Institute of Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
The ICAM researches the conditions, effects and aesthetics of digital media in connection with processes of culturalization, the technologization of social and economic relations, and the generation and archiving of knowledge. Our studies reflect on how (digital) media always also contribute to shaping the signs and objects they store, transmit or process in a specific way. At the same time, we are interested in how certain cultural techniques contribute to shaping the usage and areas of application of digital media.
Researchers at the ICAM explore the cultural and technological history of digital media—from cybernetics and the beginnings of the computer all the way to present-day network technologies, from textual and acoustic to visual forms of media representation, and from the classics to current concepts of media theory formation.
Main research areas
The ICAM researches the conditions, effects and aesthetics of digital media in connection with processes of culturalization, the technologization of social and economic relations, and the generation and archiving of knowledge. Our studies reflect on how (digital) media always also contribute to shaping the signs and objects they store, transmit or process in a specific way. At the same time, we are interested in how certain cultural techniques contribute to shaping the usage and areas of application of digital media.
In the different core areas researchers at the ICAM explore the cultural and technological history of digital media—from cybernetics and the beginnings of the computer all the way to present-day network technologies, from textual and acoustic to visual forms of media representation, and from the classics to current concepts of media theory formation.
The ICAM maintains close institutional contact and cooperates with the Leuphana, e.g., the Moving Image Lab of the Innovation Incubator, the Leuphana College, the Leuphana Arts Program and the Leuphana Graduate School. Furthermore, the ICAM is responsible for the Audio and Video Labs of the Computer and Media Center of Leuphana.
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Das Unwort erklärt die Untat: Die »Döner-Mordserie« und der Umgang mit Gewalt an Migrantinnen und Migranten in den Medien
Virchow, F., Thomas, T. & Grittmann, E., 2015, In: Wissenschaft und Frieden. Dossier 77, Rechter Terror in Deutschland, p. 8-10 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Glaubwürdigkeit als Gegenstand der Medienkritik: Befunde einer Studie zur medialen Berichterstattung über die NSU-Morde
Thomas, T., Grittmann, E. & Virchow, F., 01.01.2015, In: Communicatio socialis. 48, 2, p. 138-151 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die Berichterstattung über die Mordserie des NSU im Lichte journalistischer Selbstkritik
Virchow, F., Grittmann, E. & Thomas, T., 2015, In: Theorie und Praxis der sozialen Arbeit. 2015, 4, p. 297-306 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gerechtigkeit und Anerkennung durch Bilder: Eine ethische Perspektive auf visuelle Kommunikation in den Medien
Grittmann, E. & Maier, T., 2016, Verantwortung – Gerechtigkeit – Öffentlichkeit: normative Perspektiven auf Kommunikation. Werner, P., Pleil, T., Rinsdorf, L. & Altmeppen, K.-D. (eds.). Konstanz/München: UVK Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, p. 171-184 14 p. (Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft; vol. 43).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Fotojournalismus in der Weimarer Republik: Ein theoretisch-empirisches Konzept zur Erforschung von Berufsfeld und Selbstverständnis
Grittmann, E. & Birkner, T., 2016, Deutsche illustrierte Presse: Journalismus und visuelle Kultur in der Weimarer Republik. Leiskau, K., Rösler, P. & Trabert, S. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 71-92 22 p. (Mediengeschichte; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Fotojournalismus und journalistische Bildkommunikation in der digitalen Ära
Grittmann, E., 05.09.2018, Handbuch Visuelle Kommunikationsforschung. Lobinger, K. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 19 p. (Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften (SRS)).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Visibility, Voice and Encounter in Cosmopolitan Online Communication. Rethinking Cultural Citizenship in Post-Migrant Societies
Grittmann, E. & Thomas, T., 2018, (Mis)Understanding Political Participation: Digital Practices, New Forms of Participation and the Renewal of Democracy. Wimmer, J., Wallner, C., Winter, R. & Oelsner, K. (eds.). 1 ed. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 213-228 16 p. (Routledge Studies in European Communication Research and Education Serie).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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From Pity to Control: Regulated Humanitarianism in German Media Coverage of Refugees and Asylum
Grittmann, E., 2018, The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action. Andersen, R. & de Silva, P. L. (eds.). New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 90-101 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Das Unwort erklärt die Untat: Die Berichterstattung über die NSU-Morde – eine Medienkritik; Eine Studie der Otto Brenner Stiftung
Virchow, F., Thomas, T. & Grittmann, E., 2015, Frankfurt: Otto Brenner Stiftung. 95 p. (OBS-Arbeitsheft; vol. 79)Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Transfer
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Internet der Dinge: Über smarte Objekte, intelligente Umgebungen und die technische Durchdringung der Welt
Engemann, C. (Editor) & Sprenger, F. (Editor), 2015, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 400 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research