Studied communication science at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich and at the University of Copenhagen ("Cognition and Communication"). Since October 2020 research associate at the department for Digitalization and Participation of the Institute for Media and Communication Studies. 

Summer term 2022:

28623 BA PuK: Wissen, Gegenwissen, knowledge resistance - die Corona Protestbewegung in Deutschland

Winter term 2021/22:

28518 BA PuK: Introduction to critical disinformation studies

28624 BA PuK: (Soziale) Medien und Protestbewegungen

Summer term 2021:

S28511: BA PuK: Wer glaubt denn sowas? Zur "Lügenpresse" und Fake News im Internet.

S28573: BA PuK: Wenn Fakten quer liegen - professionelles Factchecking in der Coronakrise.

Winter term 2020/21: 

S28635: BA PuK: Partizipation, Fake News und Demokratie – der Umgang mit Wissen im digitalen Zeitalter

• Disinformation
• Knowledge and truth in the digital public sphere
• Media trust and trust in epistemic authority

Publications:

Primig, F. (2022). The Influence of Media Trust and Normative Role Expectations on the Credibility of Fact Checkers, Journalism Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2022.2080102

Conference presentations:

Primig, F. (2021, 27.-31 May). Checkmate for Fact Checking: The Influence of Media Trust, and Normative Role Expectations on the Credibility of Fact Checkers and Fact Checking [Conference paper]. 71st Annual ICA Conference (International Communication Association), Denver Colorado.