Manfred Rühl
Early life and education
Early life and education
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At the age of sixteen he received a high school scholarship for [Dayton](/wiki/Dayton%2C_Ohio "Dayton, Ohio"), [Ohio](/wiki/Ohio "Ohio"), for the 1950/51 school year. After graduating from high school (1953 in [Nuremberg](/wiki/Nuremberg "Nuremberg")), he completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk. He became a freelance journalist for daily newspapers, magazines and radio, and studied economics and social sciences at the [University of Erlangen](/wiki/University_of_Erlangen%E2%80%93Nuremberg "University of Erlangen–Nuremberg"), [Free University of Berlin](/wiki/Free_University_of_Berlin "Free University of Berlin"), and Hochschule für Wirtschafts\- und Sozialwissenschaften Nürnberg, where he graduated in [economics](/wiki/Economics "Economics") in 1960\. His theses topic was "Der Stürmer und sein Herausgeber" (Der Stürmer and his editor).Manfred Rühl: *DER STÜRMER und sein Herausgeber. Versuch einer publizistischen Analyse.* Unpublished diploma thesis. Hochschule für Wirtschafts\- und Sozialwissenschaften Nürnberg 1960\. (typewritten manuscript). From 1960 to 1962 he was a student assistant at the "Institut für Publizistik" (Institute for Public Communication). 

He served as faculty assistant at the Nürnberg Hochschule's transition to the [Friedrich\-Alexander\-University Erlangen\-Nuremberg](/wiki/University_of_Erlangen%E2%80%93Nuremberg "University of Erlangen–Nuremberg")'s Faculty of Economics and Social Science. From 1964 to 1968 he worked as a scientific assistant for communication science at the (new) Chair of Political and Communication Science. He received a [doctorate](/wiki/Doctorate "Doctorate") in 1968 with his dissertation "Die Zeitungsredaktion als organisiertes soziales System" (The newsroom as an organized social system) under Franz Ronneberger.


What institution did he work as a student assistant at?