Emeritus University Professor at the University of Vienna, Professorship for Audiovisual Journalism Institute for Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Vienna with a focus on: Cultural studies media and communication theory, alternative formats of the public sphere, Media change, media education, transcultural communication, environmental and sustainability discourse.
President of the European Society for Education and Communication (ESEC), member of the board of trustees of the Society for Pedagogy and Information (GPI), founding and honorary president of OKTO Community TV Wien, editor-in-chief of descripto (media magazine with a focus on Balkan countries), editor-in-chief of WAJ (World Alliance Journal with a focus on Southeast Asia).
Since retiring in 2013, various guest professorships / numerous guest lectures at universities in Brazil, Southeast Europe, China and Southeast Asia, keynote speeches within conferences/academic Tagungen Wien, Berlin, Kristiansand, Pristina, Tirana, Sarajevo, Limassol, Amsterdam, Shanghai, São Paulo, Istanbul, Athens, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Manila, Cagayan de Oro, New York, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City.
Born in 1945 in Diessen in Ammersee, completed studies: philosophy and theology (1970 Dipl. theol. University of Eichstätt), cultural sociology and communication science (1973 Dr. phil. University of Salzburg), communication training and media education (1976 Cert. 1976 AKM Zurich – Graz), Habilitation in communication science, focus on media education (1980 University of Salzburg), appointment as O. Univ. Professor and full professor for audiovisual media, media culture and media education at the University of Vienna (1992), research and publications on the theory and science of communication, media, media society, communication culture, media education, transcultural communication and sub-areas such as health, environmental and religious – and urban communication, on professionalization and alternatives to social media use, especially in the area of application of alternative media and community media – linear and digital.
Founder of U-tv and u-ton, university television and university radio at the University of Vienna, founding president of OKTO Community TV Vienna and its long-standing chairman.
