🎓Architecture coverage in German daily newspapers (print and online)

Doctoral project at a glance

Architectural journalism is considered an undeveloped subject area in academic journalism. While there are already empirical studies on journalistic genres such as politics, science and technology journalism, there are few findings on architectural journalism. Yet architecture plays a no less important role in the overall social context than politics and business. This becomes clear in questions of urban planning and development, new housing concepts and public building projects.& PhD student Patrycja Muc is therefore analysing the content of how German daily newspaper editorial offices report on architecture. In addition, guided expert interviews with architects and journalists will shed light on how both actors assess the relevance of architectural topics.
Zeitungsstapel (DE)

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 31.12.2025

Doctoral candidate

Supervising professor

Andreas Schümchen

Andreas Schümchen

Project Description

Architectural journalism is considered to be an undeveloped field of specialised journalism in academia. While there are already empirical studies on journalistic genres such as politics, science and technology journalism, there is little knowledge about architectural journalism. Yet architecture plays a no less important role in the overall social context than politics and business. This becomes clear in questions of urban planning and development, new housing concepts and public building projects. 

Doctoral student Patrycja Muc is therefore analysing the content of how German daily newspaper editorial offices report on architecture. In addition, guided expert interviews with architects and journalists will shed light on how both actors assess the relevance of architectural topics.