Werner Faulstich

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Werner Faulstich (born December 28, 1946 in Fulda ; † July 8, 2019 ) was a German media scientist and has held a chair at the University of Lüneburg since 1989 .

Life

Werner Faulstich studied German , English , American , philosophy and theology . In 1973 he received his doctorate on bestsellers from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . 1981 followed his habilitation at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen on media aesthetics . In the same year he received the license to teach media studies and English philology . In 1987 Faulstich was offered a professorship at the University of Siegen .

Werner Faulstich had held the chair for media studies in Lüneburg since 1989 and was head of the Institute for Applied Media Research (IfAM) there since 1990.

research

Werner Faulstich was the author of numerous textbooks and monographs on topics in media studies such as basic knowledge of media , introduction to media studies , basic knowledge of public relations , basic course film analysis , media cultures and media theories . Introduction and overview . His main focus was on media history , the everyday medium of paper and the cultural history of the 20th century.

His approach to media and their phenomena was a cultural-scientific one : "It's always about overarching contexts, about exemplary condensation between the present and tradition, about values."

Faulstich suggested in his Basic Knowledge of the Media, first published in 1994 (last reissued in 5th edition 2004), a relatively broad systematics of the media.

Fonts

As an author

  • Theses on the bestselling novel: Investigation of British novels from 1970 (= European university publications , Series 14: Anglo-Saxon Language and Literature , Volume 16; Library of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, Frankfurt am Main ), Lang, Bern 1974, ISBN 3-261- 01194-7 (Dissertation University of Frankfurt am Main, Department 10 - Newer Philologies, 1973 under the title: Theory of the bestseller novel in the capitalist exploitation process , 192 pages).
  • 1991 media theories. Introduction and overview . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, ISBN 3-525-33574-1 .
  • 1994 The culture of pornography. Small introduction to history, media, aesthetics, market and meaning (= Institute for Applied Media Research: IfAM work reports, volume 13). Scientific publishing house, Bardowick, ISBN 3-89153-028-5 .
  • 2000 Medienkulturen , Fink, Munich ISBN 3-7705-3514-6 .
  • 2000 Basic knowledge of public relations , Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, ISBN 3-8252-2151-2 .
  • 2002 Basic course in film analysis, Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, ISBN 3-8252-2341-8 .
  • 2003 Introduction to Media Studies , Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, ISBN 3-8252-2407-4 .
  • 2004 Basic knowledge of media , Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, ISBN 3-8252-8169-8 .
  • 2004 Media Studies , Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, ISBN 3-8252-2494-5 .
  • 2005 Film history , Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, ISBN 3-8252-2638-7 .
  • 2006 Media history 1. From the beginnings to 1700 , Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, ISBN 3-8252-2739-1 .
  • 2006 Media history 2. From 1700 to the 3rd millennium , Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, ISBN 3-8252-2740-5 .
  • 2012 The media history of the 20th century Fink, Paderborn, ISBN 978-3-7705-5268-9 .

History of the media

  • 1997 Volume 1: The medium as a cult. from the beginning to late antiquity (8th century) . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, ISBN 3-525-20785-9 .
  • 1996 Volume 2: Media and the public in the Middle Ages (800–1400), Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, ISBN 3-525-20786-7 .
  • 2002 Volume 3: Media between rule and revolt. The media culture of the early modern period (1400–1700), Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, ISBN 3-525-20787-5 .
  • 2002 Volume 4: The civil media society (1700-1830) , Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, ISBN 3-525-20790-5 .
  • 2004 Volume 5: Media change in the industrial and mass age (1830-1900) , Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen, ISBN 3-525-20791-3 .
    • The final volume on the 20th century and today's digital media culture follows .

As editor

literature

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Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Faulstich, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German media scientist
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Fulda
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 2019