The Global Media Journal is an open-access academic refereed publication in various national or regional editions around the globe. GMJ-German Edition is affiliated with the Freie University Berlin/Germany and the University of Erfurt/Germany and hosted by Carola Richter and Christine Horz.

GMJ-DE is published semi-annually (spring and fall) and bilingually (English and German). It is dedicated to research in the fields of communication and media studies, with the  ambition to present communication and media theories, report empirical and analytical research, present critical discourses, apply theories to case studies, and set out innovative research methodologies. It aims to advance research and understanding of international and cross-cultural communication and media in the German-spoken countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and around the globe such as research on Media Systems, Journalism, Migration & Diaspora, Development Communication and other fields of communication and media studies.

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The GMJ-DE contains four sections:

– academic articles (peer-reviewed)
– reports of media praxis and scientific field work
– graduate papers
– book reviews

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The current issue Vol. 8, No. 1 contains the following articles

Peer Reviewed Articles

Michael Meyen
Journalists’ Autonomy around the Globe: A Typology of 46 Mass Media Systems
(article in English)
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Waqas Ejaz
Investigating Malaise and Mobilization Effects of Media Use on European Identity before and after the Eurozone Crisis
(article in English)
Abstract | PDF-Fulltext

Tal Samuel-Azran, Yair Galily, Amit Lavie-Dinur & Yuval Karniel
“Germany’s Victory over Brazil was like the Blitzkrieg”: The Sport-Politics Nexus in Israel During the 2014 World Cup (article in English)
Abstract | PDF-Fulltext

Michael Lithgow & Michèle Martin
The Eyewitness Texture of Conflict: Contributions of Amateur Videos in News Coverage of the Arab Spring
(article in English)
Abstract | PDF-Fulltext

Essays

Mehmet Bayrak & Ömer Alkın
Kritik von Fortschrittsnarrativen im deutsch-türkischen Migrationskontext –
Migrationskino und Diasporamoscheen im Integrationsdispositiv
(article in German)
Abstract | PDF-Fulltext

Book Reviews

Simon Berghofer
Birkinbine, Benjamin; Gomez, Rodrigo & Wasko, Janet (eds.) (2016): Global Media Giants
(review in German)
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Liane Rothenberger
Alfter, Brigitte (2017): Grenzüberschreitender Journalismus. Handbuch zum Cross-Border-Journalismus
(review in German)
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Roger Blum
Berghofer, Simon (2017): Globale Medien- und Kommunikationspolitik. Konzeption und Analyse eines Politikbereichs im Wandel
(review in German)
Read Review

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