International & Comparative Media Research

M.A. Sven Engesser

Curriculum vitae

2010 – Present	Research and teaching assistant at the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich
2008	Short-term lecturer for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation at the Academy of Journalism and Communication in Hanoi, Vietnam

Fields of Research and Teaching

• Journalism research (foreign correspondents, participatory journalism, media performance, methods of journalism research)
• International comparison (international comparative journalism research, media systems in international comparison, methods of international comparison)
• Media systems (freedom of the press, transition, East and Southeast Asian media systems)
• Political communication (participation, counter-public spheres, European public sphere, interdependency of political systems and media systems)

Publications

Engesser, S. & Krämer, B. (2010). Die Rückfangmethode: Ein Verfahren zur Ermittlung unzugänglicher Grundgesamtheiten im Journalismus [Capture-recapture analysis: Estimating inaccessible populations in journalism]. In T. Quandt & O. Jandura (Eds.), Methoden der Journalismusforschung. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag (forthcoming).

Engesser, S. (2010). Barrieren medialer Partizipation: Ergebnisse eines explorativen Feldex-periments [Barriers of media participation: Results of an explorative field experiment]. In J. Wolling, M. Seifert, & M. Emmer (Eds.), Politik 2.0? Die Wirkung computervermittelter Kommunikation auf den politischen Prozess. München: Fischer (forthcoming).

Ammann, I., Krämer, B., & Engesser, S. (2010). Bildhafte Themen und kuriose Typen: Die Bedeutung der Fotos der Bild-Leserreporter [Pictured topics and curious types: The meaning of the photos produced by reader reporters and published in the German tabloid newspaper “Bild”]. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 58(1) (forthcoming).

Engesser, S. & Wimmer, J. (2009). Gegenöffentlichkeit(en) und partizipativer Journalismus im Internet [Counter-public sphere(s) and participatory online journalism]. Publizistik, 54(1), 43-63.

Engesser, S. (2008). Professionell-partizipative Nachrichtensites [Professional-participatory news websites]. In T. Quandt & W. Schweiger (Eds.), Journalismus online - Partizipation oder Profession? (pp. 111-128). Wiesbaden: VS.

Engesser, S. (2008). Partizipativer Journalismus: Eine Begriffsanalyse [Participatory journalism: A term analysis]. In A. Zerfaß, M. Welker, & J. Schmidt (Eds.), Kommunikation, Partizipation und Wirkungen im Social Web. Band 2: Strategien und Anwendungsfelder: Perspektiven für Wirtschaft, Politik, Publizistik (pp. 47-71). Köln: Halem.

Engesser, S. (2008). Das japanische Mediensystem als Spiegel der Gesellschaft [The Japanese media system as mirror to society]. In Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin (Ed.), 1. Deutsch-japanisch-koreanisches Stipendiatenseminar (pp. 116-121). Berlin: JDZB.

Engesser, S. (2007). Kisha-Club-System und Informationsfreiheit: Vergleich der Arbeitsbedingungen von Auslandskorrespondenten in Japan und Deutschland [Kisha-club system and freedom of information: Comparison of foreign correspondents’ working conditions in Japan and Germany]. Wiesbaden: DUV.

Presentations

Engesser, S. & Krämer, B. (2010, June).Capture-recapture analysis in journalism research. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Journalism Division, Singapore.

Fröhlich, R., Quiring, O., & Engesser, S. (2010, June).Between idiosyncratic self-interests and professional standards: A contribution to the understanding of participatory journalism in Web 2.0: Results from an online survey in Germany (Top Three Faculty Paper).Paper presented at the 60th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Journalism Division, Singapore.

Engesser, S. (2009, November).Journalism as a political institution: News-gathering organizations in Tokyo and Berlin. Paper presented at an international conference of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and the University of Zurich, Winterthur, Switzerland.

Engesser, S. & Franzetti, A. (2009, October). The spatial dimension of media systems: Conceptualizing centrality for international comparative research. Paper presented at an international conference of the University of Mannheim, Germany.

Engesser, S. & Franzetti, A. (2009, May). Media systems and political systems: Dimensions of comparison. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Political Communication Division, Chicago.

Engesser, S. & Franzetti, A. (2009, April). Interdependenzen zwischen Mediensystemen und politischen Systemen: Ergebnisse eines Mehr-Staaten-Vergleichs [The interdependency of media systems and political systems: Results of a multi-state comparison]. Paper presented at the 54th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association, Bremen, Germany.

Engesser, S. (2008, November). Kisha-club system and freedom of information. Paper presented at the 2nd European Communication Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association, Barcelona, Spain.

Engesser, S., Rechmann, A., Behmer, M., & Wimmer, J. (2008, October). Europäische Öffentlichkeit durch Konflikte? Ein internationaler Mehrebenenvergleich der Berichterstattung über die Unabhängigkeitserklä-rung des Kosovo in europäischen Qualitätszeitungen[Is the European public sphere induced by conflicts? An international multi-level comparison of Kosovo’s declaration of independence in European quality newspapers]. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Intercultural and International Communication Network of the German Communication Association, Ilmenau, Germany.

Engesser, S. & Wimmer, J. (2008, April). Gegenöffentlichkeit und partizipativer Journalismus[Counter-public spheres and participatory journalism]. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Conference of the German Communication Association, Lugano, Switzerland.

Engesser, S. & Rechmann, A. (2007, October). Politische Kommunikationskultur im internationalen Vergleich [Political communication culture in international comparison]. Paper presented at a conference of the German Communication Association and the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Berlin.

Activities