Communication and Media Studies
Team WissensSpuren and IfKM
The Institute of Communication and Media Studies was founded in 1916 as „Institut für Zeitungskunde”. It is one of the oldest and one of the largest institutes for this research in the German realm. Presenently, its research focus are the change of media and society. It is cooperating with stakeholders and experts from politics and society to turn its expertise in practical actions.
History of the Building
Zeppelin building, Nikolaistraße 27-29, erected in 1911 according to plans by Johann Gustav Pflaume. First sketch of 1910 with single-storied bay windows. Source: Jens Schubert, Die Pelzgewerbehäuser in der Leipziger Innenstadt, Mag.-Arbeit, Leipzig 2003, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Since 2019 the institute is located in the Zeppelinhaus, Nikolaistraße 27 bis 29, in the city center of Leipziger. In 1911/12 the four-wing building was erected as a business premise in art-nouveau style.