(De-)Westernizing Media and Journalism Studies: Demarcating, Transcending and Subverting Borders

Anne Grüne is research assistant at the chair for International and Comparative Communication Studies at the University of Erfurt. She holds her master’s degree in cultural studies, journalism and English language and literature from the University of Leipzig. In her current research project she comparatively investigates processes of cultural transfer in television entertainment in Germany and Egypt focusing on the (g)local contexts of production, representation and reception of adapted television formats within the framework of cultural globalization. Her field of research interest refers to globalization and cultural theory, popular culture, cultural and media sociology.

Dirk-Claas Ulrich is doctoral student at the chair for International and Comparative Communication Studies at the University of Erfurt. He graduated from Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg and holds a master’s degree in Information Systems with an emphasis on digital media. Besides issues related to the conference his research interests include Globalization Studies, deliberative democratic theory & the global public sphere, and United Nations Studies, especially media descriptions and the legitimacy (crisis) of UN-institutions.