Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft

Forschung

Die Forschung des Instituts für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft behandelt Prozesse der öffentlichen, (medien-)vermittelten Kommunikation und deren infrastrukturelle Bedingungen sowie deren gesellschaftliche und individuelle Wirkungen. Dazu gehören in komparativer Perspektive die System- und Organisationsforschung, die Journalismusforschung, die historische Medienforschung, die Medieninhaltsforschung, sowie die Medienwirkungsforschung. Thematisch beschäftigen sich unsere Professorinnen und Professoren sowie das wissenschaftliche Personal mit zentralen Themen wie politische Kommunikation, Medienregulierung, Medienunterhaltung, Mediengeschichte, Medienwandel, Werbung oder Public Relations. Ein besonderer Stellenwert kommt dem Einsatz und der Weiterentwicklung der Methoden der empirischen Medien- und Kommunikationsforschung zu, insbesondere im Feld der Computational Communication Science.

Flagship Areas

  • Democracy & Society

  • Crisis & Uncertainty

  • Digital Technology & AI

  • Health & Well-Being

Publikationen

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2025

Kermani, H., Bayat Makou, A., & Behzadian Nejad, R. (2025). Decoupled agendas under repression: Social media and state media during COVID-19 in I. Frontiers in Communication, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1598405

Vranken, S. (2025). #Swipe, sip, repeat: Een multi-methodisch onderzoek naar de impact van alcoholinhouden in een heterogeen socialmedialandschap. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap, 53(4), 392–419. https://doi.org/10.5117/TCW2025.4.003.VRAN

Kermani, H., Neyazi, T. A., & Lecheler, S. (2025). The limits of computational propaganda: Investigating underexplored platforms and contexts. Political Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2025.2595596

Binder, A., Stevic, A., Matthes, J., & Thomas, M. F. (2025). Dating algorithms? Investigating the reciprocal relationships between partner choice FOMO, decision fatigue, excessive swiping, and trust in algorithms on dating apps. New Media & Society, 27(12), 6396-6415. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241270542

Khaleghipour, M., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025). Listen to me! Target perceptions of digital hate: A scoping review of recent research. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 26(5), 1082-1096. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380241303725

Vranken, S. (2025). #Swipe, sip, repeat: Een multimethodisch onderzoek naar de impact van alcoholinhouden in een heterogeen socialemedialandschap. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap, 53(4), 392 - 419. https://doi.org/10.5117/TCW2025.4.003.VRAN

Kanková, J., & Matthes, J. (Angenommen/Im Druck). Think twice, scroll once: Encouraging critical reflection as a shield against health misinformation and overgeneralized messaging by social media influencers. Computers in Human Behavior, 177, Artikel 108896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2025.108896

Lähdesmäki, T., Hiltunen, K., Sarikakis, K., Chatziefraimidou, A., & Haslauer, S. (2025, Nov 30). Report on young people's preferences. The REBOOT Project (Reviving, Boosting, Optimising and Transforming European Film Competitiveness – REBOOT), funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101094769. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.17466239

Wölfle, A., & Schmuck, D. (2025). Hostile legacy media, friendly social media? Exploring young people’s use, trust, and bias perception of different news sources about the Middle Eastern conflict. International Journal of Communication (IJoC), 19, 3808–3832.

Bührer, S., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (Angenommen/Im Druck). Immigration-related socio-cognitive dynamics driving digital hate: A four-country study on online incivility and intolerance perpetration. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.

Forrai, M., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2025). Not so ephemeral after all. Longitudinal associations between emerging adults’ engagement with ephemeral social media features, production stress, and social capital. Cyberpsychology : Journal of Psychological Research in Cyberspace, 19(5), Artikel 1. https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2025-5-1

Arendt, F. (2025). Celebrity suicides and the Werther effect: Evidence from Fin-de-Siècle Vienna. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a001032

Garusi, D., & Splendore, S. (2025). Young Adults’ Folk Theories in a Fragmented Journalistic Environment. The Case of Italy. Journalism Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2025.2587763

Wahl, I., Stranzl, J., Ruppel, C., & Einwiller, S. (2025). Employee appreciation: A systemativ review and research recommendations. Annals of the International Communication Association. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. https://doi.org/10.1093/anncom/wlaf024

Nanz, A., & Matthes, J. (2025). Let me entertain you: Does online incidental exposure to non-political content distract from political learning? Journal of Information Technology & Politics. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2025.2574047

Arendt, F., Niederkrotenthaler, T., Wiedemann, I., & Till, B. (2025). Popular music and the Papageno effect: Experimental evidence for the beneficial impact of listening to songs with suicide-preventive messages. Death Studies: counseling - research - education - care - ethics. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2585933

Kanková, J., Vranken, S., & Matthes, J. (2025). A double-edged sword: Exploring associations between engagement with mental health content by social media influencers and psychological well-being. Cyberpsychology : Journal of Psychological Research in Cyberspace, 19(5), Artikel Article 2. https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2025-5-2

Reinhardt, A., Matthes, J., Bojić, L., Maindal, H. T., Paraschiv, C., & Ryom, K. (2025). Help me, Doctor AI? A cross-national experiment on the effects of disease threat and stigma on AI health information-seeking intentions. Computers in Human Behavior, 172, Artikel 108718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2025.108718

Matthes, J., Reinhardt, A., Hodzic, S., Kanková, J., Binder, A., Bojić, L., Maindal, H. T., Paraschiv, C., & Ryom, K. (Angenommen/Im Druck). Predicting the intention to use generative AI for health information: Comparative survey model. Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Matthes, J., & Vranken, S. (2025). The end of experimental research as we know it? A perspective on generative artificial intelligence in communication science. Communication and Change, 1, Artikel 18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44382-025-00019-8

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