• Betakova, D. (2024, September 24-27). Leave me alone, I do not believe you! News avoidance, conspiracy beliefs and vaccine opposition [Paper presentation]. 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Betakova, D., Boomgaarden, H., & Lecheler, S. (2024, September 24-27)."Too much and always the same": Textual characteristics of news articles that people intentionally avoid [Paper presentation]. 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Čirjak, M., Kathirgamalingam, A., Betakova, D., Syed, A. P., & Boomgaarden, H. (2024, September 24-27). A matter of risk perception? The dynamics of media use during the Covid-19 pandemic [Paper presentation]. 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Schäfer, S., Betakova, D., & Lecheler, S. (2024, September 24-27). Zooming in on topics: An investigation of the prevalence and motives for selective news avoidance [Paper presentation]. 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Banjac, S., Juarez Miro, C., & Hanusch, F. (2024, June 20-24). Audience expectations across journalistic boundaries [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Bernhard, J., Ashour, R., Tolochko, P., Eberl, J.-M., & Boomgaarden, H. (2024, June 20-24). Beyond standardization: a comprehensive review of topic modeling for computational communication research [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Betakova, D., Boomgaarden, H., & Lecheler, S. (2024, June 20-24). The role of choice architecture and civic duty nudges in fighting news avoidance [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Bührer, S., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024, June 20-24). The WWW of digital hate perpetration: What, who, and why? A scoping review [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Einwiller, S. A., Wolfgruber, D., & Leitner, A. K. (2024, June 20-24). Corporate communication about diversity and inclusion: How companies communicate on social media and respond to criticism [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Garusi, D., Juarez Miro, J., & Hanusch, F. (2024, June 20-24). Understanding journalists' and audiences' mutual trust: A theoretical framework informed by phenomenological sociology [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Hancock, J., Stevic, A., & Liu, S. X. (2024, June 20-24). AI-mediated communication and the self in the context of online dating as part of the panel session algorithmically yours: Communicating in the age of generative AI [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Harff, D., Dekoninck, H., & Schmuck, D. (2024, June 20-24). Idols within reach: Measuring the perceived attainability of media role models [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Harff, D., & Schmuck, D. (2024, June 20-24). Prevalence, topics, presentation and popularity of social media influencers' political content across two countries [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Hendrickx, J., & Vázquez-Herrero, J. (2024, June 20-24). Dissecting social media journalism: A comparative study across platforms, outlets and countries [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Hirsch, M., Binder, A., & Matthes, J. (2024, June). Targeted political advertising on social media – A "drop in the ocean?" Emerging adults' understanding and experiences [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Hu, J. M., & Thomas, M. F. (2024, June 20-24). Are anxiously attached mobile dating app users less successful and feel worse after use? The moderating effect of platform anonymity [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Inwood, O., Makki, M., & Kermani, H. (2024, June 20-24). Discourse of mis-disinformation on social media during a pandemic: A comparative analysis of Persian and Australian Twitter, Youtube, and Instagram data [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Juarez Miro, C., Banjac, S., & Hanusch, F. (2024, June 20-24). Audience expectations of journalists: Demands, beliefs and assessments [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Juarez Miro, C., Maares, P., Hendrickx, J., & Hanusch, F. (2024, June 20-24). Understanding the role of community membership in journalistic authority claims: A framework informed by fan journalistic actors [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Kaňková, J., Stevic, A., Binder, A., & Matthes, J. (2024, June 20-24). Time to BeReal! Exploring users' well-being in relation to the duration of BeReal use [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Kaskeleviciute, R., Knupfer, H., & Matthes, J. (2024, June 20-24). Fight fire with fire? Muslims' reactions to terrorism-related online intolerance and the role of counter speech [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Kathirgamalingam, A., Lind, F., & Boomgaarden, H. (2024, June 20-24). Measuring racism and related concepts using computational text-as-data approaches: a systematic literature review [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Khaleghipour, M., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024, June 20-24). Digital hate from targets' perception: A scoping review of recent research [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Kirchmair, T., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024, June 20-24). Four eyes, two truths: Explaining heterogeneity in perceived severity of digital hate against immigrants [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Knupfer, H., Kaskeleviciute, R., Matthes, J., & van Scharrel, H. (2024, June 20-24). Victims of Islamist and right-wing terrorism in the press: Identifiability and humanization [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Lee, J., Banks, J., Chen, K., Weikmann, T. E., Hameleers, M., & Ahmed, S. (2024, June 20-24). Synthetic media, visual narratives, and information authenticity: Advancing global social justice [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Lind, F. (2024, June 20-24). Advocating for basic income: Transnationality of the basic income discourse on social media [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Löhmann, K., Maares, P., Nölleke, D., & Hanusch, F. (2024, June 20-24). Competition, cooperation or complementation? Boundary discourses of traditional and peripheral journalistic actors in Austria [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Maares, P., & Hendrickx, J. (2024, June 20-24). Affordances of journalism. How scholarship adopts affordance theory to study journalistic practice [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Mayen, S., Reinhardt, A., & Wilhelm, C. (2024, June 20-24). Revealing the interplay between digital media use and adolescents’ affective well-being: Results of a mobile experience sampling study [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Mayen, S., Wilhelm, C., & Reinhardt, A. (2024, June 20-24). The role of digital media activities in shaping adolescent learning and academic performance [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Meerson, R., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024, June 20-24). Content moderation through the bystander lens: A scoping review [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Nanz, A., Binder, A., & Matthes, J. (2024, June 20-24). AI in the newsroom: Does the public trust automated journalism and will they pay for it? [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Nanz, A., & Matthes, J. (2024, June 20-24). Feeling informed or being informed? Effects of first- and second-level incidental exposure: A three-wave panel survey [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Nanz, A., Kaskeleviciute, R., Stubenvoll, M., & Matthes, J. (2024, June 20-24). Scanning vs. thorough processing the news: Antecedents of first- and second-level incidental exposure and the role of the relevance appraisal [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Neureiter, A., Schröter, S.-C., Matthes, J., & Biermayer, M. (2024, June 20-24). An eye-tracking study: Perceptions of executional greenwashing in advertising and the impact of greenwashing literacy [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Noetzel, S., Binder, A., & Matthes, J. (2024, June). Cognitive effects of political microtargeting: An eye tracking study [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Reinhardt, A., Mayen, S., & Wilhelm, C. (2024, June 20-24). Uncovering the missing pieces: Predictors of non-response in a mobile experience sampling study on media effects among youth [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Reinhardt, A., Wilhelm, C., & Mayen, S. (2024, June 20-24). Game-changer or game over? Experimental testing of active vs. passive inoculation interventions in school settings [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Salonen, M., Hendrickx, J., & Ehrlén, V. (2024, June 20-24). Swipe up for news: A multi-level content and discourse analysis of Finnish and Belgian TikTok news videos [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Sarikakis, K., Gudkova, O., Buvač, N., Stojanovic, A., & Ametova, G. (2024, June 20-24). Giving up on the law? The disconnect of hate speech policy and female journalists' experiences [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Stevic, A., & Meeus, A. (2024, June 20-24). Sharing is caring: The positive role of smartphone co-use in social dynamics [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Stevic, A., Lee, A. Y., Liu, S. X., & Hancock, J. (2024, June 20-24). Of loving and losing: Influence of dating app motivations and perceived success on psychological well-being [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Stranzl, J. (2024, June 20-24). Communicating appreciation to employees from a leadership perspective: Tension between expectations and dependencies [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Tandoc, E. C., Hanusch, F., Seet, S., En Tong Toh, B., & Lee E.-J. (2024, June 20-24). (Fake) news and AI: Revisiting the impact of AI author attribution on message credibility [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Thomas, M. F., Binder, A., & Matthes, J. (2024, June 20-24). Sexting-related privacy management: Who cares and how? [Paper presentation] 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Viehmann, C., Geiss, S., Mestas, M., Arendt, F., & Quiring, O. (2024, June 20-24). Long-term media effects and macro-level contexts: How crisis versus routine periods moderate the effects of suicide coverage on suicide rate change (1861-2007) [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Vos, T. P., Mourao, R., Badr, H., Loosen, W., von Garmissen, A., Hanusch, F., Da Silva, M. P., & Storch, L. (2024, June 20-24). Explaining journalistic epistemologies in different social contexts [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Waeterloos, C., Schmuck, D., Opgenhaffen, M., & van Aelst, P. (2024, June 20-24). A systematic review of the concept of political knowledge in a high-choice, social media environment [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Wang, L. H., Dienlin, T., & Metzger, M. (2024, June 20-24). Disentangling the paradox of the privacy paradox on social media: The role of privacy dimensions, perceived benefits, privacy self-efficacy, and privacy cynicism [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Weikmann, T. E., Egelhofer, J. L., & Lecheler, S. (2024, June 20-24). The effects of different forms of visual disinformation [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Weiss, P., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024, June 20-24). A narrow gateway from misogyny to the far-right: Empirical evidence for social media exposure effects [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Wilhelm, C., Reinhardt, A., & Mayen, S. (2024, June 20-24). Does context matter? How time, space, and social context shape adolescent media use [Paper presentation]. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Dereymaeker, J., De Leyn, T., Uy-Tioco, C. L., Glover, R., Stevic, A., Lutz, C., Baruh, L., &, Labor, J. (2024, June 19). Appified care? Reflections towards a cultural and individual understanding of intimate surveillance across the lifespan in the age of mobile technologies [Workshop]. ICA Mobile Communication Pre-Conference, 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
  • Hagelstein, J. (2024, June 11). Publishing as a young scholar [Invited talk]. Student and Early Career Get-Together of the Public Relations Division of the International Communication Association (ICA). Virtual get-together.
  • Betakova, D., Boomgaarden, H., & Lecheler, S. (2024, May 2-4). "Too much and always the same": Textual characteristics of news articles that people intentionally avoid [Paper presentation]. The 6th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on the Quantitative and Computational Analysis of Textual Data (COMPTEXT), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Matthes, J. (2024, April 26). News about terrorism and Islamophobia: A Western perspective [Invited keynote]. Media, Digital Culture and Religion Congress, Kayseri, Türkiye.
  • Matthes, J. (2024, April 17). Preparing an ERC Advanced Grant application: Some survival tipps [Invited presentation]. ERC Advanced Grant Writing Workshop, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • Hendrickx, J., & Maares, P. (2024, April 11-12). Affordances of journalism. How scholarship adopts affordance theory to study journalistic practice [Paper presentation]. Conference of the ECREA Journalism Studies Section, Sheffield, UK.
  • Löhmann, K., Maares, P., & Hanusch, F. (2024, April 11-12). Filling a void: Exploring the contribution to diversity by peripheral journalistic actors [Paper presentation]. Conference of the ECREA Journalism Studies Section, Sheffield, UK.
  • Maares, P., Löhmann, K., & Nölleke, D. (2024, April 11-12). Autonomy, objectivity and transparency: The meaning and negotiation of journalistic norms and values across different genres of journalism [Paper presentation]. Conference of the ECREA Journalism Studies Section, Sheffield, UK.
  • Bojanic, V. (2024, March 26-27). Behind the scenes of CEO socio-political positioning: Perspectives from communication practitioners [Paper presentation]. 28th International Conference on Corporate and Marketing Communications, Vienna, Austria.
  • Hagelstein, J., Wahl, I., Stranzl., J., & Einwiller, S. (2024, March 26-27). Importance, occurrence, and effects of appreciation in the workplace: First insights from an employee survey [Paper presentation]. 28th International Conference on Corporate and Marketing Communications, Vienna, Austria.
  • Ninova-Solovykh, N., Wahl, I., & Einwiller, S. (2024, March 26-27). Consumers' responses to public company-directed activism: An experimental comparison of insider and outsider activism [Paper presentation]. 28th International Conference on Corporate and Marketing Communications, Vienna, Austria.
  • Tkalac Verčič, A., Einwiller, S., Tench, R., & Verčič, D. (2024, March 26-27). Constructing a new scale for measuring employee acceptance of digital communication technologies in the workplace [Paper presentation]. 28th International Conference on Corporate and Marketing Communications, Vienna, Austria.
  • Wahl, I., Stibor, R., Einwiller, S., Hagelstein, J., & Siegel, M. (2024, March 26-27). Associations between workplace LGB+ disclosure and discrimination, organizational LGB+ climate, job satisfaction, and mental health: A meta-analysis [Paper presentation]. 28th International Conference on Corporate and Marketing Communications, Vienna, Austria.
  • Wang, Y., Einwiller, S., & Laufer, D. (2024, March 26-27). Employee perceptions of crisis spillover risk: The role of crisis relevance, severity, and corporate response strategies [Paper presentation]. 28th International Conference on Corporate and Marketing Communications, Vienna, Austria.
  • Matthes, J. (2024, March 26). Diversity communication between fact and façade? Learnings from research on greenwashing [Invited keynote]. 28th International Conference on Corporate and Marketing Communications, Vienna, Austria.
  • Herczeg, P. (2024, March 25). Künstliche Intelligenz und Kommunikation: Wie kommunizieren junge Menschen im Alter von 18-30 Jahren mit der KI? [Paper presentation] International conference #YouthMediaLife 2024: Interdisciplinary perspectives on digital practices, Vienna, Austria.
  • Betakova, D. (2024, March 20). Leave me alone, I do not believe you! News avoidance and conspiracy beliefs and vaccine opposition [Paper presentation]. Emerging Directions in News Use Research. Leverhulme Project Launch Event & Open Conference, Virtual Conference.
  • Duchkowitsch, W. (2024, March 18). Soziale Medien: Fluch oder Segen [Invited talk]. Österreichisches Kulturforum, Bratislava, Slovakia.
  • Kolokytha, O. (2024, March 18). From vision to action: Fundraising strategies for impactful change in the cultural sector [Invited guest lecture]. Central European University Vienna Campus, Vienna, Austria.
  • Matthes, J., Binder, A., & Neureiter, A. (2024, March 14-17). What we do, and what we should do: An umbrella review of recent advertising research [Paper presentation]. Annual conference of the American Academy of Advertising (AAA), Portland, USA.
  • Wilhelm, C., Reinhardt, A., & Mayen, S. (2024, March 15). Eine Frage des Kontexts? Eine Mobile-Experience-Studie zu raum-zeitlichen und sozialen Bedingungen jugendlicher Mediennutzung [Paper presentation]. 69th annual conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Erfurt, Germany.
  • Balluff, P., Scotto di Vettimo, M., Stecker, M., Banducci, S., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2024, March 13-15). Presenting Meteor: A research platform for political text data [Paper presentation]. Annual conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Erfurt, Germany.
  • Herczeg, P. (2024, February 29). Aktuelle Entwicklungen von KI in der Medienlandschaft – Chancen und Risiken für Rezipient:innen und Unternehmen [Panel discussant]. Symposium Medienethik, FH St. Pölten.
  • Axyonova, V. (2024, February 14-16). The role of evidence-based policy in shaping democratic governance [Invited talk]. Norface GOVERNANCE Final Conference "Democratic Governance in a Turbulent Age", Vienna, Austria.
  • Hagelstein, J. (2024, January 24-26). Persuasion im Augenwinkel. Imagetransfers bei unbewusster und ressourcenarmer Rezeption testimonialgestützer Online-Werbeanzeigen [Paper presentation]. Annual conference of the Media Reception and Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Fribourg, Switzerland.
  • Mayen, S., Reinhardt, A., & Wilhelm, C. (2024, Januar 24-26). Digitale Medien und das affektive Wohlbefinden von Jugendlichen: Ergebnisse einer MES-Studie. Besser jetzt als gleich? [Paper presentation] Annual conference of the Media Reception and Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Fribourg, Switzerland.
  • Seeger, C., & Binder, A. (2024, January 24-26). Stimulation oder Stigma? Effekte verschiedener Kommunikationsstrategien von Mental Health Influencer*innen [Paper presentation]. Annual conference of the Media Reception and Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Fribourg, Switzerland.
  • Mayen, S., Reinhardt, A., & Wilhelm, C. (2024, January 25). Digitale Medien und das affektive Wohlbefinden von Jugendlichen: Ergebnisse einer MES-Studie [Paper presentation]. Annual conference of the Media Reception and Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Fribourg, Switzerland.
  • Kolokytha, O. (2024, January 18). Die Gestaltung von Kultur- und Wirtschaftspolitik [Panel discussant]. CIMIx – Creative Industries Meet Industry, Vienna, Austria.