Michael Schaffrath

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Michael Schaffrath (* 1966 ) is a German communication scientist whose research and teaching activities focus on the field of sports journalism. He is a professor in the department for media and communication at the Technical University of Munich .

Life

Schaffrath studied journalism, modern history and political science at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . There he received his doctorate in 1996. He then worked as a research assistant at the German Sport University Cologne , the University of Lüneburg , the TU Dresden , the University of Koblenz and the University of Gießen . He worked as a sports journalist for the sports information service as well as for Aachener Nachrichten , WDR , RTL and Antenne Münster, among others .

In 2006 he completed his habilitation at the Technical University of Munich , where he has been teaching at the sports faculty since 2000. His main research interests are sports journalism, sports PR, sports on the radio, sports commentary on television, and journalism and doping.

Schaffrath gave numerous lectures at home and abroad. He is the author and co-author of sports communication topics in the form of book publications and articles in specialist journals. He is also the editor of the “Sports Journalism” series at LIT Verlag .

Publications (selection)

  • Sport on air: Study on sports reporting by public and private radio stations in Germany . Vistas, Berlin 1996, ISBN 978-3-89158-175-9 (also dissertation at the University of Münster, 1995)
  • Soccer World Cup '98: analysis, acceptance, acquisition . Lit Verlag, Münster 1999, ISBN 978-3-8258-4145-4
  • The sports journalistic interview on German television: empirical comparative study of live conversations during football broadcasts on ARD, ZDF, RTL, SAT. 1, DSF and Premiere . Lit Verlag, Münster / Hamburg / London 2000, ISBN 978-3-8258-5171-2
  • Top sport and sports journalism. Empirical study for a fundamental understanding of the relationships between two subsystems and groups of actors . Mediensport-Verlag, Puhlheim 2006, ISBN 978-3-9810185-2-3 (also habilitation thesis at the Technical University of Munich, 2006)
  • Sports PR as a profession. Empirical study on the task and requirement profile of press officers in sport . Lit Verlag, Berlin / Münster 2012, ISBN 978-3-643-11299-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Team - work area for media and communication. In: Technical University of Munich. Retrieved July 9, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c Prof. Dr. Michael Schaffrath as a panelist at the 25th Munich Media Days. Retrieved July 9, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Schaffrath, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German communication scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1966