Prof. Dr. Marcel Machill

Prof. Dr. Marcel Machill

Professor

Journalism and International Media Systems
Zeppelinhaus
Nikolaistraße 27-29, Room 5.17
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 35758
Fax: +49 341 97 - 39330

Abstract

Prof. Dr. Marcel Machill is a tenured professor of journalism and international media systems at the University of Leipzig in Germany. When he was appointed in 2002, he became the youngest Full Professor for Journalism in Germany. Until October 2002, he was Head of the department of Media Policy at the Bertelsmann Foundation, where he was responsible for International Media Policy, Internet Governance and Science Journalism.

 

From 1997 to 1999 Dr. Machill was a McCloy Scholar at Harvard University in Cambridge, USA. Dr. Machill holds academic degrees from three countries: Before going to Harvard and earning a Master of Public Administration (MPA) at the John F. Kennedy School of Government (1997-99), he studied journalism and psychology in both Paris, France, and Dortmund, Germany. He holds an MA (1993) from the Centre des Formation des Journalistes (CFJ, Paris), and in 1997 he graduated (“summa cum laude”) with a PhD from the chair of media policy and media economy in Dortmund.

 


In his research, Dr. Machill strives after combining research results from journalism/media science and computer science. His current focus is on digital gatekeepers, Internet governance, media policy & law, international journalism and online journalism. Professor Machill also worked as a journalist in both print and electronic media: In 1991/1992 he completed a training program with the national public radio broadcaster Deutsche Welle in Cologne and Berlin; he then worked at Radio France Internationale in Paris, and in 1993 presented the first “Europa-Journal”; subsequently, he was a freelance editor with Euronews-TV in Lyon, where he anchored political Live-Reporting (mostly European Parliament). He has engaged in freelance work with various public broadcasting companies like WDR, ORB, and newspapers like Die Zeit, the Frankfurt Rundschau, as well as with the German National Public Television in Washington. In addition to his work as a

journalist, Marcel Machill has been published in many renowned scientific and technical journals (for ex., the Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, The European Journal of Communication, The Journal of Media Economics), and has published more than 20 books. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of JOURNALISM PRACTICE, the scholarly international journal published by Routledge. He speaks fluent French, English and Spanish. His mother tongue is German.

  • Aesthetics of media driven truth
    Machill, Marcel
    Duration: 09/2017 – 04/2019
    Funded by: Stiftungen Inland
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Allg. u. Spezielle Journalistik mit Schwpkt. intern. Mediensysteme
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  • Sportjournalistische Berichterstattung über regionalen Ligasport (Handball)
    Machill, Marcel
    Duration: 10/2016 – 12/2017
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Allg. u. Spezielle Journalistik mit Schwpkt. intern. Mediensysteme
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  • Aktuelle journalistische Rundfunksprache unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Phänomens der Wiederholung von Substantiven
    Machill, Marcel
    Duration: 10/2016 – 12/2017
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Allg. u. Spezielle Journalistik mit Schwpkt. intern. Mediensysteme
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  • Quantität und Qualität der journalistischen Berichterstattung über polarisierende politische Diskursthemen im Zeitverlauf und über verschiedene Medienkanäle hinweg
    Machill, Marcel
    Duration: 10/2016 – 12/2017
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Allg. u. Spezielle Journalistik mit Schwpkt. intern. Mediensysteme
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more projects

  • Machill, M.
    Rezension zu Reineck, Dennis: Die soziale Konstruktion journalistischer Qualität. Fachdiskurs, Theorie und Empirie (2018)
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  • Machill, M.; Steffen, S.; Szombathely, C. v.
    Singapore in the German Media: Analysis of Media Coverage in German Newspapers and Television
    Proceedings of the 3rd Annual International Conference on Journalism and Mass Communications (JMComm 2014). Singapore: GSTF. 2014. pp. 128–142.
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  • Machill, M.; Beiler, M.; Krüger, U.
    Das neue Gesicht der Öffentlichkeit. Wie Facebook und andere soziale Medien die Meinungsbildung verändern.
    Düsseldorf: Landesanstalt für Medien NRW . 2014.
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  • Machill, M.; Beiler, M.; Gerstner, J.
    Suchen, finden, weitergeben. Workshop zur Informationskompetenz im Netz Workshop
    Düsseldorf: Landesanstalt für Medien Nordrhein-Westfalen. 2014.
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more publications

  • Allg. u. Spezielle Journalistik mit Schwpkt. intern. Mediensysteme
    Berufsidentität von französischen und deutschen Journalisten
    Start Date of Collaboration: 01/11/2018
    Ended on: 20/12/2018
    External participating organisations: Université Paris Panthéon-Assas PARIS 2 (Paris, France)
    Involved persons: Machill, Marcel
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  • Allg. u. Spezielle Journalistik mit Schwpkt. intern. Mediensysteme
    Evaluation deutsch-französischer Studiengänge
    Start Date of Collaboration: 01/11/2018
    Ended on: 28/02/2019
    External participating organisations: Deutsch-Französische Hochschule (Saarbrücken)
    Involved persons: Machill, Marcel
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more cooperations

  • Geisteswissenschaftliches Kolleg der Studienstifitung des deutschen Volkes
    Ästhetik der medialen Wahrheit
    Allg. u. Spezielle Journalistik mit Schwpkt. intern. Mediensysteme
    Event Organiser: Machill, Marcel
    24/09/2017 – 05/04/2019
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Research fields

Communication and media studies

Specializations

Internet, Neue Medien, Journalismus, Journalistenausbildung, Suchmaschinen, Medienpolitik, Wissenschaftsjournalismus, Medienethik, Google, Facebook, Auslandsreporter, Lokaljournalismus, soziale Medien

Contact for media inquiries

Phone: +49 341 97-35758