Edda Humprecht, Dr.
Oberassistentin / Senior Research and Teaching Associate
Phone: +41 44 635 20 42
Room number: AND 3.52
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CV
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Feb 2015 – Present |
Senior research and teaching associate, Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich (IKMZ) |
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Aug 2013 – Jan 2014 |
Visiting scholar, Department of Media, Culture and Communication, Steinhardt School, New York University, USA |
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Nov 2010 – Jan 2015 |
Research and teaching associate, Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich (IKMZ) |
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2008 – 2010 |
Research assistant, Institute of Media and Communication Policy, Berlin, Germany |
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2006 – 2008 |
TV journalist |
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Education |
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Sept 2014 |
Ph.D. in Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich |
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Jan 2011 |
Master’s degree in Political Communication and Media Research, Free University of Berlin |
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2009 – 2010 |
Studies in Political and Public Communication at CELSA, University of Paris Sorbonne, France |
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Apr 2007 |
Bachelor’s degree in Media and Communication Science (Minor: Political Science), Free University of Berlin |
Teaching & Research Interests
political online communication, media systems, news, cross-nationally comparative research
Current projects:
- resilience to online disinformation (link to project website)
- user comments on social media
- comparing media systems
Selected Publications
Offices
2020-present. Editorial board member of Digital Journalism
2014-2019. PhD and PostDoc representative at the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich
2013-2019. Chair of division Media Politics & Media Structures, Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (SACM)
2015-2017. Jury member Herbert von Halem dissertation award, German Communication Association
2016. Member of the expert team “Revision of doctoral studies decree” at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zurich
2012-2016. Co-founder and chair of Young Scholars in Journalism Research (NoJoFo), German Communication Association
Awards
| 2019 | Best Abstract Award, ECREA Political Communication Section (witch Frank Esser and Peter Van Aelst) |
| 2017 | Best Paper Award, Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research |
| 2014 | Dissertation Award 2014, Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research. |
| 2013 | Mobility grant, Swiss National Science Foundation for a research stay at NYU, USA |
| 2013 | Best Panel Award of the Year, Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (together with Nina Busch, Brigitte Hofstetter, Samuel Studer, Marko Kovic). |