A5089199959- Media Studies and Communication
- Social Media and Politics
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Public Administration and Political Analysis
- European Union Policy and Governance
- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Intellectual Property Rights and Media
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Media Influence and Politics
- Sociology and Education Studies
- Computational and Text Analysis Methods
- German legal, social, and political studies
- Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- European Cultural and National Identity
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
- Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Advanced Text Analysis Techniques
- Digital Innovation in Industries
- Digital Communication and Language
- Political Systems and Governance
Freie Universität Berlin
2015-2024
Weizenbaum Institute
2020-2023
Berlin Heart (Germany)
1996-2016
Stanford University
2013
Institut für Medien- und Kommunikationspolitik
2012
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2009
University of Hohenheim
2002-2008
University of Stuttgart
2008
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
1997-2004
Harvard University
2004
Latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) topic models are increasingly being used in communication research. Yet, questions regarding reliability and validity of the approach have received little attention thus far. In applying LDA to textual data, researchers need tackle at least four major challenges that affect these criteria: (a) appropriate pre-processing text collection; (b) adequate selection model parameters, including number topics be generated; (c) evaluation model's reliability; (d)...
Political communication in many democracies reflects the disconnection of publics from institutions press and politics due to hollowing center parties growing social divides. It is time rethink assumptions—long grounded idealized normative conceptions democratic politics—about media systems press/politics interactions. A proposed reformulation research frameworks puts more focus on implications disrupted public spheres interaction with beyond traditional media. This rethinking also entails...
Diversity of opinion can be understood as a fundamental condition public debate in politics and civil society. It always has been typical feature pluralist societies. However, we witness ever-more-fiercely negative campaigns, increasing political polarisation, debates filled with prejudices false assumptions, dissonance disconnection have evolved characteristic features contemporary mediatised spheres. In this article, it is argued that the Internet driver development. Therefore, analysis...
This article examines the agenda-building process in relation to three `counter-issues' West Germany, focusing on often neglected processes within media system, role of alternative press and opinion leaders. Our results show that success counter-issues at gaining coverage leads a `spill-over effect': issue spills like wave from into established media. Some liberal papers support this breakthrough. They function as leaders initiate chain reactions system. The spill-over effect is not limited...
This article discusses the consequences of deregulation electronic mass media for political programming. The particular focus current debate in Germany is question whether dualization broadcasting system, which kick-started intensive competition between public and commercial stations, will bring about convergent Such a development was thought to undermine communication information eventually contribute weakening functions television. reports findings from study television news comparing...
In our study we seek to understand how national political contexts and different media formats constrain the role of press in contributing a Europeanization public spheres. To single out explicit newspapers seven Western European countries systematically compare their commentating about integration. The is analyzed with respect visibility issues actors synchronization conflict lines across Europe. results show that further country integrated into Union, less parochial its stronger it takes...
In order to examine political communication comparatively, this chapter argues for a dynamic-systemic perspective. For purpose, it outlines the model of "political ecosystem." On basis, first explains (a) institutional country differences in relationship between politics and media (b) cultural politicians journalists. It then goes on explain how prototypical styles message types as communicators differ cross-country comparison. Finally, countries news consumption national audiences impact...
This article analyzes the norms and communication roles that govern interaction between political spokespeople journalists in center of governmental systems United States Germany. Using data from an exploratory study journalists, empirical reconstruction actors' attitudes points to a media-driven culture politically motivated The differences are understood as expression consequence presidential system stark commercialization U.S media, compared party government politicized media
Our study explores the state of mediatization in a comparative framework. We ask how political and journalistic elites eight European democracies (Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland) perceive with respect to coverage politics dynamics their professional relationship. The approach allowed us assess settings where impact on media system takes different forms strengths, and, hence, enjoy degrees autonomy. argue that these structural differences act as...
This article analyses characteristics that qualify the transnational networks of journalists emerging across European borders and potential impact this type collaboration on Europeanisation coverage by national mass media. We argue degree to which is Europeanised contingent networks, namely, a network’s organisation control among within network. develop theoretical model outlines these criteria their effects. Our expectations are explored in three case studies journalistic resulting media output.
We propose a methodological approach to analyze the content of hyperlink networks which represent networked public spheres on Internet. Using case food safety movement in United States, we demonstrate how generate network with web crawling tool Issue Crawler and merge it results probabilistic topic model network’s content. Combining analysis allows us interpret such its entirety regard mobilizing potentials specific sub-issues movement. focus two network, genetically modified control, order...
This study investigates the roles of feminist actors in Twitter discourse about sexualized violence that came up during confirmation Brett Kavanaugh as a U.S. Supreme Court justice October 2018. We theorize from perspective counterpublics because it helps understanding extant power relations public debate are also manifest digital networks. In this empirical study, we reconstruct network judge's and examine role their counterpublic characteristics. Our findings indicate was highly polarized,...