Based on a meta-theoretical discourse in the German-speaking world that began more than two decades ago and has continued to evolve, this book provides the world's most comprehensive and detailed insight into approaches that focus on the theoretical description and explanation of journalism-related issues. The Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the foundations, trends, concepts and issues in journalism theory and describes theoretical approaches to the interrelationships of journalism with other fields such as public relations, politics, religion, culture or sport. The Handbook contains more than 60 articles on all major aspects of journalism theory. Each chapter provides a concise introduction to a specific area, offering guidance for both lecturers and students.

Prof. Dr. Martin Löffelholz, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany, is Holder of the Chair of Media Studies at Ilmenau University of Technology. He has held several visiting professorships outside Europe, including at the Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta in Indonesia and the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. From 2012 to 2015, he was released from his duties as a university professor to take up the position of President of the Swiss German University in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Prof. Dr. Liane Rothenberger, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany, helds the professorship for Media and the Public Sphere with a focus on migration since September 2021. From 2008 to 2021, she worked at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at Ilmenau University of Technology and habilitated in 2018 with a thesis on terrorism as communication. She has spent time abroad at the JOMEC in Cardiff, the UHA in Mulhouse, the Université Lumière 2 in Lyon and the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria in Canada, among others. As a freelance journalist, she has written for Der Spiegel, among others.