Elfriede Fürsich
Biographic Data
| ID | 88712 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elfriede Fürsich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elfriede |
| FAMILY NAME | Fürsich |
| SIGNATURE | FÜRSICH E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0595-7103 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 348 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Political Relevance of Food Media: Beyond Reviews and Recipes
Producing newsgames beyond boundaries: Journalists, game developers, and the news business
Creating successful newsgames requires effective boundary work between journalists and game developers. Both groups come to the job with different professional vocabularies, technical know-how, and work cultures. Our goal was to understand how they approach these challenges as they create a product that satisfies their professional expectations and the demands of media organizations and audiences. This article presents the results of semistructur…
Are Newsgames Better Journalism: Empathy, information and representation in games on refugees and migrants
This study interrogates if newsgames are meaningful supplements to already existing forms of journalism. Using the case of refugee and migrant issues, this study examines how the newsgames The Refugee Challenge, Against all Odds and The Migrant Trail convey information about migration in interactive game-play, and how migrants and their situation are represented in these games. The games are discussed in relation to empathy, objectivity, complexi…
Travel Journalism
Contributors from diverse backgrounds explore a range of issues in relation to the media and journalism's role in ascribing meaning to tourism practices. This fascinating account offers a thoroughly i
Travel Journalism: Exploring Production, Impact and Culture
Media and the Intersectional Other: The complex negotiation of migration, gender, and class on German television
This article presents the findings of an intersectional study on migrant women on German television. Besides content and textual analyses, we conducted focus groups with audiences and interviews with migrant media workers. As the representation of Others was explored through the nodes of production, consumption, and identity, a complicated intersectional practice emerged. We found the televised representations of migrant women to be dominated by …
Analyzing Text: The Cultural Discourse in Ethnic Food Reviews
This chapter demonstrates how to conduct a textual analysis. I employ textual analysis through a cultural critical lens and illustrate this method with an analysis of food reviews. First, the method is defined and central theoretical tenets are explained. Then I outline the methodological process of this qualitative method from searching for a topic, establishing a theoretical background, selecting data, and presenting evidence to building a line…
Wissensproduktion ,On The Run'. Über die (Un-)Möglichkeiten mobiler Forschung und Forscherinnenkarrieren
Popular journalism and cultural change: The discourse of globalization in world music reviews
This study interrogates whether popular journalism – in this case music journalism – can contribute to a productive discourse on issues of public concern. We conducted a textual analysis of the discourse on cultural globalization in the coverage on world music in the US popular press over the last 30 years. We found that music journalists developed a new cultural sensibility in several distinctive phases. The first phase was marked by a firm West…
Lifestyle Journalism as Popular Journalism: Strategies for evaluating its public role
This essay argues that lifestyle journalism, which is often considered trivial, should be analyzed for its public potential. I delineate how lifestyle journalism's dimensions of review, advice, and commercialism can be transformed into strategies for research that probe the social, cultural and economic context of this media output. Then I discuss how its discourse is worth analyzing for its ideological connection. John Fiske's ideas on “popular …
Media and the representation of Others
This article criticises the role the mass media has played in constructing an idea of the Other, that is, people outside the national mainstream or other nationalities. It explains how the media promote or hinder a positive outlook on cultural diversity. Based on a review of the scholarly debate on media representations of Others, it identifies current obstacles to fair representations in media production, content and reception. This analysis res…
Beauty and the Patriarchal Beast: Gender Role Portrayals in Sitcoms Featuring Mismatched Couples
A number of recent situation comedies on U. S. television depict smart, witty, and attractive women who are married to inept, overweight, and immature men. This textual analysis examines two examples of this type of show, The King of Queens (1998-2007) and According to Jim (2001-07), and compares them to older sitcoms. These shows discursively maintain patriarchy by consistently employing two contradictory story lines: the first positions women a…
In Defense of Textual Analysis: Restoring a challenged method for journalism and media studies
This essay examines the contribution of textual analysis to media and journalism research. Based on my experience with text-based journalism studies, I highlight the unique methodological position of media content between producers' intentions and audience interpretations. My central argument is that media texts present a distinctive discursive moment between encoding and decoding that asks for special scholarly engagement. The narrative characte…
Visiting Africa: Constructions of Nation and Identity on Travel Websites
In this textual analysis, we investigate the official travel websites of African countries. Our study examines where travel and tourism fit into agendas of nationalist constructions. Whose vision of nation is being served by these constructions? How does this "image-work" by developing nations reconcile the paradoxes between modernization, authenticity, and change? Do host nations sustain earlier or develop new authenticities as they become "tour…
Pop (Up) Goes the Blind Date: Supertextual Constraints on “Reality” Television
In this textual analysis of the reality dating show Blind Date, the authors challenge the recent cultural studies scholarship that champions textual openness of reality television. In particular, the authors demonstrate how the pop-up supertext in Blind Date undermines the counterhegemonic potential of this show with regard to gender, class, and ethnic representations. The authors find that the interplay between the comic supertext and the dating…
Between Credibility and Commodification: Nonfiction Entertainment as a Global Media Genre
This article examines the institutional logic of programming for global audiences using Discovery Communications Inc. as an example. Global media expansion is connected to other trends such as the fragmentation of audiences, industry consolidation and greater profit expectations. One of the genres fitting these new programming demands is so-called nonfiction entertainment. The article analyzes how Discovery Communications Inc. developed this genr…
How can global journalists represent the ‘Other: A critical assessment of the cultural studies concept for media practice
Many cultural studies scholars analyze media texts to show evidence of problematic representations of the ‘Other’. I transfer these concepts to current global media practice, especially television journalism. As an exemplar, I use travel journalism as a site where representing the Other is the constitutive part of the work. Standard television production praxis is evaluated through insights from visual anthropology and cultural studies. Moreover,…
Mapping a critical framework for the study of travel journalism
This article provides a programmatic framework for the investigation of travel journalism. We argue that travel journalism is an important site for studying the ideological dimensions of tourism, transcultural encounters and the ongoing dynamics of media globalization. Based on the literature on tourism in sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, we identify three distinct but interrelated theoretical perspectives for the analysis of travel …
Corporate Expansion, Textual Expansion: Commodification Model of Communication
The authors argue that the contemporary situation of media saturation and hypercommercialism calls for an alternative model of communication that accounts for the current political-economic conditions. This study shows how corporate discursive strategies contribute to the expansion of hegemonic corporate interests and how they redefine public communication. The authors analyze two corporate museums, The World of Coca-Cola and the CNN Studio Tour,…
Science journalism under scrutiny: A textual analysis of “science times”
In this study, a new cultural framework for the analysis of science popularization is proposed. This concept is utilized for a textual analysis of the science section of The New York Times focusing on the column ‘Scientist at Work.’ Findings show that although the journalists try to demystify the scientific enterprise by placing it within a broader context, they juxtapose the notion of a pure science against the other‐social, political, and indiv…
In Defense of Textual Analysis: Restoring a challenged method for journalism and media studies
This essay examines the contribution of textual analysis to media and journalism research. Based on my experience with text-based journalism studies, I highlight the unique methodological position of media content between producers' intentions and audience interpretations. My central argument is that media texts present a distinctive discursive moment between encoding and decoding that asks for special scholarly engagement. The narrative characte…
Lifestyle Journalism as Popular Journalism: Strategies for evaluating its public role
This essay argues that lifestyle journalism, which is often considered trivial, should be analyzed for its public potential. I delineate how lifestyle journalism's dimensions of review, advice, and commercialism can be transformed into strategies for research that probe the social, cultural and economic context of this media output. Then I discuss how its discourse is worth analyzing for its ideological connection. John Fiske's ideas on “popular …
Mapping a critical framework for the study of travel journalism
This article provides a programmatic framework for the investigation of travel journalism. We argue that travel journalism is an important site for studying the ideological dimensions of tourism, transcultural encounters and the ongoing dynamics of media globalization. Based on the literature on tourism in sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, we identify three distinct but interrelated theoretical perspectives for the analysis of travel …
How can global journalists represent the ‘Other: A critical assessment of the cultural studies concept for media practice
Many cultural studies scholars analyze media texts to show evidence of problematic representations of the ‘Other’. I transfer these concepts to current global media practice, especially television journalism. As an exemplar, I use travel journalism as a site where representing the Other is the constitutive part of the work. Standard television production praxis is evaluated through insights from visual anthropology and cultural studies. Moreover,…
Are Newsgames Better Journalism: Empathy, information and representation in games on refugees and migrants
This study interrogates if newsgames are meaningful supplements to already existing forms of journalism. Using the case of refugee and migrant issues, this study examines how the newsgames The Refugee Challenge, Against all Odds and The Migrant Trail convey information about migration in interactive game-play, and how migrants and their situation are represented in these games. The games are discussed in relation to empathy, objectivity, complexi…
Media and the representation of Others
This article criticises the role the mass media has played in constructing an idea of the Other, that is, people outside the national mainstream or other nationalities. It explains how the media promote or hinder a positive outlook on cultural diversity. Based on a review of the scholarly debate on media representations of Others, it identifies current obstacles to fair representations in media production, content and reception. This analysis res…
Between Credibility and Commodification: Nonfiction Entertainment as a Global Media Genre
This article examines the institutional logic of programming for global audiences using Discovery Communications Inc. as an example. Global media expansion is connected to other trends such as the fragmentation of audiences, industry consolidation and greater profit expectations. One of the genres fitting these new programming demands is so-called nonfiction entertainment. The article analyzes how Discovery Communications Inc. developed this genr…
Visiting Africa: Constructions of Nation and Identity on Travel Websites
In this textual analysis, we investigate the official travel websites of African countries. Our study examines where travel and tourism fit into agendas of nationalist constructions. Whose vision of nation is being served by these constructions? How does this "image-work" by developing nations reconcile the paradoxes between modernization, authenticity, and change? Do host nations sustain earlier or develop new authenticities as they become "tour…
Media and the Intersectional Other: The complex negotiation of migration, gender, and class on German television
This article presents the findings of an intersectional study on migrant women on German television. Besides content and textual analyses, we conducted focus groups with audiences and interviews with migrant media workers. As the representation of Others was explored through the nodes of production, consumption, and identity, a complicated intersectional practice emerged. We found the televised representations of migrant women to be dominated by …
Popular journalism and cultural change: The discourse of globalization in world music reviews
This study interrogates whether popular journalism – in this case music journalism – can contribute to a productive discourse on issues of public concern. We conducted a textual analysis of the discourse on cultural globalization in the coverage on world music in the US popular press over the last 30 years. We found that music journalists developed a new cultural sensibility in several distinctive phases. The first phase was marked by a firm West…
Corporate Expansion, Textual Expansion: Commodification Model of Communication
The authors argue that the contemporary situation of media saturation and hypercommercialism calls for an alternative model of communication that accounts for the current political-economic conditions. This study shows how corporate discursive strategies contribute to the expansion of hegemonic corporate interests and how they redefine public communication. The authors analyze two corporate museums, The World of Coca-Cola and the CNN Studio Tour,…
Beauty and the Patriarchal Beast: Gender Role Portrayals in Sitcoms Featuring Mismatched Couples
A number of recent situation comedies on U. S. television depict smart, witty, and attractive women who are married to inept, overweight, and immature men. This textual analysis examines two examples of this type of show, The King of Queens (1998-2007) and According to Jim (2001-07), and compares them to older sitcoms. These shows discursively maintain patriarchy by consistently employing two contradictory story lines: the first positions women a…
Pop (Up) Goes the Blind Date: Supertextual Constraints on “Reality” Television
In this textual analysis of the reality dating show Blind Date, the authors challenge the recent cultural studies scholarship that champions textual openness of reality television. In particular, the authors demonstrate how the pop-up supertext in Blind Date undermines the counterhegemonic potential of this show with regard to gender, class, and ethnic representations. The authors find that the interplay between the comic supertext and the dating…
Science journalism under scrutiny: A textual analysis of “science times”
In this study, a new cultural framework for the analysis of science popularization is proposed. This concept is utilized for a textual analysis of the science section of The New York Times focusing on the column ‘Scientist at Work.’ Findings show that although the journalists try to demystify the scientific enterprise by placing it within a broader context, they juxtapose the notion of a pure science against the other‐social, political, and indiv…
Mapping a critical framework for the study of travel journalism
This article provides a programmatic framework for the investigation of travel journalism. We argue that travel journalism is an important site for studying the ideological dimensions of tourism, transcultural encounters and the ongoing dynamics of media globalization. Based on the literature on tourism in sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, we identify three distinct but interrelated theoretical perspectives for the analysis of travel …
Corporate Expansion, Textual Expansion: Commodification Model of Communication
The authors argue that the contemporary situation of media saturation and hypercommercialism calls for an alternative model of communication that accounts for the current political-economic conditions. This study shows how corporate discursive strategies contribute to the expansion of hegemonic corporate interests and how they redefine public communication. The authors analyze two corporate museums, The World of Coca-Cola and the CNN Studio Tour,…
How can global journalists represent the ‘Other: A critical assessment of the cultural studies concept for media practice
Many cultural studies scholars analyze media texts to show evidence of problematic representations of the ‘Other’. I transfer these concepts to current global media practice, especially television journalism. As an exemplar, I use travel journalism as a site where representing the Other is the constitutive part of the work. Standard television production praxis is evaluated through insights from visual anthropology and cultural studies. Moreover,…
Pop (Up) Goes the Blind Date: Supertextual Constraints on “Reality” Television
In this textual analysis of the reality dating show Blind Date, the authors challenge the recent cultural studies scholarship that champions textual openness of reality television. In particular, the authors demonstrate how the pop-up supertext in Blind Date undermines the counterhegemonic potential of this show with regard to gender, class, and ethnic representations. The authors find that the interplay between the comic supertext and the dating…
Between Credibility and Commodification: Nonfiction Entertainment as a Global Media Genre
This article examines the institutional logic of programming for global audiences using Discovery Communications Inc. as an example. Global media expansion is connected to other trends such as the fragmentation of audiences, industry consolidation and greater profit expectations. One of the genres fitting these new programming demands is so-called nonfiction entertainment. The article analyzes how Discovery Communications Inc. developed this genr…
Visiting Africa: Constructions of Nation and Identity on Travel Websites
In this textual analysis, we investigate the official travel websites of African countries. Our study examines where travel and tourism fit into agendas of nationalist constructions. Whose vision of nation is being served by these constructions? How does this "image-work" by developing nations reconcile the paradoxes between modernization, authenticity, and change? Do host nations sustain earlier or develop new authenticities as they become "tour…
Beauty and the Patriarchal Beast: Gender Role Portrayals in Sitcoms Featuring Mismatched Couples
A number of recent situation comedies on U. S. television depict smart, witty, and attractive women who are married to inept, overweight, and immature men. This textual analysis examines two examples of this type of show, The King of Queens (1998-2007) and According to Jim (2001-07), and compares them to older sitcoms. These shows discursively maintain patriarchy by consistently employing two contradictory story lines: the first positions women a…
In Defense of Textual Analysis: Restoring a challenged method for journalism and media studies
This essay examines the contribution of textual analysis to media and journalism research. Based on my experience with text-based journalism studies, I highlight the unique methodological position of media content between producers' intentions and audience interpretations. My central argument is that media texts present a distinctive discursive moment between encoding and decoding that asks for special scholarly engagement. The narrative characte…
Media and the representation of Others
This article criticises the role the mass media has played in constructing an idea of the Other, that is, people outside the national mainstream or other nationalities. It explains how the media promote or hinder a positive outlook on cultural diversity. Based on a review of the scholarly debate on media representations of Others, it identifies current obstacles to fair representations in media production, content and reception. This analysis res…
Lifestyle Journalism as Popular Journalism: Strategies for evaluating its public role
This essay argues that lifestyle journalism, which is often considered trivial, should be analyzed for its public potential. I delineate how lifestyle journalism's dimensions of review, advice, and commercialism can be transformed into strategies for research that probe the social, cultural and economic context of this media output. Then I discuss how its discourse is worth analyzing for its ideological connection. John Fiske's ideas on “popular …
Wissensproduktion ,On The Run'. Über die (Un-)Möglichkeiten mobiler Forschung und Forscherinnenkarrieren
Popular journalism and cultural change: The discourse of globalization in world music reviews
This study interrogates whether popular journalism – in this case music journalism – can contribute to a productive discourse on issues of public concern. We conducted a textual analysis of the discourse on cultural globalization in the coverage on world music in the US popular press over the last 30 years. We found that music journalists developed a new cultural sensibility in several distinctive phases. The first phase was marked by a firm West…
Analyzing Text: The Cultural Discourse in Ethnic Food Reviews
This chapter demonstrates how to conduct a textual analysis. I employ textual analysis through a cultural critical lens and illustrate this method with an analysis of food reviews. First, the method is defined and central theoretical tenets are explained. Then I outline the methodological process of this qualitative method from searching for a topic, establishing a theoretical background, selecting data, and presenting evidence to building a line…
Travel Journalism
Contributors from diverse backgrounds explore a range of issues in relation to the media and journalism's role in ascribing meaning to tourism practices. This fascinating account offers a thoroughly i
Travel Journalism: Exploring Production, Impact and Culture
Media and the Intersectional Other: The complex negotiation of migration, gender, and class on German television
This article presents the findings of an intersectional study on migrant women on German television. Besides content and textual analyses, we conducted focus groups with audiences and interviews with migrant media workers. As the representation of Others was explored through the nodes of production, consumption, and identity, a complicated intersectional practice emerged. We found the televised representations of migrant women to be dominated by …
Are Newsgames Better Journalism: Empathy, information and representation in games on refugees and migrants
This study interrogates if newsgames are meaningful supplements to already existing forms of journalism. Using the case of refugee and migrant issues, this study examines how the newsgames The Refugee Challenge, Against all Odds and The Migrant Trail convey information about migration in interactive game-play, and how migrants and their situation are represented in these games. The games are discussed in relation to empathy, objectivity, complexi…
Producing newsgames beyond boundaries: Journalists, game developers, and the news business
Creating successful newsgames requires effective boundary work between journalists and game developers. Both groups come to the job with different professional vocabularies, technical know-how, and work cultures. Our goal was to understand how they approach these challenges as they create a product that satisfies their professional expectations and the demands of media organizations and audiences. This article presents the results of semistructur…
Political Relevance of Food Media: Beyond Reviews and Recipes
Sociology (17 works) · Political science (15 works) · Media studies (14 works) · Media Studies and Communication (11 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Journalism (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Social science (8 works)