TY - JOUR A1 - Heinrich, Horst-Alfred T1 - Partizipationsvorstellungen von Bürger:innen: Eine explorative Anwendung der Draw&Write-Technik als Survey-Instrument T1 - Citizens’ ideas of participation: using the Draw&Write technique as a survey tool JF - Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft (ISSN: 2366-2638) N2 - 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 bestätigen, die der Wahl in der Demokratie zukommt. Doch führt 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 repräsentativen, direktdemokratischen, deliberativen oder demonstrativen Beteiligung spiegelt. Ein Teil der Zeichnungen wurde zwei weiteren Kategorien zugeordnet: 1) Klagen über empfundene Ohnmacht und Einflusslosigkeit angesichts eines repräsentativen Herrschaftssystems sowie 2) Appelle an Konsensfähigkeit und die Bereitschaft zur Verantwortungsübernahme als Bedingungen, die die Bürger:innen erfüllen müssen, 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 wäre. N2 - In a Bavaria-wide postal survey, the target persons were asked to draw their idea of democracy using the Draw&Write technique. An image type analysis showed that the images in the collected data set confirm the great importance attached to voting in a democracy. However, the new method used in this area leads to considerable differences compared to the results of standardised surveys. The added value of the Draw&Write technique is demonstrated by the fact that the data material not only reflects the familiar categories of representative, direct-democratic, deliberative or demonstrative participation. Some of the drawings were assigned to two further categories: 1) complaints about perceived powerlessness and lack of influence in the face of a representative system of rule and 2) appeals for consensus and a willingness to take responsibility as conditions that citizens must fulfil if participation in the political process is to succeed. Furthermore, the result is of great value because the drawing task was used as part of a postal survey. There is only a bias with regard to the education variable, but this is also to be expected when using open-ended questions. KW - - KW - Draw&Write-Technik KW - Bildtypenanalyse KW - Partizipation KW - Surveyforschung KW - Draw&write technique KW - Image type analysis KW - Participation KW - Survey research Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:101:1-2412202107197.782688552245 SN - 1430-6387 SN - 2366-2638 VL - 34 IS - 3 SP - 425 EP - 445 PB - Springer Fachmedien CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rensmann, Lars T1 - Illusions of sovereignty : understanding populist crowds with Hannah Arendt JF - The Review of Politics N2 - 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. Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-16400 VL - 85 IS - 4 SP - 450 EP - 473 PB - Cambridge University Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kravets, Daria A1 - Ryzhova, Anna A1 - Toepfl, Florian A1 - Beseler, Arista T1 - 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 JF - Journalism N2 - 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. KW - Search engines KW - conspiracy theories KW - Yandex KW - Google KW - Russia KW - foreign influence Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-16430 VL - 24 IS - 12 SP - 2762 EP - 2780 PB - Sage CY - Thousand Oaks ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Qiu, Ruyi A1 - Möller, Malte A1 - Koch, Iring A1 - Mayr, Susanne T1 - Saliency determines the integration of contextual information into stimulus–response episodes JF - Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics N2 - 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. KW - context KW - saliency KW - stimulus–response episode KW - binding Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023072001343346194537 VL - 2022 IS - 84 SP - 1264 EP - 1285 PB - Springer Nature CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ryzhova, Anna T1 - Motivated by political beliefs, not only by language: How Russian speakers in Germany compose their transnational news repertoires JF - Journalism N2 - 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. KW - Transnational KW - politics KW - Russian KW - Germany Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15485 VL - 25 IS - 1 SP - 218 EP - 237 PB - Sage CY - Thousand Oaks ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mußotter, Marlene T1 - On nation, homeland, and democracy: Toward a novel three-factor measurement model for nationalism and patriotism. Evidence from two representative studies JF - Political Psychology N2 - 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. KW - authoritarianism KW - democracy KW - national attachment KW - nationalism KW - patriotism Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-16352 VL - 45 IS - 6 SP - 903 EP - 921 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken ER - TY - THES A1 - Springer, Simone Maria T1 - Lehramtsstudierende auf ihrem Weg der Professionalisierung BT - subjektive Vorstellungen von Professionalisierung aus der Sichtweise Studierender des Lehramts Grundschule an der Universität Passau mit unterschiedlichen Praktika - eine qualitative Studie N2 - Die vorliegende Studie untersucht subjektive Vorstellungen von Professionalisierung aus Sicht Studierender des Lehramts Grundschule an der Universität Passau im Rahmen unterschiedlicher Praktikumsformen: Pädagogisch-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 möglich, verschiedene Perspektiven zu berücksichtigen und Unterschiede herauszuarbeiten. Die leitfaden-gestützten 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 bezüglich biografischer Ausgangslagen für Professionalisierung. StudentInnen der einzelnen Gruppierungen nehmen Professionalisierung im systemisch-strukturellen Rahmen in Form von Praktika anders war, zeigen Unterschiede im professionellen Selbstverständnis und in den subjektiven Einflussfaktoren für Professionalisierung. Auch in der systematischen Reflexion der eigenen Professionalisierung können Diskrepanzen eruiert werden. KW - Professionalisierungsforschung KW - Profigrafiemodell KW - Lehramtsstudium KW - Modellcurriculum Y1 - 2025 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-16120 ER - TY - THES A1 - Wolff, Monika-Sybille T1 - Förderung situativer, aufgabenbezogener Emotionen von Studierenden durch eine Value-Intervention N2 - Emotionen spielen eine wesentliche Rolle für 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, während negative Emotionen wie Angst oder Langeweile zunehmend auftreten (Vierhaus et al., 2016). Trotz verschiedener theoretischer Ansätze zur Emotionsregulation und Emotionsintervention steckt die empirische Forschung in diesem Bereich noch in den Anfängen. Bestehende Interventionen konzentrieren sich hauptsächlich auf Prüfungsangst und stehen häufig vor Herausforderungen hinsichtlich ihrer nachhaltigen Wirksamkeit (z.B. Hagenauer, Klaß & Gläser-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-Einschätzungen von Leistungsaktivitäten durch wertinduktive Prompts abzielen, wurde auf Grundlage der Kontroll-Wert-Theorie (Pekrun, 2000, 2006) angenommen, dass sich diese Intervention über 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 „Klassenführung“) über 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 geförderten Kompetenzen explizit heraus, während Letztere in relevanzinduzierende Aufgaben eingebettet waren. In diesen Aufgaben entwickelten die Studierenden durch die Evaluation von Zitaten eigenständige Relevanzargumente (vgl. Gaspard et al., 2017). Zur Erfassung situativer Emotionen sowie von Valenz- und Kontrollkognitionen wurden Fragebögen sowohl zu Treatment- als auch zu Non-Treatment-Messzeitpunkten eingesetzt. Die Ergebnisse einer Conditional Process Analysis mit Mehrebenendaten (Hayes, 2018) offenbarten zeitabhängige Effekte: In der Substichprobe „Klassenführung“ wirkte sich das Treatment zu Beginn des Semesters zunächst negativ auf das emotionale Erleben aus, während es gegen Semesterende eine positive Wirkung entfaltete. In der Substichprobe „Leistungsemotionen“ zeigte sich hingegen ein gegensätzliches Muster. Darüber hinaus variierte der Mediationsprozess: Während in der Substichprobe „Klassenführung“ primär Valenzkognitionen zur Vermittlung der Effekte beitrugen, wurde in der Substichprobe „Leistungsemotionen“ eine Mediation über Kontrollkognitionen beobachtet. Die Befunde verdeutlichen die Relevanz kontextueller Faktoren für die Wirksamkeit einer Utility-Value-Intervention zur Förderung des situativen emotionalen Erlebens und liefern wertvolle Impulse für die Weiterentwicklung zielgerichteter Interventionsstrategien. N2 - Emotions play a crucial role in motivation, performance, and successful learning (e.g., Pekrun et al., 2002; Pekrun & Perry, 2014). However, research indicates that while positive academic emotions (e.g., enjoyment of learning) tend to decline over time, negative emotions (e.g., test anxiety, boredom) increase (Vierhaus et al., 2016). Despite various theoretical approaches to emotion regulation and emotion interventions, empirical research in this field is still in its early stages. Existing interventions primarily target test anxiety and often face challenges regarding long-term effectiveness (e.g., Hagenauer, Klaß & Gläser-Zikuda, 2016) and practical implementation (e.g., Brandenberger, Hagenauer & Hascher, 2018). This study explores the impact of a utility-value intervention on students' situational, task-related emotions by fostering subjective control and value appraisals during learning tasks. Following the Control-Value Theory of Achievement Emotions (Pekrun, 2000, 2006), it was hypothesized that integrating value-inducing prompts into learning tasks would influence students’ emotional experiences. An experimental study with a within-subjects design was conducted with 321 pre-service teachers enrolled in two online courses ("Achievement Emotions" and "Classroom Management"). Participants received three Utility-Value Treatments throughout the semester, incorporating both direct and indirect prompts. The direct prompts were provided through advance organizers, which explicitly highlighted the relevance of the targeted competencies in the learning task. Indirect prompts were embedded in relevance-inducing tasks that encouraged students to self-generate relevance arguments by evaluating quotations (see Gaspard et al., 2017). Situational emotions, value appraisals, and control appraisals were assessed via questionnaires at treatment and non-treatment measurement points. Results from a Conditional Process Analysis (Hayes, 2018) with multilevel data revealed time-dependent effects: In the "Classroom Management" course, emotions were initially more negative during the intervention but were reported as more positive at later measurement points, while the "Achievement Emotions" course showed the opposite pattern. The mediation mechanisms also differed: Value appraisals played a stronger role in the "Classroom Management" group, whereas control appraisals mediated effects in the "Achievement Emotions" group. These findings underscore the significance of contextual factors in the efficacy of value interventions for fostering situational, task-related emotions and suggest directions for future research to further strengthen empirical evidence and refine intervention strategies. KW - Leistungsemotionen KW - Achievement Emotions KW - Utility-Value-Intervention KW - Kontroll-Wert-Theorie KW - Expectancy-Value-Theorie KW - Emotion KW - Intervention KW - Lernexperiment KW - Lernforschung KW - Erziehungswissenschaft Y1 - 2025 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15521 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Henkel, Anna T1 - Nachhaltige Digitalisierung. Gesellschaftliche Transformation, autonome Materialität und der Fall des Digital Farming JF - Berliner Journal für Soziologie N2 - Nachhaltigkeit und Digitalisierung sind zwei Tendenzen gesellschaftlichen Wandels, die in verschiedene Richtungen weisen. Nachhaltigkeit wird als angestrebte, jedoch im Ergebnis unzureichend bleibende Veränderung gesehen, während Digitalisierung – erwünscht oder auch nicht – schlicht erfolgt. Diese Diskrepanz zu untersuchen, ist eine Herausforderung auch für die soziologische Theorie. Nachdem Nachhaltigkeit und Digitalisierung bislang meist unabhängig voneinander in den Blick genommen wurden, erlaubt eine materialitätstheoretisch erweiterte Gesellschaftstheorie ein soziologisches Zusammendenken und eine Erklärung für die Unterschiedlichkeit der Dynamiken gesellschaftlichen Wandels: In der spezifischen, nämlich autonomen Materialität der modernen Gesellschaft ist Digitalisierung bereits angelegt, während eine nachhaltige Entwicklung eine Transformation dieser Materialität selbst erfordert. Am Fallbeispiel des Digital Farming wird diese These näher ausgeführt. Den Abschluss des Beitrags bilden Überlegungen zu Herausforderungen, Bedingungen und Möglichkeiten einer nachhaltigen Digitalisierung. KW - Digitalisierung KW - Nachhaltigkeit KW - Gesellschaftliche Transformation KW - Gesellschaftstheorie KW - Materialität KW - Systemtheorie KW - Digital Farming Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024010810053745746335 VL - 33 IS - 3 SP - 289 EP - 318 PB - Springer Nature CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR ED - Rowedder, Simon ED - Wilcox, Phill ED - Brandtstädter, Susanne T1 - Negotiating Chinese infrastructures of modern mobilities : insights from Southeast Asia N2 - 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 Brandtstädter 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 Käkönen Entangled Enclaves: Dams, Volatile Rivers, and Chinese Infrastructural Engagement in Cambodia Research Workshop Tim Oakes Infrastructure Power, Circulation and Suspension Susanne Brandtstädter 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 Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-14049 UR - https://aseas.univie.ac.at/index.php/aseas/issue/view/657 IS - 16(2) 2023 SP - 175 EP - 314 PB - SEAS - Society fo South-East Asian Studies CY - Wien ER - TY - THES A1 - Dänzer, Melissa T1 - Fahrradfreundliche Stadtentwicklung: Eine vergleichende Analyse der Wahrnehmung der Fahrradfreundlichkeit von Touristen und Einheimischen in Gunzenhausen im Fränkischen Seenland N2 - Die ansteigende Relevanz umweltfreundlicher Mobilität und die gesteigerte Förderung des Fahrradfahrens in städtischen Gebieten spiegeln den verstärkten Fokus auf nachhaltige Verkehrsmittel wider. Städte müssen 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 Fränkischen Seenland, die sich bereits seit Jahren aktiv darum bemüht, ihre Fahrradfreundlichkeit zu verbessern. Die im Rahmen dieser Untersuchung durch geführten 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 für zukünftige Stadtentwicklung darstellen können. Trotz eher geringer Unterschiede ist es wichtig, diese verschiedenen Sichtweisen zu berücksichtigen, 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 können. Im Kontext der globalen Entwicklung hin zu nachhaltigen Verkehrsmitteln und umweltfreundlichen Mobilitätslösungen gewinnt die Analyse der Fahrradfreundlichkeit in Städten wie Gunzenhausen immer mehr an Relevanz. Die Ergebnisse und die daraus folgenden Erkenntnisse dieser Untersuchung können als Grundlage für eine an den Bedürfnissen verschiedener Bevölkerungsgruppen ausgerichtete Stadtentwicklung dienen. Sowohl die Zukunft des Radfahrens als Verkehrsmittel als auch die Erhaltung und Erweiterung seiner Attraktivität bleiben in Bezug auf die Anpassung städtischer Infrastrukturen weiterhin von Interesse. Die Berücksichtigung unterschiedlicher Perspektiven, wie die für diese Arbeit ausgewählten, kann dabei helfen, eine umfassendere Mobilitätsstrategie zu entwickeln, die die Stadt Gunzenhausen und ähnliche Gebiete umweltfreundlicher und auch lebenswerter gestaltet. KW - Fahrradfreundliche Stadtentwicklung KW - Fahrradfreundlichkeit KW - Gunzenhausen KW - Stadtentwicklung KW - Wahrnehmung Fahrradfreundlichkeit Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15079 ER - TY - THES A1 - Still, Enid T1 - Affective Roots: Memory, emotions and viscerality within organic agri-food networks in Tamil Nadu, India N2 - 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. KW - Affect KW - Organic Agriculture KW - Tamil Nadu KW - Feminist Political Ecology KW - Epistemic injustice Y1 - 2025 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15838 ER - TY - BOOK ED - Benkel, Thorsten ED - Meitzler, Matthias T1 - Mythenjagd : Soziologie mit Norbert Elias N2 - Der vorliegende Band rückt verschiedene Aspekte und Diskurse rund um Elias’ Schaffen in den Vor­der­grund und kontex­tua­­lisiert die generelle soziologische Relevanz seines Schaffens. Er liefert einen Überblick über die ak­tuel­le Elias-Forschung und verdeutlicht den Stellenwert und die Anschlussfähigkeit des Elias’schen Werks für so­zialwissenschaftliche bzw. sozialtheo­re­tische Debatten, insbesondere hinsichtlich zeit­ge­nös­si­scher ge­sellschaftlicher Ent­wick­lungen. Dabei zeigt sich: Die Wis­sen­schaft selbst, so Elias, läuft Gefahr, sich in Mythen zu verfangen, während 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 lässt. Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-14002 SN - 978-3-7489-1579-9 PB - Velbrück Wissenschaft CY - Weilerswist ER - TY - THES A1 - Hering, Robin T1 - Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: Safe Areas and the Silencing of Mass Atrocities N2 - 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-à-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. KW - Protection of Civilians KW - Mass Atrocities KW - Foreign Policy Analysis KW - Safe Areas KW - Silencing KW - Zivilbevölkerung KW - Schutzzone KW - Außenpolitik KW - Schweigen KW - Völkermord Y1 - 2025 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15765 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Pantaleón Osuna, Álvaro T1 - Climate change as a driver of migration? A comparative case study in eastern and northern Ghana N2 - 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. T3 - Migration, translocality and development in times of climate change. Mitra|WA Working Paper Series - 1 KW - Environmental change KW - Adaption strategies KW - Climate-induced migration KW - Drivers of migration KW - Translocality Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-14585 IS - 1 CY - Passau ER - TY - THES A1 - Schwind, Mara T1 - „Insgesamt sah ich wirklich die Wellen an mir vorbeirauschen, mich darin befindend“ - Die Folgen negativer Reaktionen gegen Wissenschaftler*innen in den sozialen Medien N2 - Wissenschaftler*innen werden immer häufiger zum Ziel von Kritik, Anfeindungen und Ähnlichem 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 bewältigen. Neben der theoretischen Aufarbeitung der Thematik wird dafür auf qualitative Leitfadeninterviews mit betroffenen Wissenschaftler*innen zurückgegriffen. Die Erkenntnisse der Studie werden in einem „Modell der Konfrontation mit negativen Reaktionen in den sozialen Medien“ zusammengeführt. Das Modell ermöglicht zum einen die strukturierte Beschreibung entsprechender Vorfälle und kann zum anderen als theoretisch-konzeptionelle Grundlage für weitere empirische Untersuchungen dienen. KW - qualitative Leitfadeninterviews KW - Hate Speech KW - Wissenschaftler*innen in den sozialen Medien KW - Kritik, Anfeindungen und Hass gegenüber Wissenschaftler*innen Y1 - 2025 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15627 ER - TY - THES A1 - Dwi Laksmana, Dimas T1 - Knowledge in the making : embodying transdisciplinary moments on organic agriculture in Yogyakarta, Indonesia N2 - 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. KW - politics of knowledge KW - epistemic living space KW - STS Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-12667 CY - Passau ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Ejiba, Ikenna V. A1 - Olajide, Adeola O. ED - Ungruhe, Christian ED - Wehner, Stefanie T1 - Does translocality influence climate change adaption of rural farming households? : evidence from Arochukwu, southeast Nigeria N2 - 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. T3 - Migration, translocality and development in times of climate change. Mitra|WA Working Paper Series - 5 KW - Climate Change KW - Vulnerability KW - Translocality KW - Migration KW - Adaption KW - Southeast Nigeria Y1 - 2025 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15773 IS - 5 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Piwoni, Eunike T1 - Comprehending and sensing racism : how Germans of migrant background make sense of experiences of ethnoracial exclusion JF - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (Onine ISSN: 1469-9451) N2 - 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. KW - qualitative interviews KW - racism KW - discrimination KW - second generation KW - affects Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18508 VL - 50 IS - 12 SP - 2783 EP - 2802 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rajal, Elke T1 - Countering antisemitism through Holocaust education : a comparative perspective on Scotland and Austria JF - Educational review (Online ISSN: 1465-3397) N2 - 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. KW - holocaust education KW - antisemitism KW - Jews KW - case studies KW - programme effectiveness KW - Critical Theory Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18514 VL - 77 IS - 5 SP - 1480 EP - 1499 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Creak, Simon A1 - Trotier, Friederike T1 - Sport, diplomacy, and regionalism in Southeast Asia : the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and ASEAN JF - Sport in Society : Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics (Online ISSN: 1743-0445) N2 - 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). Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18520 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bueno, Arthur T1 - The end (and persistence) of subjectivity : Lukács with Adorno, Adorno with Lukács JF - Distinktion : Journal of Social Theory (Online ISSN: 2159-9149) N2 - This paper revisits Lukács’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, Lukács’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 Lukács’s and Adorno’s arguments. As I contend, one can reconstruct Lukács’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 Lukács, 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. KW - Reification KW - emancipation KW - authoritarianism KW - psychoanalysis KW - fetishism KW - nature Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18548 VL - 25 IS - 3 SP - 435 EP - 454 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kling, Julia A1 - Töpfl, Florian A1 - Jürgens, Pascal T1 - Entertainment interspersed with propaganda : how non-legacy-news accounts deliver explicitly political content to mass audiences on Russia’s most popular social network VK JF - Information, Communication & Society (Online ISSN: 1468-4462) N2 - 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. KW - social networking sites KW - Vkontakte KW - Russia KW - political communication KW - news avoidance Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18562 VL - 28 IS - 7 SP - 1252 EP - 1269 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Friedlaender, Tobias A1 - Müller, Anna-Lisa T1 - Grenzregionen in der COVID-19-Pandemie : wie der „Grenzschock“ die Oberrheinregion veränderte JF - Standort N2 - 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 grenzüberschreitenden Beziehungen von lokalen Akteur*innen in Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft ausgewirkt haben. Anhand qualitativer Interviewdaten zeigen wir, wie dieser pandemiebedingte „Grenzschock“ aufgenommen und der grenzüberschreitende 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 grenzüberschreitende 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 Überwindung dieses „Grenzschocks“ auf langjährig etablierte Strukturen und Erfahrungen in der grenzüberschreitenden Zusammenarbeit zurückgreifen konnten. Die Erfahrungen während der Pandemie sorgten dabei zudem für neue Impulse für die grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit in der Oberrheinregion und stärkten den politischen Willen dafür auf verschiedenen Ebenen. Damit leistet der Artikel einen explorativen Beitrag zu den Auswirkungen der COVID-19-Pandemie auf Grenzregionen. N2 - Taking the trinational Upper Rhine region as an example, this article explores the ways in which the border closures implemented in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the associated border experiences have affected cross-border relations of local actors in politics, economy, and society. Using qualitative interview data, we show how this pandemic-related “border shock” was received and how cross-border political and social cohesion was put to the test, but also how cooperation was able to adapt to the new situation after a period of confusion. At the same time, cross-border cooperation during this period was caught in the tension between the political-administrative guidelines of the respective national centers and the locally specific requirements of a peripherally located border region. The data show that the actors in the Upper Rhine region were able to draw on long-established structures and experience in cross-border cooperation to overcome this “border shock.” The experiences during the pandemic also provided new impulses for cross-border cooperation in the Upper Rhine region and strengthened the political will for this at various levels. Thus, the article makes an explorative contribution to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on border regions. KW - Grenzgeographien KW - Krisen KW - Oberrhein KW - Schengenraum KW - Grenzüberschreitende Beziehungen KW - Grenzschließungen KW - Border geographies KW - Crises KW - Upper Rhine KW - Schengen Space KW - Cross-Border Relations KW - Border closures Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024041011254221061098 SN - 0174-3635 SN - 1432-220X VL - 48 IS - 4 SP - 302 EP - 311 PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg CY - Berlin/Heidelberg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hidalgo, Oliver T1 - Von Alemann, Ulrich, Nina Basedahl, Gernot Graeßner, und Sabrina Kovacs (2022): Politische Ideen im Wandel der Zeit BT - Opladen/Toronto: Barbara Budrich/UTB. 279 Seiten. 29,90 € JF - Politische Vierteljahresschrift N2 - "Einführungen in die Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte, die auch für Studienanfänger*innen verständlich sind und sich zugleich auf der Höhe des Forschungsstands bewegen, sind nach wie vor eine gehörige Herausforderung. Erschwerend kommt hinzu, dass die gängigen autor*innen-, werk- oder diskurszentrierten Formate allesamt ihre blinden Flecken besitzen. Insofern ist die Lösung, die Ulrich von Alemann, Nina Basedahl, Gernot Graeßner und Sabrina Kovacs gefunden haben und die auf eine Kombination aller drei genannten Ansätze hinausläuft, im Prinzip durchaus zu begrüßen." KW - Rezension Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:101:1-2405070854311.077128860665 SN - 0032-3470 SN - 1862-2860 VL - 65 IS - 3 SP - 603 EP - 607 PB - Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wiedel, Fabian T1 - Ehrlich, Gianna Luisa; Der konsumentenbasierte Markenwert von Nachrichtenmedien : Muster der Genese und Wirkung von starken Medienmarken. BT - Wiesbaden: Springer VS 2023. 626 Seiten. Preis: € 79,99. Dissertationsschrift Universität Mainz. JF - Publizistik KW - Buchbesprechung Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:101:1-2405150806439.614902039284 SN - 0033-4006 SN - 1862-2569 VL - 69 IS - 1 SP - 95 EP - 97 PB - Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmid-Petri, Hannah A1 - Elschner, Sophie G. T1 - Transitionalists, traditionalists or pioneers? How German municipal energy companies are responding to the national energy transition JF - Energy Research & Social Science (Online ISSN: 2214-6326) N2 - 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. Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18714 VL - 2024 IS - 109 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vorderobermeier, Andrea A1 - Abel, Johannes A1 - Sailer, Maximilian T1 - Theoretical foundations and approaches in research on educational escape rooms : a systematic review JF - Educational Research Review (Online ISSN: 1878-0385) N2 - 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. KW - Educational escape room KW - Systematic review KW - ROSES KW - Social constructivism Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18863 VL - 2024 IS - 44 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Töpfl, Florian A1 - Kravets, Daria A1 - Ryzhova, Anna A1 - Beseler, Arista T1 - Who are the plotters behind the pandemic? BT - Comparing Covid-19 conspiracy theories in Google search results across five key target countries of Russia’s foreign communication JF - Information, Communication & Society N2 - 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. KW - Search engines KW - algorithms KW - misinformation KW - disinformation KW - conspiracy theories KW - Russia Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19119 VL - 26 (2023) IS - 10 SP - 2033 EP - 2051 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Beseler, Arista A1 - Toepfl, Florian T1 - Conduits of the Kremlin’s Informational Influence Abroad? How German-Language Alternative Media Outlets Are Connected to Russia’s Ruling Elites JF - The International Journal of Press/Politics (ISSN: 1940-1620) N2 - 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. KW - - KW - propaganda KW - alternative media KW - active measures KW - case study KW - Russia KW - influence Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-16755 SN - 1940-1612 SN - 1940-1620 VL - 30 IS - 3 SP - 659 EP - 678 PB - SAGE Publications CY - Los Angeles, CA ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hackl, Veronika A1 - Müller, Alexandra Elena A1 - Granitzer, Michael A1 - Sailer, Maximilian T1 - Is GPT-4 a reliable rater? Evaluating consistency in GPT-4's text ratings JF - Frontiers in Education N2 - 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. KW - artificial intelligence KW - GPT-4 KW - large language model KW - prompt engineering KW - feedback KW - higher education Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-18348 SN - 2504-284X VL - 2023 IS - 8 PB - Frontiers CY - Lausanne ER - TY - GEN A1 - Hikel, Kerstin B. A1 - Kigathi, Rose A1 - Kellermann, Anna A1 - Onyango, Steve A1 - Schmitt, Christine B. T1 - Seed catalogue of woody species from coastal Kenya N2 - 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. Y1 - 2025 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19040 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kehle, Laura A1 - Urhahne, Detlef T1 - Testing the CONIC model: The interplay of conscientiousness and interest in predicting academic effort JF - Learning and Instruction N2 - Background This report comprises two studies that more closely examined the Conscientiousness × Interest Compensation (CONIC) model by Trautwein, Nagengast, Roberts, and Lüdtke (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. KW - Conscientiousness KW - Effort KW - Interest KW - Academic achievement KW - CONIC model Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19214 SN - 1873-3263 VL - 2025 IS - 95 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bach, Maurizio T1 - Effektiveres Pandemiemanagement durch sozialwissenschaftliche Politikberatung? Ein kritischer Kommentar zu Jörn Knoblochs Beitrag in Heft 4/2023 T1 - More effective pandemic management through social science policy advice? A comment on the article by Jörn Knobloch in issue 4/2023 JF - Berliner Journal für Soziologie (ISSN: 1862-2593) N2 - Der Kommentar setzt sich kritisch mit Jörn Knoblochs Analyse des Corona-Pandemiemanagements in Deutschland auseinander. Er hinterfragt die Behauptung Knoblochs, durch eine stärkere Berücksichtigung von Sozialwissenschaftlern in den einschlägigen Beratungsgremien hätte eine effektivere Krisenbewältigung erreicht werden können. 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 geprägt sind und gegenüber externen Einflüssen als relativ immun erscheinen. Der Beitrag plädiert für eine differenzierte Betrachtung der Schnittstelle zwischen wissenschaftlicher Beratung und politischer Praxis und mahnt eine kritische Reflexion der Rolle und der Grenzen der wissenschaftsgestützten Politikberatung an. N2 - The comment critically examines Jörn Knobloch’s analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic management in Germany. It questions Knobloch’s claim that a more effective crisis management could have been achieved by giving greater consideration to social scientists in the relevant advisory committees. The reply focuses on the structural epistemic limits of both biomedical sciences and empirical social research. Furthermore, it highlights the inherent logic of political decision-making processes, which are characterized by the need for uncertainty absorption and system stabilization, and appear relatively immune to external influences. The contribution calls for a nuanced consideration of the interface between scientific advice and political practice, and urges a critical reflection on the role and limits of science-based policy advice. KW - - KW - Corona-Krise KW - Wissenschaftliche Politikberatung KW - Nichtwissen KW - Wissenssoziologie KW - Wissenschaftskommunikation KW - Epistemische Regimes KW - Entscheidung KW - Experten KW - Szientismus KW - Soziale Eigendynamik KW - COVID-19 crisis KW - Scientific policy advice KW - Non-knowledge KW - Sociology of knowledge KW - Science communication KW - Epistemic regimes KW - Decision KW - Experts KW - Scientism KW - Social dynamics Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:101:1-2412102126103.260519352471 SN - 0863-1808 SN - 1862-2593 VL - 34 IS - 3 SP - 443 EP - 460 PB - Springer Fachmedien CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ryzhova, Anna A1 - Toepfl, Florian T1 - The Consequences of Evidence- Versus Non-Evidence-Based Understandings of the “Truth”: How Russian Speakers in Germany Negotiate Trust in Their Transnational News Environments JF - The International Journal of Press/Politics (ISSN: 1940-1620) N2 - 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. KW - - KW - Russian speakers KW - news trust KW - truth KW - transnational audiences KW - Germany Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-16795 SN - 1940-1612 SN - 1940-1620 VL - 30 IS - 1 SP - 326 EP - 345 PB - SAGE Publications CY - Los Angeles, CA ER - TY - JOUR ED - Lampert, Claudia ED - Kühn, Jessica ED - Wiedel, Fabian ED - Fehr, Ada ED - Domdey, Paulina ED - Thiel, Kira T1 - Zeitgemässe Methoden der Kinder- und Jugendmedienforschung N2 - MedienPädagogik : Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis in der Medienbildung Themenheft 60: Zeitgemässe Methoden der Kinder- und Jugendmedienforschung Inhalte: Malin Fecke, Ada Fehr, Daniela Schlütz Die Mobile Experience Sampling Methode (MESM) in der Kinder- und Jugendmedienforschung André 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 mütterlicher Medienerziehung für 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 Medientagebücher als Teil sequenzieller Triangulation in der qualitativen Forschung Franziska Koschei, Lena Schmidt, Susanne Eggert, Andreas Dertinger, Michaela Kramer, Rudolf Kammerl Forschung mit Grundschüler:innen Jan Pfetsch, Felix Paschel, Cora Bieß, Ingrid Stapf Forschungsethik und Kinderrechte Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-15162 VL - 2024 IS - 60 PB - OAPublishing Collective Genossenschaft CY - Zürich ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Köstler, Verena A1 - Wolff, Monika-Sybille ED - Sabitzer, Barbara ED - Hörmann, Corinna T1 - Promoting digital competencies in pre-service teachers : the impact of integrative learning opportunities JF - Education Sciences N2 - 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. KW - pre-service teacher education KW - digitally enhanced courses KW - TPACK KW - technology acceptance KW - expectancy value KW - curriculum integration Y1 - 2025 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-16854 SN - 2227-7102 VL - 15 (2025) IS - 3 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ungruhe, Christian A1 - Agergaard, Sine T1 - Postcareer precarity : occupational challenges among former West African footballers in Northern Europe T2 - Sports in Africa : past and present (Ohio University Press Open Access Books. 42; https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/42/) N2 - When Benoît 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. KW - Football migration Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-14897 SN - 978-0-8214-4696-6 N1 - "Sports in Africa : past and present" ist unter einer CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0-Lizenz erschienen und unter https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/42/ verfügbar. Die Veröffentlichung des Einzelbeitrags erfolgt mit freundlicher Erlaubnis des Verlags. SP - 190 EP - 203 PB - Ohio University Press CY - Athens ER - TY - THES A1 - Hagen, Pamina T1 - The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as a City and Nation Branding Tool: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Image of International Opinion Leaders N2 - 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. KW - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games KW - Nation Branding KW - City Branding KW - International Image KW - Public Diplomacy Y1 - 2025 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19052 ER - TY - THES A1 - Kling, Julia T1 - 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 N2 - 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. KW - social networking site KW - Russia KW - propaganda KW - platform governance Y1 - 2025 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19601 ER - TY - THES A1 - Fischer, Liliann T1 - An exploration of professional self concepts in science communication N2 - 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. T2 - eine Untersuchung beruflicher Selbstverständnisse in der Wissenschaftskommunikation KW - science communication KW - professionalisation KW - professional identity Y1 - 2025 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19817 ER - TY - THES A1 - Hackl, Veronika T1 - The Literate Human in the Loop: AI Feedback in Higher Education N2 - 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. KW - AI Literacy Y1 - 2026 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19982 ER - TY - THES A1 - Ryzhova, Anna T1 - The Transnational News Diets of Russian Speakers in Germany: what news they use and trust N2 - 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. KW - news use KW - Russian media KW - Kremlin media KW - propaganda Y1 - 2026 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-19867 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Wehner, Stefanie T1 - Regional and gendered aspects of migration: Data-exploration from a multi-local field survey in Ghana (Northern, Eastern and Greater Accra Region) N2 - 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. T3 - Migration, translocality and development in times of climate change. Mitra|WA Working Paper Series - 7 KW - migration KW - area of origin KW - area of destination KW - livelihood KW - remittances KW - food security Y1 - 2026 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-20299 ER -