Main Research Areas
Artificial intelligence and political communication, especially impact on political participation processes, influence on political media content and its processing
Empirical deliberation research, especially reception and effects of mediated deliberation, determinants and effects of internal deliberation processes, deliberativeness of media content
Empirical entertainment research, especially entertainment experiences in the context of political media content, connection between entertainment experiences and information processing
Methods of empirical communication research, especially development and validation of psychometric scales
Participation in Third-Party Funded Projects
2022 – 2025
Manchot Forschungsgruppe II [Manchot Research Group II] “Entscheidungsfindung mit Hilfe von Methoden der Künstlichen Intelligenz [Decision-Making with the Help of Artificial Intelligence]” – Use Case Politics, Project lead: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Vowe, Prof. Dr. Marc Ziegele, funding: Jürgen Manchot Foundation
2023 – 2024
“Künstliche Intelligenz und die Rezeption und Wirkung von medial vermittelter politischer Kommunikation [Artificial Intelligence and the Reception and Effects of Mediated Political Communication],” Project lead: Dr. Carina Weinmann, funding: Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Department of Journalism and Communication Research
2020 – 2022
“Determinanten und Effekte von Kooperation in homogenen und heterogenen Forschungsverbünden (DEKiF) [Determinants and Effects of Cooperation in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Research Clusters],” Project lead at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Vowe, funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
2018 – 2019
“Negativity in Political Communication and Reverse Discrimination,” Project lead: Prof. Dr. Melanie Steffens, Dr. Franziska Ehrke, funding: Research unit “Kommunikation – Medien – Politik [Communication – Media – Politics]“, University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Institute for Communication Psychology and Media Education
2018
“Effekte von ‚Cross-Cutting Exposure‘ [Effects of ‘Cross-Cutting Exposure’],” Project lead: Dr. Carina Weinmann, funding: Research unit “Kommunikation – Medien – Politik [Communication – Media – Politics]“, University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Institute for Communication Psychology and Media Education
2013 – 2016
“Politische Talkshows zur Unterhaltung [Political Talk Shows and Entertainment],” Project lead: Prof. Dr. Peter Vorderer, funding: German Research Foundation (DFG), University of Mannheim, Institute for Media and Communication Studies
2013
“Evaluation der Wirksamkeit von Online-Erklärfilmen [Evaluating the Effectiveness of Online Tutorials],” Project lead: Prof. Dr. Peter Vorderer, Dr. Frank M. Schneider, funding: explain it GmbH, Munich, University of Mannheim, Institute for Media and Communication Studies
2011
“Einfluss der Gestaltung von Stimmzetteln auf die Wahlentscheidung [Effect of the Design of Ballot Papers on the Voting Decision],” Project lead: Prof. Dr. Peter Vorderer, funding: Constitutional Court of the Saarland, University of Mannheim, Institute for Media and Communication Studies
Review Service
Journals
Communication Methods and Measures, Communication Monographs, Communication Research, Communication Theory, Human Communication Research, Information, Communication & Society, International Journal of Communication, International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Journal of Communication, Journal of Media Psychology, Mass Communication and Society, Media Psychology, Political Psychology, Political Studies Review, Psychology of Popular Media, The International Journal of Press/Politics
Conferences
Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Conference of the Media Psychology Devision of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Conference of the Media Reception and Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Conference of the Communication and Politics Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK)
Other
SoSci Panel (open scientific panel)
Profiles on Research Websites
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