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Department of Communication and Media Research Media Use & Effects

Nico Pfiffner

Nico Pfiffner, MA

  • Assistent / Research and Teaching Assistant
Phone
+41 44 635 21 19
Room number
AND 3.34

Nico Pfiffner is research and teaching assistant in the Media Use and Effects Division at the Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich. Currently, he is working on the topic of data donation and is investigating how this approach can be best leveraged for studies in social and communication sciences. He studied communication science (major) and business administration (minor) at the University of Zurich on the bachelor’s and master’s level.

Curriculum Vitae

2020- PhD Candidate in the Media Use and Effects Division at the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich
2019- Editorial Assistant of the European Journal of Health Communication https://ejhc.org
2019- Research and teaching assistant in the Media Use and Effects Division at the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich

2018-2019

Student assistant in the Media Use and Effects Division at the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich

2017-2019   

Online Marketing & Analytics specialist at GRYPS Offertenportal AG

2016-2019

Master of Arts UZH in Mass Communication and Media Research (major) and Business Administration (minor) at the University of Zurich

2015

Internship in the media planning division at Swiss Radio and Television SRF

2012-2015

Bachelor of Arts UZH in Mass Communication and Media Research (major) and Business Administration (minor) at the University of Zurich

Research Interests

Media use and effects
Computational methods for social science
Social network analysis

 

Publications

Pfiffner, N. & Friemel, T. N. (2023). Leveraging Data Donations for Communication Research: Exploring Drivers Behind the Willingness to Donate. Communication Methods and Measures, 17(3), 227-249. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2023.2176474

Blassnig, S., Mitova, E., Pfiffner, N., & Reiss, M. (2023). Googling Referendum Campaigns: Analyzing Online Search Patterns Regarding Swiss Direct-Democratic Votes. Media and Communication, 11(1), 19-30.https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i1.6030

Pfiffner, N. (2021). Identifying patterns in communication science. In Segev, E. (Ed.), Semantic Network Analysis in Social Sciences (pp. 192–215). Routledge.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003120100-10