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Bernhard Debatin

Teaching Experience

since 1988

 

 


Associate Professor for Multimedia Policy, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University, September 2001-present
Teaching Areas: Online journalism, media ethics, mass media/communication theory
, international media

Winter Quarter 2008

  • Ethics, Media, and Society (Jour 412/512)
  • Gender, Race, and Class in the Mass Media (Jour 413)
  • Honors Tutorials on Communication Theory
  • Honors Tutorials on Media Ethics

Fall Quarter 2007

  • Ethics, Media, and Society (Jour 412/512)
  • Research in Journalism & Communication (Jour 491)
  • Honors Tutorial Research Seminar (Thesis Preparation)
  • Honors Tutorials on Communication Theory

Spring Quarter 2007

  • Media, Ethics, and Internet (Jour 813)
  • Honors Tutorials on Science Journalism
  • Honors Tutorials on Women in the News Media

Winter Quarter 2007

  • Ethics, Media, and Society (Jour 412/512)
  • Fundamentals of Online Journalism (Jour 314/514)
  • Honors Tutorials on Communication Theory

Fall Quarter 2006

  • Gender, Race, and Mass Media (Jour 492)
  • Honors Tutorial Research Seminar (Thesis Preparation)
  • Honors Tutorials on Communication Theory
  • Honors Tutorials on Media Ethics

Spring Semester 2006

Winter Quarter 2006

  • Ethics, Media, and Society (Jour 412/512)
  • Fundamentals of Online Journalism (Jour 314/514)
  • Honors Tutorials on Communication Theory

Fall Quarter 2005

  • Gender, Race, and Mass Media (Jour 492)
  • Fundamentals of Online Journalism (Jour 314/514)
  • Honors Tutorials on Media Ethics

Summer Quarter 2005

  • Ethics, Media, and Society (Jour 412/512)

Summer Quarter 2004

  • Information Gathering (Jour 233)
  • Fundamentals of Online Journalism (Jour 314/514)

Spring Quarter 2004

  • Media, Ethics, and Internet (Jour 813)
  • Fundamentals of Online Journalism (Jour 314/514)
  • Honors Tutorial on Gender, Race, Class and Mass Media

Winter Quarter 2004

  • Fundamentals of Online Journalism (Jour 314/514)
  • Information Gathering (Jour 233)
  • Honors Tutorial on International News Coverage

Fall Quarter 2003/04

  • Fundamentals of Online Journalism (Jour 314/514)
  • Information Gathering (Jour 233)
  • Honors Tutorial on Media Ethics

Spring Quarter 2003

  • Ethics, Mass Media and Society (Jour 412/512)
  • Fundamentals of Online Journalism (Jour 314/514)

Winter Quarter 2003

  • Information Gathering (Jour 233)
  • Journalism on the Web (Jour 414/514)

Fall Quarter 2002/03

  • Information Gathering (Jour 233)
  • Literature in Journalism (Jour 814)
  • Honors Tutorial on Media Ethics

Summer Quarter 2000

  • European Media (Jour 105/492)
  • Program director of the OLEC Summer School in Leipzig, Germany (with 19 OU students)

Spring Quarter 2002

  • Journalism on the Web (Jour 414/514)
  • Ethics, Internet, and Society (Jour 892)

Winter Quarter 2002

  • Information Gathering (Jour 233)
  • Journalism on the Web (Jour 414/514)

Fall Quarter 2001/02

  • Information Gathering (Jour 233)
  • Journalism on the Web (Jour 414/514)

IAPE Visiting Professor of Ethics and Communication, College of Communication, Ohio University, September 2000-March 2001
Teaching Areas: Media Ethics, Communication Theory and Research, Internet

Winter Quarter 2001:

  • International Mass Media (Jour 866)
  • Communication Theory (Inco 234)

Fall Quarter 2000/01:

  • Journalism on the Web (Jour 414/514)
  • Ethics, Mass Media, and Society (Jour 512)

Associate Professor (Hochschuldozent) of Theory and Sociology of Public Communication and of Media Ethics, Department of Communication and Media Studies, Leipzig University, Winter 1996-Summer 2000
Teaching Fields: Communication Theory, Media Ethics, Online Communication and New Media

Summer 2000:

  • Introduction to Communication Studies (introductory seminar combined with the DLP online tutorial)
  • Ethics of Public Communication (seminar)
  • Communication Theory of New Media, Part 2: Luhmann, Bateson and System Theory (upper division seminar)
  • Colloquium for Master and Dissertation Students
  • From the Digital Book to Computer-based Learning (university-wide lecture series with invited speakers)

Winter 2000:

  • Introduction to Media Ethics (introductory lecture)
  • Introduction to Communication Studies (introductory seminar combined with the DLP online tutorial):
  • Communication Theory of New Media, Part 1: Habermas, Goffman and Action Theory (upper division seminar)
  • Colloquium for Master and Dissertation Students

Summer 1999:

  • Introduction to Media Ethics (introductory lecture)
  • Introduction to Communication Studies (introductory seminar)
  • Problems of Media Ethics (seminar)
  • Internet and Ethics, Part 3: Cyberspace Divide (upper division seminar)
  • Colloquium for Master and Dissertation Students


Winter 1998/1999:

  • Introduction to Communication Studies (introductory seminar, 2 sections)
  • Internet and Ethics, Part 2: Privacy and Cryptography (upper division seminar)
  • Colloquium for Master and Dissertation Students

Summer 1998:

  • Introduction to Media Ethics (introductory lecture)
  • Introduction to Communication Studies (introductory seminar, 2 sections)
  • Internet and Ethics, Part 1: Approaches to Internet Ethics (upper division seminar)
  • Colloquium for Master and Dissertation Students
  • Net-Perspectives (university-wide lecture series with invited speakers)

Winter 1997/98:

  • Introduction to Communication Studies (introductory seminar, 2 sections)
  • Media Ethics and the Problem of Responsibility (upper division seminar)
  • Metaphors and Myths of the Internet (upper division seminar)
  • Colloquium for Master and Dissertation Students

Summer 1997:

  • Ethics and the Public Sphere (introductory lecture)
  • Introduction to Communication Studies (introductory seminar, 2 sections)
  • Virtual Public Spheres: Public Communication on the Internet (upper division seminar)

Winter 1996/97:

  • Media Ethics: Fundamentals, Functions, Problems (introductory lecture)
  • Introduction to Communication Studies (introductory seminar, 2 sections)
  • Internet and the Public Sphere (upper division seminar)

Visiting Professor of Theory and Sociology of Communication at the Hochschule der Künste (College of Fine Arts) in Berlin, Germany, Department of Social and Business Communication, Summer 1994-Summer 1996
Teaching Fields: Communication Theory, Semiotics, Media Ethics

Summer 1996:

  • Introduction to Communication Theory: Methodology of Communication Studies (lecture)
  • Media Ethics: Problems and Case Studies (upper division seminar)
    Winter 1996:
  • Introduction to Communication Theory: Interpersonal Communication (lecture)
  • Ethics of Mass Communication: News, Entertainment, Advertising (upper division seminar)

Summer 1995:

  • Introduction to Communication Theory: Theoretical and Sociological Foundations of Communication Studies (lecture)
  • Gender Specific Communication and Mass Communication (seminar)
  • Media Ethics: Forms of Conflicts in Public Discourse (upper division seminar)

Winter 1994/95:

  • Introduction to Communication Theory: Theories, Models, and Ethics of Communication (lecture)
  • Communication, Argumentation, Persuasion (upper division seminar)

Summer 1994:

  • Introduction to Communication Theory: Socio-linguistics, Mass Communication, and Communication Technology (lecture)
  • Political Rhetoric and Imagery in Mass Communication (upper division seminar)

Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Social and Business Communication, Hochschule der Künste (College of Fine Arts) Berlin, Winter 1988/89-Winter 1994
Teaching Fields: Communication Theory and Semiotics

Winter 1994

  • Introduction to Communication Theory: Communication Models and Interpersonal Communication (lecture)
  • Semiotic and Communication-theoretical Film Analysis (upper division seminar)

Summer 1993:

  • Introduction to Communication Theory: Communication Technology and Mass Communication (lecture)
  • Metaphor and Metonymy in Film (upper division seminar)

Winter 1992/93:

  • Introduction to Communication Theory: Communication Models and Interpersonal Communication (lecture)

Summer 1992:

  • Semiotic Theories of Metaphor (upper division seminar)

Winter 1991/92:

  • Introduction to Communication Theory: Communication Models and Interpersonal Communication (lecture)

Summer 1991:

  • Rhetoric of Advertising and Political Communication (seminar)
    Winter 1990/91:
  • Behaviorist, Structuralist and Action-theoretical Semiotics (seminar)

Summer 1990:

  • Mass Communication and Public Communication as Sign Systems (seminar)

Winter 1989/90:

  • Sign Processes, Sign Systems, Sign Action (seminar)

Summer 1989:

  • Codes, Rituals, and Symbols of Mass Communication (seminar)

Winter 1988/89:

  • Introduction to Classical Theories of Semiotics (seminar)

Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Technical University Berlin, Winter 1988-Winter 1996.
Teaching Fields: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Technology

Winter 1995/96:

  • Ethics of Technology and the Case of the "Brent Spar" (seminar)

Summer 1995:

  • Technology Assessment and the Philosophy of Technology (seminar)

Winter 1994/95:

  • Metaphor Theory (seminar)
  • Semiotics of Computer Interface (seminar)

Summer 1994:

  • Introduction to Philosophy of Technology (seminar)

Summer 1993:

  • Ethics of Technology and Case Study "Comatose Pregnancy" (seminar)

Winter 1992/93:

  • Technology Assessment and the Philosophy of Technology (seminar)

Winter 1991/92:

  • Philosophy, Language, and Artificial Intelligence (seminar)

Winter 1990/91:

  • Anthropology and the Philosophy of Technology (seminar)

Winter 1988/89:

  • Max Weber and the Philosophy of Science (seminar)

Adjunct Lecturer in the Institute of Semiotics and Communication Theory, Free University Berlin, Summer 1990-Winter 1996.
Teaching Fields: Semiotics, Communication Theory, Epistemology

Winter 1995/96:

  • Introduction to Semiotics for Communication Studies (seminar)

Winter 1994/95:

  • Introduction to Communication Theory (seminar)

Summer 1994:

  • Introduction to Semiotics for Communication Studies (seminar)

Winter 1993/94:

  • Behaviorist, Structuralist and Interactionist Semiotics (seminar)

Summer 1992:

  • Epistemology: Language, Discourse, and Human Interest (seminar)

Summer 1991:

  • Epistemology: Cognition as Construction of Hypothesis and Forecast (seminar)

Summer 1990:

  • Introduction to Epistemology for Communication Studies (seminar)

Other Teaching Experience in Germany:

  • "End of Semester Workshop at the Ostwald-Gedenkstätte in Groß-Bothen," full-day workshops with invited speakers and discussion sessions for graduate students of the sequence Historic and Systematic Communication Studies at the Department of Communication and Media Studies, Leipzig University, Germany, organized and held by Arnulf Kutsch and Bernhard Debatin, January 29, 1999; July 16, 1999; January 28, 2000; and June 30, 2000.
  • "Communication and (Mis-)Understanding," lecture and discussion sessions held at the weekend workshop Jugendforum Nord ´95 in Potsdam, Germany, organized by the Hypo-Bank Berlin, August 19/20, 1995.
  • "Theories of the Public Sphere," a series of lectures at the Free University Berlin, Germany, Institute of Continuing Education for Journalists, April 14 and 28, 1991; April 25 and May 9, 1993.
  • "What is Communication Studies?" a five-evening lecture series at the Community College Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany, Winter term 1990/91, Winter term 1991/92, Winter term 1992/93.
  • "Ethics and Modern Information Technology," lecture at the Berlin Summer University, Technical University Berlin, Germany, June 22, 1992.
  • "Psycho-social Aspects of Modern Information Technology: On Communication-theoretical and Ethical Problems of Computer Use," lecture and discussion sessions held at the weekend workshop at the Technical University Aalen, Germany, November 6 and 7, 1991.

 

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