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¦¦¦¦¦ About me experience | academic education | grants and recognition | service | memberships
Dr. Thomas Hanitzsch, born 1969 in Dresden, Germany is Associate Professor of Communication at the Institute of Communication Studies and Media Research, University of Munich, Germany. He worked as a journalist in the early 1990s and studied Journalism, Arabic Studies/Oriental Philology and Indonesian Studies at the University of Leipzig, Germany and Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia. He earned his Ph.D. in 2004 from the Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany where he held various positions between 2002 and 2006. Prior to his move to University of Munich he worked at the University of Zurich, Switzerland (2006-2009).
Dr. Hanitzsch founded and chaired the International Communication Association's Journalism Studies Interest Group (now Division) and is currently Vice Chair of the European Communication Research and Education Association's Journalism Studies Section. He is the co-editor of the Handbook of Journalism Studies (Routledge, 2009) and serves as Editor-in-Chief for Communication Theory.
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IfKW - Institute of Communication Studies and Media Research, University of Munich, Germany:
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since 2010
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Associate Professor of Communication (with an emphasis on journalism)
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IPMZ - Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland:
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2006 - 2009
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Assistant Professor (Oberassistent)
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Institute of Media and Communication Studies, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany:
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2004 - 2006
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Assistant Professor (wissenschaftlicher Assistent, C1)
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2002 - 2004
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Research Assistant (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)
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2000 - 2002
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Ph.D. Research fellow
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2000 - 2001
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Adjunct lecturer
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Communication Department, Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia:
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2010
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Habilitation, Venia Legendi for Mass Communication, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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2004
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Ph.D. in Applied Media Studies, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany
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1999
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Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Arabic Studies / Oriental Philology, University of Leipzig, Germany
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¦¦¦¦¦ Major grants and recognition
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2010
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Best Journal Article in Communication Studies, German Communication Association
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2010
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Research grant (Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, with Folker Hanusch)
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2008
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Best Journal Article in Communication Studies, German Communication Association
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2008 - 2010
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Research grant (Swiss National Science Foundation, with Heinz Bonfadelli)
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2007 - 2009
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Research grant (Swiss National Science Foundation, with Frank Esser)
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2007
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Additional research grant (Swiss National Science Foundation, with Frank Esser)
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2006 - 2008
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Research grant (German Science Foundation, DFG)
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2005
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Top Paper Award, 55th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Plenary Interactive Paper Session, New York, 26-30 May 2005
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2000 - 2002
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Ph.D. grant (Thuringian Agency for Graduate Studie)
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1997 - 1998
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Dharmasiswa Stipend, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia (issued by
the Government of the Republic of Indonesia)
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since 2010 |
Deputy Director, Institute of Communication Studies and Media Research, University of Munich, Germany
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since 2010 |
Vice Chair, Journalism Studies Section, European Communication Research and Education Association
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2004 - 2006
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Chair, Journalism Studies Interest Group, and member of Board of Directors, International Communication Association
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Others:
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Editor-in-Chief
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Communication Theory (since 2011)
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Co-editor
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Journal of Global Mass Communication (2007-2009, with Eric Louw)
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Editorial Board
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Ecquid Novi: The South African Journal for Journalism Research
Komunikologi
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Reviewer
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Chinese Journal of Communication
Communication, Culture & Critique
Communication Theory
Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research
Conflict and Communication Online
European Journal of Communication
Feminist Media Studies
International Journal of Press/Politics
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
Journalism Practice
Journalism Studies
Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism
Medien and Kommunikationswissenschaft
Publizistik
AQAS Agentur für Qualitätssicherung durch Akkreditierung von Studiengängen (evaluation of study programs)
German Research Foundation (DFG)
National Research Foundation (South Africa)
Science Foundation - Flanders
Riley/Blackwell Publishing
International Communication Association (ICA)
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
Swiss Communication and Media Research Association (SGKM)
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IAMCR
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International Association for Media and Communication Research
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ICA
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International Communication Association
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ECREA
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European Communication Research and Education Association
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DGPuK
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German Communication Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft)
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SGKM
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Swiss Communication Association (Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft)
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