Communicatio Socialis (ComSoc)

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...