Elisabeth Klaus#
| Membership Number: | 5120 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | FILM, MEDIA & VISUAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.plus.ac.at/kommunikationswissenschaft/fachbereich/mitarbeiterinnen-2/emeriti/klaus-elisabeth/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-6552-5698 |
Present and Previous Positions
- From 2003 Professor for communication studies, University of Salzburg,
- 1996 - 2003 Associate professor for communication studies, University of Göttingen, DE
- 1993 - 1995 Stipend for Post-doc diploma (Habilitation)
- 1991 - 1992 (Temporary) Professor for Journalism, University of Hamburg, DE
- 1986 - 1992 Assistant Professor (Hochschulassistentin), University of Dortmund, DE
- 1981 - 1985 Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Notre Dame, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Theories of the public (esp. three-level model of the public sphere)
- Media & Cultural Production
- Media and artistic discourses on flight and migration
- Science and art
- Theories of communication and media studies
- Cultural studies and popular culture (entertainment theories, audience and genre research, reality TV, contemporary drama series)
- Gender studies in communication studies
- Inclusion and exclusion by/to the media
- Social participation through cultural productions
Honours and Awards
- 2005 Best Journal Article in Communication Studies 2005, German Communication Association (together with Margreth Lünenborg)
- 1993 - 1995 “Habilitationsstipendium”, 3 year fellowship granted by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 1992 Bennigsen-Foerder-Award of the Ministry of Science and Research of Northrhine-Westfalia
- 1983/84 Dissertation Year Fellowship and John J. Kane Memorial (for outstanding graduate students, 1983) at the Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA
