Below is a compilation of recommended links and reading material related to the questions listed, organized by topic.
Press and Public Relations
- Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (ed.): Guide to Media and Public Relations, Berlin 2011
- Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth (ed.): PR Handbook for the Federal Program “Demokratie leben!”, Berlin 2020
- Eichsteller, Harald (ed.): “Nonprofit Marketing 2020: Analyses, Trends, and Recommendations for Print, Digital, and Social Media,” Stuttgart Media University, Stuttgart, 2017
- Franck, Norbert: “Practical Knowledge of Press and Public Relations: A Guide for Associations, Clubs, and Institutions,” Wiesbaden 2016
- Friedrich Ebert Foundation/Academy for Management and Politics (eds.): Public Relations as a Key to Success: A Guide to PR Work for Clubs and Associations, Bonn 2006
- GesBiT Quality Workshop Model Projects (ed.): Workbook: Successful Public Relations Through Model Projects, Berlin 2018
Language and Imagery Sensitive to Discrimination
- Adibeli Nduka Agwu / Antje Lann Hornscheidt (eds.): “Racism in Plain German: A Critical Reference Work on Racist Language Acts (Transdisciplinary Gender Studies 1),” Brandes & Apsel, Frankfurt am Main, 2010
- Coen, Amrai/Henk, Malte/Sußebach, Hennig: “These Images Lie,” Die Zeit, 2015
- Pörksen, Uwe: “The Global Market for Images: A Philosophy of the Visiotype,” Stuttgart 1997
- Sozialhelden e.V.: Ramp Up – Planning Accessible Events, Event Communication
- Stefanowitsch, Anatol: “A Question of Morality: Why We Need Politically Correct Language,” Berlin 2018
- ZEMIGRA (ed.): “Discrimination-Sensitive Language in Press and Public Relations. A Guide for the Visual Media Sector”
- ZEMIGRA (ed.): “Discrimination-Sensitive Language in Press and Public Relations. A Guide for Written Content”
Tools for Migration-Sensitive Language Use
- Amnesty International: Glossary for Non-Discriminatory Language
- Anti-Discrimination Office Cologne: Guide to Anti-Racist Language—Resource for Journalists
- Working Group on Municipal Quality Circles for Integration: Resource Guide on Terms in Immigration and Integration Policy
- Collective of Authors of the Anti-Racist Guide: Anti-Racist Guide for Reflecting on Existing and Developing New Didactic Teaching and Learning Materials for School and Extracurricular Educational Work on Blackness, Africa, and the African Diaspora
- Berlin Development Policy Council (BER): Develop-mental Turn: Contributions to Anti-Racist Development Policy Education and Project Work
- glokal e.V.: With Colonial Greetings … Reports and Stories from Stays Abroad Viewed Through an Anti-Racist Lens
- heldenwetter.de: How “We” Write About “Them”: Thoughts on Language in Travel Reports
- Neue deutsche Medienmacher*innen e.V.: Glossary of the New German Media Makers. Guidance on phrasing for reporting in a country of immigration
Tools for discrimination-sensitive language use when referring to people with disabilities
- Sozialhelden e.V.: “Suffering Media”—Reporting on People with Disabilities
- University of Salzburg: The Book of Terms
Tools for non-discriminatory language use regarding LGBTIQ* individuals
- Federation of Lesbian & Gay Journalists: Writing More Positively About Lesbians and Gay Men
- TransInterQueer e.V.: Trans* Inter* Queer ABC
- Transgender Network Switzerland: Media Guide
Tools for Gender-Sensitive Language Use
- Technical University of Berlin: Coordination Office for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality: Gender-Sensitive Language—A Guide
- Free University of Berlin: Gender Equality in Language and Images: A Guide
- IG Metall: Tips for Gender-Inclusive Language in Public Relations
- Johanna Müller: Skillful Use of Gender-Inclusive Language
- Association of Women Journalists: Genderleicht. Portal for Gender-Sensitive Communication in Words and Images
- University of Cologne: ÜberzeuGENDERe Language. A Guide to Gender-Sensitive Language
- University of Potsdam: Guide: Gender-Inclusive Language
Framing
- Wehling, Elisabeth: “Political Framing: How a Nation Shapes Its Own Thinking—and Turns It into Policy,” Cologne 2016
- re:publica 2017 – Elisabeth Wehling: The Power of Language Images
- “I’d Bet on Patriotism”: An Interview with Elisabeth Wehling
- Framing Check by the Süddeutsche Zeitung
Awareness of Discrimination in Job Postings and Hiring Processes
- Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency: Discrimination in Job Postings. Study evaluating job postings with regard to discrimination, exclusionary mechanisms, and affirmative action
- Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency: For Equal Opportunity in Education and the Workplace. Examples of Best Practices
- Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency: Guide for Employers, Anonymized Application Processes
- Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency: Pilot Project on Anonymized Application Processes
- Heitmann, Hendrik: The Third Gender—What Employers Need to Know
- Scheibig, Beate/Börner, Falko (Wiesbaden Chamber of Industry and Commerce): The General Equal Treatment Act (AGG) in Job Postings and Application Processes
- Technical University of Berlin: Gender-Inclusive Job Postings