Josef Trappel,
University of Salzburg

Josef Trappel is Professor for media policy and media economics at the Department of Communication Research at the University of Salzburg, Austria. Before, he was head of IPMZ transfer, Center for Knowledge Transfer and Applied Media Research at the Institute for Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich in Switzerland. From 1996 to 2003 he was head of the media research department at Prognos, an international consultancy company based in Basel, Switzerland. His research work concentrates on changes in mass media structures and their implications on mass communication (media structures, media policy, media economics).

Publications on Euromedia Topics

Media policy and regulation

Trappel, Josef/Maniglio, Tanja (2009): On Media Monitoring - the Media for Democracy Monitor (MDM). In: Communications, Vol. 34 (2), pp. 169-201.

Meier, Werner A. / Trappel, Josef (2007) (eds.): Power, Performance and Politics. Media Policy in Europe. Baden-Baden. (Nomos).

Marcinkowski, Frank / Meier, Werner A. / Trappel, Josef (eds.) (2006): Media and Democracy – Experiences from Europe. Bern, Stuttgart, Wien (Haupt)

Meier, Werner A. / Trappel, Josef (2006): Medienkonzentration. In: Klumpp, Dieter / Kubicek, Herbert / Roßnagel, Alexander / Schulz, Wolfgang (Hg.) Medien, Ordnung und Innovation. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York (Springer) S. 227-247

European public sphere

Trappel, Josef (2008): Online Media Within the Public Service Realm? Reasons to Include Online into the Public Service Mission. In: Convergence, Jg. 14(3), S. 313-322.

Trappel, Josef (2007): The Austrian Media Landscape. In: Terzis, Georgios (Hg.): European Media Governance. National and Regional Dimensions. Bristol, Chicago. (intellect). S. 63-72.

Meier, Werner A. / Trappel, Josef (2006): Die transnationale Vermachtung durch Medienkonzerne als Voraussetzung für europäische Öffentlichkeit? In: Langenbucher, Wolfgang R. / Latzer, Michael (Hg.): Europäische Öffentlichkeit und medialer Wandel. Eine transdisziplinäre Perspektive. Wiesbaden. (VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften). S. 262-275.