
Sabrina Heike Kessler, Dr.
- Oberassistentin / Senior Research and Teaching Associate
- Phone
- +41 44 635 20 62
- Room number
- AND 3.24
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since 08/2017 | Senior Research and Teaching Associate at the Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich |
since 2023 | Chair of the Division "Media Reception and Effects" of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) |
2023 | Granting of the project "Science vs Activism? Exploring the Boundary" funded by the Swiss Young Academy |
2023 | Granting of the project "The Effect of Disinformation on Opinion Formation: Experimental Analyses of the Effect and Role of Different Influencing Factors in a Multi-Method Design" funded by the Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) (Link) |
2022-2023 | Granting of the project "Disinformation on COVID-19 vaccination on YouTube: An analysis of content, impact, and subsequent verification processes via online search" funded by the Swiss Federal Office of Communication (Link: OFCOM (admin.ch)) |
2021-2022 | Granting of and main responsibility for the project "What can we learn from COVID-19 fake news about the spread of scientific misinformation in general?" funded by the Swiss Young Academy |
2019-2021 | Foundation and management of the peer-mentoring group "MFG - MedienforscherInnengruppe" at the IKMZ - third-party financed by the Graduate Campus of the University of Zurich |
2016-2019 | Junior spokesperson at the Science Communication Section of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK) |
2016-2017 | Deputy Equal Opportunities Representative within the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena |
11/2015 | Dissertation on the topic "Das ist doch evident! Eine Analyse dargestellter Evidenzframes und deren Wirkung am Beispiel von TV-Wissenschaftsbeiträgen. [It’s evident! Identifying frames of evidence as used in science TV programs and testing their effects on beliefs]” (Advisors: Prof. Dr. Georg Ruhrmann (Jena) & Prof. Dr. Hans Peter Peters (Jülich)) |
2011-2017 | Research Associate and Lecturer at the Institute of Communication Research, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena; involved in DFG-funded projects within the program 1409: “Science and Public Sphere” until 09/2015 |
2009-2011 | Student Assistant at the Institute of Communication Research, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, in the DFG-funded project “Science and the General Public: Understanding Fragile and Conflicting Evidence” |
2008-2011 | Student Assistant at the Public Relations Department (now: Communication Department), Friedrich Schiller University of Jena |
2009-2010 | Chairwoman of the Student Representatives for Communication Research, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena |
2006-2011 | Studies of Media Science, Psychology and German Linguistics at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. Master thesis: “Evidence and uncertainty in science TV shows. A content analysis for capturing and modelling journalistic evidence and uncertainty representation in science TV shows on the topic of molecular medicine” |
Elected member of the Swiss Young Academy (2020-2025) (Link)
Undergraduate level (Seminars, each 14x90 MIN)
Postgraduate level (Seminars, each 14x90 MIN)
Lectures (each 14x90 MIN)
Monographies
Stöcklin, S. (2023). Interview: "DOSSIER — Was wir glauben: Langsamer Denken". In UZH-Magazin, Zürich, März. https://www.news.uzh.ch/de/articles/news/2023/fakenews-magazin.html
Hegelbach, S. (2023). Zusammenfassung Podiumsdiskussion: "ChatGPT hat uns die Augen geöffnet". In UZH-News, Zürich, März. https://www.news.uzh.ch/de/articles/news/2023/podium-chatgpt.html
Pratsch, M. (2022). Interview: “Stolpernder Umgang mit Falschinformationen in Podcasts”. In MedWatch, Hamburg, December. https://medwatch.de/leben/stolpernder-umgang-mit-falschinformationen-in-podcasts/
Bingham, N. (2022). Interview: "Fake News: Einblicke in Forschung und Lehre an der Universität Zürich". In entropie, Zürich, November. https://entropie.ethz.ch/fake-news-einblicke-in-forschung-und-lehre-an-der-universitat-zurich/
Tomzcak, A. (2022). Interview: «She recommends a “vaccination against erroneous information”». In Newsletter der Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz, Bern, September. https://swissyoungacademy.ch/en/uber-uns/personlich/sabrina-kessler/
Kessler, S. H., Cano Pardo, M., & Grüninger, S. (2022). Statistiken schlüssig schildern: Was grafische Statistiken verständlich und vertrauenswürdig macht. In Europäisches Journalismus-Observatorium (EJO), Dortmund, March. https://de.ejo-online.eu/qualitaet-ethik/statistiken-schluessig-schildern-wie-grafische-statistiken-verstaendlich-dargestellt-werden-koennen-und-was-sie-vertrauenswuerdig-macht
Conference presentations on science and health communication and their effects