Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Birkner
Head Division Journalism Studies
+43-662-8044-4157
Office: 1st floor, 1045, Rudolfskai 42 5020 Salzburg
Office hour: by appointment
Thomas Birkner is a full professor at the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Salzburg. He heads the journalism department. In addition to linking journalistic practice and international journalism research, he is particularly interested in the medialization of politics and sports and teaches political communication and sports journalism. After completing the project “The Media Biographies of the Federal German Chancellors”, his current project is called “The Century of Journalism”.
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Research Interests
Journalism/Journalism Research
Political Communication
Communication history
Sports Communication
International comparative media systems research
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Networks
International Communication Association (ICA)
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK)
Verein zur Förderung der Zeitungsforschung in Dortmund e. V.
Deutscher Journalisten-Verband (DJV)
Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschland (VHD)