Wolfgang Donsbach

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Wolfgang Donsbach (born November 9, 1949 in Bad Kreuznach ; † July 26, 2015 in Dresden ) was a German communication scientist .

Life

From 1969 to 1975 Donsbach studied communication science, political science , ethnology and sociology at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz . He completed this course in 1975 as a Magister Artium and then worked in various positions at the Institute for Journalism at JGU Mainz until 1990 . During this time Donsbach received his doctorate (1981) and habilitation (1989). Between 1991 and 1993 he took on a professorship at the Institute for Communication Sociology and Psychology at the Free University of Berlin for three semesters . In 1993 Donsbach was appointed founding professor of the Institute for Communication Science at the Technical University of Dresden . In 1999 he was Lombard Visiting Professor at the Joan Shorenstein Center of the Press at Harvard University . After his retirement in March 2015 , Donsbach taught in Dresden and was chairman of the board of the Dresden International School, which he co-founded in 1990, until his death.

Wolfgang Donsbach became known to the general public in July 2009 when the Sächsische Zeitung published his open letter on the subject of xenophobia in Dresden. In the text entitled “Dresden - Wake Up!” He criticized the city administration and the citizens of Dresden and called for more engagement against xenophobia and racism , taking the official funeral of the city of Dresden in honor of Marwa El-Sherbini as an occasion . This open letter was noticed nationwide and led to discussions within the Dresden citizenship. In addition to approval, there was also criticism of this text. From 2010 until his death, Wolfgang Donsbach worked as a journalist with two series on current local political issues on the TV channel DRESDENEINS.TV.

Wolfgang Donsbach died on July 26, 2015 at the age of 65 in Dresden of a heart attack and was buried in the Johannisfriedhof . Donsbach was married; the marriage resulted in a son born in 2001.

Teaching and research

Donsbach's main research areas were journalism , public opinion , political communication and reception research . From 1995 to 1996 he was President of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) and from 2004 to 2005 President of the International Communication Association (ICA).

For his research achievements , Donsbach has received the Helen Dinerman Award from WAPOR (2007) and the David Swanson Award from ICA (2008). In 2010 he was made a Fellow of the International Communication Association (ICA). Donsbach was editor of the twelve-volume International Encyclopedia of Communication, which is also available online (Verlag Wiley-Blackwell).

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

  • Problems of legitimation of journalism. Social role of the mass media and professional attitudes of journalists. Alber, Freiburg i. Br./München 1982, ISBN 3-495-47512-5 .
  • Media impact despite selection. Factors influencing the attention to newspaper content. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-412-08491-3 .
  • Relationship Games - Media and Politics in Public Discussion. Case studies and analysis. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1993, ISBN 3-89204-089-3 .
  • together with Dietmar Gattwinkel: Add fuel to the fire. The journalistic staging of the scandal surrounding the role of the oil companies in Nigeria. , Dresden Univ. Press, Dresden 1998, ISBN 3-931828-76-X .
  • together with Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann / Hans Mathias Kepplinger : Kampa. Opinion climate and media impact in the 1998 federal election campaign. Alber, Freiburg i. Br./München 1999, ISBN 3-495-47981-3 .
  • together with Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann / Hans Mathias Kepplinger: Voting moods in the media democracy. Analyzes based on the federal election campaign in 2002. Alber, Freiburg i. Br./München 2005, ISBN 3-495-48109-5 .
  • Disenchantment of a profession - what Germans expect from journalism and how they are disappointed. UVK, Konstanz 2009, ISBN 978-3-86764-192-0 .
  • together with Caroline Förster: The Saxons in reunified Germany. Experiences and attitudes based on 20 years of public opinion research. TUDpress, Dresden 2010, ISBN 978-3-941298-56-9 .

Editorships

  • Public Relations in Theory and Practice. Basics and working methods of public relations in various functions. Fischer, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-88927-201-0 .
  • together with Olaf Jandura: Opportunities and dangers of media democracy. UVK, Konstanz 2003, ISBN 3-89669-414-6 .
  • The International Encyclopedia of Communication. , 12 vols., Wiley, New York 2008, ISBN 978-1-4051-3199-5 .
  • The Sage Handbook of Public Opinion Research. , Sage, Los Angeles et al. a., 2008, ISBN 1-4129-1177-X (with Michael W. Traugott)

literature

  • Donsbach, Wolfgang. In: Dorit Petschel : 175 years of TU Dresden. Volume 3: The professors of the TU Dresden 1828–2003. Edited on behalf of the Society of Friends and Supporters of the TU Dresden e. V. von Reiner Pommerin , Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-412-02503-8 , p. 166.

Web links

Commons : Wolfgang Donsbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wolfgang Donsbach: Open letter on the topic of xenophobia in Dresden: "Dresden - wake up!" ( Memento of August 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), published on July 12, 2009 (PDF; 93 KB).
  2. ↑ Interview in the TAZ online from October 27, 2009, accessed on March 3, 2017
  3. ↑ see for example the discussion thread Death of an Egyptian woman forces Dresden to rethink. ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the DNN web forum , accessed on March 3, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / forum.dnn.de
  4. ↑ see for example the criticism of the association RAA Dresden on page 2 of its newsletter no.3 ( memento of the original from May 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from September 2009, (PDF; 531 KB) accessed on March 3, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / raa-sachsen.de
  5. ↑ Communication researcher: Wolfgang Donsbach is dead , Spiegel Online , July 27, 2015
  6. ↑ Curriculum Vitae . In: donsbach.net . Retrieved July 27, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Donsbach, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German communication scientist
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Kreuznach
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 2015
Place of death Dresden