Mandy Tröger
Biographic Data
| ID | 4879866 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mandy Tröger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mandy |
| FAMILY NAME | Tröger |
| SIGNATURE | TRÖGER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tübingen |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-5880-8753 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Be Realistic, Demand the Impossible
Mandy Tröger and Sydney L. Forde explore the impact that Robert W. McChesney's work has had on both the communication field and on their work as the new generation of scholars. To honor [McChesney], they write, is not to look up in awe, but look out...toward the unfinished work of building a more democratic field and society
From party to private property
This article provides a historical case study analysis of a press system in transition and the role of ownership therein. More specifically, the article looks at early battles over press ownership fought by West German publishing houses in socialist East Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. By means of early joint-venture agreements and financial investments, these publishers entered alliances with newspapers long before the latter were off…
Where’s the Critique? On the Dearth of Critical Theory in German Communication Research
While the influence of critical theory – connected to the Frankfurt School – has been profound, its legacy is almost non-existent in the field of communication research in Germany. In order to address this counterintuitive state of affairs, we first sketch the historical context that led to the dearth of critical in the German field. We then give a brief overview of the current institutionalization of the field and connect it to the founding of t…
How Can I Live With(out) C. Wright Mills? Breaking With the Disembodied Truth
Fifty years after his death, C. Wright Mills’s efforts to deconstruct unacknowledged power structures in the United States and his comprehensive critique of academia remain absent from the general curriculum. This is partly because Mills never pretended academic work wasn’t personal; his texts pay witness to the struggles of a man who used the written word to come to terms with himself. Mills aimed to grasp it all, to make individual troubles acc…
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How Can I Live With(out) C. Wright Mills? Breaking With the Disembodied Truth
Fifty years after his death, C. Wright Mills’s efforts to deconstruct unacknowledged power structures in the United States and his comprehensive critique of academia remain absent from the general curriculum. This is partly because Mills never pretended academic work wasn’t personal; his texts pay witness to the struggles of a man who used the written word to come to terms with himself. Mills aimed to grasp it all, to make individual troubles acc…
Where’s the Critique? On the Dearth of Critical Theory in German Communication Research
While the influence of critical theory – connected to the Frankfurt School – has been profound, its legacy is almost non-existent in the field of communication research in Germany. In order to address this counterintuitive state of affairs, we first sketch the historical context that led to the dearth of critical in the German field. We then give a brief overview of the current institutionalization of the field and connect it to the founding of t…
From party to private property
This article provides a historical case study analysis of a press system in transition and the role of ownership therein. More specifically, the article looks at early battles over press ownership fought by West German publishing houses in socialist East Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. By means of early joint-venture agreements and financial investments, these publishers entered alliances with newspapers long before the latter were off…
Be Realistic, Demand the Impossible
Mandy Tröger and Sydney L. Forde explore the impact that Robert W. McChesney's work has had on both the communication field and on their work as the new generation of scholars. To honor [McChesney], they write, is not to look up in awe, but look out...toward the unfinished work of building a more democratic field and society
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · German (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media Studies and Communication (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Art (1 work) · Art history (1 work)