We have been researching media change and the associated structural changes in public communication since 1950
Information on the organization, financing, the committees and the namesake Hans Bredow
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Our academic quarterly journal “Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft” is published open access by Nomos-Verlag
The series “Working Papers of the HBI” is published in four versions and is available for download
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Last update: 21.07.2026
Media Use and Social Cohesion
Program Area 1 Social Functions of Communication and Media
Transformation of Journalism and the Public Sphere
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