Quality of Political Communication and Political Journalism

This research area examines how factors such as misinformation and polarization affect public engagement with news and political discourse. This field also studies how incivility and emotive content influence the news, as well as perceptions of credibility and democratic participation. Researchers and projects in this area currently work to understand and address challenges to media integrity and public trust in political journalism, such as emotionality and news avoidance. 

Researchers affiliated with this  area:

Melanie Haberl, Dominik Hokamp, George Georgarakis, Sophie Lecheler, Anna Maria Planitzer, Andrea Stockinger, Claudia Wilhelm

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Projects:

Emotions in political journalism