Wolfgang Frindte

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Wolfgang Frindte (born August 17, 1951 in Mühlhausen / Thuringia ) is a German psychologist and communication scientist as well as professor of communication psychology at the Institute for Communication Science at the University of Jena .

Life

In 1970, Frindte completed an apprenticeship as an electrician and a short time later obtained his Abitur. He then began studying psychology at the FSU Jena, which was followed by a successful diploma in 1974. In 1981 he did his doctorate on the subject of: Investigations into the game-experimental modeling of negotiation situations with the degree magna cum laude under Hans Hiebsch . He then worked at the Erfurt University of Education as a senior scientific assistant . In 1987 he completed his habilitation on theory and experiment in social psychology. Six months later, in 1987, he was appointed professor of social psychology at the FSU Jena. In 1991 there was a six-month study and teaching stay in the USA and from winter 1998 to summer 2004 a visiting professorship or teaching assignment at the University of Innsbruck . Frindte has had a full C2 professorship since 1994, initially as a substitute for the Chair of Social Psychology and then headed the Communication Psychology department in Jena from 1997 . Since 2008 this department has been one of four departments of the Institute for Communication Studies at the University of Jena. He retired in 2017, but continues to work on projects at the institute.

His main research areas include anti-Semitism, the reception of computer games and the media construction of terrorism. In 2011 he headed a team that carried out a study on the living environment of young Muslims in Germany for the Federal Ministry of the Interior .

Memberships

Publications (selection)

  • Investigations into the game theory modeling of negotiation situations. Dissertation. University of Jena, 1981
  • Theory and Experiment in Social Psychology. A methodological investigation. Habilitation. University of Jena, 1987
  • with Johannes Esser & Peter Krahulec (eds.): Peace studies and peace teaching at technical colleges and universities. Haag and Herchen, Frankfurt 1991, ISBN 3-89228-599-3
  • with Wilhelm Kempf , Gert Sommer & Michael Spreiter: Nonviolent conflict resolution. Interdisciplinary contributions to the theory and practice of peaceful conflict management. Asanger, Heidelberg 1993, ISBN 3-89334-250-8
  • with Harald Pätzoldt (ed.): Myths of the Germans. German sensitivities between history and stories. Leske and Budrich, Opladen 1994, ISBN 3-8100-1145-2
  • (Ed.): Adolescent right-wing extremism and violence between myth and reality. Social psychological research. Lit, Münster / Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-8258-2411-X
  • with Thomas Fahrig & Thomas Köhler (eds.): German-German language games. Lit, Münster 1997, ISBN 3-8258-3430-1
  • Social constructions. Social psychology lectures. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen / Wiesbaden 1998, ISBN 3-531-13264-4
  • with Thomas Köhler (ed.): Communication on the Internet. Lang, Frankfurt [a. a.] 1999, ISBN 3-631-35527-0
  • (Ed.): Strangers, friends, hostilities. Social psychological research. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen / Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-531-13441-8
  • with Thomas Köhler (ed.): Internet based teaching and learning (IN-TELE) 99. Proceedings of IN-TELE 99. Lang, Frankfurt [u. a.] 2001, ISBN 3-631-37540-9
  • Introduction to communication psychology. Beltz, Weinheim / Basel 2001, ISBN 3-407-25254-4
  • with Jörg Neumann (Ed.): Violent xenophobia. Biographies and courses of action. Westdeutscher Verlag, Wiesbaden 2002, ISBN 3-531-13832-4
  • with Ulrich Zwiener & Klaus-Michael Kodalle (eds.): Extremism - Violence - Terrorism. Backgrounds and consequences of action. Palm and Enke, Jena / Erlangen 2003, ISBN 3-7896-0611-1
  • Staged anti-Semitism. A polemic. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 978-3-531-15101-4
  • with Nicole Haußecker (Ed.): Staged Terrorism. Media constructions and individual interpretations. VS-Verlag, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-531-17551-5
  • with Daniel Geschke: Textbook of Communication Psychology , Beltz Juventa, Weinheim 2019, ISBN 978-3-7799-3862-0
  • with Ina Frindte: Stop in unstable times. A socio-psychological search for traces Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden 2020, ISBN 978-3-658-27950-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.ifkw.uni-jena.de/prof_dr_wolfgang_frindte%7C accessed June 25, 2020
  2. ^ Wolfgang Frindte, Klaus Boehnke, Henry Kreikenbom & Wolfgang Wagner: The worlds of young Muslims in Germany. A social and media science system for the analysis, evaluation and prevention of Islamist radicalization processes among young people in Germany. Federal Ministry of the Interior, 2011 ( PDF; 4.2 MB ( Memento from April 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ))
  3. ↑ Markus C. Schulte von Drach : Author of the study on Muslims in Germany - "Sarrazin feels confirmed - that is tragic" . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . March 2, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Frindte, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist and communication scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Mühlhausen / Thuringia