Melanie Saumer, BA BA MSc
Researcher (Predoc)
Währinger Straße 29 (R. 3.19), 1090 Vienna
✆ +43-1-4277-49397
✉ melanie.saumer@univie.ac.at
Web: Advertising & Media Psychology Research Group (AdMe)
Project: YouCount (PI: Jörg Matthes)
Funding: European Union (Horizon 2020)
Consultation: Based upon prior agreement
➥ Media psychology
➥ (Political) participation through Citizen Science
➥ Effects of digital anti-LGBTQIA+ hate speech
Melanie Saumer is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Communication at the University of Vienna since September 2021. Before that, she worked at the department as a teaching assistant within the AdMe research group for four years. She studied Communication Science at the University of Vienna (MSc, 2021), and holds a BA in Political Science (University of Vienna, 2020) and a BA in Journalism and Communication Science (University of Vienna, 2019). Her research interests include media psychology, political paticipation, effects of strategic communication in society, and feminism.