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¦¦¦¦¦ About me experience | academic education | grants and recognition | service | memberships
Dr. Thomas Hanitzsch, born 1969 in Dresden, Germany, is Professor of Communication Studies (with an emphasis on journalism) at the Institute of Communication Studies and Media Research, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany. After two years of working as a reporter and editor for a local newspaper, he studied Journalism, Arabic Studies & Oriental Philology and Indonesian Studies at the University of Leipzig (Germany) and Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia). In 2004, he completed his doctorate at the Ilmenau University of Technology. Here, he held academic positions as a Research Assistant and Assistant Professor between 2002 and 2006, and as Assistant Professor at University of Zurich from 2006 to 2009. Dr. Hanitzsch is the founder of the ICA Journalism Studies Division and co-editor of the Handbook of Journalism Studies (Routledge, 2009).
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Institute of Communication Studies and Media Research, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany:
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since 2010
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Professor of Communication Studies (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:
Other:
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1999 - 2002
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Freelance correspondent for German print media
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1991 - 1992
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Newspaper journalist and editor for "Die Union" (later merged with "Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten")
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2004
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Ph.D. in Applied Media Studies, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany
Title of dissertation: Journalism in Indonesia: journalistic actors, structures, and orientations in a democratizing media system
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1999
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Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Arabic Studies / Oriental Philology, University of Leipzig, Germany
Title of diploma thesis: Journalism education in Indonesia: context, objectives, structures, and contents
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2008
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Best Journal Article in Communication Studies, Annual Conference of the German Communication Association, Lugano, 30 April – 2 May 2008
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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 (by
the Government of the Republic of Indonesia)
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and several conference and travel grants
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International Communication Association (ICA):
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2008 - 2009
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Chair, ICA task force on the possible submission of papers and panels in multiple languages
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2006
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Conference chair, International conference “Thinking Journalism across National Boundaries: New Challenges and Emergent Perspectives” in Porto Alegre, Brazil
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2006
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Accepted nomination to run for the Bord Member at Large (Europe) office
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2005 - 2006
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Program co-chair, Journalism Studies Interest Group, 56th Annual ICA Conference in Dresden
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2004 - 2005
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Program chair, Journalism Studies Interest Group, 55th Annual ICA Conference in New York
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2004 - 2006
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ICA Board of Directors
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2004 - 2006
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Chair, ICA Journalism Studies Interest Group
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Institute of Media and Communication Studies, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany:
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2006
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Conference planner, “Ilmenau Media Studies Forum”
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2005 - 2006
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Elected representative of mid-level faculty, member of Institute Council
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2005 - 2006
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Executive Director, Research Group on Crisis Communication
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2003 - 2005
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Coordinator, International Relations
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Others:
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Co-editor
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Journal of Global Mass Communication (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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Communication, Culture & Critique
Communication Theory
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: Theory, Practice and Criticism
Medien and Kommunikationswissenschaft
Publizistik
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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