Music and media: a multifaceted field of research!

The thesis topics listed here alone, which have been completed since 2009 in the Master of Education, Master of Arts Integrated Media and Master of Arts Musicology programmes, clearly show how diverse the topics are in this large and future-oriented field of study.

If you need inspiration for your own theses... take a look!

Supervised theses

Final theses 2025

Master of Arts Integrated Media

Simão CapitãoEndless Repeat - Loops and loops as a musical style in US-American minimal music of the 19060s
Svenja MarschallThe representation of queer people in mainstream film: Establishing an independent (sub)genre?
Philipp StillerThe emancipation of the soundtrack - An investigation into the narrative functions of film music and sounds
Lennart WähnkeStereotypes in advertising

Master of Education Music

Saskia AltenschmidtThe Virtual Underground - A music-cultural portrait of the rave scene in VRChat
Annika BuhtzDidactic analysis of teaching materials to promote musical creativity through popular music in secondary education
Paul LilienthalDIY instrument making. Discourse and object analysis of a cultural and political practice
Hagen Pianka"Cultural identity" in the classroom - teachers' perspectives on the opportunities and possibilities of the subject of music
Jonas WeißendornScience fiction sound: analytical and music didactic perspectives on the soundtrack of Dune (2021)
Ramon Zöllner"Ich suche die DDR" - Development of interdisciplinary projects for the historical-research and musical-creative examination of pop music, everyday life and mentality in the GDR in secondary schools I and II.

Master of Arts Musicology

Leona CordesFemale instrumentalists between jazz and free improvisation. On the current situation of women in free improvised music in Germany
Theresa LaserBetween voices and networks: An investigation of "cultural" and "social capital" in selected Oldenburg choirs

Final theses 2024

Master of Arts Integrated Media

Maja Paulina Giebeler Being Aestehtic - The cinematic staging of everyday life in social media
Lisa-Marie PoelkIn the field of tension between lockdown and relaxation: The effects of the corona crisis on the event industry - with a focus on the local event culture of Wilhelmshaven
Madita ThomasThe selfie as an artistic and everyday practice of media representations of femininity on Instagram

Master of Education Music

Thea ReutepöhlerCultural concepts of music teachers in Waldorf schools
Maraike Schuparis"ABGESTÜRZT WIE LEMMINGE, DOCH AUFERSTANDEN AUS RUINEN" - On the understanding of East German artists in the post-reunification period in lyrics, music and videos of selected hip-hop tracks from 2019

Master of Arts in Musicology

Irma ReichPolitical and cultural upheavals in everyday theatre life: Music at the Oldenburg State Theatre 1932-1939 in the context of National Socialism

Final theses 2023

Master of Arts Integrated Media

Anna-Lena Berreth Grief and politics in German-language hip-hop using the example of "Adriano" and "Bist du wach"
Thomas Bittermann "All that glitters is not gold" - The dark side of electronic dance music. An investigation into the importance of artists' mental and physical health in the area of conflict between precarious fields of work and drug use
Luisa Kruse Sound design and sound branding in explanatory videos
Rebecca Eva Rieder Turned 90 degrees - music videos in the transformation of current media culture
Maha Vollmer "Bind Spot": Narratives of media coverage in Germany on the conflict between Israel and Palestine - an artistic discourse analysis

Master of Education Music

Tristan Pargmann Punk & Gender in Germany - Historical Development, Viewpoints & Perspectives
Konstanze Hacke "Rethinking the mind" - The role of music in brand positioning in German television advertising
Robin Max Segebarth Is it an instrument or can it go away? Soundwhackers and their place in schools
Jasper Vogt Electronic sound production in schools

Master of Arts Musicology

Lena Dockhorn "If you want to talk about seeds, why don't you become a florist?" Rap and queer feminism in a German-speaking context
Mika Miyashita Development of gamelan music in Germany. Using the example of (the) Übersee-Museum and (the) Elbphilharmonie

Final theses 2022

Master of Arts - Integrated Media

Fabian Schulz "Heut spielt hier n Soulband" - Curating stories: a compilation of East German soul music from the 1970s

Sarah Goltsche "So show me (I'll show you) - Boybands and parasocial relationships. An investigation of fanfiction as fan practice
Birte Weinig A radio play by children for children. A qualitative study with preschool children
Anna Carina Keil Webtival meets school. Interdisciplinary considerations and concepts for digital adaptations of the Deichbrand at Home Festival for a school project


 

Master of Education Music

Dominik Johannes Ehrst Woodstock '69 - An investigation into the narratives of a legendary festival
Charlotte Friedrich Music production apps in primary school. A criteria-orientated analysis and observational study with 7 to 9-year-old children on the use of selected music production apps
Manuel Hecker Effects of the corona pandemic on the cultural practices of techno DJs in Oldenburg

 

Master of Arts in Musicology

Björn Jeddeloh Autoethnography as a method for raising awareness of racism in music studies

Final theses 2021

Master of Arts - Integrated Media

Laura Ranko "German True Crime Podcasts" - An investigation into the auditory mediation of crime and criminality

Merle Soyke "Cultural Affection" in public broadcasting - how Arte reports on the social debate topic
Elena Fomina "Dark Horse" and "Bad Girls" - stereotypes of the "Orient" in music videos

 

Master of Arts Musicology

Jonas Zolper Sonic-musical atmospheres and affordances in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky

Final theses 2020

Master of Arts - Integrated Media

Hannes Martens From Set to Sample - Experimental Investigation of Properties and Functions of Musical Units in EDM Live Performance


Master of Education Music (grammar school)

Ben Ahlers

From country to city blues: a teaching unit on the development of the blues in the USA


Master of Arts Cultural Analyses

Frederic Bertram Postmodern Primitive(s) - Myth, Design and World Relations among Goa Hippies. An autoethnography

Final theses 2019

Master of Arts Integrated Media - audiovisual media in practice, theory and mediation

Viktor Friesen Only Vinyl! Strategies and practices of DJing - An analysis of the motivations for analogue DJing in the digital age

 

Master of Education Music

Benjamin Kobus

A comparative field study on the systematic lifestyle, community experiences, rites and symbols of fans from different fan communities

Andreas Burau Media competence and the use of music electronics. An explorative study among secondary school music teachers

 

Master of Arts Musicology

Veronika Volbers The 'Orchester im Treppenhaus' as an organiser of new orchestral concert formats

Final theses 2018

Master of Arts Integrated Media - audiovisual media in practice, theory and mediation

Thorge Freidel

"... or is that too emo?": On the discursive function of the genre concept in popular music

Sarina Lux

The "entrepreneurial self" - self-exploitation or fulfilment? Qualitative research among self-employed women in the cultural and creative industries

Christian Kleinau

Transmedia storytelling on television - analysing potential within the user group of digital natives

Titus Nagel

Game music: on the paths of film music. The potential of music in games for enhancing the cinematic experience in strategy and role-playing games of the fantasy genre using the example of the in-house production The Light of Destiny

Sophie Labitzke

Silence on the radio - mistake or staging? (an artistic-scientific work)

Lian Chao Tong

Pop music festivals in the transformation society

Berin Beyaz Influencer Marketing. A study on questions of the credibility of "YouTubers"
Carolin Harder A historical audio walk through early Oldenburg

Maike Tschorn

The future model of trimediality. Media convergence and its effects in public service broadcasting using the case study of the concept expansion of Singt Euren Song - der hr4-Chorwettbewerb im Hessischen Rundfunk
Dirk Lindes Writing in film or how film learnt to love words (St. Kubrick)
Jolanta Strebel Music is the Vibranium. About the BLACK PANTHER album and its function with regard to the MARVEL film of the same name

 

Master of Education Music

Hendrik Torst Growling, Grunting, Breeing - Teaching & learning popular vocal techniques?!

Philipp Quentmeier

Digital media in music lessons. Opportunities, problems and perspectives.

 

Master of Arts Musicology

Sabrina Bläß "President killed by Videostar" - on the convergence of politics and pop culture in US-American music videos
Jan-Oliver Groddek "YOU CAN REALLY MAKE THE FIDDLE TALK"! 'Celtic' music in north-west Germany

Final theses 2017

Master of Arts Integrated Media - audiovisual media in practice, theory and mediation

Karina Deelwater

The distorted sound - recording studio work in heavy metal

Thorge Feigel

The concept of genre

Cecelia Fischer

"The portrayal of migration on German television - A comparison between ARD and ZDF television reports"

Reena Hansen

Creating authenticity in mockumentaries: A comparative analysis of the films "I'm still here" (2010) and "Fraktus" (2012)

Marie Hartlieb

When Woman TakesThe Streets. The Representation of The Female Migrant and Her Cultural Identity in Films with German-Turkish Context

Lisa Leihe

The influence of event dramaturgy on sustained visitor interest (using the example of the Felsenbühne Rathen)

Jannika Olesch

Music as a medium of memory in migration

Steffen Pilney

Radio play productions in the independent radio play scene: a historical comparison

Ramona Walter

Music industry 2.0 - crowdfunding as an alternative revenue model for musicians and its potential for success

Victoria Wilms

From passive viewer to active user? - Media-analytical investigation of successful interactive online advertising videos using a case study as a basis for the production of an own interactive advertising video

Radka Zensikowa

K-Pop

Master of Education Grammar School Music

Jan Bogmaier

The positioning of the musician in the value creation network of the music industry. Self-marketing or exclusive artist contract - an analysis of advice literature for musicians

Frederik Borhauer

Music - Politics - Didactics An investigation into the significance of music in the US election campaign as part of a teaching unit

Arne Busche

"Louder than Hell" - A quantitative survey of Wacken visitors between scene expertise and event tourism

Karen Erichsen

Performance motivation among jazz musicians of the state youth jazz orchestra "Wind Machine". A qualitative interview study

Ralph Linster

The riddim in reggae - history of development and analysis of a musical format

Philipp Alexander Rotzal

Inventing music in primary school - opportunities and limits of music apps

Viviane Rübke

Medieval imaginations in the pop music culture of the 21st century. An exemplary examination of the groups In Extremo and Faun

Marie Luise Templin

A fashion wave in popular music (culture). Stagings in the current reggaeton pop clip

Lars Varchim

Four-part tones in jazz: music-theoretical analyses and jazz-historical classifications

Master of Arts Musicology

Johanna Imm

Queering Punk Rock. Intermedia productions by Laura Jane Grace as objections to the two-gender model

Nina Jaeschke

St. Pauli cultural conservation area - an empirical study of the situation of Hamburg's club landscape using the example of three music clubs

Heidi Weschke

Behind the Beat. Body and space in electronic dance music

Other degree programmes

Christina Grzela

The mediatised pop voice (Master's degree in Music & Sociology)

 

Final theses 2016

 

 

Master of Arts Integrated Media - audiovisual media in practice, theory and mediation

Sina Balzhäuser

Flow on the Internet - a current discourse

Gregor Buder

Covers and parodies: musical adaptations as a problem in current copyright law

Julian Kloß

Social Media - Public Spheres - Marketing. Reflections on the correlating impact potential of social media for the emergence of digital publics and their use as a marketing tool

Ole Nietsch

Development of a financing concept for independent films and the importance of crowdfunding

Master of Education Grammar School Music

Hermann Eswein

Music copyright in the digital age - a presentation of the (music) media usage behaviour of young people in Web 2.0

Patrick Tellmann

On the construction of historical images in jazz, jazz historiography and its consequences for the portrayal of musicians

Master of Arts Musicology

Frauke Blohm

"... where you have to embody what you say" Gender performativity in music videos by German hip hop artists

Dirk Matulla

Hybridisation processes in jazz. Reinterpretative adaptation of traditional African polyphonic forms in the polyphonic and homophonic compositional techniques of the New Orleans style and swing

Lina Schütte

"Fehlerfrei" - A performance and image analysis of the pop singer Helene Fischer

Other degree programmes

Josephine Bühring

The tone of violence in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) and Django Unchained (2012). A de- and reconstructive analysis of a musical aesthetic.

Carolin Schweizer

Recording sound: On the potential of auditory objects in exhibitions

 

Final theses 2015

 

 

Master of Arts Integrated Media - audiovisual media in practice, theory and mediation

Theresa Beschnidt

From dance film to YouTube dance meme. The significance of dance for the media dissemination of music with a focus on internet dance video memes such as "Happy" by Pharrell Williams

Kathrin Girnus

The strengths and weaknesses of Bremen's music industry - an empirical study in the field of popular music

Karsten Woll

The recipe for success in radio comedy: a self-experimental analysis

Jennifer Paul

Participative cultural strategies. Promoting innovation through the Fonds Soziokultur e.V.

Merle Zander

Music as a means of inclusion: How people with disabilities experience the music project Abgedreht

Valeska Schössler

Evaluation of the media behaviour of employees at the Feuerbach plant of Robert Bosch GmbH to optimise the communication portfolio

Lena Hancken

The Transmedia Puzzle - The conception of transmedia styleworlds in the field of tension between mediality and seriality, analysed using the example of "The Walking Dead"

Master of Education

Maximilian Valentin Hagen

Vinyl in the digital age - on the revival of the record between vintage and modernity

Master of Arts Applied Musicology

Thomas Sebastian Köhn

Steinehagel and Geschrammel: Medially constructed concepts of sound at the Chaostage 1994/1995 in Hanover

 

Final theses 2014

 

 

Master of Arts Integrated Media - audiovisual media in practice, theory and mediation

Arne-Birger Jeske

Politics for and in the mass media - the intersection of two systems
with a view to the current election programmes on the topic of "new media"

Janko Meisel

The Celebration of Celebrity in Japanese Idol Culture. AKB48 as Media Phenomenon -Aspects and Perspectives on current Idol-Images in the contemporary Japanese Media Culture

Katharina Proske

Improvised and interactive radio drama. Possibilities and limits of active creation by listeners

Fan Zhang

Social media and surveillance - analysing and comparing the USA and China using the example of microblogging

 

Master of Education

Linda Krause

The "Bond Recipe" - Origin, development and analysis of the theme songs of the James Bond series

 

Master of Arts Applied Musicology

Sara Falke

Ammar114 and his rap music

Kjell Torben Böttjer

Postdigital is better"! - New usage practices, market players and value creation networks of mobil music and their localisation in the digital mediamorphosis

Klaas Ullmann

"Disco Codes" - The phenomenon of disco in the current club scene

Thomas Flömer

Skinhead reggae, Oi! and right-wing rock: the youth culture of skinheads and their music

 

Other degree programmes

Josephine Bühring

The tone of violence in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) and Django Unchained (2012). A de- and reconstructive analysis of a musical aesthetic

Carolin Schweizer

Recording sound: On the potential of auditory objects in exhibitions

Final theses 2013

Master of Arts Integrated Media - audiovisual media in practice, theory and mediation

Susanne Hohaus

Crossing the thresholds between childhood and adulthood. On the function of parallel worlds in the film Coraline by Henry Selick (2009)

Ina Konopka

The Internet as a medium of communication. A comparative analysis of past, present and future advertising media

Marje Lück

Scandalised everyday life on TV - motives for the reception of docu-soaps and scripted reality

Benjamin Müller

Media literacy within youth media protection

Timo Schliep

screaming for a change. Self-education in the hardcore scene

Simon Talkner

Hip hop. Potentials and risks of a youth culture

Andreas Rüttger

An anthem for VfB Oldenburg - function, effect and aesthetics of football anthems

Shuli Zhang

Marketing Strategy of Multinational Media in China

Arne Böhm

Opportunities and threats for music labels in view of the comprehensive digitalisation of production and distribution

Stefanie Ehlert

Football on television: Staging for a mass medium

Katharina Hagedorn

Culture and music festivals as a breeding ground for user-generated content. Opportunities and challenges for visitors, organisers and companies - a (free) field study

Tobias Klink

The dual broadcasting system in the Federal Republic of Germany. History, actors, legal and normative framework conditions

Lydia Skrabania

"Speak so that I can see you!" Audio/visual realisation of the cult series "The Three ???" in the intermedial field of tension

Mischa Wahed

Satirical radio comedy. Investigation of a radio phenomenon using the example of the production of the project "Escape from Athens"

 

Master of Education

Matthias Neumann

Classical music in the loudness war

Julian Trempel

The audible sequencer - The sequencer and its influence on production, composition and the producer

Sarah-Lena Reuß

The genre mix as a success factor in the current music business using the example of violinist David Garrett

 

Master of Arts Applied Musicology

Karolin Dettmer

"Who's that kind of girl?!" The staging of Kylie Minouge in music videos and its influence on her star image

Stefan Körner

Jazz on the radio between 1945 and 1949 in post-war Germany

Petra Talkowski

Nightingale, diva, star - a historical comparison of the images of selected sopranos

 

Christin Lambrecht

(School III - School of Linguistics and Cultural Studies / School II Computing Science, Economics and Law)

Perspectives on the new regulation of music exploitation taking into account increasing copyright infringements in the age of digitalisation

Final theses 2012

Master of Arts Integrated Media - audiovisual media in practice, theory and mediation

Dennis Breitenfeld

Pop ballads: An investigation and practical testing of their success

Nicole Heimbürge

An investigation into the reality content of film musicals using selected examples

Benjamin Kuschnik

Techno - Digitalisation - Perception

Till Rehbein

The significance of Web 2.0 for the internet presence of museums using the example of pop music museums in Germany

Manuela Sies and Nadine Brinkmann

THROUGH THE BACK DOOR INTO THE GERMAN BOOK MARKET? The potential of print on demand and social networks for book projects

Sebastian Stück

The Internet as a mass interaction medium

Jan-Patrick Tyra

Surreal aesthetics in contemporary feature films

 

Master of Education

 

Benjamin Löwe

The bass in jazz and popular music - history, functionality, images

Jörn Walting

"Intercultural music lessons at grammar schools in Lower Saxony" - an analysis of textbooks with regard to cultural understanding in intercultural music education

 

Master of Arts Applied Musicology

Florian Kräme

Timbaland, Dr Dre & Co - The music producer as star

Felix Rühlin

Development of drum styles in popular Jamaican music of the pre-digital era

Cornelius Clemens Veit

MUSIC - TIME - APERSPECTIVITY

Esther Loisc

Sustainability management at music festivals

Final theses 2011

Master of Arts Integrated Media - audiovisual media in practice, theory and mediation

Christina Veronika Buck

Unbounded working relationships for solo self-employed persons in the cultural and knowledge economy

Franca Lea Calina Engel

Urban Sounds - Contexts and Ciphers of Sound Architectures

Jan Rosenbrock

Viral Video Marketing: An analysis of the distribution and economic success of viral video advertising on the internet

Elias Schmidtke

Computer-aided music selection on the basis of emotion concepts

 

Master of Education

Benjamin Gräwert

Forms of musical notation - traditional notation compared to alternative forms of notation and their possible applications in school practice

Vincent Janetschek

Music teaching aspects of media with special consideration of a musical project

Anne Luise Kienle

The music industry in the age of the internet. A teaching suggestion for thematising the music industry in music lessons

Verena Kühn

When does it rain in film and why? Rain as an aesthetic moment in film

Frerich Max

Communication on the dancefloor in minimal techno. Application of systems theory according to Niklas Luhmann

Tammo Pitters

Technologies in music using the example of jazz-rock

Simon Tessow

THE SHOW MUST GO ON! - An examination of the musical's place in the past and present

 

Master of Arts Applied Musicology

Katrin Windheuser

"You go to concerts to become happier" - Marketing concept for a live music café

 

Dr Sacha Szabo

(Diplom thesis in the distance learning programme "Culture and Media Management" at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre)

Ballermann. Phenomenon and brand. Cultural-sociological analysis of an extraordinary experience

Final theses 2010

Master of Arts Integrated Media - audiovisual media in practice, theory and mediation

Sabrina Theresia Schwarz

Singapore's media landscape - business potential for German media companies using the example of the games industry

Verena Engelhardt

... to make it small enough to fit into our living rooms: Filmic reconstructions of 11 September 2001 in American cinema. An examination of the films 9/11, World Trade Centre and United 93.

Wiebke Mikolajczyk

The communication-political staging of female pop stars in music videos

Arne Wachtmann

Independent film distribution on the Internet (short film through)

Aaron Rahe

Disgust as a provocation strategy in the visual arts (short film Durch)

 

Master of Education

Anna-Maria Knust

Psychophysiological effects of music in individual sports. - A literature research -

Nina Haßmann

Lifeworld relevance and student motivation when using symphonic film music in relation to the teaching topic of classical music

Daniel Scharenberg

"Mood" and "athmosphere" in the history of film music

Wiebke Bischoff

Casting competitions in pop music. How a Lena is turned into a brand.

 

Examination papers

Arne Fleischhut

Marketing bands: traditional strategies versus current developments

David Molitor

Traditional blues vocal styles and their impact on vocal styles in contemporary pop music

Erik Stacey

The development of sequencer-based music production in the context of music pedagogical evaluation. A comparison of the years 1999 and 2009

Björn Bruschke

"Britpop: The musical contribution to the 'Cool Britannia' phenomenon"

 

Master's theses

 

Hannah Wellner

Effects of "digitalisation" on classical concerts, orchestras and audiences

Till Rölle

The effects of the recording crisis on the music industry:
Strategy change of major and independent companies due to the influence of the digital economy

Stefan Dietrich

"Sampling as a cultural technique using the example of hip-hop - loop-based rap music in practice

Final theses 2009

Master theses

Garvin Birger Bösch

What could an exemplary digital studio production of the Beatles album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" look like against the background of analogue-digital change? An attempt to reconstruct the studio-induced aesthetics of the 1966/67 production.

Lars Nemeth

WEB- and Audio-BLOGS as media for identity and image construction of young people.

 

Examination papers

Arne Farin The role of the violin in modern jazz using the example of Jean-Luc Ponty
Kirstin Moje "Who owns jazz?" - A critical examination of questions of cultural identity in jazz
Lars Niemeyer Constructions of masculinity in popular music
Nils Kempa Self-marketing of self-produced music on the Internet
Sebastian Schlosser "Between folk music and folk music: The influence of German-speaking immigrants on music in Canada

 

Master Music

Nicole Rank

"Strange little girl?" - On the importance of marketing and image for the artist Tori Amos

Matthias Schmidt

Evasion as a principle? Media staging and music cultural factors with Bob Dylan

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