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The Journalism Studies Center, located in the Department of Communication at the University of Vienna, is concerned with the interdisciplinary study of journalism and its interaction with societal fields across different cultural contexts, employing qualitative and quantitative approaches. In doing so, we aspire to generate knowledge that is theoretically innovative and of relevance for society.

Key foci of research conducted at the Center include:

  • Transformations of journalism and journalism education against the background of political, economic, technological and cultural influences
  • (Re-)Conceptualizations of journalism
  • Journalism and Collective Memory
  • Reciprocal relationships between journalism and other societal fields

Out now!

The Routledge Handbook of Lifestyle Journalism

The Routledge Handbook of Lifestyle Journalism has been published, edited by Folker Hanusch. 

This Handbook is divided into five major sections covering definitions; current trends; the relationship between lifestyle journalism and consumer culture; how lifestyle journalism interacts with matters of identity, emotion, politics, and society; and future directions. Featuring 30 contributions from authors at the cutting-edge of research around the world, each chapter provides an authoritative overview of key literature and debates and proposes a way forward for future scholarship.

The Routledge Handbook of Lifestyle Journalism is an essential companion for advanced students and researchers of lifestyle journalism and related beats including food, fashion, and travel writing.

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News 2025

  • 09.09.2025 New Publications
    Uth, B. (2025). What does the audience expect when interacting with journalists? A Q-sort study. Journalism Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2025.2551986

    Weiß, A.-N., Lünenborg, M., Bayramoğlu, Y., & Uth, B. (2025). Diversität, Intersektionalität und Geschlecht im Journalismus – zur Einführung in das Themenheft. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft (M&K), 73(3), 299-314. https://doi.org/10.5771/1615-634X-2025-3-299

    Uth, B. (2025). Audience Engagement als Mittel der Vertrauensbildung im Medienbereich. In V. Schwenker & P. Sandermann (Eds.) TRUST ISSUES!? Vertrauen und gesellschaftliche Zukunft (pp. 197-211). transcript. 

    Lünenborg, M., Weiß, A.-N., Bayramoğlu, Y., & Uth, B. (2025). Themenheft Diversität, Intersektionalität und Geschlecht im Journalismus. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft (M&K), 73(3). https://doi.org/10.5771/1615-634X-2025-3-297 

  • 04.09.2025 New Publications
    Löhmann, K., Maares, P., Hanusch, F. & Nölleke, D. (2025). Diversität im journalistischen Selbstverständnis. Eine Analyse des Rollenselbst- und -fremdbildes traditioneller und peripherer Akteur*innen im österreichischen Journalismus. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaften (73)3, 424-441. https://doi.org/10.5771/1615-634X-2025-3-424

    Hanusch, F. (Ed.). (2025). The Routledge Handbook of Lifestyle Journalism. Routledge. 

    Hanusch, F. (2025). The making of a field? On the relevance of studying lifestyle journalism. In F. Hanusch (Ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Lifestyle Journalism (pp. 3-12). Routledge.

    Hanusch, F. (2025). Role perceptions in lifestyle journalism. In F. Hanusch (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Lifestyle Journalism (pp. 234-249). Routledge.
  • 01.09.2025 Time to say goodbye
    Our long-standing colleague Phoebe Maares, who most recently worked on the FWF project “From Core to Periphery: Boundaries of Journalism”, has fully moved to the University of Tübingen as of September 1. Since May, she had already been holding a part-time position there. At Tübingen, she is now a postdoctoral research associate at the Institute for Research on Far Right Extremism (IRex) in the field of Media and Public Spheres lead by Prof. Dr. Annett Heft.

    We will miss you, dear Phoebe, and wish you all the best for this new chapter!
  • 01.07.2025 New Publication
    Leonhardt, B., Nölleke, D., & Hanusch, F. (2025). The power of perception: How scientific experts’ understanding of media logic affects their media-related behavior. Studies in Communication and Media, 14(2), 203-233. https://www.doi.org/10.5771/2192-4007-2025-2-203
  • 21.05.2025 New Publication
    Löhmann, K. (2025). Activists for Diversity or Diverse Journalists? How Austrian Peripheral Journalistic Actors’ Role Orientations Serve as Boundary Markers. Journalism Studies, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2025.2505945
  • 19.05.2025 New Publications
    Maares, P., & Perreault, G. (2025). True Crime Podcasting as Journalistic Heterodoxy: Boundary Practices and Journalistic Epistemology of a Heretic Interloper. Journalism Studies, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2025.2486215

    Maares, P. (2025). Real freelancers, contingent workers, and journopreneurs. Mapping atypical journalistic work in Western Europe. Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849251343519
  • 22.04.2025 New Publication
    Garusi, D., Juarez Miro, C., & Hanusch, F. (2025). Local journalists and the construction of social identities. A phenomenological approach. Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849251334256
  • 01.04.20025 New Publicaiton
    Garusi, D., Juarez Miro, C., & Hanusch, F. (2025). Understanding news media trust through the lens of phenomenological sociology. Communication Theory, qtaf005. https://doi.org/10.1093/ct/qtaf005
  • 12.03.2025 New Publication
    Leonhardt, B., Hanusch, F., & Singh, S. (2025). The impact of local culture on journalistic roles and practices: Evidence from the Pacific Islands. Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849251326034
  • 01.03.2025 New member!
    We are delighted to welcome Anne Waack within our ranks. She will support Folker in his courses as a teaching assistant.
  • 26.02.2025 - New Publication
    Wehden, L. O., Uth, B., von den Driesch, L., Engelke, K. M., & Springer, N. (2025). Transitioning to Transparency: Footnote Journalism as a Novel Journalistic Practice. Journalism Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2025.2464927
  • 24.02.2025 - New Publication
    English, P., Hanusch, F., & Löhmann, K. (2025). The more things change: Exploring change in Australian journalists’ views over a decade of upheaval. Australian Journalism Review. https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00173_1
  • 12.02.2025 - New Publications
    Nölleke, D., Hanusch, F., Maares, P., & Löhmann, K. (2025) Periphere Akteure im Journalismus. In Hanitzsch, T., Loosen, W., & Sehl, A. (Eds.) Journalismusforschung (pp. 565-584). Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748932291

    Perreault, G.P., Foxman, M., Maares, P., & Hase, V. (2025). Epistemologies of Digital News Production: Power and Technological Adaptation in Knowledge Production. Digital Journalism, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2025.2462539
  • 22.01.2025 - Denver, here we come!
    We are very pleased that our team will be giving 15 presentations at the ICA conference in Denver from June 12 to 16:
    • Garusi, D. (2025, June 12-16). Local journalists’ and local inhabitants’ mutual trust: a processual approach [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
    • Garusi, D., Juarez Miro, C. & Hanusch, F. (2025, June 12-16). Local journalists and the construction of social identities. A phenomenological approach [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
    • Garusi, D., & Leonhardt, B. (2025, June 12-16). Constructive journalists’ trust-building strategies: A comparative study of six European countries [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
    • Hanusch, F., Juarez Miro, C., & Banjac, S. (2025, June 12-16). Audience expectations of diverse forms of journalism across media systems [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
    • Hokamp, D., Lecheler, S., & Hanusch, F. (2025, June 12-16). The role of emotional capital in politicians’ campaign communication [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
    • Jansová, I., Waschková Císařová, L., Kluknavská, A., Haberl, M., Hokamp, D., Hanusch, F., & Lecheler, S. (2025, June 12-16). Gender, influence, and the emotional underpinnings of journalist-politician interactions [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
    • Leonhardt, B. (2025, June 12-16). A matter of negotiation: Value patterns and negotiation strategies among Austrian journalists [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
    • Leonhardt, B., & Garusi, D. (2025, June 12-16). Constructive journalism across Europe: Journalistic role perceptions and negotiations in six countries [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
    • Löhmann, K., & Maares, P. (2025, June 12-16). Activists for diversity or diverse journalists? How alternative peripheral journalistic actors use role orientations as a boundary marker [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA. States of America.
    • Löhmann, K., Maares, P., Nölleke, D., & Hanusch, F. (2025, June 12-16). What is journalism? Traditional, peripheral and audience perspectives on journalistic authority in Austria [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
    • Nölleke, D., Maares, P., Löhmann, K., & Hanusch, F. (2025, June 12-16). Professional norms as boundary markers in sports journalism [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
    • Perreault, G., Donauer, M., & Hanusch, F. (2025, June 12-16). A Missed opportunity? How lifestyle journalists think about inclusion in their work [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
    • Stehle, H., Kanngießer, S., Lührmann, J., Uth, B., Görland, S. (2025, June 12-16). Communicating the Energy Transition in Germany—Enablers and Barriers at Local and National Level [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
    • Uth, B., Ötting, H., Eichler, H. & Kokoschka, V. (2025, June 12-16). Debate spaces audiences actually want? A case study of the public spaces incubator [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
    • Wehden, L.-O., Uth, B., von den Driesch, L., Springer, N. (2025, June 12-16). Exploring new means of source transparency: Footnote journalism's effects on credibility and news engagement [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, USA.
  • 02.01.2025 - New Team Member
    We warmly welcome Bernadette Uth as the new Post Doc to our team. Bernadette previously worked at the University of Münster. It's great that you are now in Vienna, Bernadette!