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¿Wissenschaft und Forschung kommt in der staatlichen Außenrepräsentation seit jeher eine bedeutende Rolle zu. Im Kontext aktueller Entwicklungen - Schlagworte sind hier die Globalisierung zentraler gesellschaftlicher Bereiche, aufkommende Probleme wie Terrorismus und Klimawandel sowie schließlich die Entwicklung der sogenannten Wissensgesellschaft - erhalten Wissenschaft und Forschung zunehmend politisches Gewicht. Science Diplomacy wird als wichtiges Instrument im Rahmen internationaler politischer und ökonomischer Zielstellungen gesehen. Birte Fähnrich präsentiert eine grundlegende Bestandsa

Recent publications question the public visibility of communication science as a discipline and its relevance for the broader society. To address this issue, we analyze the public engagement of communication scientists by using the example of their Twitter activity. We theoretically distinguish eight types of engagement and explore their empirical prevalence. The results show that a large share of communication is between peers, fulfilling social networking functions. Nevertheless, more than a quarter of the tweets are on political and social topics. In this way, communication scientists bring society into their scholarly community and thus act as bridge builders. They also reach diverse publics outside of science, such as followers from the field of economics. Our study thus highlights the diversity of connections between science and society and can offer a starting point to further research other fields of public engagement and the impact of the discipline on the public discourse.

Recent publications question the public visibility of communication science as a discipline and its relevance for the broader society. To address this issue, we analyze the public engagement of communication scientists by using the example of their Twitter activity. We theoretically distinguish eight types of engagement and explore their empirical prevalence. The results show that a large share of communication is between peers, fulfilling social networking functions. Nevertheless, more than a quarter of the tweets are on political and social topics. In this way, communication scientists bring society into their scholarly community and thus act as bridge builders. They also reach diverse publics outside of science, such as followers from the field of economics. Our study thus highlights the diversity of connections between science and society and can offer a starting point to further research other fields of public engagement and the impact of the discipline on the public discourse.

Current research on right-wing populist communication is often confined to political parties, with social movements receiving much less attention. To help fill this research gap, we examine the frames and master frames of the PEGIDA movement and the role of the 2015 "refugee crisis" in shaping them. Using qualitative content analysis of speeches held at PEGIDA rallies between 2014 and 2016, we identify two distinct master frames, each consisting of five particular frames. Besides an initial master frame about the allegedly looming Islam- ization of Europe, a second master frame dealing with the Perils of Asylum emerge during the "crisis" – ultimately, both converge, with the latter incorporating central elements of the former. These findings buttress our interpretation of the "crisis" as an opportunity structure that helped right-wing populist social movements to revitalize their message and broaden their audience. However, its long-term impact still appears limited as PEGIDA's influence has greatly waned in recent years.

European perspectives and national discourses on the migrant crisis /Jenny Ritter, Markus Rhomberg, Melani Barlai, Birte Fähnrich, Christina Griessler --Albania, refugees, and the European Union /Donald Pasha, Sebastian Niemetz --"Refugees (no longer) welcome" : asylum discourse and policy in Austria in the wake of the 2015 refugee crisis /Oliver Gruber --Constructing the "refugee crisis" in Flanders : continuities and adaptations of discourses on asylum and migration /Benjamin de Cleen, Jan Zienkowski, Kevin Smets, Afra Dekie, Robin Vandevoordt --Bulgaria : the migrant influx /Lilia Raycheva --Humanitarianism and its limits : the refugee crisis response in Croatia /Senada Šelo Šabić --The migrant crisis in German public discourse /Dennis Lichtenstein, Jenny Ritter, Birte Fähnrich --The Greek paradigm on the migrant and refugee crisis /Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock, Clio Kenterelidou --A Hungarian trademark (a "Hungarikum") : the moral panic button /Melani Barlai, Endre Sik --The public debate on the Italian isolation in the European Union migration crisis /Andrea Stocchiero --The media discourse on migrants/refugees in Macedonia /Dale Taleski, Lura Pollozhani --Poland's response to the EU migration policy /Piotr Sadowski, Kinga Szczawińska --"The great exchange" : the political and media debate about the European migrant crisis in Romania /Marc Stegherr --Serbia between humanity and (un)security /Zoran Jevtović, Zoran Aracki --Framing of the Syrian refugee crisis in the Spanish press /Francisco Seoane Pérez --From "open your hearts" to closed borders : Sweden, the refugee crisis and the role of discourse /Gregg Bucken-Knapp --Media and immigration : communication research in Switzerland /Heinz Bonfadelli --Policies and discourses regarding the Syrian diaspora in contemporary Turkey : from "refugee crisis" to "minority problem"? /J. Eduardo Chemin, N. Ela Gokalp-Aras --The UK's discourse on the "migrant crisis" in summer 2015 /Christina Griessler --National discourses on the European migrant crisis /Jenny Ritter, Markus Rhomberg.

This commentary considers the separate but interconnected evolution of science communication and environmental communication as fields of research and practice, and argues for better mutual understanding between the fields, including an understanding of necessary differences. It notes that the repertoires of science communication and environmental communication overlap but have different emphases. Environmental communication emphasises public allegiances with a view to persuasion; science communication has focussed on public understanding and appreciation of science. The potential and the need for closer cooperation are growing as the authority of science is challenged in political arenas. Both fields recognise the important contributions of science to public sense-making and informed decision-making on major issues. Increasing engagement with the science that underpins environmental issues could benefit environmental communicators. In political contexts, science communication could learn from environmental communication's greater attention to advocacy and symbolic representations.