Communicatio Socialis (ComSoc)

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...