Barbara Thomaß
Biographic Data
| ID | 5138949 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Thomaß |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomaß |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAß B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Media Studies, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0242-8516 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Public service media and public service internet as a counterweight to media concentration
This article will discuss the question of whether and to what extent private ownership of media is the appropriate form for organising the infrastructures of social communication, or whether media oriented towards the common good and not profit-driven are better suited to the requirements of democratic communication in a pluralistic society. Starting from the dual character of media as merit goods and commodities, the connection between media con…
The Participation Approach in Media Development Cooperation
Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change: Case Studies on Contested Transitions
Sports rights and public service media/public broadcasting: Case studies on economic and political implications
The historic relationship between public service media and major national sporting events is strained and/or broken across the globe. This article offers a broad picture of the recent developments in the global market for sport broadcasting and frames the debate between those who view sport as an essential element of national culture and others, for whom sport is a product best left to the marketplace. This special issue explores the place of spo…
Inter/National Media Politics: Approaches to Postcolonial Studies
Public service media, civil society and transparency
The contribution looks at a recent decision of the constitutional court in Germany according to which the number of politicians represented within the television council and administrative council of the ZDF (the second nationwide public service broadcaster [PSB] in Germany) should be limited to one third of the whole council with more representatives of civil society coming in, and the councils should act with more transparency. It is argued tha…
Kommunikationswissenschaft Als Integrationsdisziplin
Normativität in der Kommunikationswissenschaft
PSB and the European Public Sphere
This chapter focuses on the relations between Public Service Broadcasters (with particular reference to the German PSB case) and the emerging European public sphere and analyses the media actions that are necessary to allow for the development of a European public sphere or European public sphere s (it will be explained why the plural term is essential). The starting point of the contribution is the following hypothesis: normative theories about …
Medien und Transformation in Osteuropa
Journalistische Ethik: Ein Vergleich der Diskurse in Frankreich, Grossbritannien und Deutschland
Commercial Broadcasters in the Member States of the European Community: Their Impact on the Labour Market and Working Conditions
In five European countries (Germany, France, Belgium, Great Britain, Spain) the effects of commercial TV suppliers on the labour market and the conditions of work have been surveyed. Although new posts have been created by new stations, in the majority of the examined countries this greater number of jobs is threatened by growing competition in the television market. An increasing number of jobs are being transformed from employed to casual ones.…
Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change: Case Studies on Contested Transitions
Sports rights and public service media/public broadcasting: Case studies on economic and political implications
The historic relationship between public service media and major national sporting events is strained and/or broken across the globe. This article offers a broad picture of the recent developments in the global market for sport broadcasting and frames the debate between those who view sport as an essential element of national culture and others, for whom sport is a product best left to the marketplace. This special issue explores the place of spo…
Normativität in der Kommunikationswissenschaft
Public service media, civil society and transparency
The contribution looks at a recent decision of the constitutional court in Germany according to which the number of politicians represented within the television council and administrative council of the ZDF (the second nationwide public service broadcaster [PSB] in Germany) should be limited to one third of the whole council with more representatives of civil society coming in, and the councils should act with more transparency. It is argued tha…
Commercial Broadcasters in the Member States of the European Community: Their Impact on the Labour Market and Working Conditions
In five European countries (Germany, France, Belgium, Great Britain, Spain) the effects of commercial TV suppliers on the labour market and the conditions of work have been surveyed. Although new posts have been created by new stations, in the majority of the examined countries this greater number of jobs is threatened by growing competition in the television market. An increasing number of jobs are being transformed from employed to casual ones.…
Journalistische Ethik: Ein Vergleich der Diskurse in Frankreich, Grossbritannien und Deutschland
Medien und Transformation in Osteuropa
PSB and the European Public Sphere
This chapter focuses on the relations between Public Service Broadcasters (with particular reference to the German PSB case) and the emerging European public sphere and analyses the media actions that are necessary to allow for the development of a European public sphere or European public sphere s (it will be explained why the plural term is essential). The starting point of the contribution is the following hypothesis: normative theories about …
Kommunikationswissenschaft Als Integrationsdisziplin
Normativität in der Kommunikationswissenschaft
Inter/National Media Politics: Approaches to Postcolonial Studies
Public service media, civil society and transparency
The contribution looks at a recent decision of the constitutional court in Germany according to which the number of politicians represented within the television council and administrative council of the ZDF (the second nationwide public service broadcaster [PSB] in Germany) should be limited to one third of the whole council with more representatives of civil society coming in, and the councils should act with more transparency. It is argued tha…
Sports rights and public service media/public broadcasting: Case studies on economic and political implications
The historic relationship between public service media and major national sporting events is strained and/or broken across the globe. This article offers a broad picture of the recent developments in the global market for sport broadcasting and frames the debate between those who view sport as an essential element of national culture and others, for whom sport is a product best left to the marketplace. This special issue explores the place of spo…
The Participation Approach in Media Development Cooperation
Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change: Case Studies on Contested Transitions
Public service media and public service internet as a counterweight to media concentration
This article will discuss the question of whether and to what extent private ownership of media is the appropriate form for organising the infrastructures of social communication, or whether media oriented towards the common good and not profit-driven are better suited to the requirements of democratic communication in a pluralistic society. Starting from the dual character of media as merit goods and commodities, the connection between media con…
Political science (10 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Media Studies and Communication (3 works) · Public service (3 works)