Amélie Fromm

• Instant-messengers are omnipresent in modern society. Seldomly other communication paths are used for private nonverbal written conversations. Therefore companies use messengers as marketing devices. Furthermore also radio stations have started using messengers as a communication channels. This final assignment analyses messengers as a communication path between a radio channel and its audience. The research question „Which uses and expenses do instant messengers have as communication channels for radio stations?“ will be answered by the means of relevant literature sources and expert discussions. It turned out that messengers as communication channels have an enormous use for radio stations at relatively low expenses.