Ästhetisches Agieren und die Auslegung von Welt – ikonische Macht in der Gestaltung von Pressefotografien

This paper is based on a research in the role of press photographies in constituting society in the field where media, politics, and the general public interact. It contrasts different versions of a photography which has been published in german newspapers. The interpretative method used here largely follows the ‘Documentary Method’ (Bohnsack). The focus lies on the image making of the editorial staff. They select, crop and modify the pictures differently. This activity can be understood as shaped by a habitus (Bourdieu) of the persons actively involved in the publishing process. By this analysis it is possible to find access to the different ‘editorial habitus’ of the papers.The paper shows how a political event is constructed as image. In every published photography, newspapers implicitly present their specific perspectives to a public which is supposed to accept them as valid representations of reality. As a rule, this ‘iconic power’ rests on the implicit assumption that photographies present reality as such. This assumption will be reinforced as its social production remains hidden. Framing the pictures is inevitable but, at the same time, excludes possibly competing interpretations. Nevertheless this ‘iconic power’ should not, as a rule, be understood as an outcome of intentional strategies. The decision to publish the ‘right’ photo in the ‘right’ frame is part of a routine. Therefore, in each case ‘iconic power’ rests on common habits in presenting ‘reality’. Every published picture enforces the worldview of the newspaper.     

Berufliche segregation im kontext

Sichern „M?nnerberufe” tats?chlich einen besseren Erwerbseinstieg als „Frauenberufe”? In welchem Ausma? k?nnen frauen-bzw. m?nnerdominierte Berufe im Leben junger Menschen erwerbsbiographische Kontinuit?t stiften? Ausgehend von der überlegung, dass die Konsequenzen geschlechtstypischer Berufsentscheidungen mit den konkreten wirtschaftsstrukturellen und institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen variieren, wird ein innerdeutscher Vergleich genutzt, um Mechanismen von Benachteiligungen im frühen Erwerbsverlauf herauszuarbeiten. Die empirischen Analysen basieren auf Daten der Deutschen Lebensverlaufsstudie, die durch Angaben des Mikrozensus um berufsbezogene Kontextvariablen erg?nzt wurden. Sie beziehen sich auf 1971 geborene Frauen und M?nner, deren Erwerbsverl?ufe bis in die zweite H?lfte der 1990er Jahre analysiert werden. Die Geschlechtstypik der Ausbildung wirkt sich insbesondere auf die Erwerbst?tigkeit von Frauen chancendifferenzierend aus. Ausbildungen in frauendominierten Berufen haben in beiden Teilen Deutschlands partiell gegens?tzliche Folgen für den frühen Erwerbsverlauf. Dem liegen unterschiedliche Professionalisierungstendenzen und Dynamiken des wirtschaftsstrukturellen Wandels zugrunde.     

Maximizing potential: innovative collaborative strategies between one-stops and mental health systems of care

Barriers to seamless service delivery between workforce development and mental health systems of care have kept both entities from maximizing their potential in regards to employment for job seekers with mental illness who are capable of work and seeking employment. Using a multiple case study design, this study examined the nature of collaboration between workforce development and mental health systems to understand the policies and practices in place to assist individuals with mental illness to find and keep work. The paper presents innovative strategies that involved staff from both workforce development and mental health agencies. Findings from this research identified the following collaborative strategies: (a) the creation of liaison positions and collaborative teams; (b) staff training on mental health and workforce issues; and (c) multi-level involvement of individuals with mental illness. Implications for workforce professionals are offered as a way to stimulate implementation of such strategies.     

The shadow of the past: how experience affects behavior in an iterated prisoner’s dilemma experiment

We study the development of cooperation in a repeated prisoner’s dilemma experiment with teams as players, unknown length and unknown continuation probability as it could happen between traders regularly. To characterize real-world frictions our players are rematched with a new team twice. In such a situation—often found outside the laboratory—agents can get an idea on the likely duration of future interactions by relying on prior experience. Our main finding is that participants apparently transform the infinite-horizon situation into a finite-horizon situation. Not only do we observe decay in cooperation but also unraveling towards the end of a matching. We found a pronounced restart effect of cooperation that induces a steady rise in average cooperation over matchings. Such an effect is not observed after the unexpected continuation of the third match. Stable cooperation paths of considerable length are induced when both players start the matching with joint cooperative moves. We can draw some interesting conclusions from the behavior of the partners for commercial market situations.     

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