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Hasebrink, U.; Hölig, S. (2014): Topographie der Öffentlichkeit [Topography of the Public]. In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 22-23/2014, pp. 16-22.
Prof. em. Dr. Uwe Hasebrink • Dr. Sascha Hölig
2014
The project examines the relationship between the news sources people use and the trust people place in news. It is based on data from the Reuters Institute Digital News Survey.
How do people in Germany keep themselves informed in the digital age - and what does actually stick with them? In a long-term project, the HBI, together with the dpa and other partners from the media, public institutions and civil society, is researching the news literacy of the population under the...
How does each individual establish a connection to the public through media and, thus, change the communicative figuration of the public? The project “Public Connection”, financed by the German Research Foundation, seeks to answer these questions as part of the research association &ldqu...
In the event of terrorist attacks or natural disasters, timely and reliable information is extremely important for media users. In order to find out what information needs people have in such situations and what media they use, a study design was developed with which empirical data can be collected...
This cumulative dissertation project analysed user behaviour with regard to news on social networking platforms.
More and more adolescents and young adults do not find their interests and concerns reflected in the traditional news media. They have little interest in current world events, hardly use any information offered by established media and are therefore hardly reached by journalistic offerings. Instead,...
For the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2023 on news consumption in international comparison, surveys were carried out simultaneously in 46 countries in order to identify general trends but also national peculiarities. The HBI is responsible for the German part of the study; it is supported by...
The study "Media Use and Political Culture in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania" investigated how people in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania inform themselves about politics and other socially relevant topics in their federal state and what general attitudes they have towards politics. The study...
Leonie Wunderlich and Dr. Sascha Hölig present the results of the surveys conducted within the framework of the project Use the News in their article recently published in the journal Media and Communication. Users can be characterised by a certain pattern of news-related attitudes,...
The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2022 on news consumption in international comparison was carried out simultaneously in 46 countries in order to identify general trends as well as national peculiarities. The HBI is responsible for the German part of the study; it is supported by the state m...
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