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Article on the effect of sexism on women’s participation in political online discussions published in Communication Research

This study tests whether seeing female politicians in the news encourages other women to participate in online discussions, or if the sexist backlash they receive has the opposite effect. Our experiment reveals that sexist comments are a powerful deterrent that increases women's fear and lowers their confidence, while the presence of a female role model alone provides no significant boost to participation.

Jul 01, 2025 | Digital Research Methods

How about 41 hours of journalism studies a month?

A new position for student employees is to be filled at Prof. Margreth Lünenborg's department from October.

Jun 24, 2025 | Journalism Studies

Media practitioners from RUMS and dpa as guests

In May, Christoph Zeiher, head of news at dpa, and RUMS founder Marc-Stefan Andres will be attending seminars of the journalism department.

May 07, 2025 | Journalism Studies

How contradiction can be explored in the discourse around Rammstein

The journal Publizistik has published another article on the theorization and research of media practices of contradiction in networked public spheres.

Apr 23, 2025 | Journalism Studies

Elfriede Fürsich visiting seminar on journalism and migration

On April 29, the professor from the University of Pittsburgh will speak at IfPuK about concepts of media representation and its limits.

Apr 23, 2025 | Journalism Studies

Survey on German TV Series

Attention TV-Fans: You can now take part in our online survey and maybe get selected for our discussion rounds about Berlin TV series.

Apr 16, 2025 | From Dallas to Berlin on Demand

Conference on affective mobilization

From 21 to 23 May, the CRC Affective Societies is organizing the conference “Mobilizing Affect - Affective Mobilization” in collaboration with a research project at TU Dresden.

Apr 16, 2025 | Journalism Studies

DGPuK prize for work on practices of contradiction

Tanja Thomas, Margreth Lünenborg, Dagmar Hoffmann, Susanne Eichner and Susanne Kinnebrock won the third prize for outstanding communication science papers at the DGPuK annual conference.

Apr 08, 2025 | Journalism Studies

Marko Bachl elected editor of Studies in Communication and Media

Marko Bachl has been elected as one of the four co-editors of the journal SCM – Studies in Communication and Media.

Apr 02, 2025 | Digital Research Methods

Publication: How the boundary between activism and journalism is negotiated

In the newly published SCM paper, Wolfgang Reißmann, Margreth Lünenborg and Miriam Siemon use the boundary work approach to examine the discursive practice of feminist border crossers.

Mar 31, 2025 | Journalism Studies

1st DiMES Workshop on Automated Image and Video Analysis

The inaugural 2-day workshop was taught by Prof. Felica Loecherback (University of Amsterdam).

Feb 18, 2025 | Digital Research Methods

Call for Papers on Media and Emotions

The editorial team of the upcoming anthology is asking for submissions.

Dec 10, 2024 | Journalism Studies

Guest lecture on Political Authenticity

Vote for me, I am authentic! Insights into the current research on authenticity in political communication.

Dec 03, 2024 | Media Effects

Also for students: Work contract for automated collection of TikTok data

The department for Journalism Studies is now awarding a contract for automated data collection and coding of TikTok data.

Oct 22, 2024 | Journalism Studies

New article on #FrauenSagenNein published in Feminist Media Studies

Pauline H. Zahn and Margreth Lünenborg have published a journal article on gender-critical alliances in the debate on the Self-Determination Act on Twitter/X.

Sep 23, 2024 | Journalism Studies

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