Research on Music in Digital Media Cultures/Music Journalism
The “Music in the Media / Music Journalism” department conducts research on musical phenomena in both analog and digital media cultures and equally examines the journalistic treatment of music. The program focuses on media-specific design strategies as well as intermedia interconnections, media transformation processes, platform logics, and the influence of artificial intelligence—all with a view to music production, distribution, and reception. The program also examines intermedia journalistic strategies and the hybridization of journalistic forms of presentation. To address these complex interrelationships, a mix of methods is employed that brings together approaches from musicology, media studies, and cultural studies.
The main areas of research are:
Music and the Internet with a Focus on Social Media
Recent publication: Moormann, P., & Ruth, N. (2023). Music and the Internet: Current Phenomena in Popular Culture (1st ed. 2023). Publisher: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-39145-4
Microformats
Current publication: Moormann, P., Zahn, M., Bettinger, P., Hofhues, S., & kopaed verlagsgmbh. (2021). Microformats: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Current Phenomena in Digital Media Cultures. kopaed.
Intermedial Strategies in Music Journalism
Current publication: Moormann, P. Analyses of Musical Works on Radio Today: A Preliminary Study on Editorial Commentary on Music on ARD Radio Stations and Their Intermedial Distribution. Die Musikforschung. 2024;77(2):133–150. https://doi:10.52412/mf.2024.h2.3128
Music in Video Games
Current publication: Moormann, P. Music in Video Games. In: Schramm, H., ed. Handbook of Music and Media. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Springer-Verlag; 2019:1-12. https://doi:10.1007/978-3-658-21943-7_8-1
Music in Films
Current publication: Hentschel, F., & Moormann, P. (2018). Film Music: An Alternative Compendium. Publisher: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-11237-0
Methodologically, the focus is on mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative content analysis) as well as phenomenon analyses informed by music and media cultural studies.