Cordula Nitsch
Biographic Data
| ID | 4169141 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cordula Nitsch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cordula |
| FAMILY NAME | Nitsch |
| SIGNATURE | NITSCH C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Augsburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2369-2332 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Well-known phenomenon, new setting: Digital stress in times of the Covid-19 pandemic
Digital stress caused by the proliferation and omnipresence of digital media has been attracting scientific interest for several years. The physical contact restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic have further increased the importance of digital media in people’s professional and private lives. This article investigates the consequences of this new situation for people’s perceptions of digital stress. It applies a lifeworld perspective and …
The Normativity of Communication Research: A Content Analysis of Normative Claims in Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (1970–2014)
In times of rapid media change, society is increasingly asking for expertise from communication research. Well-founded assessments of current developments require knowledge of the normative foundations of the discipline, but empirical analyses of the normativity of communication research are scarce. We developed an innovative, multistep approach to make the discipline’s normative perspectives visible. We identified, systemized, and quantified nor…
Jokers or Journalists? A Study of Satirists’ Motivations, Role Orientations, and Understanding of Satire
This study contributes to recent discussions about the role of satire in public communication. We conducted qualitative expert interviews with 13 satirists in Germany to explore their understanding of satire, their motivations and role orientations as well as their perceptions of satire in relation to journalism and the factors they perceive to influence their role performances. The findings indicate that satirists perceive their business to be m…
Wie normativ ist die Kommunikationswissenschaft: Ein inhaltsanalytischer Vergleich deutscher und US-amerikanischer Fachzeitschriftenaufsätze
Kommunikationswissenschaftliche Forschung ist durch die strukturellen Rahmenbedingungen geprägt, unter denen sie entsteht – etwa durch das Wissenschaftssystem, die gesellschaftlichen Erwartungen an Wissenschaft und das Mediensystem des jeweiligen Landes. Die quantitative Inhaltsanalyse untersucht im Vergleich zwischen Deutschland und den USA, inwiefern sich solche Rahmenbedingungen auf die normativen Vorstellungen auswirken, die Autorinnen aus di…
Ganz schön sozial-medial erschöpft…“. Eine qualitative Inhaltsanalyse der Berichterstattung über digitalen Stress und immanente Genderbezüge
Digitale Technologien und Medien haben zu weitreichenden Veränderungen im Arbeits- und Privatleben geführt. Dabei kann die Nutzung digitaler Medien aufgrund ständiger Erreichbarkeit, der Entgrenzung von Arbeits- und Privatleben oder auch Cybermobbing Stress verursachen und negative Folgen für die Gesundheit haben. Dieser Beitrag analysiert, welche Berichterstattungsmuster sich im medialen Diskurs über digitalen Stress zeigen und fokussiert im Bes…
The democratic quality of political depictions in fictional TV entertainment. A comparative content analysis of the political drama Borgen and the journalistic magazine Berlin direkt
The quality of political reporting in the news media is a focal point of communication research. Politics, however, is not only conveyed via traditional sources of information, but via fictional sources. In particular, political dramas (e. g., The West Wing, Borgen) enjoy great popularity and are often acknowledged for their realistic depiction of politics. Still, little is known about the democratic quality of such fictional depictions. This pap…
Satirizing international crises. The depiction of the Ukraine, Greek debt, and migration crises in political satire
In international crises, the media’s information and orientation function is particularly important in the public sphere. While the news media’s crisis coverage has been well researched and often criticized, very little is known about the depiction of crises in political satire. This study examines how German satirical shows (n = 154 episodes, 2014–2016) covered the Ukraine, Greek debt, and migration crises and whether or not these depictions cor…
Inspired by the Paralympics: Effects of Empathy on Audience Interest in Para-Sports and on the Destigmatization of Persons With Disabilities
Theories of eudaimonic entertainment and destigmatization concur to suggest that empathic feelings elicited by portrayals of Paralympic athletes can increase audience interest in para-sports and can lead to prosocial attitude change toward persons with disabilities in general. Three experiments were conducted to examine this dual, mutually reinforcing function of empathy in promoting public awareness and destigmatization. Participants watched tel…
Informativ und kritisch? Die Politikdarstellung in deutschen Satiresendungen
Der Beitrag schließt an die Debatte zu den Konsequenzen politischer Satire an, in der sich Vorstellungen einer zur Meinungsbildung anregenden produktiven Satire und einer pseudo-kritischen Satire gegenüberstehen, die politischen Zynismus fördere. Mit Blick auf die Bereitstellung politischer Informationen und die Vermittlung von Orientierung durch Kritik wird nach der Politikdarstellung in deutschen TV-Satiresendungen gefragt. Eine quantitative In…
Early bilingualism influences early and subsequently later acquired languages in cortical regions representing control functions
Early acquisition of a second language influences the development of language abilities and cognitive functions. In the present study, we used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to investigate the impact of early bilingualism on the organization of the cortical language network during sentence production. Two groups of adult multilinguals, proficient in three languages, were tested on a narrative task; early multilinguals acquired the s…
Die Repräsentation von Politik in fiktionaler Unterhaltung. Instrument, Anwendung und Befunde zur Systematisierung von Filmen und Fernsehserien
Entertainment accounts for the lion's share in today's media content. The political content and messages in entertainment however, have only lately moved into the spotlight of political communication research. The focus is usually on non-fictional entertainment such as talk shows or late-night-comedy. This paper deals with the representation of politics in fictional entertainment. It introduces an instrument which enables an empirically grounded …
Satirizing international crises. The depiction of the Ukraine, Greek debt, and migration crises in political satire
In international crises, the media’s information and orientation function is particularly important in the public sphere. While the news media’s crisis coverage has been well researched and often criticized, very little is known about the depiction of crises in political satire. This study examines how German satirical shows (n = 154 episodes, 2014–2016) covered the Ukraine, Greek debt, and migration crises and whether or not these depictions cor…
Jokers or Journalists? A Study of Satirists’ Motivations, Role Orientations, and Understanding of Satire
This study contributes to recent discussions about the role of satire in public communication. We conducted qualitative expert interviews with 13 satirists in Germany to explore their understanding of satire, their motivations and role orientations as well as their perceptions of satire in relation to journalism and the factors they perceive to influence their role performances. The findings indicate that satirists perceive their business to be m…
Well-known phenomenon, new setting: Digital stress in times of the Covid-19 pandemic
Digital stress caused by the proliferation and omnipresence of digital media has been attracting scientific interest for several years. The physical contact restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic have further increased the importance of digital media in people’s professional and private lives. This article investigates the consequences of this new situation for people’s perceptions of digital stress. It applies a lifeworld perspective and …
Wie normativ ist die Kommunikationswissenschaft: Ein inhaltsanalytischer Vergleich deutscher und US-amerikanischer Fachzeitschriftenaufsätze
Kommunikationswissenschaftliche Forschung ist durch die strukturellen Rahmenbedingungen geprägt, unter denen sie entsteht – etwa durch das Wissenschaftssystem, die gesellschaftlichen Erwartungen an Wissenschaft und das Mediensystem des jeweiligen Landes. Die quantitative Inhaltsanalyse untersucht im Vergleich zwischen Deutschland und den USA, inwiefern sich solche Rahmenbedingungen auf die normativen Vorstellungen auswirken, die Autorinnen aus di…
The democratic quality of political depictions in fictional TV entertainment. A comparative content analysis of the political drama Borgen and the journalistic magazine Berlin direkt
The quality of political reporting in the news media is a focal point of communication research. Politics, however, is not only conveyed via traditional sources of information, but via fictional sources. In particular, political dramas (e. g., The West Wing, Borgen) enjoy great popularity and are often acknowledged for their realistic depiction of politics. Still, little is known about the democratic quality of such fictional depictions. This pap…
Informativ und kritisch? Die Politikdarstellung in deutschen Satiresendungen
Der Beitrag schließt an die Debatte zu den Konsequenzen politischer Satire an, in der sich Vorstellungen einer zur Meinungsbildung anregenden produktiven Satire und einer pseudo-kritischen Satire gegenüberstehen, die politischen Zynismus fördere. Mit Blick auf die Bereitstellung politischer Informationen und die Vermittlung von Orientierung durch Kritik wird nach der Politikdarstellung in deutschen TV-Satiresendungen gefragt. Eine quantitative In…
Early bilingualism influences early and subsequently later acquired languages in cortical regions representing control functions
Early acquisition of a second language influences the development of language abilities and cognitive functions. In the present study, we used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to investigate the impact of early bilingualism on the organization of the cortical language network during sentence production. Two groups of adult multilinguals, proficient in three languages, were tested on a narrative task; early multilinguals acquired the s…
Die Repräsentation von Politik in fiktionaler Unterhaltung. Instrument, Anwendung und Befunde zur Systematisierung von Filmen und Fernsehserien
Entertainment accounts for the lion's share in today's media content. The political content and messages in entertainment however, have only lately moved into the spotlight of political communication research. The focus is usually on non-fictional entertainment such as talk shows or late-night-comedy. This paper deals with the representation of politics in fictional entertainment. It introduces an instrument which enables an empirically grounded …
Inspired by the Paralympics: Effects of Empathy on Audience Interest in Para-Sports and on the Destigmatization of Persons With Disabilities
Theories of eudaimonic entertainment and destigmatization concur to suggest that empathic feelings elicited by portrayals of Paralympic athletes can increase audience interest in para-sports and can lead to prosocial attitude change toward persons with disabilities in general. Three experiments were conducted to examine this dual, mutually reinforcing function of empathy in promoting public awareness and destigmatization. Participants watched tel…
Informativ und kritisch? Die Politikdarstellung in deutschen Satiresendungen
Der Beitrag schließt an die Debatte zu den Konsequenzen politischer Satire an, in der sich Vorstellungen einer zur Meinungsbildung anregenden produktiven Satire und einer pseudo-kritischen Satire gegenüberstehen, die politischen Zynismus fördere. Mit Blick auf die Bereitstellung politischer Informationen und die Vermittlung von Orientierung durch Kritik wird nach der Politikdarstellung in deutschen TV-Satiresendungen gefragt. Eine quantitative In…
The democratic quality of political depictions in fictional TV entertainment. A comparative content analysis of the political drama Borgen and the journalistic magazine Berlin direkt
The quality of political reporting in the news media is a focal point of communication research. Politics, however, is not only conveyed via traditional sources of information, but via fictional sources. In particular, political dramas (e. g., The West Wing, Borgen) enjoy great popularity and are often acknowledged for their realistic depiction of politics. Still, little is known about the democratic quality of such fictional depictions. This pap…
Satirizing international crises. The depiction of the Ukraine, Greek debt, and migration crises in political satire
In international crises, the media’s information and orientation function is particularly important in the public sphere. While the news media’s crisis coverage has been well researched and often criticized, very little is known about the depiction of crises in political satire. This study examines how German satirical shows (n = 154 episodes, 2014–2016) covered the Ukraine, Greek debt, and migration crises and whether or not these depictions cor…
Ganz schön sozial-medial erschöpft…“. Eine qualitative Inhaltsanalyse der Berichterstattung über digitalen Stress und immanente Genderbezüge
Digitale Technologien und Medien haben zu weitreichenden Veränderungen im Arbeits- und Privatleben geführt. Dabei kann die Nutzung digitaler Medien aufgrund ständiger Erreichbarkeit, der Entgrenzung von Arbeits- und Privatleben oder auch Cybermobbing Stress verursachen und negative Folgen für die Gesundheit haben. Dieser Beitrag analysiert, welche Berichterstattungsmuster sich im medialen Diskurs über digitalen Stress zeigen und fokussiert im Bes…
Well-known phenomenon, new setting: Digital stress in times of the Covid-19 pandemic
Digital stress caused by the proliferation and omnipresence of digital media has been attracting scientific interest for several years. The physical contact restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic have further increased the importance of digital media in people’s professional and private lives. This article investigates the consequences of this new situation for people’s perceptions of digital stress. It applies a lifeworld perspective and …
The Normativity of Communication Research: A Content Analysis of Normative Claims in Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (1970–2014)
In times of rapid media change, society is increasingly asking for expertise from communication research. Well-founded assessments of current developments require knowledge of the normative foundations of the discipline, but empirical analyses of the normativity of communication research are scarce. We developed an innovative, multistep approach to make the discipline’s normative perspectives visible. We identified, systemized, and quantified nor…
Jokers or Journalists? A Study of Satirists’ Motivations, Role Orientations, and Understanding of Satire
This study contributes to recent discussions about the role of satire in public communication. We conducted qualitative expert interviews with 13 satirists in Germany to explore their understanding of satire, their motivations and role orientations as well as their perceptions of satire in relation to journalism and the factors they perceive to influence their role performances. The findings indicate that satirists perceive their business to be m…
Wie normativ ist die Kommunikationswissenschaft: Ein inhaltsanalytischer Vergleich deutscher und US-amerikanischer Fachzeitschriftenaufsätze
Kommunikationswissenschaftliche Forschung ist durch die strukturellen Rahmenbedingungen geprägt, unter denen sie entsteht – etwa durch das Wissenschaftssystem, die gesellschaftlichen Erwartungen an Wissenschaft und das Mediensystem des jeweiligen Landes. Die quantitative Inhaltsanalyse untersucht im Vergleich zwischen Deutschland und den USA, inwiefern sich solche Rahmenbedingungen auf die normativen Vorstellungen auswirken, die Autorinnen aus di…
Media Studies and Communication (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Humor Studies and Applications (3 works)