The articles in the 2/2026 issue of M&K examine the understanding of the roles and transformation potential of peripheral actors in the DACH region (Folker Hanusch / Filip Dingerkus / Anna von Garmissen / Kim Löhmann / Wiebke Loosen / Raoul Mitterstainer / Andreas A. Riedl / Vinzenz Wyss) as well as developments in sports coverage in German daily newspapers from 2011 to 2021 (Christof Seeger / Jörg-Uwe Nieland / Thomas Horky). Anastasia Glawatzki and Paula Jung also examined the usage practices of ChatGPT and the attribution of anthropomorphic roles. You can download all of these articles (in German only) for free at https://www.inlibra.com/de/journal/view/issn/1615-634X/volumes.
The open-access journal “Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft” [Media & Communication Studies] (M&K) has been published and edited by the Leibniz Institute for Media Research │ Hans-Bredow Institute (HBI) since 1953.