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Members of the Political Communication Research Group study the interaction between political elites, media, and citizens. We are specifically interested in understanding how and under which conditions political elites communicate with citizens, what role media organizations and journalists play in the political communication process, and how citizens process elite and journalistic communication. We use a variety of qualitative and quantitative social research methods to develop and test theories that help understand the quality of political communication in democracies today.


News & Events

28.07.2023
 

Vera Axyonova and Katsiaryna Lozka published their new paper ‘We are at war’: Reflections on positionality and research as negotiation in post-2022...

11.07.2023
 

Sophie Lecheler together with Katjana Gattermann and Loes Aaldering published their new article Disinformation and the Brussels bubble: EU...

05.07.2023
 

As part of the Journalistic Role Performance (JRP) Project, led by Claudia Mellado, Sophie Lecheler has published their new paper "Comparing...

26.06.2023
 

Svenja Schäfer together with Sophie Lecheler and Loes Aaldering published their new Article “Give Me a Break!” Prevalence and Predictors of...

21.06.2023
 

Sophie Lecheler, together with Linda Bos and Jana Laura Egelhofer, published their new Article "Short but Critical?: How "Fake News" and...

12.06.2023
 

George Georgarakis published his new article "Yikes! The Effect of Incidental Disgust and Information on Public Attitudes During the COVID-19...

12.06.2023
 

George Georgarakis and Nikolas Kouloglou published their new article "Public Support for European Integration in Greece and Italy Between 2015 and...

01.06.2023
 

George Georgarakis and Robert Y. Shapiro published their essay "Liberal Internationalism and Partisan Conflict in the Post-Trump United States" in the...

29.05.2023
 

What happens after someone has been deceived by a deepfake? Is it true, that people do no longer believe wat they see? And how does this work for...

17.05.2023
 

Members of the Political Communication Research Group will share their latest research findings at the 73rd Annual ICA Conference in Toronto.

10.05.2023
 

As part of the Journalistic Role Performance (JRP) Project, led by Claudia Mellado, Sophie Lecheler has published their new paper "Does News Platform...

20.04.2023
 

Jana Laura Egelhofer won the Award for Media Research of the Association of Austrian Newspapers (VÖZ) for her outstanding dissertation on fake news.