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Research Training Group 2806/1 – Literature and the public sphere in differentiated contemporary cultures

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Svenja Hagenhoff, professor for book studies with a focus on e-publishing and digital markets at FAU, works on questions about the literature business as a system and the nature of writing and reading media as artefacts.

Literature is usually (first) written down and then received by reading. Written and reading media are therefore central carriers of literature. Their external forms are not sacrosanct and they are not ‘typical’, but depend on time, place, function, culture and technology. As man-made objects of use and reception, written and reading media can be shaped; they are always more or less suitable for use in specific situations and for specific tasks.

Literature only has an effect on the public if it is circulated. This requires resources and processes based on the division of labour, which are permanently coordinated and organised. These organised social actions are in turn influenced by various institutions that promote and privilege literary communication, prevent it or steer it in certain directions.

Selected Publications in the field of literature and the public sphere:
  • Hagenhoff, Svenja (2025): Menschengemachte Regelwerke und ihre Auslegung: Inkonsistent und willkürlich? In: Bjørn von Rimscha, Gianna Ehrlich und Robin Riemann (Hg.): Alles rational? Der menschliche Faktor in Medienorganisationen. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Medienökonomie der DGPuK. Mainz, 66-80. DOI: 10.21241/SSOAR.102667.
  • Hagenhoff, Svenja (2025): Regulierung der Verwertung geistigen Eigentums. In: Hardy Gundlach (Hg.): Medienregulierung. 3. Auflage. Baden-Baden, S. 559–594. DOI: 10.5771/9783748914969-559.
  • Hagenhoff, Svenja; Kuhn, Axel (2025): Verlegen im 21. Jahrhundert. Funktionale Entgrenzung und Auflösung tradierter Wertbindungen. In: Alexander Nebrig, Corinna Norrick-Rühl und Erika Thomalla (Hg.): Handbuch Verlag. Geschichte – Aufgaben – Perspektiven. Berlin, Heidelberg, online first. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-67725-4_8-1.
  • Hagenhoff, Svenja (2024): Früher wurde mehr gelesen. Über Aussagen zur Veränderung des Leseverhaltens im Zeitablauf. In: Dominik Achtermeier und Lukas Kosch (Hg.): Mythen des Lesens. Über eine Kulturtechnik in Zeiten gesellschaftlichen Wandels. Bielefeld. S. 13–36. 978-3-8376-7208-4
  • Hagenhoff, Svenja (2023): Soziotechnische Aspekte der Buchkommunikation. In: Axel Kuhn und Ute Schneider (Hg.): Theoretische Perspektiven und Gegenstände der Buchforschung. Berlin, S. 493–527. DOI: 10.1515/9783110745030-021.
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