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The rising flood of emails, messages and meetings in the internal communication of large German companies is growing steadily. The growing number of daily messages as well as their frequency are causing employees to feel stressed. As a result, their productivity and job satisfaction decrease. This paper analyzes the role strategic communication pauses play in the internal corporate communication of large German companies. Using a qualitative research framework, based on semi-structured guided interviews with communication managers (n = 9), insights are gained into the use of communication pauses and reasons for implementing them in companies. The results show that the main reasons are the growing number of communication channels and the increasing quantity of communicated information. Both developments have been further driven by the digital transformation in particular. Furthermore, it is shown that communication pauses are defined and implemented very differently in companies, which is due to various factors, such as digital transformation, corporate culture and internal communication tools. Within the framework of the study, the term 'communication pause' is successfully defined for the first time. In addition, practical recommendations for the implementation of communication pauses in the internal communication of companies are provided.

Nowadays, sustainability is becoming increasingly important not only in society but also in companies. The objective of this study is to determine the potential of internal sustainability communication in shaping the Corporate Culture of sustainable companies. The research questions are dedicated to the goals, measures, and effects of internal sustainability communication with regard to Corporate Culture. To answer these questions, 15 qualitative expert interviews were conducted. A ranking of the 200 most sustainable companies in Germany was chosen as a sample to recruit the interview partners. The study was able to identify diverse potentials of internal sustainability communication with regard to shaping Corporate Culture. When considering the three dimensions of sustainability, it became clear that ecological and social sustainability are increasingly dealt with, while the economic dimension is neglected. This study shows that internal sustainability communication can positively influence the Corporate Culture as a whole and ultimately also individual employees in their attitudes and actions with regard to sustainability issues. However, the potential identified must be considered in the context of the individual Corporate Culture, such as the structural and personnel premises, to be able to discuss the extent to which the potential can be exploited in the best possible way. This study provides starting points for further research in this dynamic field as well as practical insights for application in employee communication.

The need for the social sciences to reevaluate the assumptions they hold about time is examined. Time has different meanings in different cultures & social contexts. The social sciences have adopted an Enlightenment notion of time as a linear, unidimensional, & ordered concept with limited relevance for late modernity that presents an obstacle to engaging with environmental crises in an adequate manner. Globalization, particularly of communication technologies, the acceleration of innovation processes, the dislocation of environmental impacts from benefits & control systems, & the increasing human control of nature have rendered obsolete distinctions between social & natural time & demand the development of a framework for conceptualization of the environmental crisis that emphasizes the immaterial, the unquantifiable, & the unpredictable. 54 References. D. Generoli

In an introduction to this edited volume (see related abstracts in IRPS No. 87), the field of cultural studies & its relation to science & technology are discussed. It is suggested that the traditional belief in the primacy of cause/effect relationships fails to recognize the complexity & interdependence of variables in the modern world. Culture, science, & technology are not distinct entities, but overlapping fields, which transform & are transformed by each other. Although science & technology have permeated modern society, they do not independently determine the outcomes of social situations & evolution. It is argued that traditional deterministic social sciences must be replaced by a theory of complexity that erodes the boundaries between distinct forms of knowledge & perspectives, & seeks to consider cause in terms of multiple & merging influences. Further, region-oriented communities are becoming less important as technology allows easy communication with distant others, & thereby facilitates the bypass of local ties. It is concluded that the field of cultural studies is best equipped to deal with the rapidly changing circumstances of the modern world due to its appropriation of knowledge from diverse perspectives, & its lack of fundamental & fixed principles. T. Sevier

The literature of the last decade in the field of critical white studies has expanded from challenges to white supremacy by male social scientists of color to expositions of institutionalized racism in literature, philosophy, communications, & the media. White studies has also entered formerly uncharted arenas such as racial ideology, relations between race & social control, whiteness as identity, & the legal construction of whiteness in the US. Women's studies has injected white patriarchy into analyses of white privilege, while the multicultural education movement that emerged in the 1980s introduced a focus on the complexity of relationships among African Americans, Latino/as, Asian Americans, & whites. The intersections between intellectual movements of cultural studies, critical communication studies, & semiotics are examined. It is contended here that most public/popular discourse is still framed in white-nonwhite terms, making it essential to understand how communication about whiteness is embedded in the social fabric to begin the process of destabilizing whiteness as an identity & ideology. Bibliog, 34 References. J. Lindroth

Im Jahr 2017 gründete sich das Netzwerk Kritische Kommunikationswissenschaft (KriKoWi) als eine Antwort auf theoretische und forschungspraktische Lücken in der deutschsprachigen Kommunikationswissenschaft (KoWi). Dieser Beitrag geht auf Kritiken sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung ein, an denen sich der Kritikbegriff des Netzweks in der fachübergreifenden Debatte grob orientiert. Dem folgt eine theoretisch-praktische Herleitung dieses Kritikverständnisses in Form von fünf Thesen. Abschließend geben wir eine Zusammenfassung der Ziele des Netzwerkes und Ausblicke auf aktuelle und zukünftige Projekte.

Die Zeit der COVID-19-Pandemie war eine Spezialzeit, die von einem großen Wunsch nach einer Rückkehr zur "Normalzeit" (d. h. gewohnten Abläufen) geprägt war. Dieser Wunsch ist uns auch im Zusammenhang mit anderen Gesundheitsthemen nicht unbekannt. Entsprechend lautete der Tagungstitel der 6. Jahrestagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Gesundheitskommunikation "NDR-Podcast, AHA-Regel & #WirBleibenZuhause: Gesundheitskommunikation in Zeiten der Pandemie - und danach...". Sie fand vom 17. bis 19. November 2021 als Onlinetagung an der Universität Hohenheim statt. Neben einer thematischen Einführung geben wir hier einen kurzen Überblick über die elf Beiträge, die uns einerseits Erkenntnisse über diese Spezialzeit vermitteln, andererseits aber auch Themen der Gesundheitskommunikation aufgreifen, die auch in Normalzeiten speziell sind.

Medium-sized companies make up a large part of the German corporate landscape and have often been the subject of empirical research. However, the corporate communication of medium-sized companies has hardly been studied to this day. This paper, therefore, deals with the corporate communication of medium-sized companies in Germany. The concept of Corporate Listening is at the center of the study. The research interest lies in creating an overview of the use of Corporate Listening in medium-sized companies, including organizational prerequisites, measures, reasons, and effects. For this purpose, communication managers from eleven medium-sized companies were interviewed. Macnamara's Architecture of Listening and the Communication Value Circle serve as the primary theoretical basis for this study. The results show that mid-sized companies possess a general awareness of the necessity of Corporate Listening and achieve listening to stakeholders and the public to at least some extent. Various reasons for this awareness could be identified. However, the existing prerequisites in the companies to carry out Corporate Listening measures still reveal potentials for optimization. The study shows that companies include insights gained through Corporate Listening in the planning of future actions; however, these insights are rarely considered for strategic measures.

"Die historisch wechselnde Konstellierung der Begriffe Autorität, Autorschaft, Wahrheit etc. bildet ein wesentliches Moment des medien- und kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Diskurses über die Beziehungen zwischen Wirklichkeit, Kunst, Produktion und Rezeption. War die ältere ästhetischen Theorie noch bis zur Aufklärung von den Parametern Nachahmung und Illusion her bestimmt, indem die Referenzebene der Kunst in einer ihrer Produktion vorangehenden Realität verortet wurde, so fokussieren moderne Theorien auf die Figur des werkbegründenden Subjekts, das Autorität im eigenen Namen reklamiert. Im postmodernen Diskurs eines referenzlosen, universalen Gewebes der Zeichen treten schließlich der Text selbst und seine vielgestaltige Rezipierbarkeit aus dem Schatten der 'Realität' und des 'Werkes' hervor. Die diesen verschiedenen Modellen jeweils eigenen Normierungstendenzen werden im Vortrag reflektiert. Insbesondere Konzeptionen, die zentral mit der Figur des Werkes argumentieren (etwa die Unterscheidung von Hoch- und Populärkultur in der Kulturindustriethese der kritischen Theorie), sowie solche, die sich dezidiert vom Werkbegriff distanziert haben, werden befragt. Dabei wird sich erweisen, daß entgegen den strikten Unterscheidungen normierender medien- und kommunikationswissenschaftlicher Theorien in der Gegenwart eher kulturelle Gemengelagen und Entgrenzungen zu beobachten sind, die als Konsequenz gesellschafts- und mediengeschichtlicher Differenzierungsprozesse rekonstruiert werden können. In einem forschungspolitischen Exkurs werden aktuelle Gutachten zur medienwissenschaftlichen Forschungslandschaft daraufhin untersucht, ob sie dieser Komplexität medialer Kommunikationsprozesse gerecht werden. Daran anschließend werden aktuelle Ansätze im Bereich der interdisziplinären Rezeptionsforschung betrachtet. Medienhandeln im Spannungsfeld von Übereignung und Aneignung wird hier als zentrales Element der sozialen Konstruktion von Medienästhetik und Kommunikationskultur gedeutet." (Autorenreferat)

(Globale) Pandemien stellen das Gesundheitshandeln und die Gesundheitskommunikation von Gesellschaften seit jeher vor enorme Herausforderungen. Obgleich sich Pandemien im Laufe der Geschichte stark unterschieden haben und sich in divergierenden historischen Kontexten ereigneten, so ähnelt sich dennoch der Umgang mit und die Kommunikation zu pandemischen Krisen zu unterschiedlichen historischen Zeitpunkten. In diesem Beitrag blicken wir auf die Gesundheitskommunikation rund um pandemische Krisen in verschiedenen Epochen und unterschiedlichen Medien- und Kommunikationslandschaften und fokussieren auf die historischen Gemeinsamkeiten der Pandemiekommunikation. Auf Basis einer inhaltlichen Strukturierung und in Anlehnung an die Lasswell-Formel arbeiten wir dabei die historischen Analogien der Pandemiekommunikation mit Blick auf die Kommunikator*innen, Medieninhalte, Medien- und Kommunikationskanäle, das Publikum sowie deren Medienwirkungen heraus und identifizieren spezifische überzeitliche Phänomene und Muster der pandemischen Kommunikation.

In light of organizational advocacy and issue management, this study examines on which decision-making basis large German companies have developed their positioning in relation to the Russia-Ukraine war and sheds light on the resulting insights for future communicative measures. The process of positioning is considered from the meso-level of the organizations. Eleven qualitative guided interviews with communicators show that while in many cases the positioning of a company is based on catalogues of decisions and criteria, it is usually carried out in an ad hoc manner. Above all, external factors, such as time or active demands from stakeholders, as well as internal factors, such as perceived positioning pressure, have an impact on a company's public statement. Regarding potential future crisis cases, each communicative challenge is seen as an opportunity for learning and further development. In summary, the article shows that dealing with an issue or crisis - depending on the perspective - such as the Russia-Ukraine war, cannot be carried out according to generally valid criteria, but must always be configured individually to the respective case and the affectedness of the company. The study expands the current state of research by taking a deeper look at the underlying processes of companies' positioning in crisis situations. At the same time, it opens possibilities for further research.