Publications

Recent papers & publications

Mede, Niels G (2022). Legacy media as inhibitors and drivers of public reservations against science: global survey evidence on the link between media use and anti-science attitudes. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 9(1):40.
Kessler, Sabrina Heike; Cano Pardo, Miriam Sara; Jobin, Anna; Georgi, Fanny (2022). How Informed are the Swiss about Covid-19 and Prevention Measures? : Results of a Survey on Information Awareness, Behaviour, and Deficits. European Journal of Health Communication, 3(3):118-142.
Kessler, Sabrina Heike; Schäfer, Mike S (2022). Content Analysis in the Research Field of Science Coverage. In: Oehmer-Pedrazzi, Franziska; Kessler, Sabrina Heike; Humprecht, Edda; Sommer, Katharina; Castro, Laia. Standardisierte Inhaltsanalyse in der Kommunikationswissenschaft – Standardized Content Analysis in Communication Research : Ein Handbuch - A Handbook. Wiesbaden: Springer, 167-177.
Kessler, Sabrina Heike; Sommer, Katharina; Humprecht, Edda; Oehmer-Pedrazzi, Franziska (2022). Manuelle standardisierte Inhaltsanalyse. In: Oehmer-Pedrazzi, Franziska; Kessler, Sabrina Heike; Humprecht, Edda; Sommer, Katharina; Castro, Laia. Standardisierte Inhaltsanalyse in der Kommunikationswissenschaft – Standardized Content Analysis in Communication Research : Ein Handbuch - A Handbook. Wiesbaden: Springer, 9-21.
Mahl, Daniela; von Nordheim, Gerret; Guenther, Lars (2022). Noise Pollution: A Multi-Step Approach to Assessing the Consequences of (Not) Validating Search Terms on Automated Content Analyses. Digital Journalism:Epub ahead of print.
Kessler, Sabrina Heike; Schmid, Philipp (2022). Mis- and Disinformation About Covid-19 : Challenges for Health Communication. European Journal of Health Communication, 3(2):I-VI.
Fürst, Silke; Volk, Sophia Charlotte; Schäfer, Mike S; Vogler, Daniel; Sörensen, Isabel (2022). Assessing changes in the public communication of higher education institutions: A survey of leaders of Swiss universities and colleges. Studies in Communication Sciences:Epub ahead of print.
Bearth, Angela; Kaptan, Gulbanu; Kessler, Sabrina Heike (2022). Genome-edited versus genetically-modified tomatoes: an experiment on people’s perceptions and acceptance of food biotechnology in the UK and Switzerland. Agriculture and Human Values, 39(3):1117-1131.
Mede, Niels G; Schäfer, Mike S; Metag, Julia; Klinger, Kira (2022). Who supports science-related populism? A nationally representative survey on the prevalence and explanatory factors of populist attitudes toward science in Switzerland. PLoS ONE, 17(8):e0271204.
Kessler, Sabrina Heike; Schäfer, Mike S; Johann, David; Rauhut, Heiko (2022). Mapping mental models of science communication: How academics in Germany, Austria and Switzerland understand and practice science communication. Public Understanding of Science, 31(6):711-731.
Kessler, Sabrina Heike; Bachmann, Eva (2022). Debunking health myths on the internet: the persuasive effect of (visual) online communication. Journal of Public Health, 30(8):1823-1835.
Mede, Niels G (2022). Science communication in the face of skepticism, populism, and ignorance: what ‘Don’t Look Up’ tells us about science denial — and what it doesn’t. JCOM : Journal of Science Communication, 21(05):C05.
Klinger, Kira; Metag, Julia; Schäfer, Mike S; Füchslin, Tobias; Mede, Niels (2022). Are science communication audiences becoming more critical? Reconstructing migration between audience segments based on Swiss panel data. Public Understanding of Science, 31(5):553-562.
Zerback, Thomas; Eisenegger, Mark; Friemel, Thomas N; Schäfer, Mike S (2022). Wandel der Kommunikation in der digitalen Gesellschaft: Einführung in das Special Issue zur DACH 21-Dreiländertagung für Kommunikationswissenschaft. Studies in Communication Sciences, 22(1):335-336.
Salerno, Sébastien; Fürst, Silke; Meißner, Mike (2022). Editorial. Studies in Communication Sciences. Studies in Communication Sciences, 22(1):3-4.
Zeng, Jing; Chan, Chung-Hong; Schäfer, Mike S (2022). Contested Chinese dreams of AI? Public discourse about artificial intelligence on WeChat and people’s daily online. Information, Communication and Society, 25(3):319-340.
Bromme, Rainer; Mede, Niels G; Thomm, Eva; Kremer, Bastian; Ziegler, Ricarda (2022). An anchor in troubled times: Trust in science before and within the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS ONE, 17(2):e0262823.
Mahl, Daniela; Schäfer, Mike S; Zeng, Jing (2022). Conspiracy theories in online environments: An interdisciplinary literature review and agenda for future research. New Media & Society:Epub ahead of print.
Mede, Niels G; Schäfer, Mike S (2022). Science-related populism declining during the COVID-19 pandemic: a panel survey of the Swiss population before and after the Coronavirus outbreak. Public Understanding of Science, 31(2):211-222.
Wintterlin, Florian; Hendriks, Friederike; Mede, Niels G; Bromme, Rainer; Metag, Julia; Schäfer, Mike S (2022). Predicting Public Trust in Science: The Role of Basic Orientations Toward Science, Perceived Trustworthiness of Scientists, and Experiences With Science. Frontiers in Communication, 6:822757.

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