Communicatio Socialis (ComSoc)

On the epistemological basis of a pragmatic-empirical concept of reality, the article deals with the professional ethical norm that fictional elements in journalism must be recogniz- able as such. In addition to a reconstruction of its development,...

Virtual reality has so far played only a marginal role in journalist training. In two cours- es at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, we have tried to integrate this new format into teaching. Here we report on the two projects, our...

The introduction of virtual reality (VR) in journalism opens up a participatory-immer- sive dimension of reporting. As an interactive interface between human and machine, VR technologies enable the immersion of recipients in synthetically presented...

Entertainment media not only depict social developments. Rather, they also stimulate, discuss, comment on, and disseminate them. This paper therefore focuses on the rep- resentation of virtuality in popular culture, specifically in games and movies....

During the Corona pandemic, virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality became increasingly widespread in society and education. The creation of immersive (learning) en- vironments holds potentials as well as challenges. In the project...

In 2002, the Boston Globe made it public that Catholic priests had abused hundreds of children and that Boston diocese leaders had simply transferred the clergy to other locations. In Germany, abuse did not become a major public issue until eight...

Only a small part of society ever comes into direct contact with (undergone) crime. The majority of information and emotions regarding this part of human coexistence is conveyed by the media. For some years now, the genre of true crime in particular...

The fine details of a speech can make or break millions of lives if the speech calls for war or seeks to avoid it. On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a „special military operation“ - de facto war - against Ukraine....

Since the German withdrawal from Afghanistan and the onset of the war in Ukraine, the German military, the Bundeswehr, has been in the spotlight as it has not been for years: Many editorial departments are also reporting on this subject more...

Nothing is known in the judicial procedural codes concerning the cooperation and ex- change relationships between the media and the judiciary. Thus, these are part of the in- formal process of decision-making. It is difficult to assess the ancillary...

Media coverage of violence against women can play an important role in raising awareness of this social problem and in finding solutions. Against this background, this article ad- dresses guidelines and recommendations and develops them step by...

This article deals with the contemporary serialized television thriller, which accounts for half of all television consumption and is thus, as a popular cultural phenomenon, an i formative subject for analytical media studies. In addition to...