PD Dr. habil. Arne Freya Zillich
Academic Staff
Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung
Media use and effects • Selection, use, and reception of online information • Social science research methods
About the person
Arne Freya Zillich studied media studies, psychology and political science at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. She completed her doctorate on television enjoyment in a group-viewing situation (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) and habilitated with a study on orientation in complex media environments (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF). She joined the Department of Communication Studies and Media Research in April 2024 and is currently part of the BMFTR research team on „Dis-Ident: Disinformation and identity construction in democratic societies”.
Research Projects:
• Norms of visual self-presentation in adolescents‘ identity construction. Norm negotiation, norm change, and norm effects on Instagram and Snapchat
German Research Foundation
Principal Investigator, Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
• Research Ethics in Communication and Media Studies
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Senior Research Associate, Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
• Values and norms as research objects and models in communication science. An integrative approach
German Research Foundation
Principal Investigator, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
• Threats on the (media) agenda. Crisis communication in the news process
German Foundation for Peace Research
Research Associate, Friedrich Schiller University Jena