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Die Gewinnerteams „Imagegeflüster“ und „Prime Relations“ zusammen mit der JuryTU Ilmenau/Laura Kunze

Students of the TU Ilmenau presented professional communication concepts

Campaigning for a real client - that is the aim of the seminar "Professional field…

First DECIPHER Publication in Top Journal Health Communication

Under the title "The Global Study of COVID News: Scope, Findings, and Implications of…

BO PR cooperates with Kreissparkasse Gotha

In the summer semester 2023, the 24 bachelor students of the seminar…

Research

We research various structural, content-related and social dimensions of strategic communication, including in the context of technology-oriented organizations. Our focus is on public relations & organizational communication, risk and crisis communication, communication with and about technologies, and international strategic communication.

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Teaching

In the area of teaching, we deal as a field of expertise with the areas of public relations, crisis communication, international communication, communicator research as well as media change and social media.

Publications

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  • Schwarz, A., Seeger, M., & Auer, C. (Eds.). (2016). Handbook of international crisis communication research. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
    Schwarz, A., Schleicher, K., Srugies, A., & Rothenberger, L. (2017). Crisis communication of youth welfare offices in Germany: Findings on media coverage and strategic communication especially in the context of severe cases of child welfare endangerment. Ilmenau: Ilmenau University Press. 
    Schwarz, A. (2010). Crisis PR from a stakeholder perspective: The influence of attributions of cause and responsibility on organizational reputation. Wiesbaden: VS Verl. for the Social Sciences.

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Team

The research group for Public Relations and Communication of Technology has been led on an interim basis since 04/2023 by Prof. Dr. Martin Löffelholz. The team consists of Dr. Andreas Schwarz, Francis Alpers, Elisabeth U. Wagner-Olfermann, and Tatjana Faj. Melanie Waltinger currently supports as team assistant.

 
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