Hochschulbibliographie

This study examines the frame-building process regarding climate change in Indonesia, an emerging country in the Global South that produces significant carbon emissions and is one of the nations most affected by the climate crisis. Through a quantitative content analysis of press releases from the Indonesian government and environmental nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and media coverage of climate change, this study identifies three frames promoted by policy actors and five frames used by in-house journalists from print and online media organizations in Indonesia. A comparison of these frame sets shows that journalists often use frames on climate change that are not promoted by either political actors or NGOs. Nevertheless, the government is the most important source for journalists on climate change reporting. Next, a second step investigates how different contextual conditions influence the collaboration between journalists and their sources in the frame-creation process to examine it in more detail. Hence, this study relies on the hierarchy of influence (HI) and intereffication (IE) models. To this end, journalists, academics, and PR officers from Indonesia’s government organizations, environmental NGOs, and palm oil lobby organizations are interviewed. The results show that organizational structure, financial resources, and personal networks influence how successfully PR officers disseminate their frames, while journalists’ frame selection is influenced by their media affiliations, routines, professional experience, and interests. This study also discusses how macro conditions in Indonesia influence these micro- and meso-level processes, such as the social system and distinct cultural and historical contexts.

Industrial development has unarguably created economic benefits that could drive structural economic transformation but its associated environmental consequences undermine sustainable development. Thus, African countries constantly face balancing industrial progress with environmental sustainability. We, therefore, evaluated whether sustainable industrial development is feasible in Africa and accounted for the role of institutional quality and renewable energy in achieving this feat. Using the feasible generalized least square estimator to analyse relevant data of 46 African countries spanning 2000-2021, we found that (i) Africa is yet to achieve sustainable industrial development; (ii) weak institutional quality impedes the attainment of sustainable industrial development in Africa, although the effects depend on the measure of institutional quality; and (iii) renewable energy considerably improves the prospects of achieving sustainable industrial development in Africa. Thus, implementing a holistic and integrated approach that combines efforts to reduce industrial environmental impact, promote renewable energy, and enhance institutional quality can yield synergistic effects and contribute to more sustainable industrial development in Africa.

A best practices approach to disaster communication has proven popular for both researchers and practitioners. This chapter reviews the best practices approach, its structure, function, and origins, the various recommendations offered for message features, dissemination through different communication channels and/or communication technologies, and factors of the institutional environment of crisis communicators. Additional ways to extend the best practices approach through the use of crisis development stages and a suggested evaluation scheme to assess best practices in terms of scope, applicability, and potential effectiveness are offered.

Die Dissertation liefert eine ökonomische Analyse datenbezogener Wettbewerbsfragen und reflektiert die diesbezüglichen Herausforderungen für Wettbewerbspolitik und Regulierung. Der Aufbau der Arbeit gliedert sich in zwei Teile, die jeweils eine Systematisierung des aktuellen Wissensstandes und dessen Reflexion in Märkten für soziale Netzwerke, Videowerbung und virtuelle Assistenten bieten. Das zweite Kapitel gibt einen allgemeinen Überblick über typische Geschäftsmodelle und Merkmale digitaler Märkte, das dritte Kapitel zeigt auf, wie sich die ermittelten Besonderheiten auf die Marktabgrenzung und die Festlegung des jeweiligen Konzepts der Macht digitaler Unternehmen, die Ermittlung von Schadenstheorien und die Anpassung neuer oder verbesserter Kartellrechtsinstrumente auswirken. Insgesamt leistet diese Dissertation wichtige Beiträge zur aktuellen Diskussion über den Wandel des Wettbewerbs im digitalen Zeitalter und die entsprechende Aktualisierung von Wettbewerbspolitik und Regulierung.