Anne Beier Editor

Lothar Mikos is Professor Emeritus of Television Studies at Filmuniversität Babelsberg in Potsdam, Germany, Professor of Journalism and Communication Studies at the Institute of Media and Communication Studies at Freie Universität Berlin, and Visiting Professor of Cultural Studies and Media Analysis at the Institute of Media and Communication Studies at Alpen-Adria Universität in Klagenfurt, Austria. His research focuses on the digital transformation of television, global trade of television drama series and shows, media production studies, qualitative audience research, and the global television and platform economy. Gisela Dachs teaches at the DAAD Center for German Studies and at the European Forum at the Hebrew University; she holds a PHD from the Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University, but her expertise about media is also based on her long career as a professional journalist, having worked exclusively for more than twenty years for the prestigious German weekly DIE ZEIT, first as a political editor in Hamburg and then as its correspondent in Israel. Most recently, she is also the editor of the compendium “Country report Israel”, published 2016 by the Federal Agency for Civic Education in Germany that serves as an academic basis for the newly started Israel studies at German universities. Benjamin Nickl joined the Department of International Comparative Literature and Translation Studies at the University of Sydney in 2017. His areas of research and teaching include comparative culture and trends/histories in popular entertainment. He is working on transnational television and film, global literature in translation, humour, and cultural technology. Anne Beier is Research Assistant at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. She specializes in media analysis and research methods. Within her PhD, she examines the relation of religion and politics in German media. Additionally, her research focuses on intercultural integration and television analysis as well as pillarized public spheres within multi-lingual and multi-cultural contexts.