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Stay informed about the latest developments, research findings, publications, academic achievements, and events from the Political Communication Research Group at the University of Vienna. This News page highlights recent team accomplishments, peer-reviewed outputs, conference presentations, doctoral milestones, and key research updates on media, politics, and society from our Vienna-based research group.

New Publication in Democratization

15.10.2026 Publications

Hossein Kermani published his new article "Killing #MahsaAmini on Persian Twitter: the repertoire of false information in authoritarian regimes" in…

PhD Defense: Priska Wikus

12.10.2026 Team

Priska Wikus sucessfully defended her PhD thesis "Orange the News. Zwischen Sichtbarkeit und Dekontextualisierung: Geschlechtsbasierte Gewalt an…

New Publication: Science on the political stage

06.10.2026 Publications

Daniel Wiesner and Sophie Lecheler together with Jakob-Moritz Eberl published their new study "Science on the political stage: analysing…

New Team Member: Sara Baniamerian

01.10.2026 Team

Sara Baniamerian joined the POLCOM Team as a research assistant in the project BeyondCBA on October 1.

New Team Member: Michelle Zhu

01.10.2026 Team

Michelle Zhu joined the POLCOM Team as a research associate (prae-doc) on October 1. She will be working in the doctoral college on Digital Humanism.

POLCOM @ ECREA and ECPR

07.09.2026 Events

Members of the POLCOM team present their latest research at the 11th European Communication Conference in Brno and the ECPR General Conference in…

New Publication in Digital Journalism: Double Adaptation

03.09.2026 Publications

Melanie Haberl and Sophie Lecheler together with their co-authors published their new article "Double Adaptation: Negotiating Closeness and Managing…

New Team Member: Junpei Duan

01.09.2026 Team

Junpei Duan joined the POLCOM Team as a research associate (prae-doc) on September 1. She will be working in the research platform Trustworthy Science…

New Publication: Hashtag activism and its enemies

03.08.2026 Publications

Hossein Kermani together with his co-authors published their new study "Hashtag activism and its enemies: a discursive analysis of suppressing…