{"id":16681,"date":"2024-06-27T17:23:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T15:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/?page_id=16681"},"modified":"2025-08-13T20:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:27:16","slug":"final-theses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/en\/final-theses\/","title":{"rendered":"Term papers and final theses Sociology of Media and Theory of Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<jgu-base-pageheader react-props=\"{\n    &quot;items&quot;: [\n        {\n            &quot;box&quot;: {\n                &quot;index&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n                &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Term papers and final theses at the research unit&lt;br&gt;Sociology of Media and Theory of Society&quot;,\n                &quot;link&quot;: {\n                    &quot;url&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n                    &quot;title&quot;: &quot;learn more&quot;\n                }\n            },\n            &quot;color&quot;: &quot;dark&quot;,\n            &quot;image&quot;: {\n                &quot;url&quot;: &quot;&quot;\n            },\n            &quot;imgCredit&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n            &quot;useVideo&quot;: false,\n            &quot;video&quot;: false\n        }\n    ],\n    &quot;type&quot;: &quot;small&quot;,\n    &quot;align&quot;: &quot;full&quot;,\n    &quot;quicklinks&quot;: {\n        &quot;show&quot;: false,\n        &quot;selects&quot;: []\n    },\n    &quot;useBreadcrumb&quot;: false\n}\">\n<\/jgu-base-pageheader><jgu-base-anchornavigation react-props=\"{\n    &quot;align&quot;: &quot;wide&quot;,\n    &quot;theme&quot;: &quot;white&quot;\n}\">\n    \n<\/jgu-base-anchornavigation>\n<div style=\"height:90px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"jgu-anchorpoint\"\n\tid=\"procedure-for-final-theses\"\n\tdata-label=\"Procedure for final theses\"\n\tdata-hide-in-nav=\"false\"\n\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\tdata-initial-scroll=\"true\"\n><\/div>\n<jgu-base-heading react-props=\"{\n    &quot;tags&quot;: {\n        &quot;htmlTag&quot;: &quot;h2&quot;,\n        &quot;classTag&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n        &quot;tag&quot;: &quot;h2&quot;\n    },\n    &quot;heading&quot;: &quot;Procedure for final theses&quot;,\n    &quot;textAlign&quot;: &quot;left&quot;,\n    &quot;anchor&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n    &quot;index&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n    &quot;color&quot;: &quot;red&quot;\n}\"><\/jgu-base-heading>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 24%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><jgu-base-processsequence react-props=\"{\n    &quot;collapsible&quot;: false,\n    &quot;color&quot;: &quot;red&quot;,\n    &quot;hideImageOutline&quot;: false,\n    &quot;limitWidth&quot;: false,\n    &quot;showIndex&quot;: true,\n    &quot;allowImages&quot;: true\n}\">\n<jgu-base-processsequenceitem react-props=\"{\n    &quot;blockIndex&quot;: 0,\n    &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Topic&quot;,\n    &quot;collapsible&quot;: false,\n    &quot;allowImages&quot;: true,\n    &quot;color&quot;: &quot;red&quot;,\n    &quot;showIndex&quot;: true,\n    &quot;content&quot;: &quot;\\n\\n&lt;p&gt;The research unit (AB) Sociology of Media and Theory of Society offers a wide range of topics that can be dealt with in the course of a final thesis (BA and MA). The &lt;a href=\\&quot;#moeglichethemen\\&quot; data-type=\\&quot;internal\\&quot; data-id=\\&quot;#moeglichethemen\\&quot;&gt;list below&lt;\\\/a&gt; serves as an orientation guide for students who wish to write a final thesis in the AB. It also clarifies which supervisors are suitable for your thesis.&lt;br\\\/&gt;Please also note the following &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\\\/fb02-mediensoziologie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/214\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/Leitfaden-fuer-das-Schreiben-von-Hausarbeiten.pdf\\&quot; data-type=\\&quot;internal\\&quot; data-id=\\&quot;#moeglichethemen\\&quot;&gt;instructions.&lt;\\\/a&gt;   &lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n\\n&quot;\n}\">\n<\/jgu-base-processsequenceitem>\n\n<jgu-base-processsequenceitem react-props=\"{\n    &quot;blockIndex&quot;: 1,\n    &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Research proposal&quot;,\n    &quot;collapsible&quot;: false,\n    &quot;allowImages&quot;: true,\n    &quot;color&quot;: &quot;red&quot;,\n    &quot;showIndex&quot;: true,\n    &quot;content&quot;: &quot;\\n\\n&lt;p&gt;If you would like to write a final thesis in the research unit Sociology of Media and Theory of Society, please announce your intention &lt;strong&gt;one semester before the planned registration&lt;\\\/strong&gt; of your thesis &lt;strong&gt;with a &lt;\\\/strong&gt; research proposal (\\u2192 &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\\\/fb02-mediensoziologie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/214\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/AB.DICKEL.Templates.Expose.1.pdf\\&quot;&gt;Template 1&lt;\\\/a&gt; and &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\\\/fb02-mediensoziologie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/214\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/AB.DICKEL.Templates.Expose.2.pdf\\&quot;&gt;Template 2&lt;\\\/a&gt; ).&lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n\\n\\n\\n&lt;ul class=\\&quot;wp-block-list\\&quot;&gt;\\n&lt;li&gt;in the case of a bachelor&#039;s thesis with &lt;a href=\\&quot;mailto:moelders@uni-mainz.de\\&quot;&gt;Mr. M\\u00f6lders&lt;\\\/a&gt; &lt;\\\/li&gt;\\n\\n\\n\\n&lt;li&gt;in the case of a master&#039;s thesis with &lt;a href=\\&quot;mailto:dickel@uni-mainz.de\\&quot;&gt;Mr. Dickel&lt;\\\/a&gt;&lt;\\\/li&gt;\\n&lt;\\\/ul&gt;\\n\\n\\n\\n&lt;p&gt;If you already have another supervisor in mind from among the AB employees, you can also add them to the CC of the email. We will then check whether a final thesis is feasible with us and how we can arrange the supervision constellation if necessary. This depends on our capacities and the fit of the topic to our research unit. The prerequisite for supervision by Mr. M\\u00f6lders is prior participation in one of his courses. You can use these &lt;a href=\\&quot;#links_und_dokumente\\&quot; data-type=\\&quot;internal\\&quot; data-id=\\&quot;#abschluss_arbeitentemplates\\&quot;&gt;templates&lt;\\\/a&gt; as a guide when preparing your research proposal.    &lt;br\\\/&gt;&lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n\\n\\n\\n&lt;p&gt;After consultation with your supervisor, register your thesis at the &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.sozialwissenschaften.uni-mainz.de\\\/bachelormaster\\\/\\&quot;&gt;examination office FB 02&lt;\\\/a&gt;.&lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n\\n&quot;\n}\">\n<\/jgu-base-processsequenceitem>\n\n<jgu-base-processsequenceitem react-props=\"{\n    &quot;blockIndex&quot;: 2,\n    &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Colloquium&quot;,\n    &quot;collapsible&quot;: false,\n    &quot;allowImages&quot;: true,\n    &quot;color&quot;: &quot;red&quot;,\n    &quot;showIndex&quot;: true,\n    &quot;content&quot;: &quot;\\n\\n&lt;p&gt;The work on the topic will be accompanied by a colloquium at the research unit. Please log in via Jogustine in due time: In the case of a bachelor&#039;s thesis in the \\u201c&lt;em&gt;Kolloquium: BA-Kolloquium&lt;\\\/em&gt; (AB Dickel)\\u201d, in the case of a master&#039;s thesis in the&lt;em&gt; \\u201cKolloquium: Medien und Gesellschaft: Masterarbeiten und Dissertationen&lt;\\\/em&gt; (AB Dickel)\\u201d. Please plan to discuss your work on at least one of the colloquium dates. The basis for discussion is your research proposal as well as any chapters and data material you have written. 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However, please consider the context of the course you are taking. Please note the following &lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\\\/fb02-mediensoziologie\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/214\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/Leitfaden-fuer-das-Schreiben-von-Hausarbeiten.pdf\\&quot; data-type=\\&quot;internal\\&quot; data-id=\\&quot;#moeglichethemen\\&quot;&gt;instructions&lt;\\\/a&gt;.   &lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n\\n&quot;\n}\">\n<\/jgu-base-processsequenceitem>\n\n<jgu-base-processsequenceitem react-props=\"{\n    &quot;blockIndex&quot;: 1,\n    &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Sign up&quot;,\n    &quot;collapsible&quot;: false,\n    &quot;allowImages&quot;: true,\n    &quot;color&quot;: &quot;red&quot;,\n    &quot;showIndex&quot;: true,\n    &quot;content&quot;: &quot;\\n\\n&lt;p&gt;To successfully register your term paper, you must log in to Jogustine during the exam registration phase and then send a short email to our office stating that you are interested in writing a term paper in the seminar in question in our research unit.&lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n\\n\\n\\n&lt;p&gt;The examination in the form of a term paper does not have to be taken in the same semester in which the course was taken. This means that you only have to log in your term paper if you are actually going to take it.   &lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n\\n&quot;\n}\">\n<\/jgu-base-processsequenceitem>\n\n<jgu-base-processsequenceitem react-props=\"{\n    &quot;blockIndex&quot;: 2,\n    &quot;title&quot;: &quot;consultation hour&quot;,\n    &quot;collapsible&quot;: false,\n    &quot;allowImages&quot;: true,\n    &quot;color&quot;: &quot;red&quot;,\n    &quot;showIndex&quot;: true,\n    &quot;content&quot;: &quot;\\n\\n&lt;p&gt;Be sure to consult with the lecturer before writing your term paper. 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href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/universitaetsprofessor-dr-sascha-dickel\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9011\">Sascha Dickel<\/a><\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/kimberly-schlueter\/\">Kimberly Schl\u00fcter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-accordionitem>\n\n<jgu-base-accordionitem react-props=\"{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Futures and imaginations&quot;,&quot;init&quot;:false,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;zukunfte-und-imaginationen&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;wide&quot;,&quot;customSlug&quot;:false}\">\n    \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Future ideas and imagination of new media and technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media of the imaginary (literature, Film, games)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Producing the future (practices of spokesperson, writing, prototyping, &#8230;)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Possible supervisors: <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/kathrin-lutz\/\" data-type=\"page\" 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Potential objects of investigation can be press releases, interviews, reports in journalism (image, sound, text), advertising (and much more) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digitization of and in organizations (e.g. industry, public administration, civil society organizations)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Possible supervisors: <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/benjamin-doubali\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9041\">Benjamin Doubali<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/claudia-goebel\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9035\">Claudia G\u00f6bel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/marc-moelders\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9017\">Marc M\u00f6lders<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-accordionitem>\n\n<jgu-base-accordionitem react-props=\"{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Science and the 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data-id=\"9035\">Claudia G\u00f6bel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/universitaetsprofessor-dr-sascha-dickel\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9011\">Sascha Dickel<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-accordionitem>\n\n<jgu-base-accordionitem react-props=\"{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Journalism&quot;,&quot;init&quot;:false,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;journalismus&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;wide&quot;,&quot;customSlug&quot;:false}\">\n    \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Social function of journalism (especially investigative journalism)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Changing conditions for journalism due to digitalization (especially investigative journalism)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Journalism as a social control authority<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Journalistic organizations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Possible supervisors: <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/toni-garbe\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9029\">Toni Garbe<\/a>, <a 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August 2025<\/time><\/div>    <div style=\"display: none\">\n        \n    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AB Sociology of Media and Theory of Society offers the following thematic blocks as orientation aids. Examples are listed for each focus. Stand:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":492,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16681","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"content_raw":"<!-- wp:jgu\/pageheader {\"items\":[{\"box\":{\"index\":\"\",\"title\":\"Term papers and final theses at the research unit\\u003Cbr\\u003ESociology of Media and Theory of Society\",\"link\":{\"url\":\"\",\"title\":\"learn more\"}},\"color\":\"dark\",\"image\":{\"url\":\"\"},\"imgCredit\":\"\",\"useVideo\":false,\"video\":false}],\"type\":\"small\"} \/--><!-- wp:jgu\/anchornavigation \/--><!-- wp:spacer -->\n<div style=\"height:90px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer --><!-- wp:jgu\/anchorpoint {\"title\":\"Procedure for final theses\",\"slug\":\"procedure-for-final-theses\"} \/--><!-- wp:jgu\/heading {\"tags\":{\"htmlTag\":\"h2\",\"classTag\":\"\",\"tag\":\"h2\"},\"heading\":\"Procedure for final theses\"} \/--><!-- wp:media-text {\"mediaPosition\":\"right\",\"mediaId\":4003,\"mediaLink\":\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-mediensoziologie\/start\/doktorhut-2\/\",\"mediaType\":\"image\",\"mediaWidth\":24,\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 24%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><!-- wp:jgu\/process-sequence -->\n<!-- wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item {\"blockIndex\":0,\"title\":\"Topic\"} -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p>The research unit (AB) Sociology of Media and Theory of Society offers a wide range of topics that can be dealt with in the course of a final thesis (BA and MA). The <a href=\"#moeglichethemen\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#moeglichethemen\">list below<\/a> serves as an orientation guide for students who wish to write a final thesis in the AB. It also clarifies which supervisors are suitable for your thesis.<br\/>Please also note the following <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-mediensoziologie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2025\/03\/Leitfaden-fuer-das-Schreiben-von-Hausarbeiten.pdf\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#moeglichethemen\">instructions.<\/a>   <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item {\"blockIndex\":1,\"title\":\"Research proposal\"} -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p>If you would like to write a final thesis in the research unit Sociology of Media and Theory of Society, please announce your intention <strong>one semester before the planned registration<\/strong> of your thesis <strong>with a <\/strong> research proposal (\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-mediensoziologie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2024\/08\/AB.DICKEL.Templates.Expose.1.pdf\">Template 1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-mediensoziologie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2024\/08\/AB.DICKEL.Templates.Expose.2.pdf\">Template 2<\/a> ).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list {\"className\":\"wp-block-list\"} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>in the case of a bachelor's thesis with <a href=\"mailto:moelders@uni-mainz.de\">Mr. M\u00f6lders<\/a> <\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>in the case of a master's thesis with <a href=\"mailto:dickel@uni-mainz.de\">Mr. Dickel<\/a><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p>If you already have another supervisor in mind from among the AB employees, you can also add them to the CC of the email. We will then check whether a final thesis is feasible with us and how we can arrange the supervision constellation if necessary. This depends on our capacities and the fit of the topic to our research unit. The prerequisite for supervision by Mr. M\u00f6lders is prior participation in one of his courses. You can use these <a href=\"#links_und_dokumente\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#abschluss_arbeitentemplates\">templates<\/a> as a guide when preparing your research proposal.    <br\/><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p>After consultation with your supervisor, register your thesis at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sozialwissenschaften.uni-mainz.de\/bachelormaster\/\">examination office FB 02<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item {\"blockIndex\":2,\"title\":\"Colloquium\"} -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p>The work on the topic will be accompanied by a colloquium at the research unit. Please log in via Jogustine in due time: In the case of a bachelor's thesis in the \u201c<em>Kolloquium: BA-Kolloquium<\/em> (AB Dickel)\u201d, in the case of a master's thesis in the<em> \u201cKolloquium: Medien und Gesellschaft: Masterarbeiten und Dissertationen<\/em> (AB Dickel)\u201d. Please plan to discuss your work on at least one of the colloquium dates. The basis for discussion is your research proposal as well as any chapters and data material you have written. Texts that are of particular relevance to your project can also be included.    <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item {\"blockIndex\":3,\"title\":\"Oral examination\"} -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p>Once your final thesis (MA\/BA) has been assessed, an oral examination will take place. This must again be registred at the examination office FB 02. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sozialwissenschaften.uni-mainz.de\/verfahrensablauf-bei-bachelor-und-masterarbeiten\/#Notenmitteilung_und_Termin_mndliche_Abschlussprfung\">information<\/a> provided by the Examination Office FB 02 or the current examination regulations is binding.  <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/process-sequence --><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-mediensoziologie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2024\/01\/Doktorhut.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4003 size-full\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:media-text --><!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<!-- \/wp:separator --><!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"103px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:103px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer --><!-- wp:jgu\/anchorpoint {\"title\":\"Procedure for term papers\",\"slug\":\"procedure for term papers\"} \/--><!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:jgu\/heading {\"tags\":{\"htmlTag\":\"h2\",\"classTag\":\"\",\"tag\":\"h2\"},\"heading\":\"Procedure for term papers\"} \/--><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:jgu\/button {\"layout\":{\"type\":\"flex\",\"flexWrap\":\"wrap\",\"justifyContent\":\"right\",\"orientation\":\"horizontal\"}} -->\n<!-- wp:jgu\/button-item {\"text\":\"Guidelines\",\"link\":{\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-mediensoziologie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2025\/03\/Leitfaden-fuer-das-Schreiben-von-Hausarbeiten.pdf\",\"linkTarget\":\"\",\"rel\":\"\"}} \/-->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/button --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:columns --><!-- wp:media-text {\"mediaPosition\":\"right\",\"mediaId\":5964,\"mediaLink\":\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/studienunterlagen-erhalten\/\",\"mediaType\":\"image\",\"mediaWidth\":24,\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 24%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><!-- wp:jgu\/process-sequence -->\n<!-- wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item {\"blockIndex\":0,\"title\":\"Topic\"} -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p>You can work on a topic of your choice. However, please consider the context of the course you are taking. Please note the following <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-mediensoziologie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2025\/03\/Leitfaden-fuer-das-Schreiben-von-Hausarbeiten.pdf\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#moeglichethemen\">instructions<\/a>.   <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item {\"blockIndex\":1,\"title\":\"Sign up\"} -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p>To successfully register your term paper, you must log in to Jogustine during the exam registration phase and then send a short email to our office stating that you are interested in writing a term paper in the seminar in question in our research unit.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p>The examination in the form of a term paper does not have to be taken in the same semester in which the course was taken. This means that you only have to log in your term paper if you are actually going to take it.   <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item {\"blockIndex\":2,\"title\":\"consultation hour\"} -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p>Be sure to consult with the lecturer before writing your term paper. If you have any questions while writing your paper, you can also make use of a consultation hour. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item {\"blockIndex\":3,\"title\":\"Submission\"} -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p>Unless otherwise communicated, upload the term paper as a <strong>PDF<\/strong> in the <strong>folder provided for this purpose in the course of LMS<\/strong>. Do not forget the signed declaration of independence.  <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/process-sequence-item -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/process-sequence --><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-mediensoziologie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2024\/03\/Studienunterlagen-erhalten.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5964 size-full\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:media-text --><!-- wp:spacer -->\n<div style=\"height:90px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"moeglichethemen\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer --><!-- wp:jgu\/anchorpoint {\"title\":\"Topics\",\"slug\":\"topics\"} \/--><!-- wp:jgu\/heading {\"tags\":{\"htmlTag\":\"h2\",\"classTag\":\"\",\"tag\":\"h2\"},\"heading\":\"Possible topics\"} \/--><!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p>The AB <em>Sociology of Media and Theory of Society<\/em> offers the following thematic blocks as orientation aids. Examples are listed for each focus. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:media-text {\"align\":\"\",\"mediaId\":9823,\"mediaLink\":\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-mediensoziologie\/abschlussarbeiten\/firefly-illustration-or-symbol-for-thinking-11017\/\",\"mediaType\":\"image\",\"mediaWidth\":32,\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:32% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-mediensoziologie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2024\/07\/Firefly-illustration-or-symbol-for-thinking-11017-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9823 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><!-- wp:jgu\/accordion {\"selected\":10} -->\n<!-- wp:jgu\/accordion-item {\"title\":\"Theory of Society\",\"init\":false,\"slug\":\"gesellschaftstheorie\"} -->\n<!-- wp:list {\"className\":\"wp-block-list\"} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Systems theory<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Pragmatic differentiation theory (translation theory)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Theories of multiple differentiation<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Evolutionary institutionalism<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Human differentiation<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Modes of existence (ANT)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li><em>Possible supervisors: <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/claudia-goebel\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9035\">Claudia G\u00f6bel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/kathrin-lutz\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"11160\">Kathrin Lutz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/universitaetsprofessor-dr-sascha-dickel\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9011\">Sascha Dickel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/marc-moelders\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9017\">Marc M\u00f6lders<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/accordion-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/accordion-item {\"title\":\"Digital games\",\"init\":false,\"slug\":\"digitale-spiele\"} -->\n<!-- wp:list {\"className\":\"wp-block-list\"} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Infrastructures (keyboard, office chair, screen, controller) in the context of digital gaming practices<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Media comparisons between digital and\/or analog items (books, newspapers; series, films; cinema, home cinema)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Time and the future in digital games<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Categorization processes (robot, cyborg, alien, human, man, child, senior) in digital games<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li><em>Possible supervisors: <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/marcel-thiel-woznica\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9023\">Marcel Thiel-Woznica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/benjamin-doubali\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9041\">Benjamin Doubali<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/universitaetsprofessor-dr-sascha-dickel\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9011\">Sascha Dickel<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/accordion-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/accordion-item {\"title\":\"The human and the non-human: AI, cyborgs and engineered bodies\",\"init\":false,\"slug\":\"das-menschliche-und-nichtmenschliche-ki-cyborgs-und-technisierte-korper\"} -->\n<!-- wp:list {\"className\":\"wp-block-list\"} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Trans- and posthumanism<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Categorizations of technically modified bodies<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Instagram representations of body modifications and the negotiation of the boundaries of the human<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/the_black_alien_project?igsh=YWF3ZnF0ZmRrenpx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(example<\/a>)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Depiction of AI (robots, algorithms, autonomous vehicles, ...) in the items (e.g. Films, advertising)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Use of AI in media-related appointments (such as journalism)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Communication with machines (avatars, Alexa, ChatGPT, robots, computers, smartphones, etc.)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li><em>Possible supervisors: <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/toni-garbe\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9029\">Toni Garbe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/marcel-thiel-woznica\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9023\">Marcel Thiel-Woznica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/kathrin-lutz\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"11160\">Kathrin Lutz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/universitaetsprofessor-dr-sascha-dickel\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9011\">Sascha Dickel<\/a><\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/kimberly-schlueter\/\">Kimberly Schl\u00fcter<\/a><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/accordion-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/accordion-item {\"title\":\"Futures and imaginations\",\"init\":false,\"slug\":\"zukunfte-und-imaginationen\"} -->\n<!-- wp:list {\"className\":\"wp-block-list\"} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Future ideas and imagination of new media and technologies<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Media of the imaginary (literature, Film, games)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Producing the future (practices of spokesperson, writing, prototyping, ...)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li><em>Possible supervisors: <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/kathrin-lutz\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"11160\">Kathrin Lutz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/marcel-thiel-woznica\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9023\">Marcel Thiel-Woznica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/benjamin-doubali\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9041\">Benjamin Doubali<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/universitaetsprofessor-dr-sascha-dickel\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9011\">Sascha Dickel<\/a><\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/kimberly-schlueter\/\">Kimberly Schl\u00fcter<\/a><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/accordion-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/accordion-item {\"title\":\"Sustainability and transformation\",\"init\":false,\"slug\":\"nachhaltigkeit-und-transformation\"} -->\n<!-- wp:list {\"className\":\"wp-block-list\"} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Transformation work on society, for example towards greater sustainability<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Imaginations of sustainability (implied forms of social change, social inequality, human-nature relationship)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Influence of sustainability efforts on transformation processes<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Social transformation as an organizational task<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Transformation of and in a differentiated society<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li><em>Possible supervisors: <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/kathrin-lutz\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"11160\">Kathrin Lutz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/marc-moelders\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9017\">Marc M\u00f6lders<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/accordion-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/accordion-item {\"title\":\"Digitalization and organizations\",\"init\":false,\"slug\":\"digitalisierung-und-organisationen\"} -->\n<!-- wp:list {\"className\":\"wp-block-list\"} -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Influence of digital media on organizations. Potential objects of investigation can be press releases, interviews, reports in journalism (image, sound, text), advertising (and much more) <\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Digitization of and in organizations (e.g. industry, public administration, civil society organizations)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li><em>Possible supervisors: <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/benjamin-doubali\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9041\">Benjamin Doubali<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/claudia-goebel\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9035\">Claudia G\u00f6bel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/medien-gesellschaft.soziologie.uni-mainz.de\/marc-moelders\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"9017\">Marc M\u00f6lders<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/accordion-item -->\n\n<!-- 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