This volume contributes to diversity research within communication studies, taking into consideration the representation and implementation of social and cultural diversity in the public sphere, particularly in the mass media. In the first part, concepts of diversity are outlined with respect to a normative claim. In the second part, the focus lies on particular political decision-making and implementation of diversity measures in media regulation, public diplomacy, and science. The last part presents an analysis of the construction of diversity in internationally traded TV programs. (Series:...

In times of increasing mediatization and digitalization media play an important role in political and societal transformation processes. They inquire into the ways processes of networking and mobilization evolve in the context of restricted media systems and state-dominated public spheres.