Communicatio Socialis (ComSoc)

Feature films are more than just entertainment. They tell stories about humans as narrative and moral beings. This article shows how feature films portray moral conflicts, dilemmas, and questions of responsibility, and how these can be analyzed....

The fascination with film and television has remained unbroken for decades. The industry is a sought-after working environment, an economic powerhouse, and, last but not least, an emotional field of tension between various players. Away from the...

This article examines the representation of popes in the German news magazine „Der Spiegel“ between 1949 and 2025. It asks how the selection and representational conventions of papal imagery have changed over time and how these shifts relate to...

This article examines the pastoral Instagram activities of two Protestant pastors as exam­ples. It focuses on the question of how pastors communicate in the digital diaspora, what forms of pastoral identity formation emerge, and how analog and...

This article examines dominant interpretations in German feature films and discusses the extent to which the medium of film fulfills its role as a reference system for plurality and diversity. It is based on a discourse analysis of 40 commercially...

Children are interested in world affairs, but traditional news formats can quickly over­whelm them. Special services are designed to counteract this, but a comprehensive set of criteria for quality assessment has been lacking until now. To fill...

This article looks at innovative journalistic formats which explain political topics to young media users and potentially become “opinion leaders” for them. It takes a normative approach to interpretive (explanatory) journalism and...

This article primarily addresses current normative and legal issues surrounding influencer marketing in Austria from the perspective of youth media protection. It describes theoretical framework models such as the capability approach and virtue...

Commentary is one of the classic forms of presentation in journalism. What value does it still have in the age of digital media? This essay discusses the role of commentary in the formation of informed opinions and warns against being swept along by...

Newly founded journalism outlets are considered particularly innovative, not least because they can introduce new routines, working methods, and practices. One such working method is the concept of constructive journalism, a future-oriented and...

The public and academic debate concerning social media and its role in democracy focuses primarily on the dangers of filter bubbles and misinformation. This article argues that an underestimated danger of social media lies in its misrepresentation...

Political debates take place within a complex structure of power, media, and the public sphere. In recent years, these debates have often been characterized by blanket accusations of “cancel culture.” Different individuals and political factions...

This article examines political creators as potential opinion makers and new actors in public communication. The article has two objectives: First, it provides an overview of the diverse and dynamically developing field of political creators....

The vote gains made by right-wing populist parties or actors in political elections raise questions about the strategies they pursue, the reasons for their success, and the options available to counter them. To address these questions, an action...

This article argues for the integration of media ethics categories into attitude research. To this end, audience ethics quality judgments were used as factors in opinion formation processes. The empirical basis is a representative...

Digital media have a significant impact on everyday family life today. But how exactly do parents influence their children‘s media habits? Based on qualitative interviews with parents and their children from different types of schools, such as...