Dr. Annie Waldherr

CV

• since October 2010: Researcher at the Division of Communication Theory and Media Effects, Institute for Media and Communication Studies at Free University in Berlin/ Germany
• January 2006- October 2010:  Researcher at the Division of Communication Science/ Media Politics, Institute for Social Sciences at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart/Germany
• 1999-2005: Studies in Communication Science at University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart/Germany
• 2002-2003: Studies at the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon, Eugene/ USA

Projects

 “The impact of challengers’ online communication on media agenda-building – a comparison across countries and issues.”, subproject in the scope of the Research Group “Political communication in the Online World”, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Research

• Political communication and mediated public spheres
• Science and technology discourses
• Social simulation
• Interpersonal communication

Publications

• Waldherr, Annie (2012): Die Dynamik der Medienaufmerksamkeit: Ein Simulationsmodell. Baden-Baden: Nomos. http://www.nomos-shop.de/14607

• Waldherr, Annie (2012): The mass media as actors in innovation systems: Their relevance for high-tech policy decisions. In Bauer, Johannes / Lang, Achim & Schneider, Volker: Innovation policy and governance in high-technology industries: The complexity of coordination. Berlin: Springer.

• Waldherr, Annie & Muck, Peter M. (2011): Towards an integrative approach to communication styles: The Interpersonal Circumplex and the Five-Factor Theory of personality as frames of reference. Communications, 36, p. 1-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/comm.2011.001
• Waldherr, Annie & Bachl, Marko (2011): Simulation gesellschaftlicher Medienwirkungsprozesse am Beispiel der Schweigespirale. In Suckfüll, Monika / Schramm, Holger & Wünsch, Carsten (Hrsg.): Rezeption und Wirkung in zeitlicher Perspektive. Baden-Baden: Nomos, p. 235-252.
• Thiemens, Jasmin & Waldherr, Annie (2009): Bewertungsdimensionen einer Kanzlerkandidatin – Eine quantitative Inhaltsanalyse der Berichterstattung über Angela Merkel im Bundestagswahlkampf 2005. In Rodoniklis, Wasilios & Zander, Daniel (Hrsg.): Düsseldorfer Forum Politische Kommunikation 2008. Schriftenreihe DFPK – Band 4. Münster: Lit.
• Waldherr, Annie (2008). Gatekeeper, Diskursproduzenten und Agenda-Setter – Medien als Akteure in Innovationsprozessen. In Pfetsch, Barbara & Adam, Silke (Hrsg.): Massenmedien als politische Akteure – Konzepte und Analysen. Wiesbaden: VS.
• Waldherr, Annie (2008). Innovationsdiskurse in Medien und Politik – Theoretisches Rahmenkonzept für eine vergleichende Analyse von Themenkarrieren. In Aydin, Esra / Begenat, Matthias / Michalek, Christian / Schemann, Jasmin & Stefes, Ingo (Hrsg.): Düsseldorfer Forum Politische Kommunikation 2007. Schriftenreihe DFPK – Band 3. Münster: Lit.
• Waldherr, Annie (2008): Kommunikationsstile von Führungskräften: Eine strukturelle Analyse des Kommunikationsverhaltens in Führungssituationen. Marburg: Tectum.

Presentations

• Schmid-Petri, Hannah / Häussler, Thomas / Adam, Silke / Waldherr, Annie /Miltner, Peter / Pfetsch, Barbara / Bennett, Lance (2012): Selecting and framing in a digital age: Is online communication of challengers abandoning mass media´s logic? Paper presented at the ECREA 4th European Communication Conference, October 24 – 27, Istanbul, Turkey.

• Schmid-Petri, Hanna / Waldherr, Annie / Häussler, Thomas / Miltner, Peter & Adam, Silke (2012): Was passiert zu einem Thema im Netz? Die Herausforderung, dynamische Online-Netzwerke und deren Diskurse zu erfassen. Vortrag im Rahmen der Tagung „Fortschritte in der Inhaltsanalyse“ der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Methoden, 27.-29. September, Zürich.

• Waldherr, Annie (2012): The emergence of issue careers: A social simulation approach. Paper presented at the 62^nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 24-28, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

• Waldherr, Annie / Häussler, Thomas / Miltner, Peter / Pfetsch, Barbara / Schmid-Petri, Hannah / Adam, Silke / Streibl, Wolfgang & Bennett, W. Lance (2012): Comparing apples and oranges: The challenge of measuring online-offline discourse dynamics. Paper presented at the 62^nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 24-28, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

• Miltner, Peter & Waldherr, Annie (2012): Themenzyklus der Kriegsberichterstattung – Ein Phasenmodell. Vortrag im Rahmen der Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), 16. – 18. Mai, Berlin.

• Waldherr, Annie (2010): Agenda-setting and agenda-hiding in ICT discourses. Poster presented at the 3^rd European Communication Conference (ECREA 2010), October 10-15, Hamburg, Germany.
• Waldherr, Annie & Bachl, Marko (2010): Simulation gesellschaftlicher Medienwirkungsprozesse am Beispiel der Schweigespirale. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the working group on reception studies and media effects of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), January 29-30, Berlin,  Germany.
• Waldherr, Annie (2009): Media attention dynamics in complex societies: A conceptual framework. Paper presented at the 59^th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 21-25, Chicago, IL, USA.
• Waldherr, Annie (2009): Komplexität und Dynamik moderner Mediendiskurse: Theoretisches Konzept und methodische Konsequenzen. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), April 29- May 1, Bremen, Germany.
• Waldherr, Annie (2008): The complexity of mass mediated risk discourses: A conceptual framework for studying issue attention to science and technology. Paper presented at the 11^th International Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas, July 28 – August 2, Helsinki, Finland.
• Thiemens, Jasmin & Waldherr, Annie (2008): Bewertungsdimensionen einer Kanzlerkandidatin – Eine quantitative Inhaltsanalyse der Berichterstattung über Angela Merkel im Bundestagswahlkampf 2005. Paper presented at the 4 ^th  Forum for Political Communication,  April 5-6, Düsseldorf, Germany.
• Waldherr, Annie (2007). Innovation policy and the mass media: The relevance of public discourse for high-tech-policy decisions. Paper presented at the Spring Meeting of the working group on politics and technology of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), June 22-23, Meersburg, Germany.
• Waldherr, Annie (2007). Innovationskarrieren in Medien und Politik: Forschungsdesign für eine vergleichende Untersuchung von Themenkarrieren. Poster presented at the 3 ^rd Forum for Political Communication, April 13-15, Düsseldorf, Germany.
• Muck, Peter M. / Waldherr, Annie & Sawatzky, Alla (2006). Konsequenzen des Kommunikationsverhaltens von Führungskräften. Poster presented at the 45 ^th Congress of the German Psychological Association, September 17-21, Nürnberg, Germany.
• Muck, Peter M. / Waldherr, Annie & Sawatzky, Alla (2006). A structural analysis of leaders' communication behavior. Paper presented at the 13^th European Conference on Personality, July 22-26, Athens, Greece.
• Muck, Peter M. & Waldherr, Annie (2006). Is managerial communication consistent across leadership tasks? Paper presented at the 26^th International Congress of Applied Psychology, July 16-21, Athens, Greece.