Curriculum Vitae

Academic Positions

since 09/2020

Assistant Professor (with Tenure Track)
Institute of Media and Communication, TU Dresden

10/2019 – 08/2020

Post-Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer („Akademische Rätin auf Zeit“)
Department of Media and Communication, LMU Munich (Team of Prof. Dr. Diana Rieger)

10/2018 – 09/2019

Post-Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer
Department of Media and Communication, LMU Munich (Team of Prof. Dr. Diana Rieger)

02/2019 – 03/2019

Visiting Scholar
School of Information, University of Michigan (Hosted by Prof. Dr. Nicole Ellison)

10/2013 – 09/2018

Researcher and Lecturer
Department of Media and Communication, LMU Munich (Team of Prof. Dr. Hans-Bernd Brosius)

04/2010 – 09/2013

Student Research Assistant
Department of Media and Communication, LMU Munich

Education

10/2014 – 06/2018

Doctor rerum socialium (Dr. rer. soc.), Communication
LMU Munich

10/2011 – 09/2013

M.A., Communication
LMU Munich

10/2008 – 07/2011

B.A., Communication (Major) | Sociology (Minor)
LMU Munich

06/2008

Higher Education Entrance Qualification („Abitur“)
Humboldt-Gymnasium, Potsdam

Grants & Third-Party Funding

Received Research Grants & Third-Party Funding

07/2020 – 06/2023

Wahrnehmung und Wirkung von Hass und Hetze im Netz
[Perception and effects of online hate speech]
Research project as part of the joint project “Einsatz von KI zur Früherkennung von Straftaten (KISTRA),” jointly acquired with Prof. Dr. Diana Rieger (LMU Munich); funded by Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)

11/2019 – 02/2020

Kann Instagram auch Politik? Beeinflussung der Informationsnutzung und Effekte für die Meinungsbildung durch politische Inhalte
[Uses and effects of political information on Instagram]
Commissioned project for the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) – Preparation of a literature review on the role of Instagram in the context of political communication, jointly acquired with Prof. Dr. Diana Rieger (LMU Munich)

01/2019 – 05/2019

Wandel der Sprach- und Debattenkultur in sozialen Online-Medien
[The changing culture of language and debate on social media]
Commissioned project for the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) – Preparation of a literature review on the causes and effects of incivility in social media, jointly acquired with Prof. Dr. Diana Rieger (LMU Munich)

09/2014 – 02/2015

Evaluation der Jugendkorbinianswallfahrt
[Evaluation of the Youth Pilgrimage “Jugendkorbinianswallfahrt”]
Commissioned project for the Erzbischöfliches Jugendamt München und Freising (EJA) – Conception, implementation, and reporting of an online evaluation study, jointly acquired with Prof. Dr. Hans-Bernd Brosius (LMU Munich)

Collaboration in Third-Party Funded Research Projects

10/2021 – 09/2022

AMBITION – Activists’ MoBIle InformaTION
Research project on news and media usage behavior of climate activists, under direction of Prof. Dr. Cornelius Puschmann (University of Bremen); funded by Data Science Center at the University of Bremen (DSC)

07/2014 – 04/2018

Verbreitung und Austausch von Nachrichteninhalten im Social Web – Interaktion zwischen massenmedialen und interpersonalen Kommunikationsformen
[Dissemination and exchange of news content on the Social Web—Interaction between mass-mediated and interpersonal forms of communication]
Research project as part of the DFG Research Unit 1381 “Political Communication in the Online World,” DFG [DFG BR 904/39-2], under direction of Prof. Dr. Hans-Bernd Brosius und PD Dr. Veronika Karnowski (LMU Munich); funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

University & Field Service

since 02/2021

Vice-Chair of the DGPuK Division „Media Reception and Effects“
German Communication Association (DGPuK),
together with Tobias Dienlin

since 06/2020

Secretary of the Division „Communication and Technology“
International Communication Association (ICA)

since 01/2020

Member of the Editorial Board
Digital Journalism (Taylor & Francis)

10/2016 – 10/2019

Representative of the Academic Staff („Mittelbausprecherin“)
Department of Media and Communication, LMU Munich

08/2017 – 08/2019

Youth Representative of the DGPuK Division Media Reception and Effects (NaRezFo),
together with Nora Denner

Conference & Workshop Organization

2022

Member of the Program Committee 
11th Annual Doctoral Consortium of the Communication and Technology (CAT) Division of the International Communication Association (ICA)

2022

Organization of a Workshop on the Sustainability of Platform-specific Social Media Research (together with Lisa Merten)
67th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK)

2021

Organization of the [Virtual] Conference „RezFoForFuture“
Annual Conference of the DGPuK Division Media Reception and Effects

2020

Organization of the Review Process
65th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK)

Reviewing

  • Journals

    Acta Politica, Behaviour & Information Technology, Big Data & Society, Communication Research, Communication Research Reports, Computers in Human Behavior, Digital Journalism, Human Communication Research, Information, Communication & Society, International Journal of Communication, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Journal of Communication, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Journal of Information Technology & Politics, Journal of Media Psychology, Journalism, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Journalism Practice, Journalism Studies, Mass Communication and Society, Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, Mobile Media & Communication, New Media & Society, Political Communication, Public Opinion Quarterly, Publizistik, Social Media + Society, SCM – Studies in Communication and Media, SComS – Studies in Communication Sciences, The International Journal of Press/Politics

  • Professional Associations

    Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), Annual Conference of the DGPuK Division „Methods“, Annual Conference of the DGPuK Division „Media Reception and Effects“

  • Miscellaneous

    SoSci Panel (Peer-reviewed academic online access panel)

Awards & Honors

Research

  • Best Paper Award of the DGPuK Division “Media Reception and Effects” 2022 for the paper: Wahrnehmung von Hate Speech im Social-Media-Kontext: Eine qualitative Mehrmethodenstudie [Perceptions of hate speech in a social media context: A qualitative multi-method study] (with Ursula Schmid & Diana Rieger)

  • Best Paper Award of the DGPuK Division “Media Reception and Effects” 2020 for the paper: Nebenbei, mobil und ohne Ziel? Eine Mehrmethodenstudie zu Nachrichtennutzung und -verständnis von jungen Erwachsenen [A multi-method study on the news use and understanding of young adults]

  • Best Paper Award of the DGPuK Division “Media Reception and Effects” 2020 for the paper: (A-)synchrone Kommunikation über TV-Serien in sozialen Medien. Eine Mehrmethodenstudie zu rezeptionsbezogenen Kommunikationsaktivitäten in sozialen Medien am Beispiel von Reddit-Diskussionsthreads zu Game of Thrones [(A)synchronous communication about TV series in social media. A multi-method study of communication practices in Reddit discussion threads about Game of Thrones] (with Julian Unkel)

  • Second Place Competitive Paper Awards 2014 of the ICA Game Studies Interest Group for the paper: Framing Gaming. The Effects of Media Frames on Perceptions of Game(r)s (with Alexander Haas)

  • Best Thesis Award of the Department of Media and Communication (LMU Munich) for a M.A. thesis

  • Best Thesis Award of the Department of Media and Communication (LMU Munich) for a B.A. thesis

Teaching

  • Winner of the FSR-Phil Award for Teaching in the Category „Best Communication“ in the winter term 2020/21 (awarded by the Student Council of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Science, TU Dresden)

  • Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Department of Media and Communication (LMU Munich) for the course „Informations- und Nachrichtennutzung junger Erwachsener: Zwischen Fernsehen, Snapchat und WhatsApp“ [Information and news use of young adults: Between TV, Snapchat, and WhatsApp]
    Best evaluated (Top 1) course at the Department in the winter term 2018/19

  • Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Department of Media and Communication (LMU Munich) for the course „Einführung in die Kommunikationswissenschaft“ [Introduction to communication studies]
    Top 5 evaluated course at the Department in the winter term 2018/19

  • Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Department of Media and Communication (LMU Munich) for the course „Medienlehre“ [German media system]
    Top 5 evaluated course at the Department in the summer term 2015

  • Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Department of Media and Communication (LMU Munich) for the course „Medienlehre“ [German media system]
    Top 4 evaluated course at the Department in the summer term 2014

Professional Memberships

  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK, German Communication Association)

  • European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)

  • International Communication Association (ICA)