Architectural reporting in German daily newspapers (print and online)

Doctoral project at a glance

Architectural journalism is considered to be a comparably unexplored subject in academic journalism. While there are plenty of empirical studies on journalistic genres such as politics, science and technology journalism, there are few findings on architecture journalism. Yet architecture plays no less important a role in the overall social context than politics and economics. This becomes clear in urban planning and development, new housing concepts and public building projects. Doctoral student Patrycja Muc is therefore conducting a content analysis of how German daily newspaper editorial offices report on architecture. In addition, guided expert interviews with architects and journalists will shed light on the assessment of the relevance of architectural topics by both actors.  

Keywords

Publizistik Medienwirkungsforschung Medientheorie Medienforschung Medienentwicklung und -analyse Kommunikationswissenschaft Journalistik Institut für Medienentwicklung und -analyse Journalism/PR

Departments and Instituts

Department of Engineering and Communication Graduate Institute Institute for Media Research and Development (IMEA)

Period

22.11.2019 to 21.11.2024

Doctoral candidate

Supervising professor

Project Description

Architectural journalism is considered to be a comparably unexplored subject in academic journalism. While there are plenty of empirical studies on journalistic genres such as politics, science and technology journalism, there are few findings on architecture journalism. Yet architecture plays no less important a role in the overall social context than politics and economics. This becomes clear in urban planning and development, new housing concepts and public building projects. Doctoral student Patrycja Muc is therefore conducting a content analysis of how German daily newspaper editorial offices report on architecture. In addition, guided expert interviews with architects and journalists will shed light on the assessment of the relevance of architectural topics by both actors.