Annual Meetings ICA

Anter, L., Fischer, M., & Kümpel, A. S. (2025, June). Information and news use by older adults in social media and messenger apps: A systematic literature review. Accepted for the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Den

Baden, C., Kligler-Vilenchik, N., Jungblut, M., Springer, N., Zelenkauskaite, A., Krstic, A., Salgado, S., Balcytiene, A., Bączkowska, A., & Lipinski, A. (2025, Juni). Public Opinion as discursive process in a digital media ecosystem: A conceptual framewo

Baram-Tsabari, A., Dabran-Zivan, S., Shapira, R., Grinberg, N., Tanaka, M., Guenther, L., Joubert, M., Brück, J., & Chakraborty, A. (2025, June). A glass ceiling of scientific quality? Gaps in access to high-quality scientific content in Google searches a

Brück, J., Knorr, C., & Guenther, L. (2025, June). Is churnalism more prevalent in science journalism than journalism overall? Insights from a systematic review (1999–2024). 4th Science Communication Preconference at the 75th Annual Conference of the ICA,

Farag, T., Primig, F., & Badr, Hanan. (2025, June 12–16). Algorithmic censorship, power, and resistance in the Arab region: A case study of the pro-Palestine content. 75th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Denver, CO.

Haßler, J., Lübke, S., Ozornina, N., & Haim, M. (2025). Fragmentation of Digital Climate Change Discourse? Comparative Analysis of German Stakeholders’ Communication on Four Social Media Platforms. Paper presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Interna

Jost, P., Allwinn, M., Bitzmann, H., Bretschi, D., Hohner, J., Greipl, S., Schulze, H., Sick, H., & Rieger, D. (2025, June). Virtual torches - real fires? Online protest mobilization as a forward indicator of politically motivated crimes. Paper presented

Knorr, C., Brück, J., & Guenther, L. (2025, June). Churnalism as a (Digital) Science Journalistic Practice. 75th Annual Conference of the ICA, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Kravets, D., Meinert, A., Jungblut, M., & Toepfl, F. (2025, Juni). Language of Law or Language of Imperialism? How the Kremlin Justifies the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine Across the Seven Language Editions of its Foreign Broadcaster RT. Angenommen für di

Kühn, J., & Riesmeyer, C. (2025, Juni). Informed Ignorance? How Personal and Social Norms Influence the Mutual Self-Presentation of Parents and Their Children [Konferenzbeitrag]. 75. Jahrestagung der International Communication Association (ICA), Denver,

Litvinenko, A., Primig, F., & Mayer, A.-T., & Neuberger, C. (2025, June 11). Folk Theories About Media Trust: How German Users Navigate Trustworthiness in High-Choice Information Environments. 75th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Associa

Lübke, S., Ozornina, N., Haim, M., & Haßler, J. (2025). The Rise of Climate Change Skepticism in Germany: Analyzing the Climate Communication of the Right-Wing Populist Party Alternative for Germany. Paper presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Inter

Luzner, L., & Kümpel, A. S. (2025, Juni). Sexism in video games: A literature review of research in the domains game creation, content, and community/culture. Angenommen für die Jahrestagung der International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO, U

Nanz, A., Schmid, U. K., Ruiz, T., Rieger, D., Schwemmer, C., & Theocharis, Y. (2025, June). Toxic Entertainment? An Audience-Oriented Theoretical Framework to Investigate the Spread of Intolerant Content in a World of Visual Entertainment. Paper to be pr

Neureiter, A., Kaskeleviciute, R., Schmandt, K., Binder, A., Bin Ahmad, M., Chuenterawong, P., Jang, J. & Matthes, J. (2025, June). How online engagement with greenfluencers sparks environmental radicalization: An eight-country study. [Conference presenta

Primig, F. (2025, June 12–16). The Epistemic Crisis and the Rise of the Far Right: Toward a Conceptualization of Counter-Knowledge Orders in Digital Knowledge Society. 75th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Denver, CO.

Rau, J., Jungmann, N., Fürneisen, M., Siegers, P., Wiedemann, G., & Schulze, H. (2025, June). Sharing sensitive data for computational communication science: A community data trustee for digital far-right studies. Paper presented at the 75th Annual Meetin

Reinhardt, A., Matthes, J., Bojic, L., Maindal, H. T., Paraschiv, C. & Ryom, K. (accepted). Help me, Doctor AI? A Cross-National Experiment on the Effects of Disease Threat and Stigma on AI Health Information-Seeking Intentions. 75th Annual Conference of

Schmid, U. K., & Greipl, S. (2025, June). The Thin Line between Harmful and Benign: Perceptions of (Humorous) Hate Speech across Platforms. Paper to be presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Denver, Colorado,

Schmid, U. K., Greipl, S., & Rieger, D. (2025, June). Subtle Cues, Major Shifts: Eye-tracking Insights on how Fear and Humor Legitimize Hostility on Social Media. Paper to be presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Associat

Schulze, H., Greipl, S., Hohner, J., & Rieger, D. (2025, June). Social media and radicalization: An affordance approach for cross-platform comparison. Paper presented at the ICA Pre-Conference "Social Media Radicalization: Definitions, Theories, Methods",

Schulze, H., Merten, H., Rauxloh, H., & Puschmann, C. (2025, June). Fringe news audience fragmentation: An audience overlap approach combining tracking and survey data to investigate audience fragmentation in alternative and hyperpartisan news use. Paper

Stehr, P. (2025, June 12-16). Prosocial and Pro-Environmental Media Effects – A Scoping Review of Content Characteristics and Underlying Mechanisms. 75th Annual Conference of the ICA, Denver, Colorado, USA.

Stehr, P., Schulze, A., Ermel, L., Mueller, P., Reifegerste, D. & Rossmann, C. (2025, June 12- 16). Mobile Media in Critical Situations: Insights into Perceptions of Potential Users and Participants of a Usability Test. 75th Annual Conference of the ICA,

Zehring, M., Schulze, H., & Buehlin, K. (2025, June). The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020–2022. Paper presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Denver, CO, United States.

Zhu, Y.; Leiner, D. J., Neuendorf, N. L. & Scherr, S. (2025). How Choice Sets Influence Overall and Cross-Cutting News Exposure: Evidence from Two Experiments in the United States. Paper to be presented at the 75th Annual ICA Conference, 12.-16.06.2025, D

CA 2024 in Gold Coast, Australia

74th Annual ICA Conference Gold Coast, Australia (20-24 June 2024)

Brill, J., Karnowski, V., & Rossmann, C. (2024, June). The more integrated, the more versatile the health information seeking? A multi-method study of first-generation immigrants’ health information repertoires and acculturation strategies. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Daube, D., Brill, J. & Guenther, L. (2024, June). Looking at the traffic light? A mixed-methods study testing the effectiveness of digital nudges for choosing healthier meals.Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Guenther, L., Kirchner, T. & Brüggemann, M. (2024, June). What journalists worry and write about: Comparing journalists’ frames of climate futures with respective news frames. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Guenther, L., Schröder, J., Reif, A., Brück, J., Taddicken, M., Weingart, P., & Jonas, E. (2024, June). Intermediaries in the limelight: How exposure to trust cues in content about science affects public trust in science. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Hajek, K., Geise, S., & Maubach, K. (2024, June). Look - don’t look! Psychological Reactance in Multimodal Framing. Paper to be presented at the 74rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Hajek, K., Kobilke, L., & Krug, M. (2024, June). Constructing a Climate of Compliance - Understanding Reactance to Pro-Environmental Messages. Paper to be presented at the 74rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Hanitzsch, T. & Lauerer, C. (2024, June). Introduction to WJS3: Conceptual and Methodological Background. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Kobilke, L., Hajek, K., & Krug, M. (2024, June). “Take back control!“ Measuring Psychological Reactance as a Mobilizing Force for Collective Action. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Kobilke, L., & Markiewitz, A. (2024, June). Understanding Youth Participation in Social Media Challenges: A Systematic Review of Definitions, Typologies, and Theoretical Perspectives. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Leonhard, L. (2024, June). Formative Media Experiences. A Mixed-Methods Approach from a Theory of Resonance Perspective. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Lux, A., Sawalha, N., Rödel, N., Riesmeyer, C., Karnowski, V., Rossmann C., (2024, June). Moving beyond the metaphor: Exploring theoretical and methodological conceptualizations of the mobile media ecosystem. Workshop to be presented at the Mobile Precon of the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Schröder, J. T., Brück, J. & Guenther, L. (2024, June). Identifying trust cues: How trust between science and publics is mediated in content about science. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Schröder, J. T. & Guenther, L. (2024, June). Mediating trust in content about science: Comparing trust cues across different media. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Serong, J., Stiller S., Rossmann, C., Strahwald, B., Kühner, C., Déchène, M., Goodwin, B., & Rehfuess, E. (2024, June): A Conceptual Framework of Strategic Science Communication. Paper to be presented at the UTS Joint Strategic Communication Preconference of the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, “Impacts of Strategic Communication in an Interconnected World”, Gold Coast, Australia.

Stehr, P., Wiedicke, A. & Rossmann, C. (2024, June). Amplifying the Risk of Covid-19? A Multi-Method-Approach. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Rauxloh, H., Merten, L., Möller, J., Schulze, H., & Lerch, I.(2024, June). The more news sources, the better for democracy? Diversity of information exposure and feelings of self-efficacy. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Reif, A., Taddicken, M., Guenther, L., Schröder, J. T. & Weingart, P. (2024, June). Back to a moderate level of trust after the pandemic? Results from a two-wave panel study on trust in science among digitised publics in Germany. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Thäsler-Kordonouri, S., Thurman, N., Schwertberger, U. & Stalph, F. (2024, June). Not descriptive enough and too many numbers: Why readers find articles produced with automation harder to understand. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Wilczek, B., Thäsler-Kordonouri, S., & Eder, M. (2024, June). Government Regulation or Industry Self-Regulation of AI? Indirect Effects of Uncertainty Avoidance Through AI Risk Perceptions on People’s Regulatory Preferences in Europe. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Yan, X., Schäfer, M.S., Hase, V., & Mahl, D. (2024, June). From “Climate Change” to “Climate Crisis”? Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Zillich, A. F., Wunderlich, A., Riesmeyer, C., & Kühn, J. (2024, June). To See and Be Seen: How Social Norms Influence Adolescents’ Self-Presentation Practices on Social Media. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Ertelthalner-Nikolaev, V., & Wallner, C. (2024, June). How do journalists perceive and evaluate AI tools for journalism? Exploring socio-technical imaginaries, opportunities, risks, and an optimistic bias. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Greenfield, J., Dahlke, R., Lukito, J., Schwabl, P., Stecker, M., & Walter, D. (2024, June). From Politics to Products: Identifying and Analyzing Advertisements in Far-Right Audio Media. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Kühn, J., & Riesmeyer, C. (2024, June). Adolescents’ self-presentation on Snapchat: Bitmojis and Snapstreaks as an expression of identity development. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Riesmeyer, C., Kühn, J., Zillich, A., & Wunderlich, A. (2024, Juni). Who counts even more? Towards the reciprocal relevance attribution of proximal and distal reference groups for adolescents’ visual self-representation. Paper to be presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the ICA, Gold Coast, Australia.

Arendt, F., Markiewitz, A., & Scherr, S. (2023, Mai). News for life: Improving the quality of journalistic news reporting to prevent suicides. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

Berlekamp, M., Ermel, L., Stehr, P., Rossmann, C., Reifegerste, D., Lindemann, A.-K., & Schulze, A. (2023, May). Toxic Hazard? - The Challenge of Developing Theory- and Evidence-Based Messages in the Prevention of Child Poisoning Accidents. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Berner, N. (2023, May). Looking for "extreme emotional Stimuli"? - Motherhood in Computer Games. A critical overview of interpretive structures and production logics. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Boczek, K., & Hase, V. (2023, May). A Multimodal, Mixed-Method Analysis of Cross-Platform News Flow: How Stories of a Quality News Outlet Evolve over Twelve Different Platforms. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Eder, M. (2023, May). Scandal reporting and objectivity: Journalistic role performance of political journalists on Twitter. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association preconference: Between ideals and practices: Journalistic role performance in transformative times, Toronto.

Eder, M., & Sehl, A. (2023, May). Being aware of algorithmic personalization? Insights from three European countries. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Fawzi, N., Zerback, T., Kobilke, L., & Mede, N. (2023, May). Fuel to the flames. False balance and hostile media perceptions as amplifiers of perceived polarization in the climate change debate. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto, Canada.

Goodwin, B., & Reich, S. (2023, May). Authentic Voices in Science Communication. Postconference at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Hase, V., & Haim, M. (2023, May). Can We Get Rid of the Bias? Mitigating Error in Data Donation Studies via Sampling and Survey Design Strategies. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Haßler, J., Wurst, A.-K., & Pohl, K. (2023, May). Is there a shift from issues to individuals? Visual personalization in three Instagram election campaigns. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Hohner, J., Greipl, S., Schulze, H., Wich, M. & Rieger, D. (2023, May) Moving beyond Nationalism: The far right’s narrative (de-) alignment with protest movements during the pandemic. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

Hohner, J., Schulze, H., Greipl, S. & Rieger, D. (2023, May) Fueling Hate: The Role of Platform Features for Hate Speech on Facebook and Telegram. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

Jungblut, M. (2023, May). Tailored messages or one-size-fits-all communication? A comparative analysis of U.S. public diplomacy on Twitter. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

Kruschinski, S., Russmann, U., Haßler, J., Lilleker, D., Balaban, D., Baranowski, C., Ceron, A., Fenoll. V., & Jackson, D. (2023, May). Divisive, negative, and populist digital advertising?! Comparing populist and mainstream parties’ communication strategies in Facebook campaign messages in 10 European countries. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Kobilke, L., Fawzi, N., Mede, N., & Zerback, T. (2023, May). Eco-informational media use, media-induced eco-emotions, and climate change activism: What drives the political engagement of the climate change generation? Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto, Canada.

Lauerer, C. & Beckert, J. (2023). Pushing Boundaries: Hybrid Advertising in Online News Media – A Content Analysis of Media Kits. Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication, International Communication Association 73rd Annual Conference, Toronto, 25-29 May.

Naab, T., Wendt, R., & Langmeyer, A. (2023, May). Revisiting the measurement of children’s media use mediation: Replication and validation of a parental mediation scale. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Naderer, B., Fisse, T., Schrimpff, C. (2023, May). Alcohol Is Bad for Me - So What. On the (In)Effectiveness of Textual Disclosures on Expectations, Attitudes, And Perceived Appropriateness of Alcohol. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Naderer, B., Wendt, R., Bachl, M., Rieger, D. (2023, May). Understanding the Role of Participatory-Moral Abilities, Motivation, and Behavior in European Adolescents Responses to Online Hate. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Obermaier, M. (2023, May). Once Bitten, Twice shy? Costs and Benefits Experiences Explaining Bystander Intervention Against Online Hate Speech. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Obermaier, M., & Schmid, U. K. (2023, May). Close, but over: Explaining Gaps between Expectations and Evaluations of Socio-Political-Actors’ Online Hate Speech Interventions. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Ohliger, U., Jungblut, M., Vögele, C., & Jandura, O. (2023, May). Do polls affect politics? How journalists and politicians perceive political survey reporting. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

Reiss, M., Kobilke, L., & Stoll, A. (2023, May). Reporting supervised machine learning projects in communication science – A framework for transparent documentation on the example of text classification. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto, Canada.

Rick, J., & Hanitzsch, T. (2023, May). Journalists’ perceptions of precarity: Toward a theoretical model. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Riedl, A.A., Lauerer, C. & Leuteritz, N. (2023). Between the lines? Gender fair-language in journalism and the mental representation of non-binary people. Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication, International Communication Association 73rd Annual Conference, Toronto, 25-29 May.

Rothut, S., Schulze, H., Naderer, B., Rieger, D. (2023, May). COVID-19 Protest as Facilitator of Mainstreaming Extremist Ideology? – A Longitudinal Analysis of Mainstreaming Dynamics. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Sawalha, N. & Rossmann, C. (2023, May). Mobile health for the self-management of chronic diseases: A systematic review of tool characteristics, usage, and health-related effects. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

Schindler, J. (2023, May). The Model of Collective Information Processing (MCIP). Theory and Evidence on Information Processing in Small Groups. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

Schindler, J., Rockenstein, C., Bürgel, C., & Bartsch, A. (2023, May). “Check this out!” A Qualitative Analysis of Donated Messenger Chats about Media Content. Poster to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.Schmid, U. K. (2023, May). Are you f*** kidding me? A mixed-methods approach examining the processing of humorous hate speech. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Schmid, U. K., Kümpel, A. S., & Rieger, D. (2023, May). Should I engage? Factors influencing social media users’ (lack of) engagement with hate speech. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Schmuck, D., Harff, D., & Stehr, P. (2023, May). Social Media Influencers as Attainable Parasocial Opinion Leaders: The APOL Model. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Schulze, H., & Stroppe, A.-K. (2023, May). Protest = Conspiracy x Telegram? The Mobilizing Effect of Conspiracy Beliefs and Social Media Use. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

Schwabl, P., Unkel, J., Haim, M. (2023, May). From auditing to testing: Adequate experimental designs to study algorithmic content curation. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Schwertberger, U. (2023, May). Between Stimulation and Distraction: A Typology of Multi-Screening Users in Entertaining Media Environments. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication AssociationTeBlunthuis, N., Hase, V., & Chung-Hong, C. (2023, May). Automated Content Misclassification Causes Bias in Regression. Can We Fix It? Yes We Can! Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Thurman, N., Klatt, A., Raj, H., & Taneja, H. (2023, May) Predicting streaming audiences for a channel’s on-demand TV shows: Choice architecture, content attributes, and consumer agency. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

Thäsler-Kordonouri, S. & Barling, K. (2023, May). Automated journalism in UK local newsrooms: Attitudes, integration, impact. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

Thäsler-Kordonouri, S. (2023, May). What comes after the automation? An investigation of journalists’ aims and practices when editing stories produced using automation. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

Tønnesen, H., Bene, M., Haßler, J., Larsson, A.O., Magin, M., Skogerbø, E., & Wurst, A.-K. (2023, May). Between anger and love: A multi-level study on the impact of policy issues on user reactions in national election campaigns on Facebook in Germany, Hungary, and Norway. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Van Houtven, E., Acquah, S., Obermaier, M., Saleem, M., & Schmuck, D. (2023, May). I Got Your Back!” Severity and Counter-Speech in Online Hate Speech Toward Minority Members. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Von Garmissen, A., Lauerer, C. & Loosen, W. (2023). Journalism under Duress: How risk and uncertainty affect journalists’ role conceptions. Between Ideals and Practices: Journalistic Role Performance in Transformative Times, Pre-conference of the International Communication Association 73rd Annual Conference, Toronto, 24. May.

Vziatysheva, V., Ryzhova, A., Kravets, D., Jungblut, M., & Toepfl, F. (2023, May). How RT Covered Russia’s War Against Ukraine Across Its Six Language Versions: A Multilingual Topic Modeling Analysis. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

.Wendt, R., Naderer, B., Bachl, M., & Rieger, D. (2023, May). Social media literacy among adolescents & young adults – Results from a cross-country validation study. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

Zeid, N.; Street, R. J.; Leiner, D. J.; Scherr, S. (05/2023). “I feel this is relevant for me!”: How Affect and Norms Predict Exposure to and Avoidance of News about a Healthy Diet. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto.

Elmezeny, A., Demling, J. (2023, May). Sadkid Culture: Humor negotiation and boundary work in depression meme communities. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

Slavtcheva-Petkova, V., Hoxha, A., Hanitzsch, T., Ramaprasad, J., Hughes, S., Hamada, B. (2023, May). Measuring journalists’ safety: Towards developing a cross-national comparative index. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

Stalph, F., Gehrke, M., & de-Lima-Santos. (2023, May). The (In-)Transparency of Data Journalism: The Role of Code Repositories in Data Storytelling. Paper to be presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Toronto

Auch dieses Jahr wurden zahlreiche Einreichungen von Forscher*innen des IfKW für die Jahrestagung der ICA angenommen. Durch die Corona Krise findet die Tagung nicht wie geplant in Australien, sondern online statt. Diese Forschungsarbeiten werden vom 21. bis 26. Mai der internationalen Fachöffentlichkeit präsentiert.

Arendt, F., Markiewitz, A., & Scherr, S. (2020, May). Investigating Suicide-related Subliminal Messages on Instagram: A Frame-by-Frame Analysis of Video Posts. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Dienlin, T., Johannes, N., Bowman, N. D., Masur, P. K., Engesser, S., Kümpel, A. S., Lukito, J., Bier, L. M., Zhang, R., Johnson, B. K., Huskey, R., Schneider, F. M., Breuer, J., Parry, D. A., Vermeulen, I., Fisher, J. T., Banks, J., Weber, R., Ellis, D. A., Smits, T., Ivory, J. D., Trepte, S., McEwan, B., Rinke, E. M., Neubaum, G., Winter, S., Carpenter, C. J., Krämer, N. C., Utz, S., Unkel, J., Wang, X., Davidson, B. I., Kim, N., Won, A. S., Domahidi, E., Lewis, N. A., & de Vreese, C. (2020, May). An agenda for open science in Communication. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Dan, V. & Arendt, F. (2020, May). The Effects of Subtle Backdrop Cues in Political Images. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Dan, V. & Pauer, C. (2020, May). Framing Waned Desire. A Systematic Review of Studies on the Social Construction of Female Sexual Dysfunction and Lifestyle Drugs/Devices. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Jungblut, M., Althaus, S., van Atteveldt, W., Wessler, H., Chan, C.H., & Welbers, K. (2020, May). Responsible Terrorism Coverage: An introduction to data sets and open-source software packages. Blue Sky Workshop to be held at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Althaus, S., Bajjalieh, J., Jungblut, M., Shalmon, D., van Atteveldt, W., & Wessler, H. (2020, May). Is it easier to scare us or piss us off? The impact of terrorist attacks on news discourse across 74 years of New York Times reporting. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Chan, C.H., Zeng, J., Wessler, H., Jungblut, M., Welbers, K., Bajjalieh, J., van Atteveldt, W., & Althaus, S. (2020, May). Reproducible extraction of cross-lingual Topics using R. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Geise, S., Kleinen-von Königslöw, K., Klinger, U., Magin, M., Müller, K., Nitsch, C., Riesmeyer, C., Rothenberger, L., Schumann, C., Sehl, A., Wallner, C., Zillich, A. (2020, May). The normativity of communication and its subfields: A content analysis on normative claims in peer-reviewed journal articles (1970-2014). Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Haim, M., & Jungblut, M. (2020, May). Politicians’ self-depiction and news portrayal: Evidence from 28 countries. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia

.Welbers, K., van Atteveldt, W., Althaus, S., Wessler, H., Bajjalieh, J., Chan, C.H., & Jungblut, M. (2020, May). Media portrayal of terrorist events: Using computational text analysis to link news items to the Global Terrorism Database. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Ferrer-Conill, R., Knudsen, E., Lauerer, C. & Barnoy, A. (2020, May). The visual boundaries of journalism. Native advertising and the convergence of editorial and commercial content. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia

.Wiedemann, T. (2020, May). Struggling for legitimate meaning: Agent-structure dynamics in German filmmaking. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Slavtcheva-Petkova, V., Hamada, B., Ramaprasad, J., Hughes, S., Steindl, N., Hanitzsch, T., Springer, N. & Hoxha, A. (2020, May). Towards Developing a Journalists’ Safety Index. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Peter, C. & Krämer, B. (2020, May). Exemplification Effects - A Meta-Analysis. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Bruns, S. & Peter, C. (2020, May). News That Gets to You—Effects of Identity Threats and Boosts in News Coverage. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Naderer, B., Peter, C., & Karsay, K. (2020, May). This Picture Does Not Portray Reality: Developing And Testing a Disclaimer For Digitally Enhanced Pictures on Social Media Appropriate For Tweens And Teens. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Spielvogel, I., Naderer, B., Binder, A., & Matthes, J. (2020, May). The Forbidden Reward. The Emergence of Parent-Child Conflicts about Food Over Time and the Role of Parents’ Communication Strategies and Feeding Practices. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Neureiter, A., Hirsch, M., Matthes, J., & Naderer, B. (2020, May). Sustainable Flying? The Effects of Greenwashed Claims in Airline Advertising on Perceived Greenwashing, Brand Outcomes, and as well as Flying Attitudes. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Binder, A., Naderer, B., & Matthes, J. (2020, May). Experts, Peers, or Celebrities? Increasing Children’s Fruit Consumption Using Different Social Endorsers. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Binder, A., Naderer, B., Matthes, J., & Spielvogel, I. (2020, May). Fiction is Sweet. The Impact of Media Consumption on the Development of Children’s Nutritional Knowledge and the Moderating Role of Parental Food-Related Mediation. A Longitudinal Study. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Tröger, M. (2020, May). Monopolizing the Democratic Dream. The Struggle over a Free Press in East Germany 1989/1990. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Ohme, J., & Mothes, C. (2020, May). News snacking, media diets, and the effects on a healthy portion of political knowledge. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Mothes, C., Szabo, G., & Fahmy, N. (2020, May). Journalistic autonomy reconsidered: Comparing journalists’ role conceptions and their perceived role enactment across media systems. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Schmuck, D., Stevic, A., Matthes, J., & Karsay, K. (2020, May). Out of Control? How Parental Lack of Control Over Children’s Smartphone Use Affects Children’s Self-Esteem Over Time. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Schmuck, D., Matthes, J., & von Sikorski, C. (2020, May). In the Eye of the Beholder: A Case for the Visual Hostile Media Phenomenon. Poster to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Stevic, A., Schmuck, D., Karsay, K., & Matthes, J.. (2020, May). Are Smartphones Enhancing or Displacing Face-to-face Communication with Close Ties? A Panel Study Among Adults. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Nir, L., & Schmuck, D. (2020, May). True to Themselves? Voters’ Responses to Political Candidates’ Self-Presentation on Social Networking Sites. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Matthes, J., Karsay, K., Hirsch, M., Stevic, A., & Schmuck, D. (2020, May). Reflective Smartphone Disengagement: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Validation. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, Australia.

Stevic, A., Schmuck, D., Koemets, A., Hirsch, M., Karsay, K., Thomas, M., & Matthes, J. (2020, May). Privacy Concerns Can Stress You Out: Investigating the Reciprocal Relationship Between Privacy Concerns and Stress. Paper to be presented at the Annual Me

Bartsch, A., Schindler, J., Kühn, J., Reinemann, C. (2019). Truth in fiction? Audiences’ intuitive evaluation, critical reflection and fact checking of knowledge derived from fictional entertainment media. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Beckert, J., Koch, T., Viererbl, B., Denner, N. & Peter, C. (May, 2019). Is It All About Disclosure? Effects of Advertising Disclosure and Content Features in Native Advertising. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Bonus, J. A., Matthews, N., & Wulf, T. (2019, May). The impact of moral expectancy violations on audiences’ parasocial relationships with movie heroes and villains. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Dan, V., Grabe, M. E., Hale, B. J., & Raupp, J. (2019, May). Verbal-visual match: Introducing a new measure of audiovisual frame congruence. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Dogruel, L., Joeckel, S., & Henke, J. (2019). Deciding What is Private and What Not – The Impact of Privacy Bandwagon Cues for Information Disclosure in mHealth Apps. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Dogruel, L., Töpfl, F., & Kunst, M. (2019). How Media Content Shapes Feeling Rules: The Effects of Media Messages and User Comments on How We Think We Should Feel. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Fiedler, A. & Traunspurger, J. (May, 2019). Commemorative culture reloaded: Germany’s troubled past in right-wing counterpublic discourse. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Henke, J. & Serong, J. (2019, May): “Keep it short and sexy”: Utility Value of Medical Information Portals from General Practitioners’ Perspective. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Henkel, I., Thurman, N., & Trilling, D. (2019, May). Independence, Integrity, Interrogation: Comparing Online, Offline, and Multi-Platform Journalists in 9 Countries. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Haßler, J., Fenoll, V., & Jost, P. (May, 2019). A Populist Attention Machine? The Shareworthiness of Populists’ Facebook Posts During Elections in Spain and Germany. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Henkel, I., Thurman, N., & Deffner, V. (2019, May). Comparing Journalism Cultures in Britain and Germany: Confrontation, Contextualization, Conformity. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Hoxha, A., Jungblut, M., & Wolfsfeld, G. (May, 2019). Political actors and journalists: shaping peace at sensitive times. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Jost P., Maurer, M., & Haßler, J. (May, 2019). What fuels Love and Anger? The Impact of Message and Profile Characteristics on Users’ Reactions on Facebook – a Multilevel Approach. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Kunert, J. & Thurman, N. (2019, May). Reception of automated news:
A critical review and recommendations for future research. ICA Preconference “Communicating with Machines” May 24, 2019, Washington.

Karadas, N., & Schamberger, K. (2019, May). Good immigrant, bad immigrant, allies and enemies. The effects of media portrayals of Kurds in domestic and foreign news coverage. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Karnowski, V., Leiner, D. J., Kümpel, A. S., & Leonhard, L. (2019, May). Worth to share? Determinants of news sharing success on social network sites. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Kobilke, L. (2019, May). Towards a Model of Lexical Diffusion in Social Media Networks. A Case Study of the Dissemination of the Term 'Lying Press' in Germany. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Köppel, C., & Schier, J. (2019, May). “Is it my turn yet?” - Actors, Roles & Responsibilities in Crisis Management and Crisis Communication in the Aviation Industry. Paper to be presented at the the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Krämer, B. & Frey, F. (2019, May). Crafting Theory. Methods of theory building in communication. Preconference to the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Krämer, B. & Langmann, K. (2019, May). Professionalism as a response to right-wing populism? An analysis of a meta-journalistic discourse. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Kümpel, A. S. (2019, May). Getting tagged, getting informed? A mixed-methods investigation of the effects and motives of news-related tagging activities on Facebook. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Kümpel, A. S., & Unkel, J. (2019, May). How comment presentation order and valence affect users’ quality perceptions: A pre-registered study on the effects of user comments on perceptions of journalistic quality. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Kunst, M., Töpfl, F., & Dogruel, L. (2019). Do counterpublics benefit from accusing the media of excluding their view? Effects of the “suppressed voice rhetoric”. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Menke, M. & Serong, J. (2019, May). Scandals of fabricated reporting as critical incidents for journalistic boundary work: The case of Claas Relotius. ICA Preconference “Critical incidents in Journalism” May 24, 2019, Washington.

Nienierza, A., Reinemann, C., Riesmeyer, C., Fawzi, N., & Neumann, K. (2019, May). Too Dark to See? Adolescents' Contact with Online Extremism and Their Ability to Recognize It. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Obermaier, M., & Fawzi, N. (2019, May). More than just performance? How political characteristics and media performance evaluation affect generalized media trust. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Obermaier, M., & Reinemann, C. (2019, May). Impact of hate. How journalists assess consequences of hate speech and what influences their perception. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Ohliger, U. & Jungblut, M. (2019, May). Covering violent conflicts – A comparative long-term analysis of conflict coverage in entertainment- and information-oriented media. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Peter, C. & Beckers, K. (May, 2019). And the Winner is… Vox Pops or Opinion Polls? Effects of Consonant and Dissonant Displays of Public Opinion in News Coverage. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Peter, C. & Egelhofer, J. (2019, May). What You Read is What You Feel, What You Feel is What You Believe? The Role of Emotions in Debunking Fake News. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Peter, C., Karsay, K. & Naderer, B. (May, 2019). Investigating Disclaimer Effectiveness on Women’s Body Image. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Possler, D., Scheper, J., Kreissl, J., Raney, A. A., Kümpel, A. S., & Unkel, J. (2019, May). Awe-inspirational gaming: Exploring the formation and entertaining effects of awe in video games. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Riesmeyer, C., Pohl, E., & Ruf, L. (2019, May). Your best friend and influencer? Perception of and dealing with peer pressure on Instagram among adolescents. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Scherr, S. & Leiner, D. J. (2019, May). Fishing in Muddy Vapor: Risk Information Seeking and Processing about Electronic Cigarettes in an Aggregated Mixed-Evidence News Scenario. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Schmitt, J. B., Rieger, D., Ernst, J., & Roth, H.-J. (2019, May). Critical media literacy as approach to deal with Islamist online propaganda. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Sülflow, M., Schäfer, M. & Haßler, J. (May, 2019). The role of media use for betting strategies and betting performance in online betting games – findings from the 2016 UEFA European Championship and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Thurman, N., Hensmann, T., & Fletcher, R. (2019, May). Large, loyal, lingering? An analysis of online, overseas audiences for UK news brands. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC. [Journalism Studies Division ‘Top Faculty Paper’]

Unkel, J. (2019, May). Measuring selective exposure in mock website experiments: A simple, free, and open-source solution. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Wendelin, M. (May, 2019). Theorizing Transparency of Online Communication. Relevance, Ambivalence, and social Effects. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Wulf, T., Bonus, J. A., & Matthews, N. (2019, May). The cost of clairvoyance: Enjoyment and appreciation of popular films as a function of affective forecasting errors. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.

Zerback, T., & Wirz, D. (2019, May). Appraisal patterns as predictors of emotional expressions and shares on political social networking sites. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Zerback, T., Töpfl, F., & Knöpfle, M. (2019, May). Immunizing citizens against disinformation: An experimental test of inoculation theory in the context of online astroturfing. Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, 24.-28.05.2019, Washington, DC.

Rieger, D. & Klimmt, C. (2019, May). The daily dose of digital inspiration 2: Themes and affective user responses to meaningful memes in social media. Presentation at the 69. Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA). Washington, D.C.

Rieger, D. & Schneider, F. M. (2019, May). Testing the TEBOTS model in self-threatening situations: The role of narratives in the face of mortality and ostracism. Presentation at the 69. Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA). Washington, D.C.

Arendt, F., & Karadas, N. (2017, May). Content analysis of mediated associations: An automated text analytic approach. Paper presented to the Mass Communication division at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Arendt, F., Northup, T., & Camaj, L. (2017, May). Selective Exposure and News Media Brands: Implicit and Explicit Attitudes as Predictors of News Choice. Paper presented to the Mass Communication division at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Fawzi, N., & Fortkord, C. (2017, May). Do the Media Fulfill Their Functions? The Mass Media’s Political and Social Functions From a Recipients’ Perspective. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Frey, F., Krämer, B., & Peiser, W. (2017, May). Modes of Authentication: Realism Cues and Media Users’ Assessment of Realism Across Media and Genres. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Frischlich, L., Rieger, D., Morten, A., & Bente, G. (2017, May). A Story for and not against: Effects and Limitations of Narrativity in Propaganda Videos and Counter-Narratives. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Görland, S.O., Chib, A., Ling, R., Diminescu, D., Witteborn, S., Karnowski, V., & Springer, N. (2017, May). Autonomy and Independence? Mobile Media as Interventional Tools in Forced Migration. Paper presented at the 14th ICA Mobile Pre-Conference “Mobile media as (tools for) Interventions” at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Graefe, A., Haim, M., & Diakopoulos, N. (2017, May). Should news outlets let their readers know that they are reading automated content? Effects of algorithmic transparency on perceptions of automated news. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Haim, M., Kümpel, A. S., & Brosius, H.-B. (2017, May). Popularity cues in online media. A review of conceptualizations, operationalizations, and effects. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Jungblut, M. (2017, May). Analyzing strategic communication during violent conflicts. Paper presented to the Political Communication Division at the PhD Student Pre-Conference at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Jungblut, M. (2017, May). Between sealed borders and welcome culture: Analyzing mediated Public Diplomacy during the European migrant crisis. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Karadas, N. (2017, May). Political Participation among Muslims: The effects of media use and media perceptions on political participation among Muslims in Germany. Paper presented to the Political Communication Division at the PhD Student Pre-Conference at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Karadas, N., Neumann, K., & Reinemann, C. (2017, May). Media effects on immigrants. Empirical evidence on an extension of Kepplinger’s model of reciprocal effects. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Karnowski, V., Springer, N., & Görland, S. (2017, May). „I needed them like someone very thirsty needs water.” Syrian refugees’ use of their mobile phones in and to manage their journey to Europe. Paper presented at the 14th ICA Mobile Pre-Conference “Mobile media as (tools for) Interventions” at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Knop-Hülß, K., Rieger, D., & Schneider, F. (2017, May). Thinking about right and wrong. Examining the effect of moral conflict on entertainment experiences, information processing, and knowledge. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Knudsen, E., Ferrer Conill, R., Lauerer, C., & Barnoy, A. (2017, May). The Boundaries of Native Advertising. An International Comparison of 20 Newspapers in five Countries. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Krämer, B. (2017, May). The Function of the Internet for Right-Wing Populism. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Kunert, J., & Thurman, N. (2017, May). The Form of Content Personalisation at Maynstream, Transatlantic News Outlets: 2010–2016. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Kunert, J., & Thurman, N. (2017, May). The How and Why of Personalised News Distribution: An International, Longitudinal, Mixed-Methods Study of Online Outlets (2010-2016). Paper presented at the ICA Pre-Conference “Distribution Matters: Media Circulation in Civic Life and Popular Culture”, San Diego, USA.

Lauerer, C. (2017, May). House-made Influences? How Advertising Interests Shape Journalistic Work in Media Organizations. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Leiner, D. J., Kobilke, L., Rueß, C., & Brosius, H.-B. (2017, May). Patterns behind Social Media Usage: Comprehending Facebook as a Set of Features to Separate its Functional DoMayns. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Meyen, M., & Schamberger, K. (2017, May). Authoritarian media steering in the internet age. A comparative study of 18 media systems. Paper presented at the ICA Pre-Conference "The consequences of the internet for authoritarian politics" at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Neumann, K., Arendt, F., & Baugut, P. (2017, May). News and Islamist radicalization processes: Investigating Muslims’ perceptions of negative news coverage of Islam. Paper presented to the Mass Communication division at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Neumann, K., & Baugut, P., Karadas, N. (2017, May). "Mass media are at war with the Islam.” Towards a Model of the Interplay between Mainstream Media and Propaganda Influences in Extremist Radicalization Processes. Paper presented to the Mass Communication division at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Nienierza, A., Reinemann, R., Fawzi, N., Riesmeyer, C., & Neumann, K. (2017, May). Can you recognize the wolf in sheep's clothing? Explaining youth’s contact with extremist (online) messages and their ability to recognize them. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Ohliger, U. (2017, May). Different audience – different journalistic style? Tabloid journalism as alternative public sphere. Paper presented at the Pre-Conference „Media Performance & Democracy“ at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Ohliger, U. (2017, May). Subliminal agitation or just a softer packing of politics? Infotainment and the political discourse. Paper presented at the Pre-Conference „Populism, Post-Truth Politics & Participatory Culture“ at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Peter, C. (2017, May). Are Common People more Trustworthy? Perception and Persuasiveness of Media Content featuring Vox Pops. Paper presented at the Pre-Conference „Ordinary Citizens in the News“ at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Peter, C., Arendt, F., & Stoykova, C. (2017, May). Exposure to idealized media images and preventive effects of awareness intervention material for young men. Paper presented to the Mass Communication division at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Reinecke, L., Klimmt, C., Meier, A., Reich, S., Hefner, D., Knop-Hülß, K., Rieger, D., & Vorderer, P. (2017, May). Permanently online and permanently connected: Development and validation of the online vigilance scale. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Rieger, D., Frischlich, L., & Schmitt, J. B. (2017, May). The dark side of narrative persuasion: Why propaganda works and what counter-narratives have to learn. Paper presented at the ICA Pre-Conference “Narrative Persuasion: From Research to Practice“ at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Riesmeyer, C., & Karnowski, V. (2017, May). Setting the rules for media innovations: How norms and sanctions of WhatsApp use are negotiated among teenagers, their peers, parents and teachers. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Rohm, S., Rieger, D., & Vorderer, P. (2017, May). Trust but verify? The role of social media use in romantic relationships: Attachment styles as predictors of monitoring behavior, jealousy and relationship happiness. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Scherr, S., & Arendt, F. (2017, May). A qualitative study on health practitioners’ subjective theories regarding the media effects on depression-related outcomes. Paper presented to the Health Communication division at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Scherr, S., Mares, M.-L., Bartsch, A., & Götz, M. (2017, May). So far and yet so near: Parental and media influences on children’s emotion expression. A cross­-cultural multilevel-model. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Scherr, S., Toma, C., & Schuster, B. (2017, May). The lives of others: How Facebook surveillance, envy, and depression evolve over time. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Schmitt, J. B., Bloch, C., Caspari, C., Gsella, H., Uhle, F., & Rieger, D. (2017, May). Two sides of the same story? One-sided vs. two-sided narratives in the context of extremism prevention. Paper presented at the ICA Pre-Conference “Narrative Persuasion: From Research to Practice“ at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Steindl, N. (2017, May). How Politics Rule the Journalists’ Trust. Individual Determinants of Journalistic Trust in Representative Institutions. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Thurman, N. (2017, May). Faulty Metrics Are Obscuring Newspapers’ Digital Deficit. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Thurman, N., Dörr, K., & Kunert, J. (2017, May). When Reporters Get Hands-On with Robo-Writing: Professionals Consider Automated Journalism’s Capabilities and Consequences. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Unkel, J., Haas, A., & Leiner, D. J. (2017, May). Correct or convenient information? The interplay of attitude consistency, credibility, ease of use, and the ranking in the selection of search engine content. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Zakareviciute, I., & Jungblut, M. (2017). Islamic State’s remediation strategies: Creating propaganda through the words of others. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Zerback, T. (2017). Exemplar Effects on Public Opinion Perception, Attitudes, and Behavioral Intentions: The Moderating Role of Exemplar Involvement. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Zerback, T. & Holzleitner, J. (2017). Under-Cover: The Influence of Event- and Context-Traits on the Visibility of Armed Conflicts. Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Zerback, T., Reinemann, C., van Aelst, P., & Mansini, A. (2017). Was Lampedusa a Key Event for Immigration News? Paper presented at the 67th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.

Verliehene Preise:

Student Best Paper Award der ICA Interest Group Public Diplomacy für den Beitrag Jungblut, M, Between sealed borders and welcome culture: Analyzing mediated Public Diplomacy during the European migrant crisis.

Top Paper Award der ICA Interest Group Intergroup Communication für den Beitrag Karadas, N., Neumann, K., & Reinemann, C., Media effects on immigrants. Empirical evidence on an extension of Kepplinger’s model of reciprocal effects.

Best Paper Award der ICA Interest Group Information Systems für den Beitrag Knop-Hülß, K., Rieger, D., & Schneider, F. M., Thinking about right and wrong. Effects of moral conflict on entertainment experiences, information processing, and knowledge.

Main conference:

Arendt, Florian: Effects of Reading Newspaper Articles about Smoking on Implicit and Explicit Attitudes

Arendt, Florian, Brosius, Hans-Bernd & Coschignano, Alessia: Shock Tactics in Road Safety Spots and Fading Memory Effects for Risk Awareness Information

Arendt, Florian, Peter, Christina & Beck, Julia: Idealized Female Beauty, Social Comparisons, and Awareness Intervention Material: Evidence for Preventive Effects in Young Women

Bartsch, Anne, Keppeler, Johanna, Kloß, Andrea, Angerer, Lukas, Humml, Miriam & Leitner, Theresa: Courage to Face the Truth: Positive, Negative and Mixed Affect as Predictors of Individuals' Acceptance of Ego-Threatening Information in Prosocial Media Messages

Bartsch, Anne, Keppeler, Johanna, Posthumus, Lone, Kloß, Andrea, Scherr, Sebastian, Mares, Marie-Louise & Kretzschmar, Sonja: More Than Shoot-Em-Up and Torture Porn: Reflective Appropriation and Meaning-Making of Violent Media Content

Baugut, Philip, Fawzi, Nayla & Reinemann, Carsten: More than proximity and harmony. Dimensions of the relationship between local politicians and journalists in German cities

Baugut, Philip & Scherr, Sebastian: How the Political Leanings of Journalists are Related to the Acceptance of Questionable Reporting Practices

van Dalen, Arjen, Berganza, Rosa, Skovsgaard, Morten & Steindl, Nina: Journalistic Trust in Public Institutions

Engelmann, Ines & Wendelin, Manuel: Recommender System Cues and Co-Orientation in Users' Online News Selection

Fawzi, Nayla: Low media trust = low political trust? Exploring the influence of disenchantment with the media on political attitudes

Frey, Felix: Experiential Media Reception: Conceptualization and Empirical Validation of an Integrative Concept

Gonen, Yonatan & Hoxha, Abit: Relations and interactions between journalists from two sides of a conflict

Graefe, Andreas, Haim, Mario, Haarmann, Bastian & Brosius, Hans-Bernd: Readers' Perception of Computer-Written News: Credibility, Expertise, and Readability

Haas, Alexander & Unkel, Julian: Ranking Versus Reputation: Perception and Effects of Search Results' Credibility

Haim, Mario, Arendt, Florian & Scherr, Sebastian: Abyss or Shelter? On the Relevance of Web Search Engines' Search Results When People Google for Suicide

Haim, Mario & Graefe, Andreas: Automated News: Better Than Expected?

Haim, Mario, Graefe, Andreas & Brosius, Hans-Bernd: The Burst of the Bubble? Effects of Automated Personalization on News Diversity

Haim, Mario, Weimann, Gabriel & Brosius, Hans-Bernd: Who Sets the Cyber Agenda? Intermedia Agenda-Setting Online: The Case of NSA

Hanitzsch, Thomas, van Dalen, Arjen & Steindl, Nina: The Erosion of Trust in the Press as "Spill-over" Effect: A Comparative and Longitudinal Analysis

Hanitzsch, Thomas, Ramaprasad, Jyotika & Arroyave, Jesus Antonio: Perceived Influences on the News and Factors that Drive News Production

Hanitzsch, Thomas & Vos, Tim: Journalism Beyond Democracy: A New Look Into Journalistic Roles in Civic and Everyday Life

Hanitzsch, Thomas & Vos, Tim: Journalistic Roles and the Struggle Over Professional Identity: The Discursive Constitution of Journalism

Hoxha, Abit & Hanitzsch, Thomas: How the news comes into being: Researching conflict news production through retrospective reconstruction interviews

Kapidzic, Sanja, Neuberger, Christoph, Stieglitz, Stefan & Mirbabaie, Milad: Interaction and Influence on Twitter: A Content Analytic Comparison of User Types on Five Topics

Koch, Thomas, Obermaier, Magdalena & Riesmeyer, Claudia: Powered by Public Relations? Journalists' and PR Practitioners' Perceptions of Their Relationships and PR Influence

Jungblut, Marc: Distributed, discussed or discredited? Media reflections in NGO publication

Jungblut, Marc & Ohliger, Ursula: Journalism Culture and its Impact on the Contextualization of Reality: A Qualitative Narrative and Framing Analysis of the Political Foreign News in German and British Newspapers

Jungblut, Marc & Zakareviciute, Ieva: Do Pictures Tell a Different Story? A Multimodal Frame Analysis of the 2014 Israel-Gaza Conflict

Kümpel, Anna, Karnowski, Veronika & Leonhard, Larissa: Why Users Share the News: Uncovering the Role of Motives, Attitudes, and Intention in Predicting News Sharing Behavior

Lauerer, Corinna: Separating the Quarrelers? The Relationship Between Advertising Sales Department and Newsroom Within Media Organizations

Leiner, Dominik: Attitude Strength and Weaknesses: A Comprehensive Study on Effect Sizes of Attitude Attributes on Opinion Change

Leiner, Dominik: Too Fast, Too Straight, Too Weird: Post Hoc Identification of Meaningless Data in Internet Surveys

Leiner, Dominik: Our Research's Breadth Lives on Convenience Samples: A Case Study of the Online Respondent Pool "SoSci Panel"

Leiner, Dominik, Scherr, Sebastian & Bartsch, Anne: Development of a New Research Method Using an Open Source Plugin for Web Analytics Software to Measure Online Selective Exposure in Naturalistic Settings

Meyen, Michael & Karidi, Maria: Beyond Hallin and Mancini: A Media System Typology Based on 16 Nonwestern Countries

Meyen, Michael & Wiedemann, Thomas: Journalism Professors in the German Democratic Republic (GDR): A Collective Biography

Müller, Philipp, Schmitt, Josephine & Krämer, Benjamin: Between Association and Dissociation: How Parents Influence Media Innovativeness at Later Life Stages

Neuberger, Christoph, Langenohl, Susanne & Nuernbergk, Christian: Journalism as Multichannel Communication: A Study on the Use of Social Media in German Newsrooms

Neumann, Katharina, Karadas, Narin & Baugut, Philip: Reciprocal Effects Among Right-Wing Extremists

Peter, Christina: Does Negative Information About an Expert Endorser Harm the Promoted Product?

Peter, Christina, Meier, Adrian & Koch, Thomas: (Unintended) Effects of Pop Culture References on the Perception of Politicians

Peter, Christina & Ponzi, Milan: Advertising Strategies for Hedonic vs. Utilitarian Brands: The Risk of Omitting Warmth or Competence Dimension

Pfaff-Rüdiger, Senta & Riesmeyer, Claudia: Moved into action: Media literacy as social process

Pflügler, Sebastian & Baugut, Philip: Moralism, Constructivism, Relativism: Identifying and Describing the Approaches of Research on Scandal

Reinemann, Carsten: Ebola, the CIA, and media trust. Exploring the determinants of belief in a conspiracy theory

Scherr, Sebastian, Mares, Marie-Louise, Bartsch, Anne & Götz, Maya: Parents and TV as Socializers of 6- to 19-Year-Olds' Expressions of Emotion: Representative Data From Germany

Schöller, Clarissa: Clients in Interaction: An Alternative Perspective on Public Relations Consulting

Springer, Nina & Nuernbergk, Christian: Commenting User Networks: Two Case Studies on Interactions and Behavioral Self-Regulation in Comments Sections

Stehr, Paula, Karnowski, Veronika & Rossmann, Constanze: The Multifaceted Usage Patterns of Nutrition Apps: A Survey on the Appropriation of Nutrition Apps Among German Users

Sukalla, Freya, Wagner, Anna & Rackow, Isabel: Dispelling Fears and Myths of Organ Donation: How Narratives Including Information Reduce Ambivalence and Reactance

Thurman, Neil: News media content personalization: Converged, commodified, and contracted out

Thurman, Neil & Schifferes, Stephen: Inside the Black Box of Algorithmic News Detection: Plus ça change?

Thurman, Neil & Schifferes, Stephen: Risks and Opportunities in Automated Newsgathering: First Findings From the Frontline

Unkel, Julian & Haas, Alexander: Situational and Issue Involvement as Determinants of Search Engine Usage Behavior

Unkel, Julian & Kümpel, Anna: The Effects of Digital Games on Hedonic, Eudaimonic, and Telic Entertainment Experiences

Wagner, Anna & Sukalla, Freya: Targeting Physical Inactivity: Effects of Three Consequence Frames on Subgroups' Health-Related Perceptions and Behavioral Intentions

Preconference: Journalism Studies Graduate Student Colloquium:

Ohliger, Ursula: The Political Coverage in German Tabloids in the Course of Time

Preconference: Populism in, By, and Against the Media:

Reinemann, Carsten, Aalberg, Toril, Esser, Frank, Stromback, Jesper & De Vreese, Claes: Theorizing Populist Political Communication. Towards a Model of its Causes, Forms, and Effects

Reinemann, Carsten, Matthes, Jörg & Sheafer, Tamir: Effects of Populist Political Communication Through and by the Media

Preconference: The All-powerful Mobile:

Riesmeyer, Claudia: Do it yourself: media literacy and self-socialization

Postconference: Communicating with Machines: The Rising Power of Digital Interlocutors in Our Lives:

Thurman, Neil, Schifferes, Stephen & Hunt, Stephen: Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, and Newsgathering

Top Faculty Paper, Journalism Studies Division:

Hanitzsch, Thomas & Vos, Tim: Journalism Beyond Democracy: A New Look Into Journalistic Roles in Civic and Everyday Life

Top Student Paper Award, Mass Communication Division:

Sukalla, Freya, Wagner, Anna & Rackow, Isabel: Dispelling Fears and Myths of Organ Donation: How Narratives Including Information Reduce Ambivalence and Reactance

Top Paper Award, Studies in Communication|Media (SCM):

Baugut, P., Fawzi, N., & Reinemann, C. (2015). Mehr als Nähe und Harmonie. Dimensionen des Verhältnisses von Kommunalpolitikern und Lokaljournalisten in deutschen Städten. Studies in Communication|Media (SCM), 4(4), 407-436.

Main conference:

Arendt, Florian & Brantner, Cornelia: Quality Press and Voter Turnout: Evidence for Causal Effects and Its Underlying Mechanisms

Arendt, Florian & Brantner, Cornelia: Toward an Implicit Cognition Account of Attribute Agenda Setting

Arendt, Florian & Matthes, Jörg: Nature Documentaries, Connectedness to Nature, and Proenvironmental Behavior

Arendt, Florian, Naderer, Brigitte, Abdollahi, Maral, Mittelberger, Andreas, Surzhyk, Olga, & Zhou, Lin: Food Choice in Children: Television Commercials and Fading Behavioral Effects

Baden, Christan & Stalpouskaya, Katya: Maintaining Frame Coherence Between Uncertain Information and Changing Agendas: The Evolving Framing of the Syrian Chemical Attacks in the U.S., British, and Russian News

Bartsch, Anne, Nitsch, Cordula, Scherr, Sebastian, & Oliver, Mary Beth: Eudaimonic Experiences as Predictors of Audience Interest in the Paralympics and Destigmatization of Persons With Disabilities

Baugut, Philip, Fawzi, Nayla, & Reinemann, Carsten: Investigating and Explaining Local Political Communication Cultures in a Comparative Analysis

Engelmann, Ines & Wendelin, Manuel: Comment Counts, News Factors, and Interest in Politics as Factors of Users' News Selection on News Websites

Fawzi, Nayla & Riesmeyer, Claudia: Media Literacy and Socialization Agents' Role During Adolescence and Early Adulthood

Fiedler, Anke & Meyen, Michael: The GDR's "Junge Welt": Mouthpiece of the Communist Youth, Propaganda Vehicle, and the Public's Favorite

Hanusch, Folker, Hanitzsch, Thomas, & Corinna Lauerer: "How Much Love Are You Going to Give This Brand?" Lifestyle Journalists on Commercial Influences in Their Work

Jungblut, Marc & Hoxha, Abit: Journalistic Self-Censorship in Postconflict Societies

Keppeler, Johanna, Krämer, Benjamin, & Müller, Philipp: Looking Left or Looking Right? Effects of Newspaper Layout on the Perception of Political News

Kloß, Andrea, Bartsch, Anne, & Kretzschmar, Sonja: How Personalized Prosocial Messages Can Promote Empathy, Attitude Change, and Helping Intentions Toward Stigmatized Social Groups

Koch, Thomas & Obermaier, Magdalena: Do You Say it Best, When You Say Nothing at All? Analyzing the Paradoxical Effects of Strong and Weak Arguments

Koch, Thomas & Obermaier, Magdalena: With Heart and (No) Mind? How Recipients Negatively Infer Missing Information About Politicians and How This Affects the Assessment of the Speaker

Krämer, Benjamin & Springer, Nina: Ontology of Opposition Online: Representing Antagonistic Structures in the World Wide Web

Krämer, Benjamin & Wallner, Cornelia: Constructing a Discourse About the Internet on the Internet: The Debate on ACTA and Copyright

Kümpel, Anna & Haas, Alexander: Framing, the Others, and Me: Effects of Media Frames on Perceptual Judgments

Loosen, Wiebke, Neuberger, Christoph, Langenohl, Susanne, & Nürnbergk, Christian: Which for What? Uses of Social Media in the View of Journalists and Audience Members

Mares, Marie-Louise, Bartsch, Anne, & Bonus, James Alex: When Meaning Matters More: Media Preferences Across the Adult Life-Span

Matthes, Jörg, Marquart, Franziska, Naderer, Brigitte, Arendt, Florian, Schmuck, Desiree, & Adam, Karoline: Questionable Research Practices in Experimental Communication Research: A Systematic Analysis From 1980 to 2013

Meyen, Michael & Fiedler, Anke: Letters to the Editor and the Public Sphere in the GDR

Müller, Philipp & Scherr, Sebastian: A Matter of Perspective? How Self-Distancing and Perspective-Taking Influence First- and Third-Person Perceptions

Nienierza, Angela, Reinemann, Carsten, & Zerback, Thomas: Ghost Light or Light House? Investigating Poll Reporting, Subjective Assessments, and Media Bias in Public Opinion Coverage in an Election Context

Nürnbergk, Christian, Neubarth, Julia, & Rossmann, Melanie: Why Tweeting About Politics? Influencing Factors on Twitter Use by Members of the German Bundestag

Odag, Özen, Hofer, Matthias, Schneider, Frank, Bartsch, Anne, & Katharina Knop: Testing Measurement Equivalence of Eudaimonic and Hedonic Entertainment Motivations in a Cross-Cultural Comparison

Peter, Christina: Social Comparison in Everyday Television Usage: The Role of Perceived Realism of Television Content

Peter, Christina & Koch, Thomas: Misremembering Corrected Misinformation: How Judgment-Formation Strategies Can Prevent Backfire Effects and Their Consequences for People's Attitudes

Reinemann, Carsten, Zerback, Thomas, & Van Aelst, Peter: Does the National Context Matter? Towards a Framework for Analyzing International Differences in Content Diversity

Riesmeyer, Claudia, Pfaff-Rüdiger, Senta, & Kümpel, Anna: The Difference Between Knowledge and Action. A Qualitative Media Literacy Typology

Rossmann, Constanze, Meyer, Lisa, & Schulz, Peter J.: The Mediated Amplification of a Crisis: Communicating A/H1N1 in European Press Releases and Press Coverage

Scherr, Sebastian & Müller, Philipp: I Shake My Head But They Will Nod: On the Relevance of Persuasion Knowledge and Reactance for Third-Person Perceptions

Sukalla, Freya, Bartsch, Anne, & Schnell, Cornelia: Time to Indulge in Feeling. The Influence of Narrative Pace on Empathy, Perceived Social Distance, and Intentions to Help Stigmatized Groups

Unkel, Julian & Haas, Alexander: The Effects of Credibility Cues on the Selection of Search Engine Results

Wendelin, Manuel, Engelmann, Ines, & Jandura, Olaf: Transparency of Audience Behavior and Co-Orientation in the News Selections of Internet Users

Wiedemann, Thomas & Meyen, Michael: Internationalization Through Americanization: The Expansion of the International Communication Association (ICA) to the World

"Top Faculty Paper" Award der Journalism Studies Division:

Hanusch, Folker, Hanitzsch, Thomas, & Corinna Lauerer: "How Much Love Are You Going to Give This Brand?" Lifestyle Journalists on Commercial Influences in Their Work

"Top Poster" der Mass Communication Division:

Müller, Philipp & Scherr, Sebastian: A Matter of Perspective? How Self-Distancing and Perspective-Taking Influences First- and Third-Person Perceptions

"Top Paper Award" der Communication History Division:

Meyen, Michael & Fiedler, Anke: Letters to the Editor and the Public Sphere in the GDR

"Top Paper Award" zur "Lifespan Communication Theme" der Tagung:

Mares, Marie-Louise, Bartsch, Anne, & Bonus, James Alex: When Meaning Matters More: Media Preferences Across the Adult Life-Span

"Top Faculty Paper Award":

Matthes, Jörg, Marquart, Franziska, Naderer, Brigitte, Arendt, Florian, Schmuck, Desiree, & Adam, Karoline: Questionable Research Practices in Experimental Communication Research: A Systematic Analysis From 1980 to 2013

Main conference:

Armstrong, J. Scott; Du, Rui; Green, Kesten; Graefe, Andreas, House, Alexandra: Predictive Validity of Evidence-Based Advertising Principles: An Application of the Index Method

Baden, Christian & Springer, Nina: Rearranging Repertoires: How User Commentary Contributes to Journalistic Diversity in the Coverage of the Financial Crisis

Bartsch, Anne & Schneider, Frank: Entertainment and Politics Revisited: How Nonescapist Forms of Entertainment Can Stimulate Political Interest and Information Seeking

Brueggemann, Michael; Goetzenbrucker, Gerit; Hanitzsch, Thomas; Keel, Guido & Schacht, Laura: Diverging Worlds of Foreign Correspondence: A Profession Between Continuity and Change

Fawzi, Nayla: Do Media Govern? Mediatization of Energy Policy in Germany From Political Actors’ and Journalists’ Point of View

Hanitzsch, Thomas; Hanusch, Christian & Lauerer, Corinna: Culture Matters: Influences on Interventionist Role Orientations of Journalists in 21 Countries

Kapidzic, Sanja & Martins, Nicole: The Relationship Between the Internalization of Media Ideals and Profile Picture Selection on Facebook

Kapidzic, Sanja; Neuberger, Christoph; Stieglitz, Stefan & Landwehr, Malte: A Content Analysis of User Roles in the Twitter Discourse on the NSA Scandal in Germany

Karnowski, Veronika & Rossmann, Constanze: Text2Move: Effectiveness of a Text Message-Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Among Young Adults

Karnowski, Veronika & Struckmann, Samson: News Consumption in a Changing Media Ecology: An MESM-Study on Mobile News

Klinger, Ulrike; Magin, Melanie & Wallner, Cornelia: Making Norms and Values Visible: Reflections on Media Policy Research

Krämer, Benjamin: Strategies of Media Use: Linking Reception and Life, Social Structure, and Practice

Kümpel, Anna & Haas, Alexander: Framing Gaming: The Effects of Media Frames on Perceptions of Game(r)s

Leiner, Dominik; Keyling, Till & Karnowski, Veronika: Discussing News on Facebook? The Interplay of Sharing of and Commenting on Online News Articles

Obermaier, Magdalena; Fawzi, Nayla & Koch, Thomas: Bystanding or Standing by? How the Number of Bystanders Affects the Intention to Intervene in Cyberbullying

Pentzold, Christian & Lohmeier, Christine: Doing Mediated Memories Memory Work and the Practices of Cuban-American Remembrance

Peter, Christina: "This Ad is So You!“: Perception and Effectiveness of Personalized Online Advertisement

Peter, Christina & Koch, Thomas: When Truth Hurts: How Rectifying Misinformation Can Lead to Unintended Consequences

Riesmeyer, Claudia; Rothenberger, Liane & Sehl, Annika: (Changing) Norms and Values in Journalism and Journalism Studies

Schneider, Frank; Vogel, Ines Clara; Gleich, Ulrich & Bartsch, Anne: Evaluating Movies: A Review and a Framework for Investigating Underlying Psychological Processes

Schöller, Clarissa: Successful PR Consulting: When is PR Work Consulting and What is Necessary to Ensure Success?

Unkel, Julian & Haas, Alexander: Validity of Self-Reported Television Use in Quantitative Surveys

Unkel, Julian; Kümpel, Anna & Haas, Alexander: Political Celebrity Endorsements on Facebook: Effects and Perceived Effects

Wendelin, Manuel; Engelmann, Ines & Neubarth, Julia: News Values in Online User Rankings: Comparing the News Selection of Journalists and the Audience

Zerback, Thomas; Fawzi, Nayla & Peter, Christina: Can Exemplars Trigger a Spiral of Silence?

Preconference: Communication and "The Good Life" Around the World After Two Decades of the Digital

DivideLöblich, Maria: Equity vs. Neutrality? How Digital Divide and Network Neutrality Became Opposing Concepts in the Debate About Open Internet Rules

Preis der Game Studies Interest Group, zweiter Platz im Bereich der Top Competitive Papers:

Kümpel, Anna & Haas, Alexander für das Paper: Framing Gaming. The Effects of Media Frames on Perceptions of Game(r)s

Main conference:

Baden, Christian & Schultz Friederike (2013). Institutional Justification of Frames: The Role of Social Institutions for Legitimizing and Stabilizing Re-Emerging Meaning in Crises

Engelmann, Ines: News Values in Organizational Contexts and in the Journalistic News Selection Process

Fiedler, Anke: Print Journalism in Sudan After Separation: Writing Despite Official Constraints

Geise, Stephanie & Baden, Christian: Putting the Image Back Into the Frame: Modeling the Linkage Between Visual Communication and Frame-Processing Theory

Graefe, Andreas: Accuracy of Vote Expectation Surveys in Forecasting Elections

Graefe, Andreas: Issue and Leader Voting in U.S. Presidential Elections

Graefe, Andreas & Haas, Alexander: The Value of Aggregate Online Search Behavior for Forecasting and Decision-Making

Koch, Thomas & Zerback, Thomas: The Repetition Paradox: Why the Repetition of a Statement Both Increases and Decreases its Credibility

Koch, Thomas, Peter, Christina, & Obermaier, Magdalena: Never Trust an Optimist! Effects of Valence-Framing on Message and Source Credibility

Kümpel, Anna, Springer, Nina & Ludolph, Ramona: New Opportunities to Revive an Old Relationship: Reader-Newsroom-Interaction on Online News Sites

Meyen, Michael: Medialization of Soccer: How TV Changed Our Favorite Sport

Müller, Philipp: “We Are Better Than the Others”: Bias in Intergroup Social Comparisons Within Media Coverage

Obermaier, Magdalena & Koch, Thomas: Mind the Gap. Consequences of Interrole Conflicts of Freelance Journalists With Secondary Employment in the Field of PR

Peter, Christina & Brosius, Hans-Bernd: If You Want it to Count, Make it Visual? Effects of Poll Results and Exemplars on People’s Judgments on Political Issues

Peter, Christina & Fahr, Andreas: Mirror, Mirror on the (Digital) Wall: Social Comparison in Social Networks and the Effects on Self-Concept and Mood

Reinemann, Carsten, Stanyer, James, Scherr, Sebastian, Legnante, Guido: From Hard to Soft News

Wendelin, Manuel & Neubarth, Julia: Extended Agenda-Setting in the Era of the Internet

Preconference: New Histories of Communication Study

Löblich, Maria & Averbeck-Lietz, Stefanie: The Flow of Ideas: A Transnational Approach to the History of Communication Science Based on Histoire Croisée

Meyen, Michael: IAMCR on the East-West Battlefield

Wendelin, Manuel: History of the Public Sphere Concept and Media Change

Wiedemann, Thomas: Practical Orientation as a Survival Strategy: The Invention of the German Publizistikwissenschaft by Walter Hagemann

Preconference: 10 Years On: Looking Forwards in Mobile ICT Research

Karnowski, Veronika & von Pape, Thilo: Before and after the smartphone revolution – A trend study on mobile phone appropriation, 2006 to 2011.

Riesmeyer, Claudia & Pfaff-Rüdiger, Senta: Mobile communication, media literacy and mediation authorities.

Preconference: Global Communications and National Policies: The Return of the State?

Wallner, Cornelia: Harmonization and Autonomy of Media Policy Within the European Union

Postconference: Bridging the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide in Comparative Communication Research: Heading towards Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)

Downey John, Hanitzsch, Thomas, & Stanyer, James: What Influences News Work across 18 Societies? A Comparison between fsQCA and Conventional Correlational Techniques