As a phenomenon that brings together Europeans, there is nothing quite like the Eurovision Song Contest. Held annually since 1956, it is the world’s largest popular music competition and now includes entries from almost every European country. It has always been a televised event, and in 2013 it attracted more than 170 million viewers, making … Continued
Der Beitrag ist im Juni 2013 auf Samuel Bredl’s Blog unter http://sambredl.com/ erschienen. It’s that time of the year again. Finals are coming up and I should be doing anything but writing this blog post. But somehow it fits this very moment so here it goes. The way we are writing theses is 200 years … Continued
Am Donnerstag, 30. Jänner 2014, 18.30 Uhr, findet am Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft der Universität Wien in der Währinger Straße 29 ein ORF-DialogForum zum Thema “Why Greece matters” statt. Ausgangspunkt dafür ist die ORF-Dokumentation “Schwarzbild – Aus für Griechenlands TV”. Der Regisseur der Sendung, Yorgos Avgeropoulos, diskutiert mit Dimitrios Droutsas, Abgeordneter zum Europäischen Parlament, … Continued
I started my PhD in Organic Chemistry at the end of 2010 in Germany. One might ask: “why Chemistry?”, to which my reply would simply be ‘Why not?’. I don’t know why, but people are usually so scared of it. Chemistry is like every other branch of science: you need to work very hard and … Continued
