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Recent publications question the public visibility of communication science as a discipline and its relevance for the broader society. To address this issue, we analyze the public engagement of communication scientists by using the example of their Twitter activity. We theoretically distinguish eight types of engagement and explore their empirical prevalence. The results show that a large share of communication is between peers, fulfilling social networking functions. Nevertheless, more than a quarter of the tweets are on political and social topics. In this way, communication scientists bring society into their scholarly community and thus act as bridge builders. They also reach diverse publics outside of science, such as followers from the field of economics. Our study thus highlights the diversity of connections between science and society and can offer a starting point to further research other fields of public engagement and the impact of the discipline on the public discourse.

Recent publications question the public visibility of communication science as a discipline and its relevance for the broader society. To address this issue, we analyze the public engagement of communication scientists by using the example of their Twitter activity. We theoretically distinguish eight types of engagement and explore their empirical prevalence. The results show that a large share of communication is between peers, fulfilling social networking functions. Nevertheless, more than a quarter of the tweets are on political and social topics. In this way, communication scientists bring society into their scholarly community and thus act as bridge builders. They also reach diverse publics outside of science, such as followers from the field of economics. Our study thus highlights the diversity of connections between science and society and can offer a starting point to further research other fields of public engagement and the impact of the discipline on the public discourse.

This article examines the visibility of social scientists in the context of crisis media reporting by using the example of the German populist radical right movement PEGIDA. Based on previous research, a role typology was developed to serve as a framework for the empirical study. A content analysis of German newspapers demonstrates that social scientists are quite visible in the media coverage of PEGIDA and are presented mainly in the role of intellectuals. At the same time, new roles for social scientists are also discernible. Based on these findings, an extended role typology was developed to provide points of reference for further research.

Current research on right-wing populist communication is often confined to political parties, with social movements receiving much less attention. To help fill this research gap, we examine the frames and master frames of the PEGIDA movement and the role of the 2015 "refugee crisis" in shaping them. Using qualitative content analysis of speeches held at PEGIDA rallies between 2014 and 2016, we identify two distinct master frames, each consisting of five particular frames. Besides an initial master frame about the allegedly looming Islam- ization of Europe, a second master frame dealing with the Perils of Asylum emerge during the "crisis" – ultimately, both converge, with the latter incorporating central elements of the former. These findings buttress our interpretation of the "crisis" as an opportunity structure that helped right-wing populist social movements to revitalize their message and broaden their audience. However, its long-term impact still appears limited as PEGIDA's influence has greatly waned in recent years.

European perspectives and national discourses on the migrant crisis /Jenny Ritter, Markus Rhomberg, Melani Barlai, Birte Fähnrich, Christina Griessler --Albania, refugees, and the European Union /Donald Pasha, Sebastian Niemetz --"Refugees (no longer) welcome" : asylum discourse and policy in Austria in the wake of the 2015 refugee crisis /Oliver Gruber --Constructing the "refugee crisis" in Flanders : continuities and adaptations of discourses on asylum and migration /Benjamin de Cleen, Jan Zienkowski, Kevin Smets, Afra Dekie, Robin Vandevoordt --Bulgaria : the migrant influx /Lilia Raycheva --Humanitarianism and its limits : the refugee crisis response in Croatia /Senada Šelo Šabić --The migrant crisis in German public discourse /Dennis Lichtenstein, Jenny Ritter, Birte Fähnrich --The Greek paradigm on the migrant and refugee crisis /Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock, Clio Kenterelidou --A Hungarian trademark (a "Hungarikum") : the moral panic button /Melani Barlai, Endre Sik --The public debate on the Italian isolation in the European Union migration crisis /Andrea Stocchiero --The media discourse on migrants/refugees in Macedonia /Dale Taleski, Lura Pollozhani --Poland's response to the EU migration policy /Piotr Sadowski, Kinga Szczawińska --"The great exchange" : the political and media debate about the European migrant crisis in Romania /Marc Stegherr --Serbia between humanity and (un)security /Zoran Jevtović, Zoran Aracki --Framing of the Syrian refugee crisis in the Spanish press /Francisco Seoane Pérez --From "open your hearts" to closed borders : Sweden, the refugee crisis and the role of discourse /Gregg Bucken-Knapp --Media and immigration : communication research in Switzerland /Heinz Bonfadelli --Policies and discourses regarding the Syrian diaspora in contemporary Turkey : from "refugee crisis" to "minority problem"? /J. Eduardo Chemin, N. Ela Gokalp-Aras --The UK's discourse on the "migrant crisis" in summer 2015 /Christina Griessler --National discourses on the European migrant crisis /Jenny Ritter, Markus Rhomberg.

This commentary considers the separate but interconnected evolution of science communication and environmental communication as fields of research and practice, and argues for better mutual understanding between the fields, including an understanding of necessary differences. It notes that the repertoires of science communication and environmental communication overlap but have different emphases. Environmental communication emphasises public allegiances with a view to persuasion; science communication has focussed on public understanding and appreciation of science. The potential and the need for closer cooperation are growing as the authority of science is challenged in political arenas. Both fields recognise the important contributions of science to public sense-making and informed decision-making on major issues. Increasing engagement with the science that underpins environmental issues could benefit environmental communicators. In political contexts, science communication could learn from environmental communication's greater attention to advocacy and symbolic representations.

Wissenschaftskommunikation ist zentral für moderne Wissensgesellschaften - und in den vergangenen Jahren immer vielfältiger geworden. Sie findet in der Wissenschaft auf Konferenzen oder in Fachpublikationen statt, in der Politik- und Unternehmensberatung, in Kampagnen, in Massenmedien und in Social Media. Die Kommunikationswissenschaft und andere Sozialwissenschaften haben sich in den letzten Jahren verstärkt mit dem Thema Wissenschaftskommunikation befasst. Der Band kartiert dieses Forschungsfeld, identifiziert zentrale Themen, theoretische Perspektiven und Fragestellungen und stellt den Wissensstand überblickshaft dar. Der Inhalt Historische und theoretische Grundlagen von Wissenschaftskommunikation.- Kommunikation in der Wissenschaft.- Kommunikation aus der Wissenschaft.- Kommunikation über die Wissenschaft.- Themenbereiche der Wissenschaftskommunikation. Die Zielgruppen Sozial-, Geistes- und NaturwissenschaftlerInnen.- Studierende der Kommunikationswissenschaft.-PraktikerInnen der Wissenschaftskommunikation.- WissenschaftsjournalistInnen Die Herausgeber Dr. Heinz Bonfadelli ist emeritierter Professor am Institut für Publizistikwissenschaft und Medienforschung (IPMZ) der Universität Zürich. Dr. Birte Fähnrich ist Postdoctoral Fellow am Lehrstuhl für Politische Kommunikation, Fakultät für Staats- und Gesellschaftswissenschaften, Zeppelin Universität Friedrichshafen. Dr. Corinna Lüthje leitet das DFG-Projekt "Mediatisierte Wissenschaftskommunikation in post-normalen und traditionellen Forschungsfeldern" und lehrt am Institut für Medienwissenschaft der Universität Rostock. Dr. Jutta Milde ist Postdoctoral Fellow in der Interdisziplinären Forschungsgruppe (IFG) Umwelt an der Universität Koblenz-Landau. Dr. Markus Rhomberg ist Professor für Politische Kommunikation und Leiter des Forschungszentrums Politische Kommunikation an der Zeppelin Universität Friedrichshafen. Dr. Mike Schäfer ist Professor für Wissenschafts-, Krisen- und Risikokommunikation am IPMZ und Direktor des Kompetenzzentrums für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung der Universität Zürich