- Social Media and Politics
- Media Studies and Communication
- Linguistic research and analysis
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
- Sociology and Education Studies
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- Public Administration and Political Analysis
- Digital Communication and Language
- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
- Consumer behavior in food and health
- Religion, Theology, and Education
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- E-Government and Public Services
- German legal, social, and political studies
- Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Wikis in Education and Collaboration
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Religious Education and Schools
- Computational and Text Analysis Methods
Universität Trier
2018-2024
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2014-2018
Institut für Medien- und Kommunikationspolitik
2018
LMU Klinikum
2016
Hamburg Institut (Germany)
2012
University of Münster
2007
The use of social media reinforces the change in journalism from a single-channel activity to multichannel communications. News organizations and journalists must learn simultaneously operate several channels. Furthermore, is multi-functional applicable all phases news production distribution. Taken together, reaching higher level complexity. This study's main objective systematize multiple uses explore related newsroom strategies. To this end, we surveyed editors-in-chief German internet...
This article discusses how the relationship between professional and participatory media could be described in a changing environment. It presents key findings of two-year research project which explored online journalism Germany. The draw multilayered picture latest developments concerning newsrooms their counterparts media. data consist primarily standardised interviews with editors-in-chief newsrooms. In most newsrooms, they produce supra-regional comprehensive news offer on websites each...
This article examines with whom political journalists interact on Twitter and what information they share. These relations are explored by combining a content analysis network of interaction patterns. The activities published journalists' personal accounts studied. Prior research has shown that elite journalists, in particular, mainly seek to remain gatekeepers tend normalize emerging communication spaces. Only one-quarter the parliamentary correspondents German Federal Press Conference had...
This article examines how Members of the German Bundestag (MdBs) used Twitter in context country’s 2013 federal elections. In particular, we explore dynamics MdBs’ use during different periods electoral term: How do tweeting habits MdBs differ by party before and election campaign (a) public versus personal communication (b) policy messages? are selection interaction partners, centralization on leading actors, reciprocity networks affected campaigning? We address these questions conducting a...
Social media use is now commonplace across journalism, in spite of lingering unease about the impact networked, real-time logic leading social platforms may have on quality journalistic coverage. As a result, distinct voices are forced to compete more directly with experts, commentators, sources, and other stakeholders within same space. Such shifting power relations be observed also interactions between political journalists their audiences major platforms. This article therefore pursues...
Computational communication science (CCS) is embraced by many as a fruitful methodological approach to studying in the digital era. However, theoretical advances have not been considered equally important CCS. Specifically, we observe an emphasis on mid-range and micro theories that misses larger discussion how macro-theoretical frameworks can serve CCS scholarship. With this article, aim stimulate such discussion. Although macro might point directly specific questions hypotheses, they shape...
This study examines how bloggers link to and comment on news content selected participatory sources. The extent of follow-up communication is explored through the analysis number blog posts linking topic-specific professional citizen media content. In addition, underlying network structure resulting from bloggers' behaviour as well their interconnectedness determined. Do refer a broad range viewpoints do they evaluate linked material? It contested whether actors participating in networked...
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Research has provided few findings on the patterns of communication and interaction between political media actors in social how these interactions have evolved. The present study analyzes journalists registered German Federal Press Conference interact with members Bundestag (member parliament) Twitter what type content they exchange each other. Based two time periods (2016, 2020), communicative practices are examined. New insights into conversational structure generated through a...