Teresa Weikmann, MA
Teresa Weikmann, MA
Universitätsassistentin (Prae-Doc)
Main Research Areas and Interests
- Political communication
- Visual communication
- Deepfakes
- Disinformation
Teresa Weikmann is a Ph.D. candidate at the Political Communication Research Group at the University of Vienna. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ansbach University and a master's degree in Journalism, Media and Globalisation from Aarhus University and the University of Amsterdam. She previously worked as a tutorial lecturer at the Communication Science Department at the University of Amsterdam where she taught various courses such as Methods of Communication Research and Statistics, Political Communication and Journalism as well as various research workshops.
In her research, Teresa Weikmann focuses on visuals in the news and how they affect political attitudes. Her Ph.D. project is centered around visual disinformation and deepfakes in particular.
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Kolingasse 14, 1090 Wien
Zi.6.34
eMail: teresa.weikmann@univie.ac.at
Recent Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Weikmann, T., Greber, H., & Nikolaou, A. (2024). After Deception: How Falling for a Deepfake Affects the Way We See, Hear, and Experience Media. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 0(0). doi.org/10.1177/19401612241233539
- Weikmann, T., & Lecheler, S. (2023). Cutting through the Hype: Understanding the Implications of Deepfakes for the Fact-Checking Actor-Network. Digital Journalism, 1–18. doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2023.2194665
- Weikmann, T., & Lecheler, S. (2022). Visual disinformation in a digital age: A literature synthesis and research agenda. New Media & Society, 0(0). doi.org/10.1177/14614448221141648
- Weikmann, T. E., & Powell, T. E. (2019). The distant sufferer: Measuring spectatorship of photojournalism. International Journal of Communication, 13, 2899–2920.
Conference Presentations
- Weikmann, T. & Lecheler, S. (2022, October). Cutting through the hype: Understanding the implications of deepfakes for the fact-checking actor-network. Presentation to the Journalism Division at the 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA), October 19-22, Aarhus, Denmark.
- Weikmann, T. & Lecheler, S. (2022, May). Visual disinformation in a digital age: A literature synthesis and research agenda. Presentation to the Political Communication Division at the (hybrid) 72nd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 26-30, Paris, France.
- Weikmann, T. (2022, May). Fact-checking visual disinformation in form of deepfakes – An actor-network theory approach. Presentation to the Journalism Division Graduate Student Preconference at the (hybrid) 72nd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 26-30, Paris, France.
- Weikmann, T. & Lecheler, S. (2021, September). Marking the boundaries between visual and textual disinformation in a digital world. Presentation at the (virtual) 7th Conference of The International Journal of Press/Politics, September 13-16.
- Weikmann, T. & Powell, T.E (2018, May). The distant sufferer: Measuring spectatorship of photojournalism. Presentation to the Visual Communication Division at the 68th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 24-28, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Weikmann, T. (2018, May). Suffering online: How users perceive human crises on Instagram. Presentation to the Visual Communication Division Young Scholar’s Preconference at the 68th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 24-28, Prague, Czech Republic.