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Dear all,

Our next London PUS Seminar will be held on Wednesday the 26th February. Further details are below.

All welcome. If you'd like to join the email list then please contact Simon.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Professor Martin Bauer, Dr Simon J Lock, Dr Jane Gregory

Title: Media orientation of universities – a golden age for public relations?

Abstract: We will report about a study on the the executive influence of public relations managers in the German higher education system. It provides evidence that the mediatization of German higher education offers an important opportunity for the empowerment of university PR departments. Nevertheless, an indispensable precondition for PR departments’ organizational advancement resides in the perception of its professionalization.

Speakers: Frank Marcinkowski (University of Muenster, Germany), Matthias Kohring (University of Mannheim, Germany)

Frank Marcinkowski is Professor of Communication at the University of Muenster, Germany, where he specializes in media theory, political communication, and science communication. He holds an Ph.D. in political science from Mercator University, Duisburg/Essen. Marcinkowski has written articles and book chapters on the role of the media in electoral politics and referenda, the mediatization of science, the role of the media in new forms of governance, and online campaigning. He is coeditor, together with Barbara Pfetsch, of Politics in Media Democracy (VS, 2009).

Matthias Kohring is Professor at the University of Mannheim, Germany, His main subjects are theory of public sphere, science journalism and science communication, trust in news media and trust in internet communication. He holds an Ph.D. in communication from University of Muenster.

Date, Time and Location:
Wednesday 26th February 2014
16.15-18:00

Venue: STC.314, St Clement's, LSE

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About the Seminar Series
The London PUS seminar is an interdisciplinary intercollegiate seminar concerned with the broad range of topics that fall under the headings of public understanding of science, public engagement with science, science communication, and science-in-society. It has been run jointly between LSE and UCL since 1993 and is open to all. Our participants predominantly come from a wide range of academic disciplines, and the science policy and science communication/public engagement communities. It is currently supported by the Public Understanding of Science journal published by SAGE and the Department of Science and Technology Studies, UCL.

Dr Simon J Lock
Lecturer in Science Communication and Governance

Department of Science and Technology Studies
UCL
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London
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