Welcome to the Department of Communication (IfK) at the University of Münster.

All IfK facilities will close on Friday, 20.12.2024 at 12:00 noon and will remain closed until 05.01.2025 inclusive. The entire building E will be closed from 23/12/2024, 16:00, up to and including 05/01/2025.

Jakob Jünger and Henrieke Kotthoff have released version 3.0 of the volkeR package on CRAN. The new version now includes cluster analyses and principal component analyses. This allows groups to be identified in data sets and variables to be summarised into dimensions in order to clearly present complex relationships.
 

In autumn 2025, the IfK will host the annual conference of the Journalism Studies/Journalism Research Group in Münster on the topic of ‘Journalism and Borders’. The conference will take place from 24 to 26 September as a face-to-face event in the rooms of the Language Centre at Bispinghof. A doctoral colloquium will also open the conference on 24 September.
 

Last week, 11 IfK students visited the WestLotto office in Münster. Jens Könning and Robin Funke, Public Affairs Officers, gave the participants a guided tour of the head office and provided fascinating insights into communications work in a highly regulated market.

What is hidden in the dark? 14 IfK students asked themselves this question as part of the ‘Magazine Journalism’ seminar in the 2024 summer semester. They spoke to people about the Münster crime scene, depression, stalking and long party nights. The result is the magazine DUNKEL.