About the person

Jessica Kühn studied Communication Studies and Sociology at LMU Munich from 2013 to 2019, including a semester abroad at Fudan University in Shanghai. She completed her master's degree in March 2019 with a thesis titled “Between Stimulation and Manipulation – The Influence of News Factors and Formal Stylistic Devices on News Selection on Facebook.” After graduation, she worked as a research associate at the Chair of Prof. Brosius and has been part of the research and teaching team of Prof. Reinemann since 2020.

She serves as internship coordinator (September 2021 to March 2023) and international coordinator (July 2019 to September 2020, and again since March 2024) at the Department of Media and Communication (IfKW). Since 2020, she has also been the mid-level faculty representative for the Media Pedagogy Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK).

Currently, she is a researcher in the DFG-funded project “Norms of Visual Self-Presentation in Adolescents' Identity Development (NoViS)”.

Publications

Projects

Identity formation among adolescents and social media influencers

This dissertation project examines identity formation as a social negotiation process between adolescents and social media influencers (SMIs).

Lead: Jessica Kühn

Duration: 2021 to 2026

More information about the project can be found here: To the project website

Norms of Visual Self-Presentation in Adolescents’ Identity Development (NoViS)

The DFG project NoViS investigates how adolescents (aged 14-16) present themselves on Instagram and Snapchat. It shows how personal norms and social norms of relevant others are negotiated and how these influence self-presentation and thus shape identity development.

Project leaders: PD Dr. habil. Claudia Riesmeyer & PD Dr. habil. Arne Freya Zillich

Duration: 2021 to 2025

Funded by: German Research Foundation (DFG)

More information about the project can be found here: Project website

Risks of electromagnetic fields from the perspective of teachers and educators in Germany

The research project examined educators' perspectives on electromagnetic fields (EMF). The study was designed as a nationwide cross-sectional study and combined quantitative and qualitative methods to methodologically map the role of educators and teachers as multipliers in the context of EMF.

Project leader: PD Dr. Claudia Riesmeyer

Duration: 2023-2025

Funded by: Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS)

More information about the project can be found here: Project website

Digital Media in Schools (DigiMeSch)

The research project serves as an inventory of how students and teachers at Bavarian middle schools, secondary schools, and high schools use digital media in a school context and their attitudes toward the use of digital media in a school context.

Project leader: PD Dr. Claudia Riesmeyer

Duration: 2021

Funded by: Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen

More information about the project can be found here: Project website

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