Weizenbaum Institute: Research Group 15 "Digitalisation and the Transnational Public Sphere"

Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Barbara Pfetsch, Research Group Lead: Dr. Annett Heft

The research group investigates the impact of digital technologies and media in the formation of transnational and national online issue publics, communication infrastructures and processes of political mobilization. We focus on right-wing and populist-right communication ecologies which develop ...

SFB: Re-Figuration of Spaces

Prof. Dr. Barbara Pfetsch, Prof. Dr. Annie Waldherr

Jan 01, 2018 — Dec 31, 2021

DFG-Funded Research Project “Translocal Networks: Public Sphere in the Social Web” at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies A new research project, led by Prof. Dr. Annie Waldherr (University of Vienna) and Prof. Dr. Barbara Pfetsch (FU Berlin), is ...

Analysis National Dialogue

Prof. Dr. Barbara Pfetsch

Apr 01, 2015 — Oct 26, 2016

A team of researchers of the division communication theory and media effects is currently analyzing the data of the national dialogue on well-being and the quality of life launched by the German government. Between April and October 2015, citizens discussed their thoughts on the quality of life ...

Political Agenda-Building

Prof. Dr. Silke Adam , Prof. Dr. Barbara Pfetsch, W. Lance Bennett Prof. Dr. Gerhard Heyer

Nov 01, 2011 — Dec 31, 2014

Sub-Project 7 of  the DFG research group "political communication in the online-world" in Berlin First project phase (2011-2014): The impact of challengers’ online communication on media agenda-building – a comparison across countries and issues.

Political Communication Cultures in Western Europe - A Comparative Study

Prof. Dr. Barbara Pfetsch

Jan 01, 2007 — Dec 31, 2009

Part of the European Collaborative Research Projects in the Social Sciences (ECRP) The project is a comparative study which aims at analysing the relationship between political elites and the media in nine Western European countries. The objective is to investigate the attitudes, norms and ...