiting professor at the Free University of Berlin. A substitute professorship at the University of Hohenheim in the 1986 summer semester and 1987 summer semester followed. In 1987 Michael Kunczik was appointed professor at the Institute for Journalism at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

Memberships

  • Since 1988 Central Council of the Worldview International Foundation, Colombo.
  • Advisory board for media education and media research at the Bertelsmann Foundation
  • Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of International Communication.

Publications (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The Institute for Journalism mourns Professor Dr. Michael Kunczik. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute for Journalism, April 10, 2018, accessed on April 17, 2018 .