News

• Elective packages in the summer semester 2021
  Students in a Bachelor's programme can take the elective package Media & Communication (30 ECTS). Students in a Master's programme can choose the elective package Media Practice (30 ECTS).
• Call for Papers: GfM Annual Conference at the University of Innsbruck
  The conference registration for the annual conference on "Knowledge Ecology" to be held in September 2021 is open. The conference will take place from 22.09. to 25.09.2021. It will be organised by our department.
• Media Summit 2021 rescheduled
  The international Media Summit in Lech, Arlberg has been rescheduled to the 02-04 December 2021.
• Master students organise expert discussion panel for the Media Summit in Lech (15-17 April)
  From 02 to 04 December, the University of Innsbruck will participate for the first time at the international Media Summit in Lech/Arlberg with its own expert discussion panel on the topic "Generation Protest? - The challenges for politics and the media". Dr. Natascha Zeitel-Bank (coordinator of the elective package "Media Practice") is leading the preparations with the students, which will focus on the interplay between politics and media with a focus on digital networking.
• Retirement of Prof. Günther Pallaver
  With the start of the winter term 2020/21, our long-time head of department and its co-founder, Prof. Günther Pallaver, retired. Numerous colleagues and friends have now honored Prof. Pallaver's academic work in the Festschrift "Crossing Borders - Passaggi di confine - Grenzgänge" with contributions from political science, history and communication studies.
• Media Day 2020 cancelled
  The Media Day 2020 had to be cancelled due to the current situation (Covid-19).

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Events

• 14th Media Summit in Lech am Arlberg
  At the international media summit in Lech am Arlberg from 2 to 4 December, renowned experts from journalism, politics and economics will discuss the consequences of the standstill and the reality after the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Media Day 2021: DataPolitics – Handling data in the digital age
  Unfortunately, the Media Day 2020 had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We therefore look forward to welcoming you again in 2021 (expected date: 18.11.2021) to our annual Media Day in Innsbruck.
• Annual Conference 2021 of the Society for Media Studies (GfM): Knowledge Ecology
  The "Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft" (GfM) will hold its annual conference from 22 to 25 September 2021 to discuss current issues in the field and theoretical and methodological developments in media studies. In addition to the presentation of research results, the conference offers opportunities for personal exchange and the discussion of science-policy issues. The general theme of the conference in 2021 is "Knowledge Ecology".
• Media - Knowledge - Education 2021: Critical Ecologies and Ecologies of Criticism
  The biannually organised international conference at the University of Innsbruck will take place from 21-22 September 2021.

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Workshops

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