Ulrich Saxer

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Ulrich Saxer (born January 6, 1931 in Küsnacht ; † June 8, 2012 near Munich ) was a Swiss media and communication scientist .

Life

Saxer studied law , German and English at the University of Zurich and in Great Britain . 1957 doctorate he in German to Dr. phil. with the dissertation Gottfried Keller's efforts in the theater . After completing his doctorate, Saxer initially taught German at the Freudenberg Cantonal High School . Saxer received his first teaching assignment in the summer semester of 1966. He gave a lecture on the subject of sociological aspects of mass media .

In 1970 he completed his habilitation ( journalistic strategy and socio-cultural change ) and in 1973 he was appointed assistant professor for journalism with a focus on the sociology of art at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Zurich. From 1975 Saxer was head of the journalism seminar at the institute. From 1977 he taught there as associate professor and from 1983 until his retirement in 1996 as professor . Together with employees, he expanded the seminar into a theoretical and empirical working and journalistic teaching and research institution open to practical problems.

From 1997 to 2001, Saxer was professor of communication sociology at the Università della Svizzera italiana .

From 1997 Ulrich Saxer taught as an honorary professor for journalism and communication science at the University of Vienna .

Media term

Saxer defines media in the journalistic and media studies sense as "complex institutionalized systems around organized communication channels of specific capabilities". From this definition he derives an integrative term for media studies . There is generally a lack of a uniform theoretical research program. In addition, the individual disciplines tend to limit themselves to the individual media and, as a result, only be able to provide very special research services, which at best represent a special media ontology. A general media theory, according to Saxer, can only be developed through the understanding of media outlined above. For this purpose, the media must be examined with regard to the aspects of systematicity , intermediality , technicality , organization , functionality, institutionalization and media change .

Others

  • Founding President of the Swiss Society for Communication and Media Studies
  • Member of the Federal Expert Commission for an overall media concept
  • Member of the "Media Education and Media Research" Advisory Board of the Bertelsmann Foundation (1985–1995)
  • Member of the executive board (1993) and advisory board (1993–1996) of the Bertelsmann Stiftung
  • Co-editor of the series of seminars discussion point and of journalism. Quarterly issues for communication research
  • Winner of the American Commission for Public Relations Pride Award (1993)
  • President of the Supervisory Board of Publicom AG, Consulting and Research for Media and Communication Kilchberg-Zurich (from 1988)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Publicist Ulrich Saxer has died. ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Tages-Anzeiger from 12./13. June 2012
  2. ^ Ulrich Saxer: Introduction to Journalism. Zurich 1994.
  3. ^ Ulrich Saxer: Media Studies . In: Joachim-Felix Leonhard, Hans-Werner Ludwig (ed.): Media Studies. A manual for the development of media and forms of communication . Part 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin New York 1999. ISBN 978-3110139617
  4. ^ Rainer Stadler: Art-loving publicist . Professor Ulrich Saxer has died. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . June 13, 2012, p. 14 .

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personal data
SURNAME Saxer, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss media and communication scientist
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Küsnacht
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 2012
Place of death near Munich