‘Heimat’—More than a Sense of Home: Reviving a Medieval Concept for Communication Research

Authors

Holger Schramm, University of Würzburg, Germany
Nicole Liebers, University of Würzburg, Germany
Priska Breves, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Table of Contents

‘Heimat’—More than a Sense of Home

Editor’s Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

‘Heimat’—More than a Sense of Home:

Reviving a Medieval Concept for

Communication Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1. The Concepts of Heimat and Heimatgefühl . . . . 5

A. Heimat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

B. Heimatgefühl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

C. Related concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2. Perspectives for Communication Research on

Heimat in the Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

A. Perspectives from linking theories and

concepts of reception and effects research . . 9

B. Perspectives from linking different

communication research contexts . . . . . . . . . 11

3. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Briefly Noted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Recommended Citation

Schramm, Holger; Liebers, Nicole; and Breves, Priska (2022) "‘Heimat’—More than a Sense of Home: Reviving a Medieval Concept for Communication Research," Communication Research Trends: Vol. 41: No. 1, Article 1.
Available at: https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/crt/vol41/iss1/1