Dominik Hokamp, MA
Universitätsassistent (Prae-Doc)
Main Research Areas
- Emotions in Journalism
- Media Reception Research
- Mediatized public sphere and democracy
- Journalistic work practice
Dominik Hokamp is a predoctoral researcher in the FWF project "Emotions in Political Journalism" led by Prof. Sophie Lecheler and Prof. Folker Hanusch. In his research, he investigates the role emotions play in everyday mediation processes between journalists, politicians and their audience.
Dominik Hokamp studied journalism and communication in Berlin and Gothenburg and holds a master's degree in media and political communication from Freie Universität Berlin. During his studies, he worked as a tutor and student assistant at the Institute for Communication Studies there. In his work in the research group "Digitalization and Transnational Public Spheres" at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, he dealt intensively with the threats to democracy posed by right-wing extremism and conspiracy narratives and was involved in various research projects.
Publications
2026
Haberl, M., Hokamp, D., Urbániková, M., Waschková Císařová, L., Hanusch, F., & Lecheler, S. (2026). (In)visible bonds: Towards a dynamic conceptualisation of emotion in journalist- politician relationships. Journalism. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849261443681
2020
Hokamp, D. (2020). Nationalisten in transnationalen Netzwerken: Eine Netzwerkanalyse transnationaler Beziehungen von rechtspopulistischen Akteuren in Europa auf Twitter . Global Media Journal - German Edition, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.22032/dbt.44939