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Elisabeth Wagner-Olfermann receives PolKom Kickstarter Fund from the DGPuK specialist group "Communication and Politics" and the Young Talent Network Political Communication

This year, for the first time, the DGPuK's specialist group "Communication and Politics" together with the Young Talent Network Political Communication (NapoKo) offered the PolKom Kickstarter Fund.
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As a one-time financial grant, the fund is intended to support young scholars in the implementation of their research project.

Elisabeth Wagner-Olfermann from the research group for Public Relations and Communication of Technology prevailed against the competitors with her dissertation project. In her project, she investigates the media construction of political leadership in cross-border crises and aims not only to compare countries but also crises in the data collection. Already in July, Mrs. Wagner-Olfermann received financial support from the Equal Opportunities Council of the TU Ilmenau, as her project also focuses on the media representation of female politicians.

The money from both grants will now be used for data collection. Ms. Wagner-Olfermann has currently advertised two coder positions starting this October, for which students can still apply until August 23.

Further information: https://www.dgpuk.de/de/preisträgerin-des-ersten-polkom-kickstarter-fund-ist-elisabeth-wagner-olfermann.html

 

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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