Jennifer Adams, MAIS
Researcher (Predoc)
Comms Policy Collaborative Expert
Paul Balluff, B.A. MA
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49393
✉ paul.balluff@univie.ac.at
➥ Automated named entity recognition
➥ Applications for transformer models
➥ Media landscape in Europe
➥ Mediated public discourse
Jana Bernhard, Bakk. BA M.Sc. MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-48306
✉ jana.bernhard@univie.ac.at
➥ Automated text analysis
➥ Quantitative methods
➥ Political communication
➥ Digitalization of communication professions
Mgr. Dominika Betakova, Bc.
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49378
✉ dominika.betakova@univie.ac.at
➥ Political communication
➥ News usage and news avoidance
➥ Quantitative research methods and computer-assisted content analysis
➥ Experimental research methods
Mag. Dr. Manina Biermayer, Bakk.
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49382
✉ manina.mestas@univie.ac.at
➥ Media literacy
➥ Advertising effects
➥ Health communication
Stephanie Bührer, BSc MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49342
✉ stephanie.buehrer@univie.ac.at
➥ Digital hate and media psychology
➥ In- and outgroup effects
➥ Social identities
➥ Methodological research
Michaela Forrai, BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49340
✉ michaela.forrai@univie.ac.at
➥ Health communication
➥ Media psychology
➥ Suicide prevention
➥ Media and well-being/mental health
Sebastian Galyga, B.A. MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-48305
✉ sebastian.galyga@univie.ac.at
➥ Manual and automated content analysis
➥ Experimental research
➥ Political communication
Dott. Dott. mag. Diego Garusi
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49368
✉ diego.garusi@univie.ac.at
➥ Boundaries of journalism
➥ Folk theories of journalism
➥ Journalistic values
➥ News media trust
Hannah Greber, BA BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-48309
✉ hannah.greber@univie.ac.at
➥ Immersive journalism
➥ Virtual reality (VR)
➥ Constructive journalism
➥ Positive psychology
Melanie Hirsch, BA BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49333
✉ melanie.hirsch@univie.ac.at
➥ Political communication
➥ Social media
➥ Media psychology
➥ Empirical methods
Janina Jüngst, BA MA
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49358
✉ janina.juengst@univie.ac.at
➥ Film industries & TV
➥ Audiovisual media
➥ Diversity, equality & visibility
➥ Kids & youth content
Azade Esther Kakavand, B.A. MA
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49359
✉ azade.kakavand@univie.ac.at
➥ Social solidarity
➥ Stereotypes in media
➥ Automated content analysis
➥ Quantitative methods
Jaroslava Kaňková, Bc. MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49308
✉ jaroslava.kankova@univie.ac.at
➥ Misinformation
➥ Social media
➥ Health communication
➥ Media literacy
Ruta Kaskeleviciute, BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49343
✉ ruta.kaskeleviciute@univie.ac.at
➥ Media contents and effects
➥ Media psychology
➥ Political communication
➥ Empirical methods
Ahrabhi Kathirgamalingam, B.A. MA
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-48307
✉ ahrabhi.kathirgamalingam@univie.ac.at
➥ Racism and media
➥ Language and discourse
➥ Political communication
➥ Automated content analysis
Maryam Khaleghipour, B.A M.A
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-48326
✉ maryam.khaleghipour@univie.ac.at
➥ Cyberbullying
➥ Media effects on children and youth
➥ Mediated Participation
➥ Children's mental health and well-being
Helena Knupfer, Bakk. BSc MSc MA
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49312
✉ helena.knupfer@univie.ac.at
➥ Media psychology
➥ Media effects
➥ Intergroup relations and terrorism
➥ Quantitative methods
Aytalina Kulichkina, BA MA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49354
✉ aytalina.kulichkina@univie.ac.at
➥ Agent-based modeling
➥ Network analysis
➥ Computational social science
➥ Quantitative methods
Noelle Sophie Lebernegg, BA BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-48303
✉ noelle.sophie.lebernegg@univie.ac.at
➥ Automated content analysis
➥ VR and immersive journalism
➥ Political communication and journalism
➥ Opinion and election research
Birte Marina Leonhardt, B.A. MA
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49387
✉ birte.marina.leonhardt@univie.ac.at
➥ Transformative journalism
➥ Science journalism
➥ Comparative journalism
➥ Empirical research methods
Kim Dana Löhmann, B.A. MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49392
✉ kim.loehmann@univie.ac.at
➥ Sustainable journalism
➥ Comparative journalism
➥ Lifestyle journalism
Jula Lühring, B.A. M.Sc.
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49349
✉ jula.luehring@univie.ac.at
➥ Political communication
➥ Misinformation
➥ Information processing
➥ Computational Social Sciences
Kateryna Maikovska, BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-48330
✉ katernya.maikovska@univie.ac.at
➥ Agent-based modeling
➥ Network analysis
➥ Computational social science
➥ Mixed methods research
Sophie Maria Mayen, B.A. MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-483 10
✉ sophie.mayen@univie.ac.at
➥ Media usage in every day life
➥ Media use and effects among children and adolescents
➥ Health communication, especially on women's health
➥ Framing effects
Rinat Meerson, B.Sc. M.Sc.
Researcer (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49336
✉ rinat.meerson@univie.ac.at
➥ Digital hate
➥ Media and social psychology
➥ Intersectionality
➥ Bystander, counterspeech, and content moderation
Sophie Minihold, Bakk. MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49365
✉ sophie.minihold@univie.ac.at
➥ Persuasive political communication
➥ Political microtargeting
➥ Data-driven election campaigns
➥ Effects on voters
Mag. Ariadne Neureiter, Bakk. BSc MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49334
✉ ariadne.neureiter@univie.ac.at
➥ Strategic (sustainability) communication
➥ Information processing strategies
➥ Green advertising
Mag. Neda Ninova-Solovykh
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-48320
✉ neda.ninova@univie.ac.at
➥ Employee activism
➥ Employee communication
➥ Strategic organisational communication
➥ Issue management in agile organisations
Selina Noetzel, B.A. MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49316
✉ selina.noetzel@univie.ac.at
➥ Political communication
➥ Media effects
➥ Media psychology
➥ Media literacy
Anna Maria Planitzer, Bakk. MA
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-48324
✉ anna.maria.planitzer@univie.ac.at
➥ Transnational political communication
➥ Diplomacy, think tanks and lobbying
➥ Political persuasion strategies
➥ Microtargeting
Gentiana Ramadani, MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-48328
✉ gentiana.ramadani@univie.ac.at
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Melanie Saumer, BA BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49397
✉ melanie.saumer@univie.ac.at
➥ Media psychology
➥ Political participation
➥ Effects of strategic communication in society
➥ Feminism
Marvin Stecker, B.A. M.A.
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-48315
✉ marvin.stecker@univie.ac.at
Andrea Stockinger, Bakk. MA
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-48318
✉ andrea.stockinger@univie.ac.at
➥ Political communication
➥ Incivility and toxic talk online
➥ Experimental research methods
➥ Computational communication science
Julia Stranzl, Bakk. BA MA
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49370
✉ julia.stranzl@univie.ac.at
➥ Organizational communication
➥ Internal crisis communication
➥ Job engagement and job disengagement
➥ Employees' emotions
Marina F. Thomas, BSc. M.Sc.
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49346
✉ marina.thomas@univie.ac.at
➥ Media psychology
➥ Social psychology
➥ Sexuality
➥ Quantitative methods
Teresa Weikmann, B.A. M.A.
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-48304
✉ teresa.weikmann@univie.ac.at
➥ Political communication
➥ Visual communication
➥ Deepfakes
➥ Disinformation
Phelia Weiß, B.A. B.A. MA
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-49309
✉ phelia.weiss@univie.ac.at
➥ Media content and effects
➥ Radicalization and extremism
➥ Gender
➥ Quantitative methods
Mag. Daniel Wiesner, BA MA
Researcher (Predoc)
✆ +43-1-4277-48317
✉ daniel.wiesner@univie.ac.at
➥ Political communication
➥ Framing
➥ Computational communication science
➥ Automated text analysis
