Otfried Jarren

Otfried Jarren (2008)

Otfried Jarren (born November 9, 1953 in Neumünster ) is a German communications scientist and full professor at the Institute for Mass Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich (IKMZ).

Life

After studying at the University of Münster (until 1978), he was an assistant at the Free University of Berlin (until 1987) and professor of journalism at the University of Hamburg . In 1997 he was appointed to Zurich, but at the same time remained director of the Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research at the University of Hamburg until July 2001 . Jarren has made a name for himself in German-speaking communication studies through work on communication and media policy and political communication .

Since August 2008 Otfried Jarren has been Vice President Humanities and Social Sciences and a member of the University Management of the University of Zurich.

In November 2012 he was elected by the Federal Council as President of the 15-member Federal Media Commission, which is to advise the Federal Council and the administration on media issues from mid-2013. After the resignation of Rector Andreas Fischer on November 6, 2013, Jarren temporarily headed the University of Zurich until Fischer's earlier-elected successor, Michael Hengartner, took office at the beginning of February 2014.

In May 2018 Jarren received the 2018 Schader Prize . Acceptance of the prestigious award is linked to acceptance into the Senate of the Schader Foundation .

Publications (selection)

Monographs

Communal communication: A theoretical and empirical investigation of communal communication structures with special consideration of local and sub-local media (= contributions to communal science . Vol. 14). Minerva, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-597-10442-8 (dissertation, University of Münster, 1984).

With Dieter Storll, Rüdiger Bendlin: Local media and political culture in Dortmund. Press and Information Office d. State government of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf 1989.

With Günter Bentele , Ulrich Kratzsch: Media Landscape in Transition: Media and Communication Atlas Berlin. Vistas, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-89158-055-X .

With Thorsten Grothe, Roy Müller: Citizens' medium Open Channel: The Hamburg Open Channel from the perspective of users and experts. An empirical study on the use and evaluation of the open channel. Vistas, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-89158-107-6 .

With Patrick Donges: No time for politics? State political reporting on the radio: journalists, public relations workers and politicians interacting. The example of Hamburg. Vistas, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-89158-171-8 .

With Patrick Donges: Media regulation by society? A control theory and comparative study with a focus on Switzerland. Westdeutscher Verlag, Wiesbaden 2000, ISBN 3-531-13493-0 .

With Patrick Donges: Political Communication in the Media Society: An Introduction. 2 volumes. Westdeutscher Verlag, Wiesbaden 2002; 3rd, fundamentally revised and updated edition 2011, ISBN 978-3-531-17437-2 .

With Ulrike Röttger , Jochen Hoffmann: Public Relations in Switzerland: An empirical study on the professional field of public relations. UVK, Konstanz 2003, ISBN 3-89669-412-X .

With Jochen Hoffmann, Adrian Steiner: Political communication as a service: Public affairs advisor in Switzerland. UVK, Konstanz 2007, ISBN 978-3-89669-592-5 .

Editions (selection)

With Heinz Bonfadelli : Introduction to Communication Studies (= UTB for Science. Vol. 2170). Paul Haupt, Bern et al. 2001, ISBN 3-258-06212-9 .

With Günter Bentele and Hans-Bernd Brosius : Public communication. Handbook of Communication and Media Studies. A manual with a dictionary section. Westdeutscher Verlag, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 3-531-13532-5 .

Bentele, Günter / Hans-Bernd-Brosius / Otfried Jarren (Eds.) (2013): Lexicon Communication and Media Studies. 2nd Edition. Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden, ISBN 978-3-531-93431-0 .

With Christian Steiniger (Ed.), Journalism Beyond Market and State . Nomos, Baden-Baden 2016, ISBN 978-3-8487-2758-2 .

Articles (selection)

Social integration through media? To justify normative requirements for media. In: Media & Communication Studies. ISSN 1615-634X , Volume 48 (2000), No. 1, pp. 22-41 ( PDF; 702 kB ).

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Kürschner's German Scholar Calendar . 17th edition (1996). P. 640.
↑ New media commission set up (uvek.admin.ch of November 21, 2012, accessed on February 28, 2013)
↑ Mörgeli case: What happens after the rector resigns. In: Tages-Anzeiger .ch / Newsnet of November 11, 2013
↑ https://www.schader-stiftung.de/themen/kommunikation-und-kultur/fokus/medien/artikel/medienpolitik-und-politische-kommunikation-otfried-jarren-erhaelt-den-schader-preis-2018/

personal data
SURNAME	Jarren, Otfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German communication scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 9, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neumunster

[1] Kürschner's German Scholar Calendar . 17th edition (1996). P. 640.

[2] New media commission set up (uvek.admin.ch of November 21, 2012, accessed on February 28, 2013)

[3] Mörgeli case: What happens after the rector resigns. In: Tages-Anzeiger .ch / Newsnet of November 11, 2013

[4] ttps://www.schader-stiftung.de/themen/kommunikation-und-kultur/fokus/medien/artikel/medienpolitik-und-politische-kommunikation-otfried-jarren-erhaelt-den-schader-preis-2018/