PhD, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (1998)
Certificate in Journalism (1994)
Master of Arts, State University of New York, Buffalo (1992)
Magister Artium, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (1990)
Since 2014 Professor for Media Studies at Hochschule Mainz
2009 - 2012 Professor at Department for Media and Communication an der Royal University of Phnom Penh, Kambodscha
Since 10/2007 Lecturer at the Konrad Adenauer Center for Journalism
Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City
6/2005 - 5/2009 First Assistant Professor, from 2006 onwards lecturer, at the Film Institute of the College of Mass Communication at the University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Manila
5/2004 – 7/2004 Lecturer for media studies at the Mozarteum, Salzburg
Since 12/2002 Free-lance writer and curator
5/2002 – 7/2002 Lecturer for media studies at Technische Universität Berlin
4/2000 - 9/2000 Visiting Professor for media studies at the Universität Paderborn
7/1999 - 11/2002 editor of the media pages of Berliner Zeitung
1/1998 - 10/1998 Researcher in residence at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (Science Center Berlin)
4/1995 - 6/1999 Freelance Writer on media and the arts (Die Zeit, die tageszeitung, Intelligent Agent, Telepolis, Die Woche and others)
3/1993 - 4/1995 First trainee, then editor at the Rommerskirchen publishing house, Remagen
Lecturer for film studies at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf
7/1985 – 2/1987 Civil service at Nonnenwert convent, Remagen-Rolandseck