@article{Heinrich2024, author = {Heinrich, Horst-Alfred}, title = {Partizipationsvorstellungen von B{\"u}rger:innen: Eine explorative Anwendung der Draw\&Write-Technik als Survey-Instrument}, series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Politikwissenschaft (ISSN: 2366-2638)}, volume = {34}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Politikwissenschaft (ISSN: 2366-2638)}, number = {3}, publisher = {Springer Fachmedien}, address = {Wiesbaden}, issn = {1430-6387}, doi = {10.1007/s41358-024-00378-6}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2412202107197.782688552245}, pages = {425 -- 445}, year = {2024}, abstract = {In einer bayernweiten postalischen Umfrage wurden unter Anwendung der Draw\&Write -Technik die Zielpersonen gebeten, ihre Vorstellung von Demokratie zu zeichnen. Eine Bildtypenanalyse ergab zwar, dass die Bilder im erhobenen Datensatz die große Bedeutung best{\"a}tigen, die der Wahl in der Demokratie zukommt. Doch f{\"u}hrt die in diesem Bereich neue Methode zu beachtlichen Differenzen verglichen mit den Ergebnissen standardisierter Umfragen. Der Mehrwert der Draw\&Write -Technik zeigt sich darin, dass das Datenmaterial nicht nur die bekannten Kategorien der repr{\"a}sentativen, direktdemokratischen, deliberativen oder demonstrativen Beteiligung spiegelt. Ein Teil der Zeichnungen wurde zwei weiteren Kategorien zugeordnet: 1) Klagen {\"u}ber empfundene Ohnmacht und Einflusslosigkeit angesichts eines repr{\"a}sentativen Herrschaftssystems sowie 2) Appelle an Konsensf{\"a}higkeit und die Bereitschaft zur Verantwortungs{\"u}bernahme als Bedingungen, die die B{\"u}rger:innen erf{\"u}llen m{\"u}ssen, wenn Beteiligung am politischen Prozess gelingen soll. Weiterhin ist das Ergebnis von großem Wert, weil das Zeichnen im Rahmen eines postalischen Surveys genutzt wurde. Ein Bias besteht lediglich hinsichtlich der Bildungsvariable, was aber auch bei der Anwendung offener Fragen zu erwarten w{\"a}re.}, subject = {-}, language = {de} } @article{Rensmann2023, author = {Rensmann, Lars}, title = {Illusions of sovereignty : understanding populist crowds with Hannah Arendt}, series = {The Review of Politics}, volume = {85}, journal = {The Review of Politics}, number = {4}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, address = {Cambridge}, doi = {10.1017/S0034670523000232}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-16400}, pages = {450 -- 473}, year = {2023}, abstract = {This article reconstructs Hannah Arendt's theoretical arguments in relation to current authoritarian-populist crowds, which can be understood as organized mobs of the twenty-first century. Drawn from all classes and originating in societal and political disenfranchisement, in Arendt's understanding they are rebellious nihilists who falsely believe they represent the people as a whole while they exclude any citizens who do not share their tribal nationalism and leader worshiping. Illuminating conditions of their emergence, Arendt also helps to elucidate what drives the populist crowds' illusions about an uncompromising "sovereign will" they and their leaders claim to embody. Such illusions benefit from broader modern trends eroding differences between facts, opinion, truth, and lies. In public environments suffering from destabilized factual truths, organized lies can easily fill a political vacuum generated by crises of political modernity. Unpacking interrelated theoretical trajectories, it is argued that an Arendtian framework can significantly contribute to the study of present-day authoritarian populism.}, language = {en} } @article{KravetsRyzhovaToepfletal.2023, author = {Kravets, Daria and Ryzhova, Anna and Toepfl, Florian and Beseler, Arista}, title = {Different platforms, different plots? The Kremlin-controlled search engine Yandex as a resource for Russia's informational influence in Belarus during the COVID-19 pandemic}, series = {Journalism}, volume = {24}, journal = {Journalism}, number = {12}, publisher = {Sage}, address = {Thousand Oaks}, doi = {10.1177/14648849231157845}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-16430}, pages = {2762 -- 2780}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Extant research demonstrated that the algorithms of the Kremlin-controlled search engine Yandex, compared to those of its US-based counterpart Google, frequently produce results that are biased toward the interests of Russia's ruling elites. Prior research, however, audited Yandex's algorithms largely within Russia. In contrast, this study is the first to assess the role of Yandex's web search algorithms as a resource for Russia's informational influence abroad. To do so, we conduct a comparative algorithm audit of Google and Yandex in Belarus, examining the visibility and narratives of COVID-19-related conspiracy theories in their search results. By manually analysing the content of 1320 search results collected in mid-April to mid-May 2020, we find that, compared with Google, (1) Yandex retrieves significantly more conspiratorial content (2) that close to exclusively suspects US plotters to be behind the pandemic, even though the virus spread from the Chinese city of Wuhan across the globe.}, language = {en} } @article{QiuMoellerKochetal.2022, author = {Qiu, Ruyi and M{\"o}ller, Malte and Koch, Iring and Mayr, Susanne}, title = {Saliency determines the integration of contextual information into stimulus-response episodes}, series = {Attention, Perception, \& Psychophysics}, volume = {2022}, journal = {Attention, Perception, \& Psychophysics}, number = {84}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, address = {Berlin}, doi = {10.3758/s13414-021-02428-5}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023072001343346194537}, pages = {1264 -- 1285}, year = {2022}, abstract = {When humans perform a task, it has been shown that elements of this task, like stimulus (e.g., target and distractor)and response, are bound together into a common episodic representation called stimulus-response episode (or event file).Recently, the context, a completely task-irrelevant stimulus, was found to be integrated into an episode as well. However,instead of being bound directly with the response in a binary fashion, the context modulates the binary binding between thedistractor and response. This finding raises the questions of whether the context can also enter into a binary binding with theresponse, and if so, what determines the way of its integration. In order to resolve these questions, saliency of the contextwas manipulated in three experiments by changing the loudness (Experiment 1) and emotional valence (Experiment 2Aand 2B) of the context. All experiments implemented the four-alternative auditory negative priming paradigm introducedby Mayr and Buchner (2006, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 32[4], 932-943).Results showed that the integration of context changed as a function of its saliency level. Specifically, the context of lowsaliency was not bound at all, the context of moderate saliency modulated the binary binding between the distractor andresponse, whereas the context of high saliency entered into a binary binding with the response. The current results extend aprevious finding by Hommel (2004, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8[11], 494-500) that there is a saliency threshold whichdetermines whether a stimulus is bound or not, by suggesting that a second threshold determines the specific structure (i.e.,binary vs. configural) of the resulting binding.}, language = {en} } @article{Ryzhova2022, author = {Ryzhova, Anna}, title = {Motivated by political beliefs, not only by language: How Russian speakers in Germany compose their transnational news repertoires}, series = {Journalism}, volume = {25}, journal = {Journalism}, number = {1}, publisher = {Sage}, address = {Thousand Oaks}, doi = {10.1177/14648849221130557}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15485}, pages = {218 -- 237}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Extant research in media and migration has been largely apolitical, focusing on how migrants use media to culturally connect with their homeland and keep their family ties. However, in times of increasing international conflicts and polarisation, such as the years leading up to the Russia's war against Ukraine in 2022, migrant audiences find themselves in a situation when the coverage of national and international politics in the homeland and host country media can differ dramatically. Against this backdrop, this study investigated how Russian speakers living in Germany create and navigate their transnational news repertoires. Grounded in 42 semi-structured interviews with the Russian speakers of the 1 and 1.5 generations in Germany, conducted between May and October 2021, this article identifies three types of transnational news repertoires: (1) politically-motivated news repertoire, (2) truth seeking-motivated news repertoire and (3) situation-motivated news repertoire. The results show that all the news repertoires of all participants are transnational. I argue that in the context of international conflict, not only language but also the participants' political beliefs play an essential role in their news choice. Future research on migrants in political communication should distinguish research not only along with the language of the media outlets but also along with the political ideologies that they project.}, language = {en} } @article{Mussotter2023, author = {Mußotter, Marlene}, title = {On nation, homeland, and democracy: Toward a novel three-factor measurement model for nationalism and patriotism. Evidence from two representative studies}, series = {Political Psychology}, volume = {45}, journal = {Political Psychology}, number = {6}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Hoboken}, doi = {10.1111/pops.12945}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-16352}, pages = {903 -- 921}, year = {2023}, abstract = {This article calls for revisiting the predominant yet flawed nationalism-patriotism dichotomy, which has to date remained unchallenged. It advocates for a more nuanced triad: nationalism, exclusively referring to the nation; patriotism, revolving around the homeland; and democratic patriotism, with democracy as its object of attachment. This novel conceptual approach explicitly theorizes these three objects of attachment, which have hitherto rarely been considered. In so doing, the article synthesizes the field's predominant research traditions that have not been fully recognized as diverging nor been simultaneously investigated. By responding to calls for more theoretically robust measures, it not only makes a theoretical but also an empirical contribution to the field. Drawing on data from a representative sample (N = 1875) in Germany in 2022, the study introduces a three-factor measurement model of nationalism, patriotism, and democratic patriotism. Taking into account both the antecedents of the triad and its impact on outgroup hostility, the measures are further validated. To establish its applicability in non-German contexts, the model is additionally supported using data from a representative sample (N = 1164) in Denmark in 2022.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Springer2025, author = {Springer, Simone Maria}, title = {Lehramtsstudierende auf ihrem Weg der Professionalisierung}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-16120}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Passau}, pages = {420 Seiten}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Studie untersucht subjektive Vorstellungen von Professionalisierung aus Sicht Studierender des Lehramts Grundschule an der Universit{\"a}t Passau im Rahmen unterschiedlicher Praktikumsformen: P{\"a}dagogisch-didaktisches Praktikum (PDP), Exercitium Paedagogicum (ExPaed) und Modellcurriculum (MC). Aus der Theorie heraus wurden zwei Hauptkategorien der Studie abgeleitet: Kategorie I - Inwiefern unterscheiden sich die subjektiven Sichtweisen Studierender unterschiedlicher Praktika (PDP, ExPead, MC) auf Professionalisierung? Und Kategorie II - Inwiefern unterscheidet sich die systematische Reflexion der individuellen Professionalisierung von Studierenden unterschiedlicher Praktika (PDP, ExPaed, MC)? Durch diese drei Gruppierungen ist es m{\"o}glich, verschiedene Perspektiven zu ber{\"u}cksichtigen und Unterschiede herauszuarbeiten. Die leitfaden-gest{\"u}tzten ExpertInneninterviews (n = 27: 8 PDP, 10 ExPaed, 9 MC) wurden mit dem Programm f4 transkribiert und mit Hilfe der Datenanalyse-Software MAXQDA (2020/2022) inhaltsanalytisch nach Mayring (2015) ausgewertet. Ergebnisse der Studie zeigen Abweichungen der einzelnen Studierendengruppen bez{\"u}glich biografischer Ausgangslagen f{\"u}r Professionalisierung. StudentInnen der einzelnen Gruppierungen nehmen Professionalisierung im systemisch-strukturellen Rahmen in Form von Praktika anders war, zeigen Unterschiede im professionellen Selbstverst{\"a}ndnis und in den subjektiven Einflussfaktoren f{\"u}r Professionalisierung. Auch in der systematischen Reflexion der eigenen Professionalisierung k{\"o}nnen Diskrepanzen eruiert werden.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Wolff2025, author = {Wolff, Monika-Sybille}, title = {F{\"o}rderung situativer, aufgabenbezogener Emotionen von Studierenden durch eine Value-Intervention}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15521}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Passau}, pages = {336 Seiten}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Emotionen spielen eine wesentliche Rolle f{\"u}r Motivation, Leistung und erfolgreiches Lernen (vgl. z.B. Pekrun et al., 2002; Pekrun \& Perry, 2014). Forschungsergebnisse zeigen jedoch, dass positive Emotionen wie Lernfreude im Bildungsverlauf tendenziell abnehmen, w{\"a}hrend negative Emotionen wie Angst oder Langeweile zunehmend auftreten (Vierhaus et al., 2016). Trotz verschiedener theoretischer Ans{\"a}tze zur Emotionsregulation und Emotionsintervention steckt die empirische Forschung in diesem Bereich noch in den Anf{\"a}ngen. Bestehende Interventionen konzentrieren sich haupts{\"a}chlich auf Pr{\"u}fungsangst und stehen h{\"a}ufig vor Herausforderungen hinsichtlich ihrer nachhaltigen Wirksamkeit (z.B. Hagenauer, Klaß \& Gl{\"a}ser-Zikuda, 2016) sowie ihrer praktischen Implementierbarkeit (z.B. Brandenberger, Hagenauer \& Hascher, 2018). Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Effekte einer Utility-Value-Intervention auf das situative, aufgabenbezogene emotionale Erleben von Studierenden. Da Value-Interventionen (z.B. Harackiewicz et al., 2014) auf eine Verbesserung der subjektiven Kontroll- und Wert-Einsch{\"a}tzungen von Leistungsaktivit{\"a}ten durch wertinduktive Prompts abzielen, wurde auf Grundlage der Kontroll-Wert-Theorie (Pekrun, 2000, 2006) angenommen, dass sich diese Intervention {\"u}ber die Modulation von Kontroll- und Wert-Appraisals positiv auf die Entstehung von Leistungsemotionen auswirkt. Im Rahmen eines experimentellen Within-Subjects-Designs erhielten 312 Lehramtsstudierende aus zwei Online-Seminaren („Leistungsemotionen" und „Klassenf{\"u}hrung") {\"u}ber den Verlauf eines Semesters jeweils drei Utility-Value-Treatments. Die Intervention umfasste sowohl direkte als auch indirekte Prompts: Erstere stellten mittels Advance Organizers die Relevanz der in der Lernaufgabe gef{\"o}rderten Kompetenzen explizit heraus, w{\"a}hrend Letztere in relevanzinduzierende Aufgaben eingebettet waren. In diesen Aufgaben entwickelten die Studierenden durch die Evaluation von Zitaten eigenst{\"a}ndige Relevanzargumente (vgl. Gaspard et al., 2017). Zur Erfassung situativer Emotionen sowie von Valenz- und Kontrollkognitionen wurden Frageb{\"o}gen sowohl zu Treatment- als auch zu Non-Treatment-Messzeitpunkten eingesetzt. Die Ergebnisse einer Conditional Process Analysis mit Mehrebenendaten (Hayes, 2018) offenbarten zeitabh{\"a}ngige Effekte: In der Substichprobe „Klassenf{\"u}hrung" wirkte sich das Treatment zu Beginn des Semesters zun{\"a}chst negativ auf das emotionale Erleben aus, w{\"a}hrend es gegen Semesterende eine positive Wirkung entfaltete. In der Substichprobe „Leistungsemotionen" zeigte sich hingegen ein gegens{\"a}tzliches Muster. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus variierte der Mediationsprozess: W{\"a}hrend in der Substichprobe „Klassenf{\"u}hrung" prim{\"a}r Valenzkognitionen zur Vermittlung der Effekte beitrugen, wurde in der Substichprobe „Leistungsemotionen" eine Mediation {\"u}ber Kontrollkognitionen beobachtet. Die Befunde verdeutlichen die Relevanz kontextueller Faktoren f{\"u}r die Wirksamkeit einer Utility-Value-Intervention zur F{\"o}rderung des situativen emotionalen Erlebens und liefern wertvolle Impulse f{\"u}r die Weiterentwicklung zielgerichteter Interventionsstrategien.}, subject = {Emotion}, language = {de} } @article{Henkel2023, author = {Henkel, Anna}, title = {Nachhaltige Digitalisierung. Gesellschaftliche Transformation, autonome Materialit{\"a}t und der Fall des Digital Farming}, series = {Berliner Journal f{\"u}r Soziologie}, volume = {33}, journal = {Berliner Journal f{\"u}r Soziologie}, number = {3}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, address = {Berlin}, doi = {10.1007/s11609-023-00500-5}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024010810053745746335}, pages = {289 -- 318}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Nachhaltigkeit und Digitalisierung sind zwei Tendenzen gesellschaftlichen Wandels, die in verschiedene Richtungen weisen. Nachhaltigkeit wird als angestrebte, jedoch im Ergebnis unzureichend bleibende Ver{\"a}nderung gesehen, w{\"a}hrend Digitalisierung - erw{\"u}nscht oder auch nicht - schlicht erfolgt. Diese Diskrepanz zu untersuchen, ist eine Herausforderung auch f{\"u}r die soziologische Theorie. Nachdem Nachhaltigkeit und Digitalisierung bislang meist unabh{\"a}ngig voneinander in den Blick genommen wurden, erlaubt eine materialit{\"a}tstheoretisch erweiterte Gesellschaftstheorie ein soziologisches Zusammendenken und eine Erkl{\"a}rung f{\"u}r die Unterschiedlichkeit der Dynamiken gesellschaftlichen Wandels: In der spezifischen, n{\"a}mlich autonomen Materialit{\"a}t der modernen Gesellschaft ist Digitalisierung bereits angelegt, w{\"a}hrend eine nachhaltige Entwicklung eine Transformation dieser Materialit{\"a}t selbst erfordert. Am Fallbeispiel des Digital Farming wird diese These n{\"a}her ausgef{\"u}hrt. Den Abschluss des Beitrags bilden {\"U}berlegungen zu Herausforderungen, Bedingungen und M{\"o}glichkeiten einer nachhaltigen Digitalisierung.}, language = {de} } @misc{OPUS4-1404, title = {Negotiating Chinese infrastructures of modern mobilities : insights from Southeast Asia}, number = {16(2) 2023}, editor = {Rowedder, Simon and Wilcox, Phill and Brandtst{\"a}dter, Susanne}, publisher = {SEAS - Society fo South-East Asian Studies}, address = {Wien}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-14049}, pages = {175 -- 314}, year = {2023}, abstract = {From transportation to urbanization, energy and digitalization, China-backed projects of infrastructural development are increasingly common throughout Southeast Asia and the global South as both a means and outcome of development. This trend has accelerated since China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013. Against this backdrop, the present ASEAS issue invites to rethink the roles infrastructure plays in forms of development that place connectivity at the center. Contents: Simon Rowedder, Phill Wilcox \& Susanne Brandtst{\"a}dter Negotiating Chinese Infrastructures of Modern Mobilities: Insights from Southeast Asia Current Research on Southeast Asia Panitda Saiyarod The Deviated Route: Navigating the Logistical Power Landscape of the Mekong Border Trade Franziska S. Nicolaisen The Politicization of Mobility Infrastructures in Vietnam — The Hanoi Metro Project at the Nexus of Urban Development, Fragmented Mobilities, and National Security Arratee Ayuttacorn Chinese Investor Networks and the Politics of Infrastructure Projects in the Eastern Economic Corridor in Thailand Karin Dean Belt and Road Initiative in Northern Myanmar: The Local World of China's Global Investments Mira K{\"a}k{\"o}nen Entangled Enclaves: Dams, Volatile Rivers, and Chinese Infrastructural Engagement in Cambodia Research Workshop Tim Oakes Infrastructure Power, Circulation and Suspension Susanne Brandtst{\"a}dter Infrastructural Fragility, Infra-Politics and Jianghu Book Reviews Michael Kleinod-Freudenberg Book Review: Tappe, O., \& Rowedder, S. (Eds.). (2022). Extracting Development: Contested Resource Frontiers in Mainland Southeast Asia}, language = {en} } @masterthesis{Daenzer2023, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {D{\"a}nzer, Melissa}, title = {Fahrradfreundliche Stadtentwicklung: Eine vergleichende Analyse der Wahrnehmung der Fahrradfreundlichkeit von Touristen und Einheimischen in Gunzenhausen im Fr{\"a}nkischen Seenland}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15079}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Passau}, pages = {III, 53 Seiten}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Die ansteigende Relevanz umweltfreundlicher Mobilit{\"a}t und die gesteigerte F{\"o}rderung des Fahrradfahrens in st{\"a}dtischen Gebieten spiegeln den verst{\"a}rkten Fokus auf nachhaltige Verkehrsmittel wider. St{\"a}dte m{\"u}ssen auf die zunehmenden Verkehrsbelastungen und Umweltprobleme reagieren, wobei der Fahrradverkehr als eine umweltfreundliche Alternative eine wichtige Rolle einnimmt. In diesem Kontext richtet sich die Aufmerksamkeit dieser Arbeit auf Gunzenhausen, eine Stadt im Fr{\"a}nkischen Seenland, die sich bereits seit Jahren aktiv darum bem{\"u}ht, ihre Fahrradfreundlichkeit zu verbessern. Die im Rahmen dieser Untersuchung durch gef{\"u}hrten Umfrage konzentriert sich auf die unterschiedliche Wahrnehmung der Fahrradfreundlichkeit zwischen Einheimischen und Touristen. Dabei ist von Interesse, ob und in welchem Ausmaß diese beiden Gruppen Unterschiede in ihrer Wahrnehmung der Fahrradfreundlichkeit in Gunzenhausen aufweisen. Die Analyse der Ergebnisse macht differierende Ansichten zwischen Einheimischen und Touristen hinsichtlich der Fahrradfreundlichkeit sichtbar. Diese Unterschiede reflektieren individuelle Perspektiven und Erfahrungen, die relevante Konsequenzen f{\"u}r zuk{\"u}nftige Stadtentwicklung darstellen k{\"o}nnen. Trotz eher geringer Unterschiede ist es wichtig, diese verschiedenen Sichtweisen zu ber{\"u}cksichtigen, um eine weitere Auseinanderentwicklung zu vermeiden. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse betonen die Notwendigkeit, ebendiese Unterschiede genauer zu erforschen, um die Fahrradfreundlichkeit in Gunzenhausen zu verbessern und die Ansichten von Einheimischen und Touristen sogar angleichen zu k{\"o}nnen. Im Kontext der globalen Entwicklung hin zu nachhaltigen Verkehrsmitteln und umweltfreundlichen Mobilit{\"a}tsl{\"o}sungen gewinnt die Analyse der Fahrradfreundlichkeit in St{\"a}dten wie Gunzenhausen immer mehr an Relevanz. Die Ergebnisse und die daraus folgenden Erkenntnisse dieser Untersuchung k{\"o}nnen als Grundlage f{\"u}r eine an den Bed{\"u}rfnissen verschiedener Bev{\"o}lkerungsgruppen ausgerichtete Stadtentwicklung dienen. Sowohl die Zukunft des Radfahrens als Verkehrsmittel als auch die Erhaltung und Erweiterung seiner Attraktivit{\"a}t bleiben in Bezug auf die Anpassung st{\"a}dtischer Infrastrukturen weiterhin von Interesse. Die Ber{\"u}cksichtigung unterschiedlicher Perspektiven, wie die f{\"u}r diese Arbeit ausgew{\"a}hlten, kann dabei helfen, eine umfassendere Mobilit{\"a}tsstrategie zu entwickeln, die die Stadt Gunzenhausen und {\"a}hnliche Gebiete umweltfreundlicher und auch lebenswerter gestaltet.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Still2025, author = {Still, Enid}, title = {Affective Roots: Memory, emotions and viscerality within organic agri-food networks in Tamil Nadu, India}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15838}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Passau}, pages = {272 Seiten}, year = {2025}, abstract = {For activists I met in Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu in India, organic food and farming was a 'way of life'. Stemming from my curiosity about this statement and what it meant for different actors in the regional organic agri-food networks, this research explores the interconnected lives and livelihoods of organic farmers and activists in Tamil Nadu. To engage with the social dynamics of these agri-food networks, the research focuses in on the role of the affective, feeling body. The emphasis on affect emerged in the form of memories, emotions and visceral experience, from empirical data collected between 2020 and 2022. And as the thesis demonstrates, affective dimensions, or what moves people, are important because, unlike economic, statistical or structural perspectives, they make visible the ways different actors feel socio-ecological change. Adopting the lens of Feminist Political Ecology and drawing on the fields of historical anthropology and feminist ethics, this thesis highlights: (1) the enduring nature of epistemic injustice within agri-food relations, (2) how social boundaries are built, maintained and remade through affective encounters, circumscribing what I call the 'affective roots' of socio-ecological change and (3) how ambiguous affective relations co-constitute organic agri-food networks, shaping anxious environmental subjectivities, that stem from socially mediated encounters with agro-chemicals, the market, the landscape and the other. Deepening our understanding of socio-ecological and agrarian change through empirical inquiry into how people feel matters, I argue, because it sheds light on injustices that are often concealed beneath the clouds of crisis.}, language = {en} } @book{OPUS4-1400, title = {Mythenjagd : Soziologie mit Norbert Elias}, editor = {Benkel, Thorsten and Meitzler, Matthias}, publisher = {Velbr{\"u}ck Wissenschaft}, address = {Weilerswist}, isbn = {978-3-7489-1579-9}, doi = {10.5771/9783748915799}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-14002}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Passau}, pages = {293 Seiten}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Der vorliegende Band r{\"u}ckt verschiedene Aspekte und Diskurse rund um Elias' Schaffen in den Vor­der­grund und kontex­tua­­lisiert die generelle soziologische Relevanz seines Schaffens. Er liefert einen {\"U}berblick {\"u}ber die ak­tuel­le Elias-Forschung und verdeutlicht den Stellenwert und die Anschlussf{\"a}higkeit des Elias'schen Werks f{\"u}r so­zialwissenschaftliche bzw. sozialtheo­re­tische Debatten, insbesondere hinsichtlich zeit­ge­n{\"o}s­si­scher ge­sellschaftlicher Ent­wick­lungen. Dabei zeigt sich: Die Wis­sen­schaft selbst, so Elias, l{\"a}uft Gefahr, sich in Mythen zu verfangen, w{\"a}hrend sie die Mythen der Wirk­lich­keit unter die Lupe nimmt. Somit ist Mythenjagd nicht nur ein Schlagwort, sondern auch eine Devise, unter die sich Elias' Gesamtwerk stellen l{\"a}sst.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Hering2025, author = {Hering, Robin}, title = {Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: Safe Areas and the Silencing of Mass Atrocities}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15765}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Passau}, pages = {200 Seiten}, year = {2025}, abstract = {This publication-based thesis approaches the topic of the protection of civilians in armed conflict by 'zooming in' on two specific sub-topics: safe areas as well as the silencing of mass atrocities. The thesis consists of five publications (four of them published in double-blind peer reviewed journals) and of an introductory chapter that presents the overall argument and contextualises the publications. Two publications argue that mass atrocities are silenced, or at least not politicised, in the discourses and debates of Germany as an exemplary UN member state. It is argued that 'silencing' is a structural feature of an 'identity-mismatch' with the domestic ideational structure that inhibits debates and freezes the possibility space for foreign policy. Empirically, the first publication assesses the rhetoric of the German chancellor, foreign ministers and parliamentary group leaders vis-{\`a}-vis the mass atrocities committed in Yemen, Myanmar and South Sudan. The second publication widens the scope and looks at German political, media and societal debates in twelve cases of mass atrocities between 1992 and 2019. The remaining three publications focus on the topic of safe areas. The first publication systematically collects and assesses the existing conceptual literature on safe areas. The second publication presents a comprehensive definition, a four-fold typology based on a distinction by size and the logic of protection as well as an extensive empirical dataset of safe areas. By analysing case studies from Iraq and South Sudan, the third publication argues that safe areas have a very limited potential to provide an alternative to flight, especially from the perspective of the protection-seeking civilians themselves.}, subject = {Zivilbev{\"o}lkerung}, language = {en} } @unpublished{PantaleonOsuna2024, author = {Pantale{\´o}n Osuna, {\´A}lvaro}, title = {Climate change as a driver of migration? A comparative case study in eastern and northern Ghana}, number = {1}, address = {Passau}, doi = {10.15475/mitrawa.upa1}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-14585}, pages = {12 Seiten}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Academic studies and media reports have pointed to climate change as a dominant factor responsible for future mass migrations from and within the Global South. In response to the deterministic nature of their estimates and predictions, this research explores the link that migrants establish between the environmental changes they experience and migration as a climate adaptation strategy. Furthermore, the overlaps between the profile and migratory behavior of those who manifest a greater presence of climate change in their migratory processes and their counterparts are analysed to identify potential unique climate migration patterns and practices. The quantitative analysis of data gathered in the context of the Mitra|WA project in Ghana's Eastern and Northern Regions in 2022 reveals that, while migration is not predominantly propelled by climate change climate, it does not constitute a new form of mobility demarcated from existing migration patterns and practices. This paper provides an opportunity to redirect future research towards the factors that determine the agency of individuals in response to climate hazards and to explore the role of climate change in a set of drivers of migration in a West African setting.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Schwind2025, author = {Schwind, Mara}, title = {„Insgesamt sah ich wirklich die Wellen an mir vorbeirauschen, mich darin befindend" - Die Folgen negativer Reaktionen gegen Wissenschaftler*innen in den sozialen Medien}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15627}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Passau}, pages = {236 Seiten}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Wissenschaftler*innen werden immer h{\"a}ufiger zum Ziel von Kritik, Anfeindungen und {\"A}hnlichem in den sozialen Medien. Die Studie nimmt die reziproken Effekte dieser negativen Reaktionen in den Blick. Konkret wird untersucht, mit welchen Arten negativer Reaktionen Wissenschaftler*innen konfrontiert werden, welche mentalen Verarbeitungs- und Bewertungsprozesse in diesem Kontext relevant sind und wie die Betroffenen mit den negativen Reaktionen anschließend umgehen, um die entstandene Belastungssituation zu bew{\"a}ltigen. Neben der theoretischen Aufarbeitung der Thematik wird daf{\"u}r auf qualitative Leitfadeninterviews mit betroffenen Wissenschaftler*innen zur{\"u}ckgegriffen. Die Erkenntnisse der Studie werden in einem „Modell der Konfrontation mit negativen Reaktionen in den sozialen Medien" zusammengef{\"u}hrt. Das Modell erm{\"o}glicht zum einen die strukturierte Beschreibung entsprechender Vorf{\"a}lle und kann zum anderen als theoretisch-konzeptionelle Grundlage f{\"u}r weitere empirische Untersuchungen dienen.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{DwiLaksmana2023, author = {Dwi Laksmana, Dimas}, title = {Knowledge in the making : embodying transdisciplinary moments on organic agriculture in Yogyakarta, Indonesia}, address = {Passau}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-12667}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Passau}, pages = {154 Seiten}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Organic agriculture in Java, Indonesia, has been historically intertwined with social movements that struggled for more economically, ecologically, culturally, and socially sustainable agriculture. While these grassroots movements emerged under an authoritarian government that showed little interest in organic agriculture, the turn of the 21st century saw the rapid involvement of the Indonesian government in supporting, regulating and, arguably, commodifying organic agriculture. Institutionalization triggered diverse responses from competing organic actors, reflecting their different standpoints and knowledges. In this context, a transdisciplinary approach is deemed suitable to provide context-specific insights into organic agriculture. This dissertation draws on anthropology and Science and Technology Studies (STS) to explore the politics of knowledge of organic agriculture in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, as a contribution to a critique of transdisciplinarity. My interest on the hierarchization of different knowledges is inspired by the work of anthropologists of knowledge that asks how the communities they study construct knowledge and how they themselves construct knowledge about these communities. Since transdisciplinary knowledge is co-produced by science and society and reflects their embedded power relations, transdisciplinary research needs to be open to different interpretations, and reflexive towards the unequal distribution of resources, accountability, and responsibility. By linking these two lines of thought, I examine the making of knowledges through reflexive transdisciplinary work. I reflect on how "epistemic living space" (Felt 2009) and "co-presence" (Chua 2015) affect research and shape the politics of knowledge of organic agriculture in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. I argue that the hierarchization of different knowledges of organic agriculture was intertwined with my shifting positionalities, as a field researcher in Indonesia and PhD student at Passau University, as I moved between these two different "field sites". This cumulative dissertation is divided into two parts. In Part I, "Knowledge in the making", I present my contributions towards transdisciplinary knowledge production and politics of knowledge of organic agriculture. Part II, "Publications", comprises the three stand-alone papers. The first contribution is my formulation of the notion of knowledge in the making. The second is my exploration of the ways that reflexive transdisciplinary work, and living and intersubjective experience shape knowledge in the making. The third is my demonstration of how an understanding of knowledge in the making sheds lights on the politics of knowledge of organic agriculture. This approach serves to examine the politics involved in synthesizing the conceptualizations of organic agriculture employed by different actors into one overarching narrative, such as sustainable agriculture or alternative agriculture. My final contribution is the notion of transdisciplinary moments, a conceptualization of transdisciplinary research practice that accounts for the politics of knowledge in which both scientific and extra-scientific actors are embedded. As a conclusion, I share the lessons learned from pursuing a PhD as a cumulative dissertation in an unstructured setting within a German-Indonesian research project on Indonesian organic agriculture. Finally, I identify bodies of literature and strands of thinking for future engagement within transdisciplinary research and discuss their potential to contribute to radical change in the institutional and value structures of contemporary academia.}, language = {en} } @techreport{EjibaOlajide2025, author = {Ejiba, Ikenna V. and Olajide, Adeola O.}, title = {Does translocality influence climate change adaption of rural farming households? : evidence from Arochukwu, southeast Nigeria}, number = {5}, editor = {Ungruhe, Christian and Wehner, Stefanie}, doi = {10.15475/mitrawa.upa5}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15773}, pages = {10 Seiten}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Impacts of climate change are a burden for many rural communities in the global south, and particularly affect vulnerable farming households, that depend on agriculture for their sustenance. Understanding how vulnerable rural migrant households respond to this, from a translocal perspective can help to build households' resilience to climate change. While studies in Nigeria have assessed the impact of migration as a means of adaptation, studies assessing the influence of vulnerable households, using this approach is limited. This study therefore assessed how translocality influence adaptation to climate change, for vulnerable rural households in Arochukwu, southeast Nigeria. To achieve this objective, a multistage purposive random sampling technique was used to collect data from rural farm households. Primary data were collected from the households in the Area of Origin (AoO) and Area of Destination (AoD) using survey and interviews, and analysed using mixed methods analysis. Results indicate that rainfall variability and high temperature are the most risks encountered, resulting in crop losses. As a means of adaptation, migrant and non-migrant households engage in off-season migration to urban and rural areas, with more migrant households engaging in off-season rural-urban and rural-rural migration. Among migrant households, flow of resources occur, with the type of item determining the medium of exchange; while households in the AoO pay less attention to agricultural investment. Migrant and non-migrant households also differ significantly in terms of the number of adaptation measures employed. Findings from the empirical analysis on the influence of translocality on adaptation indicate that, perception of climate change, household size, and the transfer of ideas, knowledge, and innovation by migrants to their households in the AoO significantly influence adaptation of rural farming households. The research makes a case for consideration of translocality in national adaptation plans, aimed at building resilience of rural households in Southeast Nigeria.}, language = {en} } @article{Piwoni2024, author = {Piwoni, Eunike}, title = {Comprehending and sensing racism : how Germans of migrant background make sense of experiences of ethnoracial exclusion}, series = {Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (Onine ISSN: 1469-9451)}, volume = {50}, journal = {Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (Onine ISSN: 1469-9451)}, number = {12}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, address = {London}, doi = {10.1080/1369183X.2024.2316635}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18508}, pages = {2783 -- 2802}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Over the past decade, there has been a strong focus on studying individuals' responses to stigmatisation, discrimination and racism, while the question of how individuals recognise and make sense of an exclusionary event, has been largely side-lined. To fill in this gap, this study leverages an affect-theoretically informed reformulation of Essed's (1991, Understanding Everyday Racism: An Interdisciplinary Theory. London: Sage) classic concept of 'comprehension of racism' to investigate how individuals understand and make sense of experiences of ethnoracial exclusion. Empirically, the article analyses 419 experiences/incidents of ethnoracial exclusion reported in 66 semi-structured interviews with highly educated, second and 1.75 generation immigrants representing three 'groups' of Germans who (may) experience exclusion due to their migrant background: Germans of Polish migrant background, Black Germans and Germans of Turkish migrant background. The study identifies three modes by which interviewees talked about exclusionary experiences/incidents: (1) by normalisation (interpreting an experience/incident as 'normal'), (2) by categorisation (identifying an experience/incident as, e.g. 'racist', 'discriminatory', or 'disadvantaging') or (3) by indicating feelings of unease. For each of the three modes, the article outlines the role of affects and emotions in interviewees' narratives, provides insight into the types of experiences/incidents for which the modes were used and highlights differences between the three groups of respondents.}, language = {en} } @article{Rajal2024, author = {Rajal, Elke}, title = {Countering antisemitism through Holocaust education : a comparative perspective on Scotland and Austria}, series = {Educational review (Online ISSN: 1465-3397)}, volume = {77}, journal = {Educational review (Online ISSN: 1465-3397)}, number = {5}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, address = {London}, doi = {10.1080/00131911.2024.2325068}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18514}, pages = {1480 -- 1499}, year = {2024}, abstract = {There is an emerging debate in the field as to whether or not Holocaust education is effective in combating antisemitism. This paper aims to provide explanations for the frequently observed ineffectiveness of Holocaust education in reducing antisemitism by examining two cases that are in many ways diametrically opposed: Scotland as a former part of the Allied Forces and Austria as a post-Nazi state. The case studies focus on overlapping, contrasting and conflicting understandings of Holocaust education and the role of antisemitism within it. The perspective is primarily sociological, inspired by Critical Theory. Evidence is based on research papers and basic documents from the field of Holocaust education (curricula, websites of key actors and educational materials). It is interpreted according to the principles of qualitative content analysis. Findings suggest that in both cases opportunities to address and reduce antisemitism are being missed: In the Scottish case, the teaching of the Holocaust tends to downplay the specific Jewish experience and largely fails to address antisemitism, or does so in a very simplistic way. In the Austrian case, antisemitism is talked about, but in the context of widespread secondary antisemitism it risks being explained and understood in ways that are themselves antisemitic.}, language = {en} } @article{CreakTrotier2024, author = {Creak, Simon and Trotier, Friederike}, title = {Sport, diplomacy, and regionalism in Southeast Asia : the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and ASEAN}, series = {Sport in Society : Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics (Online ISSN: 1743-0445)}, journal = {Sport in Society : Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics (Online ISSN: 1743-0445)}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, address = {London}, doi = {10.1080/17430437.2024.2325971}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18520}, pages = {20 Seiten}, year = {2024}, abstract = {The biennial Southeast Asian or SEA Games, a regional sport mega-event modeled on the Olympic and Asian Games, were established by Thailand in 1959, and since then have been conducted 32 times across 10 of the region's 11 countries. This article examines how this understudied event has operated as a forum for diplomatic representation, negotiation and communication in Southeast Asia. We make three key arguments: (1) the SEA Games have provided member countries with a means to signal national progress and membership of the regional community, as well as to define and delineate this region; (2) the SEA Games have evolved parallel to the region's political grouping, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), but with important differences as well as similarities; and (3) the regional perspective of the SEA Games offers insights that blur the distinction in recent scholarship between traditional 'sports diplomacy' (foregrounding the state) and 'international-sport-as-diplomacy' (foregrounding non-state actors).}, language = {en} } @article{Bueno2024, author = {Bueno, Arthur}, title = {The end (and persistence) of subjectivity : Luk{\´a}cs with Adorno, Adorno with Luk{\´a}cs}, series = {Distinktion : Journal of Social Theory (Online ISSN: 2159-9149)}, volume = {25}, journal = {Distinktion : Journal of Social Theory (Online ISSN: 2159-9149)}, number = {3}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, address = {London}, doi = {10.1080/1600910X.2024.2381469}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18548}, pages = {435 -- 454}, year = {2024}, abstract = {This paper revisits Luk{\´a}cs's and Adorno's analyses of reification to articulate a diagnosis that accounts both for its tendencies towards authoritarianism and its emancipatory potentials. Despite their divergences, Luk{\´a}cs's conception of the proletariat as 'identical subject-object of history' and Adorno's diagnosis of 'the end of psychology' in the authoritarian masses seem to converge on a similar outcome. Through opposite paths, they both culminate in the elimination of the subject-object distinction, leading the critique of reification to a political impasse. However, this alternative is rooted in partial interpretations of Luk{\´a}cs's and Adorno's arguments. As I contend, one can reconstruct Luk{\´a}cs's analysis in a way that portrays emancipatory subjectivity not as hostile to otherness but as driven by the material limits of reification, or what Adorno termed the non-identical. Correspondingly, in light of Luk{\´a}cs, Adorno's diagnosis can be read in a way that the end of psychology, far from negating the possibility of emancipation, serves as its driving force.}, language = {en} } @article{KlingToepflJuergens2024, author = {Kling, Julia and T{\"o}pfl, Florian and J{\"u}rgens, Pascal}, title = {Entertainment interspersed with propaganda : how non-legacy-news accounts deliver explicitly political content to mass audiences on Russia's most popular social network VK}, series = {Information, Communication \& Society (Online ISSN: 1468-4462)}, volume = {28}, journal = {Information, Communication \& Society (Online ISSN: 1468-4462)}, number = {7}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, address = {London}, doi = {10.1080/1369118X.2024.2420029}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18562}, pages = {1252 -- 1269}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Previous research on political communication on Russia's most popular social network VK has concluded that most users avoid news by not following legacy-news accounts. In this study, we expand the universe of scrutinized accounts with the most-followed non-legacy-news accounts (>100,000 followers) that regularly publish what we theorize to be 'explicitly political content' (EPC; N = 355). We delineate a typology of six types of EPC accounts, calculate their aggregate follower counts, and determine how many of them were still (1) accessible from Russia and (2) publishing Kremlin-critical content in October 2022. Our findings indicate that non-critical accounts attracted 26 times more followers than Kremlin-critical accounts. Entertainment-focused EPC accounts had seven times more followers than legacy-news accounts. As a result, they became the primary means through which non-critical EPC reached news-avoidant mass audiences. We identify three dimensions through which autocrats can interweave propaganda and entertainment and highlight promising research paths.}, language = {en} } @article{FriedlaenderMueller2024, author = {Friedlaender, Tobias and M{\"u}ller, Anna-Lisa}, title = {Grenzregionen in der COVID-19-Pandemie : wie der „Grenzschock" die Oberrheinregion ver{\"a}nderte}, series = {Standort}, volume = {48}, journal = {Standort}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer Berlin Heidelberg}, address = {Berlin/Heidelberg}, issn = {0174-3635}, doi = {10.1007/s00548-023-00900-y}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024041011254221061098}, pages = {302 -- 311}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Am Beispiel der trinationalen Oberrheinregion geht dieser Artikel der Frage nach, auf welche Weise sich die im Zuge der COVID-19-Pandemie im Jahr 2020 vollzogenen Grenzschließungen und die damit verbundenen Grenzerfahrungen auf die grenz{\"u}berschreitenden Beziehungen von lokalen Akteur*innen in Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft ausgewirkt haben. Anhand qualitativer Interviewdaten zeigen wir, wie dieser pandemiebedingte „Grenzschock" aufgenommen und der grenz{\"u}berschreitende politische und soziale Zusammenhalt auf die Probe gestellt wurde, wie aber auch die Zusammenarbeit nach einer Zeit der Irritation an die neue Situation angepasst werden konnte. Dabei befand sich die grenz{\"u}berschreitende Zusammenarbeit in dieser Zeit in einem Spannungsfeld zwischen politisch-administrativen Vorgaben der jeweiligen nationalen Zentren und den lokal spezifischen Anforderungen einer peripher gelegenen Grenzregion. Die Daten zeigen, dass die Akteur*innen in der Oberrheinregion bei der {\"U}berwindung dieses „Grenzschocks" auf langj{\"a}hrig etablierte Strukturen und Erfahrungen in der grenz{\"u}berschreitenden Zusammenarbeit zur{\"u}ckgreifen konnten. Die Erfahrungen w{\"a}hrend der Pandemie sorgten dabei zudem f{\"u}r neue Impulse f{\"u}r die grenz{\"u}berschreitende Zusammenarbeit in der Oberrheinregion und st{\"a}rkten den politischen Willen daf{\"u}r auf verschiedenen Ebenen. Damit leistet der Artikel einen explorativen Beitrag zu den Auswirkungen der COVID-19-Pandemie auf Grenzregionen.}, language = {de} } @article{Hidalgo2024, author = {Hidalgo, Oliver}, title = {Von Alemann, Ulrich, Nina Basedahl, Gernot Graeßner, und Sabrina Kovacs (2022): Politische Ideen im Wandel der Zeit}, series = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift}, volume = {65}, journal = {Politische Vierteljahresschrift}, number = {3}, publisher = {Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden}, address = {Wiesbaden}, issn = {0032-3470}, doi = {10.1007/s11615-024-00539-w}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2405070854311.077128860665}, pages = {603 -- 607}, year = {2024}, abstract = {"Einf{\"u}hrungen in die Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte, die auch f{\"u}r Studienanf{\"a}nger*innen verst{\"a}ndlich sind und sich zugleich auf der H{\"o}he des Forschungsstands bewegen, sind nach wie vor eine geh{\"o}rige Herausforderung. Erschwerend kommt hinzu, dass die g{\"a}ngigen autor*innen-, werk- oder diskurszentrierten Formate allesamt ihre blinden Flecken besitzen. Insofern ist die L{\"o}sung, die Ulrich von Alemann, Nina Basedahl, Gernot Graeßner und Sabrina Kovacs gefunden haben und die auf eine Kombination aller drei genannten Ans{\"a}tze hinausl{\"a}uft, im Prinzip durchaus zu begr{\"u}ßen."}, language = {de} } @article{Wiedel2024, author = {Wiedel, Fabian}, title = {Ehrlich, Gianna Luisa; Der konsumentenbasierte Markenwert von Nachrichtenmedien : Muster der Genese und Wirkung von starken Medienmarken.}, series = {Publizistik}, volume = {69}, journal = {Publizistik}, number = {1}, publisher = {Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden}, address = {Wiesbaden}, issn = {0033-4006}, doi = {10.1007/s11616-023-00824-5}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2405150806439.614902039284}, pages = {95 -- 97}, year = {2024}, language = {de} } @article{SchmidPetriElschner2024, author = {Schmid-Petri, Hannah and Elschner, Sophie G.}, title = {Transitionalists, traditionalists or pioneers? How German municipal energy companies are responding to the national energy transition}, series = {Energy Research \& Social Science (Online ISSN: 2214-6326)}, volume = {2024}, journal = {Energy Research \& Social Science (Online ISSN: 2214-6326)}, number = {109}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, doi = {10.1016/j.erss.2024.103431}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18714}, pages = {15 Seiten}, year = {2024}, abstract = {The Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) in Germany aims to transition the country to a sustainable energy system. This has led to a decentralization of the energy market and a shift toward community-focused energy supply systems. Municipal energy companies (MECs), deeply rooted in their communities, are crucial in facilitating this transition and promoting innovative technologies. Websites serve as important communication tools, facilitating interaction between companies and consumers. In our study, we conducted a quantitative content analysis to examine how MECs communicate issues related to the energy transition on their web pages (N = 300). In general, our results show that the energy transition was rarely mentioned on landing pages, and while companies are improving their sustainable electricity products, renewable gas and heating tariffs have received little attention. Additionally, we identified three communication types of MECs: The transitionalists (45 \%), the traditionalists (35 \%), and the pioneers (20 \%), with the latter being the most innovative that emphasizes issues related to the energy transition. Overall, it can be said that the MECs have not yet fully exploited their potential to position themselves as pioneers of the energy transition in their website communications.}, language = {en} } @article{VorderobermeierAbelSailer2024, author = {Vorderobermeier, Andrea and Abel, Johannes and Sailer, Maximilian}, title = {Theoretical foundations and approaches in research on educational escape rooms : a systematic review}, series = {Educational Research Review (Online ISSN: 1878-0385)}, volume = {2024}, journal = {Educational Research Review (Online ISSN: 1878-0385)}, number = {44}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, doi = {10.1016/j.edurev.2024.100625}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18863}, pages = {16 Seiten}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Educational Escape Rooms (EER) as a new teaching tool gained significant attention in the research discourse - especially the last two years. So far, research focused on the practicality, feasibility or description of the development. To provide a more comprehensive understanding to mechanisms within this instructional approach, it is valuable to examine it through the lens of established and well-researched theories and approaches of teaching and learning. Therefore, we identified which theoretical foundations were used in research on Escape Rooms as learning tools and took a look at the extent to which and where they are represented. For this purpose, a systematic review was conducted, which resulted in the identification of 24 articles containing a total of nine theoretical foundations. It is presented how these approaches are applied in EERs and how they are interrelated. Furthermore, we developed six patterns that illustrate the integration of the found theories into the articles. The integration of these theoretical approaches ranges from general statements on theoretical grounding in EERs without connection to didactic considerations to theoretical grounding with empirical validation. Result of the systematic review is that the theoretical foundation in current research on EERs is weak. Therefore, it is argued that future research should focus more on the interweaving of theory, didactic instructions, and practice to gain a better understanding of mechanisms behind successful learning environments with EERs.}, language = {en} } @article{ToepflKravetsRyzhovaetal.2022, author = {T{\"o}pfl, Florian and Kravets, Daria and Ryzhova, Anna and Beseler, Arista}, title = {Who are the plotters behind the pandemic?}, series = {Information, Communication \& Society}, volume = {26 (2023)}, journal = {Information, Communication \& Society}, number = {10}, publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}, address = {London}, doi = {10.1080/1369118X.2022.2065213}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19119}, pages = {2033 -- 2051}, year = {2022}, abstract = {This article advances extant research that has audited search algorithms for misinformation in four respects. Firstly, this is the first misinformation audit not to implement a national but a cross-national research design. Secondly, it retrieves results not in response to the most popular query terms. Instead, it theorizes two semantic dimensions of search terms and illustrates how they impact the number of misinformative results returned. Furthermore, the analysis not only captures the mere presence of misinformative content but in addition whether the source websites are affiliated with a key misinformation actor (Russia's ruling elites) and whom the conspiracy narratives cast as the malicious plotters. Empirically, the audit compares Covid-19 conspiracy theories in Google search results across 5 key target countries of Russia's foreign communication (Belarus, Estonia, Germany, Ukraine, and the US) and Russia as of November 2020 (N = 5280 search results). It finds that, across all countries, primarily content published by mass media organizations rendered conspiracy theories visible in search results. Conspiratorial content published on websites affiliated with Russia's ruling elites was retrieved in the Belarusian, German and Russian contexts. Across all countries, the majority of conspiracy narratives suspected plotters from China. Malicious actors from the US were insinuated exclusively by sources affiliated with Russia's elites. Overall, conspiracy narratives did not primarily deepen divides within but between national communities, since - across all countries - only plotters from beyond the national borders were blamed. To conclude, the article discusses methodological advice and promising paths of research for future cross-national search engine audits.}, language = {en} } @article{BeselerToepfl2024, author = {Beseler, Arista and Toepfl, Florian}, title = {Conduits of the Kremlin's Informational Influence Abroad? How German-Language Alternative Media Outlets Are Connected to Russia's Ruling Elites}, series = {The International Journal of Press/Politics (ISSN: 1940-1620)}, volume = {30}, journal = {The International Journal of Press/Politics (ISSN: 1940-1620)}, number = {3}, publisher = {SAGE Publications}, address = {Los Angeles, CA}, issn = {1940-1612}, doi = {10.1177/19401612241230284}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-16755}, pages = {659 -- 678}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Extant research on alternative media in Western democracies has focused on scrutinizing their content, organization, production, and audiences. However, the extent to which alternative outlets are linked to powerful foreign actors has not yet been analyzed, despite the fact that a plethora of outlets have openly sided with Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, spreading the Kremlin's propagandistic narratives. To fill this gap, this study adopts a case study approach. It selects Germany as a revelatory case of a key target country of Russia's foreign influence efforts, raising the question of how and to what extent German-language alternative media outlets are connected to Russia's ruling elites. Grounded in qualitative analysis of a wide range of documents, this study proposes a categorization that divides the connections into three different types: organizational, media, and personal connections. Subsequently, it is demonstrated that half of the analyzed German-language alternative media outlets maintain at least one of these three types of connections to the Kremlin. These findings contribute to our knowledge of alternative media, as well as Russia's overt and covert foreign influence operations, the so-called "active measures." They also highlight the need for more transparency in alternative media landscapes in democratic contexts across the globe.}, subject = {-}, language = {en} } @article{HacklMuellerGranitzeretal.2023, author = {Hackl, Veronika and M{\"u}ller, Alexandra Elena and Granitzer, Michael and Sailer, Maximilian}, title = {Is GPT-4 a reliable rater? Evaluating consistency in GPT-4's text ratings}, series = {Frontiers in Education}, volume = {2023}, journal = {Frontiers in Education}, number = {8}, publisher = {Frontiers}, address = {Lausanne}, issn = {2504-284X}, doi = {10.3389/feduc.2023.1272229}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18348}, pages = {8 Seiten}, year = {2023}, abstract = {This study reports the Intraclass Correlation Coefficients of feedback ratings produced by OpenAI's GPT-4, a large language model (LLM), across various iterations, time frames, and stylistic variations. The model was used to rate responses to tasks related to macroeconomics in higher education (HE), based on their content and style. Statistical analysis was performed to determine the absolute agreement and consistency of ratings in all iterations, and the correlation between the ratings in terms of content and style. The findings revealed high interrater reliability, with ICC scores ranging from 0.94 to 0.99 for different time periods, indicating that GPT-4 is capable of producing consistent ratings. The prompt used in this study is also presented and explained.}, language = {en} } @misc{HikelKigathiKellermannetal.2025, author = {Hikel, Kerstin B. and Kigathi, Rose and Kellermann, Anna and Onyango, Steve and Schmitt, Christine B.}, title = {Seed catalogue of woody species from coastal Kenya}, doi = {10.15475/scuppu.2025}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19040}, pages = {VI, 77 Seiten}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Kenyan coastal forests harbor a high diversity of woody plants, comprising 88 families and 937 species. These species-rich forests are highly threatened by human disturbances, leading to forest degradation and habitat loss. To preserve this biodiversity, effective conservation strategies are essential. Conservation efforts may involve both site-based and species-based measures, including botanical surveys and seed collection for propagation in tree nurseries. The aim of this study was to develop a seed catalogue of woody species from coastal Kenya to support seed identification in the field and at various tree nurseries. So far, the catalogue characterizes seeds (and if available also fruits) of 69 woody species across 31 plant families. Each entry includes a brief description, size and weight measurements, and photographs to facilitate identification.}, language = {en} } @article{KehleUrhahne2024, author = {Kehle, Laura and Urhahne, Detlef}, title = {Testing the CONIC model: The interplay of conscientiousness and interest in predicting academic effort}, series = {Learning and Instruction}, volume = {2025}, journal = {Learning and Instruction}, number = {95}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {1873-3263}, doi = {10.1016/j.learninstruc.2024.102050}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19214}, pages = {13 Seiten}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Background This report comprises two studies that more closely examined the Conscientiousness × Interest Compensation (CONIC) model by Trautwein, Nagengast, Roberts, and L{\"u}dtke (2019) under laboratory conditions. The model specifies individual and compensatory effects of conscientiousness and individual interest on academic effort. Aims This research piece examines the assumed relationships between the three core variables of the CONIC model. Samples The first study was conducted with 152 university students and the second study included 120 university students randomly distributed across two experimental conditions and one control condition. Methods In an initial modeling study, we investigated the model assumptions in two different learning contexts and tested them using structural equation modeling (SEM). In a subsequent experimental study, we manipulated the predictor variables of academic effort to either promote conscientious or interest-based learning. The group differences were examined using multigroup SEM. Results In the modeling study, interest was always and conscientiousness at least partially a positive and significant predictor of academic effort. A compensatory effect of interest and conscientiousness could not be found. In the experimental study, promoting conscientious learning resulted in interest showing up as a stronger predictor of academic effort. However, promoting interest-based learning crystallized conscientiousness as the stronger predictor of academic effort. Moreover, the compensatory effect of the two personality traits was significantly stronger in the groups where conscientiousness or interest-based learning was promoted than in the control group. Conclusions Results provide support for the CONIC model and particularly highlight the compensatory effects of conscientiousness and interest at the model's heart.}, language = {en} } @article{Bach2024, author = {Bach, Maurizio}, title = {Effektiveres Pandemiemanagement durch sozialwissenschaftliche Politikberatung? Ein kritischer Kommentar zu J{\"o}rn Knoblochs Beitrag in Heft 4/2023}, series = {Berliner Journal f{\"u}r Soziologie (ISSN: 1862-2593)}, volume = {34}, journal = {Berliner Journal f{\"u}r Soziologie (ISSN: 1862-2593)}, number = {3}, publisher = {Springer Fachmedien}, address = {Wiesbaden}, issn = {0863-1808}, doi = {10.1007/s11609-024-00535-2}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2412102126103.260519352471}, pages = {443 -- 460}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Der Kommentar setzt sich kritisch mit J{\"o}rn Knoblochs Analyse des Corona-Pandemiemanagements in Deutschland auseinander. Er hinterfragt die Behauptung Knoblochs, durch eine st{\"a}rkere Ber{\"u}cksichtigung von Sozialwissenschaftlern in den einschl{\"a}gigen Beratungsgremien h{\"a}tte eine effektivere Krisenbew{\"a}ltigung erreicht werden k{\"o}nnen. Der Beitrag fokussiert zum einen die strukturellen epistemischen Grenzen sowohl der biomedizinischen Wissenschaften als auch der empirischen Sozialforschung. Zum anderen beleuchtet er die Eigenlogik politischer Entscheidungsprozesse, die durch die Notwendigkeit der Unsicherheitsabsorption und Systemstabilisierung gepr{\"a}gt sind und gegen{\"u}ber externen Einfl{\"u}ssen als relativ immun erscheinen. Der Beitrag pl{\"a}diert f{\"u}r eine differenzierte Betrachtung der Schnittstelle zwischen wissenschaftlicher Beratung und politischer Praxis und mahnt eine kritische Reflexion der Rolle und der Grenzen der wissenschaftsgest{\"u}tzten Politikberatung an.}, subject = {-}, language = {de} } @article{RyzhovaToepfl2024, author = {Ryzhova, Anna and Toepfl, Florian}, title = {The Consequences of Evidence- Versus Non-Evidence-Based Understandings of the "Truth": How Russian Speakers in Germany Negotiate Trust in Their Transnational News Environments}, series = {The International Journal of Press/Politics (ISSN: 1940-1620)}, volume = {30}, journal = {The International Journal of Press/Politics (ISSN: 1940-1620)}, number = {1}, publisher = {SAGE Publications}, address = {Los Angeles, CA}, issn = {1940-1612}, doi = {10.1177/19401612241257872}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-16795}, pages = {326 -- 345}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Extant research on migrants' media use and trust has delivered mixed evidence on whether, and in which ways, migrants stay loyal to their homeland news media and/or develop trust in host-society media, particularly when the narratives of the two types of media clash. To advance this strand of research, this study scrutinizes how an audience group with migration background, who lived the first part of their lives under authoritarian rule but then relocated to a democracy, negotiates trust in their multilingual, transnational news environments. Specifically, we conducted semi-structured interviews with forty-two Russian-speaking first-generation migrants living in Germany in 2021. As we find, distinct understandings of the concept of "truth" played a pivotal role in how our participants negotiated trust in their transnational news environments. We distinguish broadly two understandings of "truth": (1) "truth" as a category grounded in factual evidence and (2) "truth" as a non-evidence based category grounded in values, emotions, or identities. Illustrative for the second understanding, some participants felt a strong moral obligation to believe Kremlin-sponsored media as they perceived these organizations as representing their homeland, independently of whether their news coverage was factually accurate or not. The two understandings of "truth" also affected how and where participants sought for what they considered the "truth." In the "Discussion" section, we argue that particularly the non-evidence-based truth-understandings formulated by our participants, and the ensuing truth-seeking strategies are conducive to the reach and persuasive impact of Kremlin-sponsored content among Russian speakers living abroad.}, subject = {-}, language = {en} } @misc{OPUS4-1516, title = {Zeitgem{\"a}sse Methoden der Kinder- und Jugendmedienforschung}, volume = {2024}, number = {60}, editor = {Lampert, Claudia and K{\"u}hn, Jessica and Wiedel, Fabian and Fehr, Ada and Domdey, Paulina and Thiel, Kira}, publisher = {OAPublishing Collective Genossenschaft}, address = {Z{\"u}rich}, doi = {10.21240/mpaed/60.X}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15162}, pages = {179 Seiten}, year = {2024}, abstract = {MedienP{\"a}dagogik : Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Theorie und Praxis in der Medienbildung Themenheft 60: Zeitgem{\"a}sse Methoden der Kinder- und Jugendmedienforschung Inhalte: Malin Fecke, Ada Fehr, Daniela Schl{\"u}tz Die Mobile Experience Sampling Methode (MESM) in der Kinder- und Jugendmedienforschung Andr{\´e} Weßel ‹Jeden Abend Instagram, TikTok, YouTube› - Das digitale Medientagebuch als qualitative Forschungsmethode zur Untersuchung des Medienhandelns junger Menschen Thorsten Naab, Ruth Wendt, Alexandra Langmeyer-Tornier Messung m{\"u}tterlicher Medienerziehung f{\"u}r interaktive und nicht-interaktive Medien Thorsten Naab, Moritz Abraham Wie ein Spielzeug zum Helfer in Kinderbefragungen werden kann Sophie Mayen, Anne Reinhardt , Claudia Wilhelm Instrumente zur Messung von jugendlicher Mediennutzung Paulina Domdey, Katrin Potzel Medientageb{\"u}cher als Teil sequenzieller Triangulation in der qualitativen Forschung Franziska Koschei, Lena Schmidt, Susanne Eggert, Andreas Dertinger, Michaela Kramer, Rudolf Kammerl Forschung mit Grundsch{\"u}ler:innen Jan Pfetsch, Felix Paschel, Cora Bieß, Ingrid Stapf Forschungsethik und Kinderrechte}, language = {de} } @article{KoestlerWolff2025, author = {K{\"o}stler, Verena and Wolff, Monika-Sybille}, title = {Promoting digital competencies in pre-service teachers : the impact of integrative learning opportunities}, series = {Education Sciences}, volume = {15 (2025)}, journal = {Education Sciences}, number = {3}, editor = {Sabitzer, Barbara and H{\"o}rmann, Corinna}, publisher = {MDPI}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2227-7102}, doi = {10.3390/educsci15030337}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-16854}, pages = {14 Seiten}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Offering learning opportunities for developing digital competencies in pre-service teacher education remains challenging despite its growing importance in preparing future educators. This study investigates the effectiveness of integrative learning opportunities, called "digitally enhanced courses", which combine subject-specific and digital learning objectives. Implemented at a German university (2019-2023). These courses aimed to promote digital competencies required for technology-supported teaching. Using survey data from 312 pre-service teachers, the research examined students' self-assessed digital competencies, technology acceptance, and value-cost assessments through multiple measurement instruments, including TPACK scales, the Technology Acceptance Model, and Expectancy-Value beliefs. Results revealed significantly higher self-assessed digital competencies in private contexts compared to teaching situations. While mere course participation showed no significant impact, both the frequency and number of attended courses positively correlated with higher self-assessed digital skills across all TPACK dimensions. Additionally, increased technology acceptance and higher success expectations were associated with enhanced teaching-related digital competencies. The findings emphasize that the effectiveness of digitally enhanced courses is contingent upon systematic implementation and student engagement, highlighting the need for structured curricular integration of digital competency development in teacher education through comprehensive, spiral-curriculum approaches rather than isolated interventions. However, this study's reliance on self-reported data may introduce social desirability and subjective estimation bias, and its cross-sectional design limits causal interpretations. Future research should employ longitudinal approaches to examine competency development over time, incorporate objective performance-based assessments, and explore how instructional design and curricular integration influence digital competency acquisition.}, language = {en} } @incollection{UngruheAgergaard2020, author = {Ungruhe, Christian and Agergaard, Sine}, title = {Postcareer precarity : occupational challenges among former West African footballers in Northern Europe}, series = {Sports in Africa : past and present (Ohio University Press Open Access Books. 42; https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/42/)}, booktitle = {Sports in Africa : past and present (Ohio University Press Open Access Books. 42; https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/42/)}, publisher = {Ohio University Press}, address = {Athens}, isbn = {978-0-8214-4696-6}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-14897}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Passau}, pages = {190 -- 203}, year = {2020}, abstract = {When Beno{\^i}t Assou-Ekotto's former coach Harry Redknapp announced that the Cameroonian international had decided to end his professional football career and become an adult movie actor, the story generated astonishment and amusement in social media networks and received widespread attention from the mass media. Although the French-born footballer denied the story's validity shortly afterward, claiming Redknapp was joking, it entertained football fans and the wider public during the spring of 2017. However, while this was one of the very few occasions on which an African footballer's postcareer trajectory was a matter of public debate, it also revealed that former African professional footballers' whereabouts, occupations, and living conditions are widely unknown and remain an underresearched topic.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Hagen2025, author = {Hagen, Pamina}, title = {The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as a City and Nation Branding Tool: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Image of International Opinion Leaders}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19052}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Passau}, pages = {339 Seiten}, year = {2025}, abstract = {This dissertation examines the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as a tool of city and nation branding, analyzing their role within China's broader soft power strategy and their impact on international perceptions of Beijing and China. Drawing from urban geography, political geography, international relations, and marketing theory, the study explores how mega-events contribute to the construction of national identity and global image. Using a mixed-methods approach, the research combines qualitative interviews with 16 international diplomats in Beijing and an online survey of 40 foreign journalists who lived and worked in China during the Olympiad. The analysis focuses on two dimensions of image: the city of Beijing and the nation of China. The findings indicate that the 2008 Summer Olympic Games did not fundamentally alter China's international image. While the event successfully projected an image of modernization, efficiency, and confidence, pre-existing concerns about political control and human rights persisted. For Beijing, the Olympics enhanced its visibility as a global city but also highlighted tensions between its traditional identity and its modern aspirations. The media's framing played a decisive role in shaping these perceptions. Overall, the study concludes that the Beijing Olympics functioned as a significant yet limited instrument of soft power. They reinforced China's global presence and urban development goals but fell short of transforming its international reputation. The research contributes to understanding how mega-events operate as strategic tools of geopolitical communication and branding in the context of globalization.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Kling2025, author = {Kling, Julia}, title = {Social Networking Sites as Intermediaries of Authoritarian State Propaganda: How Facebook and VK Disseminated Predominantly Kremlin-Friendly Political Content Before and During Russia's Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19601}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Passau}, pages = {48 Seiten, 160 verschieden gez{\"a}hlte Seiten}, year = {2025}, abstract = {Previous research on Russia's use of social networking sites to influence foreign audiences has primarily focused on US-based platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook, the activities of Russia's "troll farms", as well as Russia's foreign broadcasters, RT and Sputnik, and their audiences. By contrast, little research has examined the global reach of Russia's state-aligned domestic news content, specifically on US- and Russia-based social networking sites that significantly differ in the level of the Kremlin's control over information flows, and how the activities of novel Russian disinformation production organizations support this reach. In my dissertation, I addressed these gaps in the extant research literature in the fields of political communication, social media, and Russia studies in four distinct research papers focusing on the reach of and engagement with Russian-speaking political content, including Russia's domestic news content, and the activities of ANO Dialog, Russia's novel disinformation production organization with close links to the Russian government, on US-based Facebook and Russia-based VK. To do so, I used innovative qualitative, quantitative, and computational research methods to create knowledge on Russia's informational influence on the two platforms before and after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The findings highlight that, despite differing levels of Kremlin control, both of the social networking sites studied functioned as conduits for the dissemination of Russian-speaking, predominantly Kremlin-friendly political content, including state-aligned domestic news. This content reached audiences both within Russia and abroad in the lead-up to and during the full-scale war in Ukraine. While VK primarily served Russia's users, Facebook disseminated Russia's state-aligned news mostly to audiences outside Russia, particularly in former Soviet countries, in the lead-up to the invasion. During the war, Facebook continued to host critical perspectives on Russia's war crimes, in contrast to VK, where such content was blocked. However, Facebook was banned in Russia in March 2022, limiting domestic access to dissenting views. With the war ongoing as of May 2025 and organizations such as ANO Dialog intensifying their efforts to influence both domestic and foreign audiences on platforms such as VK and Facebook, it is likely that Russia will further strengthen its information control.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Fischer2025, author = {Fischer, Liliann}, title = {An exploration of professional self concepts in science communication}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19817}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Passau}, pages = {iv, 146 Seiten}, year = {2025}, abstract = {The dissertation explores emerging professional self concepts in the field of science communication. It integrates theories and concepts from a diverse range of disciplines from the sociology of professions to science and technology studies. It also considers organisational contexts and country specifics as major influencing factors and includes these in comparative frameworks. By triangulating data from different sources the dissertation offers broad insights not only into science communication but professionalisation more widely.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Hackl2026, author = {Hackl, Veronika}, title = {The Literate Human in the Loop: AI Feedback in Higher Education}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19982}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Passau}, pages = {iii, 22, 8, 11 Seiten}, year = {2026}, abstract = {This cumulative dissertation, titled "The Literate Human in the Loop: AI Feedback in Higher Education," investigates the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) feedback systems within academic settings and the critical role of user competence.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Ryzhova2026, author = {Ryzhova, Anna}, title = {The Transnational News Diets of Russian Speakers in Germany: what news they use and trust}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19867}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Passau}, pages = {187 Seiten}, year = {2026}, abstract = {The present cumulative dissertation consists of four articles, and is based on more than 70 semi-structured interviews with the Russian speakers in Germany. Forty two interviews were conducted before of the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the other twenty nine right after its beginning (out of which I used only twenty five for the final analysis, as I focused only on the Russian speakers, associated with agressor or neutral countries in Russia's war in Ukraine). The dissertation addresses a variety of issues, related to the media use of the Russian speakers in Germany, which was previously understudied both in general and from political communication perspective (Panagiotidis, 2023). In the strand of migrants and media research, scholars point the following gaps: the lack of political element in studies of how migrants use media (Leurs and Smets, 2018), the lack of studies how homeland and host society media are used simultaneously, not in isolation from each other, and the lack of studies on the influence of homeland media on migrants as such (Ramasubramanian et al., 2017), and finally, communication scholars not using migration studies frameworks in their research on migrants, which leads to fields existing in parallel (Leurs \& Smets 2018). This dissertation addresses all these gaps. Being the first study to apply the concepts of "news repertoires" and the latest theorization of "news literacy" for studying the migrant populations, as well as looking in-depth in the mechanisms of trust, I analyze the media diets of Russian speakers in Germany in their entirety, considering the contexts and roles, attributed to the German quality, Russian opposition, Russian state sponsored and other types of media, i.e. not analying them in isolation, and also looking at the motivations to use different media for different domains of their lives. Besides, for analysing the transformations of media diets of the Russian speakers in the aftermath of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, I use the concept of "sense of belonging" to Russia to examine the deep, underlying reasons for why news repertoires of these audiences changed, or did not change in the light of Russia's war crimes. As for the contribution to the German-language and Germany-focused literature on the Russian speakers, this is the first comprehensive study to scrutinize the media diets of Russian speakers in-depth with a special emphasis on their motivations, political affiliations and differentiating between the media these audiences "use" and the media they "trust", as previous research on Russian speakers in Germany and their media use was largely focused on integration, largely ignoring the political aspect and Russia's repetitive attempts to influence Russian speakers abroad (e.g.Hepp et al., 2011) or lacked nuance in their results (e.g. Boris Nemtsov Foundation Survey, which posed questions about "Russian media" without defining what it is, i.e. is that opposition media, Kremlin-sponsored media, etc. Finally, this thesis provides a comprehensive case study of audiences from an authoritarian context (or a former authoritarian context, for those, who migrated from Ukraine, but were socialized in the Soviet Union) who migrated to democracy and their media use, and also sheds light on the spectrum of motivations of audiences abroad to continue consuming media from an authoritarian homeland (in our case, Kremlin-sponsored media), which can provide important foundation for future research on other migrant groups from authoritarian contexts in democracies, such as Chinese migrants in Europe. Among the results of the present dissertation is an article on three types of news repertoires that these audiences have, and how political beliefs underpin them; an article on how they view the "truth" in media and why it is a concept of crucial importance for their news trust patterns; an article on news literacy and how migrant audiences need transnational news literacy knowledge in order to navigate complex media landscapes, in which authoritarian states actively try to reach them with their narratives; and finally, how a major crisis event, such as war in Ukraine, changed (or did not change) the news repertoires of the Russian speaking audiences in Germany and why the "sense of belonging" is at the core of these changes.}, language = {en} } @unpublished{Wehner2026, author = {Wehner, Stefanie}, title = {Regional and gendered aspects of migration: Data-exploration from a multi-local field survey in Ghana (Northern, Eastern and Greater Accra Region)}, doi = {10.15475/mitrawa.upa7}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-20299}, pages = {25 Seiten}, year = {2026}, abstract = {This study assesses the perception of migrants and migrant households on drivers and structures of translocal mobility and their consequences for livelihoods in Ghana. A bi-local survey was conducted to collect data on households and migrants in the area of origin (AoO) and individuals in the area of destination (AoD). The survey at the AoO was conducted in two research areas (Gushiegu Municipal District in the Northern Region and Fanteakwa District in the Eastern Region). Thesample then covered 75\% migrant households and 25\% non-migrant households, both randomly selected. The collected data provides information on almost 1,000 migrants and 2,000 non-migrants. Since Greater Accra Region was identified as one major destination, this region was selected as an Area of Destination. In Accra, 50 migrants from Eastern and Northern Region each were randomly selected from the previous survey database. The perception of migrant households and migrants themselves on migration was assessed using descriptive statistics. Over 95\% said migration is essential to secure their livelihood and that migration improves the standard of living of the households. The study elucidates the challenges encountered by rural households in agriculture and the strategies implemented to address these issues. The predominant challenges confronting farmers include the escalating costs of agricultural inputs, the prevalence of pests and diseases, and fluctuations in environmental conditions. Moreover, the research highlights robust translocal networks that extend beyond mere financial remittances, encompassing an intangible web of communication, emotions, and aspirations. By traversing spatial and gender dimensions, the study unveils the extensive diversity of migration aspects, demonstrating that migration exerts markedly different impacts on women compared to men and has varying implications for households in the Northern Region versus the Eastern Region. It is evident that female migrants from Northern Ghana constitute the most vulnerable group, grappling with severe food insecurity. In contrast, translocal networks in the Eastern Region facilitate families in leveraging remittances for diversification of their economic base, thereby enhancing their capacity for future development, while those in the Northern region are essential for addressing the existential needs of families.}, language = {en} }