Franzisca Weder
Biographic Data
| ID | 4036986 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Franzisca Weder |
| GIVEN NAMES | Franzisca |
| FAMILY NAME | Weder |
| SIGNATURE | WEDER F |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1502-207X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Expanding a performative perspective on sustainability communication
In this conceptual essay, we propose an expansion of a performative perspective on sustainability communication by applying Epstein’s (2015) concept of trans- and counterformatives as paradoxical speech acts. While established speech act theory ( Austin 1975 ; Searle 1975 ) has an analytic emphasis on how the performativity of communication is contingent upon iteration and compliance with contextual felicity conditions, Epstein, in his reflection…
Reimagining the sustainable consumer
Globally, consumers are increasingly turning to sustainable consumption practices. This article emphasizes the importance of social and cultural context in the study of sustainable consumption, drawing on social representations. It attempts to explain and empirically demonstrate how sustainable consumption is socially represented. The aim of the study was to investigate the construction of representations of sustainable consumption as knowledge a…
More support for hydrogen export than its domestic application in Australia
Early research has suggested the societal acceptance of hydrogen to decarbonise our energy supply is relatively high. However, the specific aspects of hydrogen that citizens support remain unknown. To investigate public support for export and domestic applications of hydrogen, this study implemented an Australian nationally representative survey. Using a quasi-experimental design, information was provided to respondents as an intervention to test…
Eco-cultural identity building through tattoos
While in the not-too-distant past, tattoos were often perceived as representing non-conformity or even deviance, tattoos now increasingly transcend class, gender, and age boundaries and are more acceptable than ever. Tattoos are created by artists and are an interpretation of a story that the client wants to tell, re-created in interpersonal communication situations—before, during, and after the actual tattooing. The project at hand conceptualize…
Career, Covid-19, and Care
The study at hand analyzes the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and related restrictions on scholars in the area of media and communication studies. It aims to highlight inequalities in the negative effects of the pandemic on academic output by examining the working conditions of scholars, taking into account gender, parenthood, and the partnership-based division of professional and care work. The quantitative survey was directed at communication …
The Evolution of the Sustainability Story
In this article, the evolutionary perspective is applied as a heuristic to explore strategic sustainability communication as communicative niche construction at the intersection of organizations and their environment over the past decades. Within the sustainability story and frames that organize the narratives, corporates as ‘species’ not only adapt to their constantly changing environment (communicative cultivation of new values within the organ…
Cultivation of sustainability in a discourse of change
Sustainability has been well used (and abused) as “buzz-word”, label or language token for certain behavior and action in political, organizational and increasingly in individual communication. Based on critical approaches in language, discourse and communication studies, the paper explores potential processes of normalization of sustainability as a new norm, discusses new theories and methodological variations that can be applied to better under…
Rhetorical (ir)responsibility in the Australian Parliament
In this conceptual paper, we differentiate between political decisions and the conversations where these decisions are discussed and facilitated. We complement existing work on argumentation in political communication by applying Aristotle’s Rhetoric to the study of climate change debate. We show how Aristotle’s principles for ethical and rational political speech work toward audience trust and encourage deliberative debate and decision-making. O…
Die digitale Transformation der Medien
Differences in universal health coverage and governments' Covid-19 communication
The incorporation of widespread, high-quality prevention campaigns and health communication is an integral part of universally accessible healthcare systems. Importantly, in the context of COVID-19, effective public health communication has proven a key mitigating factor. Considering the global differences in countries' universal health coverage, the scope of this study is to formally compare how governments around the globe communicated at the o…
Demoralization Effects of Sustainability
Sustainability is not only a moral compass for organizations of all kinds and shapes; increasingly it can be identified as social representation influencing social practices and behavior. Conceptually inspired by the idea of preferences, conventions, and moral convictions influencing individual behavior and an innovative concept of moral harmonization strategies, this paper introduces a theoretical framework for the conceptualization of moralizat…
Sustainability as Cognitive “Friction”
Narratives represent storied ways of knowing and communicating, thus, have always been a key feature in media and communication research. In our contribution, a concept to explain sustainability related cognitivei dissonances as well as a new version of a narrative inquiry is introduced to capture reflections on experiences of sustainability and individual assessments of (un)sustainable behavior over time. We perceive storytelling as an action, a…
Framing the End
In this paper, we analyze public discourses in 2018 about water-scarce Cape Town, SA. We investigated the discursive implications of apocalyptic rhetoric such as “Day Zero” by analyzing local and international news media talk (n=111 newspaper articles) surrounding the Cape Town water crisis during pre-, height of and post-crisis moments, complemented by 12 narrative problem-centered interviews in the height of the water crisis. The analysis led t…
Media conceptualizing illnesses – the case of the flu
The second half of last century and the beginning of the current one were marked by several major health crises caused by the widespread and often deadly flu epidemics. The paper investigates the academic medical discourse used by the media as the major initial source of information about the epidemic. The focus of the study is on the conceptual metaphors used in medical academic publications to portrait the flu as they seem to be the most semant…
Olaf Hoffjann / Simone Huck-Sandhu (Hrsg.) (2013)
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft provides a forum for discussion of media and communications related issues as well as for analyses of current media developments from various perspectives that are directed to all kinds of media. The journal reflects the latest trends in research and public discussion of media
Produktion und Reproduktion von Öffentlichkeit
Die zum Makroleitbild der Postmoderne hochstilisierte Informations- und Mediengesellschaft zeugt von der medialen Durchdringung aller gesellschaftlichen Lebensbereiche. Immer mehr Kommunikatoren sind in einem immer enger geflochtenen, grenz- bzw. bisherige Kommunikationsarenen überschreitenden Netzwerk von Kommunikationen vernetzt, die Kommunikationen vermehren, beschleunigen und globalisieren sich über bestehende institutionelle, gesellschaftlic…
Cultivation of sustainability in a discourse of change
Sustainability has been well used (and abused) as “buzz-word”, label or language token for certain behavior and action in political, organizational and increasingly in individual communication. Based on critical approaches in language, discourse and communication studies, the paper explores potential processes of normalization of sustainability as a new norm, discusses new theories and methodological variations that can be applied to better under…
Rhetorical (ir)responsibility in the Australian Parliament
In this conceptual paper, we differentiate between political decisions and the conversations where these decisions are discussed and facilitated. We complement existing work on argumentation in political communication by applying Aristotle’s Rhetoric to the study of climate change debate. We show how Aristotle’s principles for ethical and rational political speech work toward audience trust and encourage deliberative debate and decision-making. O…
Media conceptualizing illnesses – the case of the flu
The second half of last century and the beginning of the current one were marked by several major health crises caused by the widespread and often deadly flu epidemics. The paper investigates the academic medical discourse used by the media as the major initial source of information about the epidemic. The focus of the study is on the conceptual metaphors used in medical academic publications to portrait the flu as they seem to be the most semant…
Produktion und Reproduktion von Öffentlichkeit
Die zum Makroleitbild der Postmoderne hochstilisierte Informations- und Mediengesellschaft zeugt von der medialen Durchdringung aller gesellschaftlichen Lebensbereiche. Immer mehr Kommunikatoren sind in einem immer enger geflochtenen, grenz- bzw. bisherige Kommunikationsarenen überschreitenden Netzwerk von Kommunikationen vernetzt, die Kommunikationen vermehren, beschleunigen und globalisieren sich über bestehende institutionelle, gesellschaftlic…
Olaf Hoffjann / Simone Huck-Sandhu (Hrsg.) (2013)
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft provides a forum for discussion of media and communications related issues as well as for analyses of current media developments from various perspectives that are directed to all kinds of media. The journal reflects the latest trends in research and public discussion of media
Media conceptualizing illnesses – the case of the flu
The second half of last century and the beginning of the current one were marked by several major health crises caused by the widespread and often deadly flu epidemics. The paper investigates the academic medical discourse used by the media as the major initial source of information about the epidemic. The focus of the study is on the conceptual metaphors used in medical academic publications to portrait the flu as they seem to be the most semant…
Sustainability as Cognitive “Friction”
Narratives represent storied ways of knowing and communicating, thus, have always been a key feature in media and communication research. In our contribution, a concept to explain sustainability related cognitivei dissonances as well as a new version of a narrative inquiry is introduced to capture reflections on experiences of sustainability and individual assessments of (un)sustainable behavior over time. We perceive storytelling as an action, a…
Framing the End
In this paper, we analyze public discourses in 2018 about water-scarce Cape Town, SA. We investigated the discursive implications of apocalyptic rhetoric such as “Day Zero” by analyzing local and international news media talk (n=111 newspaper articles) surrounding the Cape Town water crisis during pre-, height of and post-crisis moments, complemented by 12 narrative problem-centered interviews in the height of the water crisis. The analysis led t…
Die digitale Transformation der Medien
Differences in universal health coverage and governments' Covid-19 communication
The incorporation of widespread, high-quality prevention campaigns and health communication is an integral part of universally accessible healthcare systems. Importantly, in the context of COVID-19, effective public health communication has proven a key mitigating factor. Considering the global differences in countries' universal health coverage, the scope of this study is to formally compare how governments around the globe communicated at the o…
Demoralization Effects of Sustainability
Sustainability is not only a moral compass for organizations of all kinds and shapes; increasingly it can be identified as social representation influencing social practices and behavior. Conceptually inspired by the idea of preferences, conventions, and moral convictions influencing individual behavior and an innovative concept of moral harmonization strategies, this paper introduces a theoretical framework for the conceptualization of moralizat…
More support for hydrogen export than its domestic application in Australia
Early research has suggested the societal acceptance of hydrogen to decarbonise our energy supply is relatively high. However, the specific aspects of hydrogen that citizens support remain unknown. To investigate public support for export and domestic applications of hydrogen, this study implemented an Australian nationally representative survey. Using a quasi-experimental design, information was provided to respondents as an intervention to test…
Eco-cultural identity building through tattoos
While in the not-too-distant past, tattoos were often perceived as representing non-conformity or even deviance, tattoos now increasingly transcend class, gender, and age boundaries and are more acceptable than ever. Tattoos are created by artists and are an interpretation of a story that the client wants to tell, re-created in interpersonal communication situations—before, during, and after the actual tattooing. The project at hand conceptualize…
Career, Covid-19, and Care
The study at hand analyzes the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and related restrictions on scholars in the area of media and communication studies. It aims to highlight inequalities in the negative effects of the pandemic on academic output by examining the working conditions of scholars, taking into account gender, parenthood, and the partnership-based division of professional and care work. The quantitative survey was directed at communication …
The Evolution of the Sustainability Story
In this article, the evolutionary perspective is applied as a heuristic to explore strategic sustainability communication as communicative niche construction at the intersection of organizations and their environment over the past decades. Within the sustainability story and frames that organize the narratives, corporates as ‘species’ not only adapt to their constantly changing environment (communicative cultivation of new values within the organ…
Cultivation of sustainability in a discourse of change
Sustainability has been well used (and abused) as “buzz-word”, label or language token for certain behavior and action in political, organizational and increasingly in individual communication. Based on critical approaches in language, discourse and communication studies, the paper explores potential processes of normalization of sustainability as a new norm, discusses new theories and methodological variations that can be applied to better under…
Rhetorical (ir)responsibility in the Australian Parliament
In this conceptual paper, we differentiate between political decisions and the conversations where these decisions are discussed and facilitated. We complement existing work on argumentation in political communication by applying Aristotle’s Rhetoric to the study of climate change debate. We show how Aristotle’s principles for ethical and rational political speech work toward audience trust and encourage deliberative debate and decision-making. O…
Reimagining the sustainable consumer
Globally, consumers are increasingly turning to sustainable consumption practices. This article emphasizes the importance of social and cultural context in the study of sustainable consumption, drawing on social representations. It attempts to explain and empirically demonstrate how sustainable consumption is socially represented. The aim of the study was to investigate the construction of representations of sustainable consumption as knowledge a…
Expanding a performative perspective on sustainability communication
In this conceptual essay, we propose an expansion of a performative perspective on sustainability communication by applying Epstein’s (2015) concept of trans- and counterformatives as paradoxical speech acts. While established speech act theory ( Austin 1975 ; Searle 1975 ) has an analytic emphasis on how the performativity of communication is contingent upon iteration and compliance with contextual felicity conditions, Epstein, in his reflection…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Art (6 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Sustainability (6 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Business (4 works)