Publications
Researchers at IKMZ publish around 150 scientific publications every year. These include standard reference works in different areas of communication studies.
A complete list of all publications of IKMZ can be found in the Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA).
2026
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2025
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Technology-enabled surveillance as a regime characteristic: re-authoritarianization in Central Asia Swiss Political Science Review, 31(3), 377–388. https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.70006
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Exploring Public Attitudes Toward Generative AI for News Across Four Countries Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 5, 63. https://doi.org/10.51685/jqd.2025.012
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Two-sided messages in GM food news: the role of argument order and deference toward scientific authority Journal of Risk Research, 28(8), 945–963. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2025.2565583
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Sociotechnical imaginaries and public communication: Analytical framework and empirical illustration using the case of artificial intelligence Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 31(4):1267-1287.
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Global analysis of perceived social media effects on well-being Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 28(8), 588–593. https://doi.org/10.1177/21522715251359204
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Governance of discriminatory content in conversational AIs: a cross-platform and cross-cultural analysis Information, Communication & Society, online. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2025.2537803
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Deepfakes or Synthetic Media? The Effect of Euphemisms for Labeling Technology on Risk and Benefit Perceptions Social Media + Society, 11(3), 12. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251350975
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Tracking the Roots of Low News Usage on Smartphones – Do Individual Interests, Political Attitudes, and Media Consumption Habits Affect the Mobile News Use of Young Adults? Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 20–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2025.2535389
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Meaning-Making through Social Media – Religious Influencers as Sources of Religious Meaning In T. Schlag & K. Yadav (Eds.), Religious Communication, Interaction and Transformation in a Culture of Digitality (pp. 45–64). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111721729-004
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Is time-restricted eating a healthy choice to lose weight? Investigating by qualitative analysis of Instagram posts and systematic reviews with meta-analysis Digital Health, 11, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076251360911
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Research note: Legislating Uncertainty: Election Policies and the Amplification of Misinformation Policy Studies Journal (Online), 11. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.70054
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Why do Citizens Choose to Read Fact-Checks in the Context of the Russian War in Ukraine? The Role of Directional and Accuracy Motivations in Nineteen Democracies International Journal of Press/Politics, 30(3):679-704.
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Soziale Medien und finanzielles Verhalten Jugendlicher und junger Erwachsener: eine qualitative Untersuchung (Master’s thesis, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-280761
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Leveraging ICTs: Central Asian women's agency in the context of bride kidnapping Women's Studies International Forum, 111:103119.
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Wired wisdom: how to age better online University of Chicago Press.
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Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2025: Länderbericht Schweiz Zürich: fög – Forschungszentrum Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft / Universität Zürich.
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Religion(s) in Swiss newspapers: A longitudinal analysis of salience and topics from 1998 to 2022 Journalism:epub ahead of print.
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When corporate dataveillance brings beneficial experiences: Service-specific qualitative evidence for YouTube Journal of Digital Social Research, 7(2):1-17.
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An Antropofagia approach to AI and creativity: Lessons from Latin America to rethink collectivity, process and meaning in creative value International Journal of Cultural Studies, epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1177/13678779251346959
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2024
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From “minimalists” to “professional all-rounders”: Typologizing Swiss universities’ communication practices and structures Communications : European Journal of Communication Research, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2023-0147
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Assessing Large Language Models on climate information In: 41st International Conference on Machine Learning, Vienna, 21 July 2024 - 27 July 2024, ML Research Press.
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Effective Financial Communication - Key Concepts, Empirical Insights, and Implications for Practice (1st edition). London: Routledge.
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The Mediated Construction of Crises - Combining Automated and Qualitative Content Analysis to Investigate the Use of Crisis Labels in Headlines of Swiss News Media between 1998 and 2020 Journal of international crisis and risk communication research, 7(1):83-112.
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Opportunity structures for user acceptance of news recommender systems (NRS): A multi-country survey study of relationships between individual-level factors and evaluations of NRS New Media & Society, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241263765
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User Perceptions of News Recommender Systems and Trust in Media Outlets: A Five-Country Study Journalism Studies, 25(10):1182-1204.
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Comparing Online Recruitment Strategies for Data Donation Studies Computational Communication Research, 6(2):1-19.
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Data Donation Module: A Web Application for Collecting and Enriching Data Donations Computational Communication Research, 6(2):1-19.
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Industry-level self- and co-regulation in media and communications In: Puppis, Manuel; Mansell, Robin; Van den Bulck, Hilde . Handbook of Media and Communication Governance. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 245-259.
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Media power and ownership concentration In: Puppis, Manuel; Mansell, Robin; Van den Bulck, Hilde . Handbook of Media and Communication Governance. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 458-471.
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Emotionalized Social Media Environments: How Alternative News Media and Populist Actors Drive Angry Reactions Political Communication, 41(4):559-587.
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Alternative Media Vary Between Mild Distortion and Extreme Misinformation: Steps Toward a Typology Digital Journalism, 12(6):830-850.
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The role of affective and cognitive attitude extremity in perceived viewpoint diversity exposure New Media & Society, 26(7):4183-4200.
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YouTube as an information source on politics and current affairs: Supply- and demand-side perspectives First Monday, 29(7):online.
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The role of news media knowledge for how people use social media for news in five countries New Media & Society, 26(7):4056-4077.
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They approve but they don’t act: Promoting sustainable minority behavior with (conflicting) social norm appeals Frontiers in Psychology, 15:1337585.
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Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2024: Länderbericht Schweiz Zürich: fög – Forschungszentrum Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft / Universität Zürich.
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Abstimmungsmonitor – Vorlagen vom 9. Juni 2024 Zürich: fög – Forschungszentrum Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft / Universität Zürich.
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Tackling societal challenges as opportunities: a case study of a Swiss foundation's value-creating function Journal of Communication Management, 28(2):328-344.
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Everyday disconnection experiences: Exploring people’s understanding of digital well-being and management of digital media use New Media & Society, 26(6):3657-3678.
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2023
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Does the Platform Matter? European Journal of Health Communication, 4(3):19-34.
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Editorial: Reconceptualizing public sphere(s) in the digital age? On the role and future of public sphere theory Communication Theory, 33(2-3):61-69.
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Political Communication (Sixth Edition). In: Caramani, Daniele . Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press , 353-377.
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Lesen und politische Kultur In: Hildebrand-Schat, Viola . Imprimatur 28 (2023). Ein Jahrbuch für Bücherfreunde. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 295-311.
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Editorial (Vol. 23, No. 2). Studies in Communication Sciences, 23(2):139-142.
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Degrees of deception: the effects of different types of COVID-19 misinformation and the effectiveness of corrective information in crisis times Information, Communication and Society, 26(9):1699-1715.
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Leveraging Data Donations for Communication Research: Exploring Drivers Behind the Willingness to Donate Communication Methods and Measures, 17(3):227-249.
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Analysing the media repertoires that Swiss expatriates use to inform themselves about their heritage country The Journal of International Communication (JIC), 29(2):175-195.
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Fieldwork Under Surveillance: A Research Note Surveillance and Society, 21(2):229-234.
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Führt Mediendifferenzierung zum "Zerfall der politischen Öffentlichkeit"? Zeitschrift für Theoretische Soziologie, 12(1):106-127.
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Understanding the Evolving Online Learning Landscape: The Case of Science and Religion Social Media and Society, 9(3):1-12.
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Conspiracy theories in online environments: An interdisciplinary literature review and agenda for future research New Media & Society, 25(7):1781-1801.
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Comparing and mapping difference indices of debate quality on Twitter Methodological innovations, 16(2):234-249.
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Evaluating organizational listening: Models and methods for measuring the value of listening for identifying risks, crises, and opportunities In: Place, Katie R . Organizational Listening for Strategic Communication (1). New York: Routledge, 81-100.
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Abstimmungsmonitor – Vorlagen vom 18. Juni 2023 Zürich: fög – Forschungszentrum Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft / Universität Zürich.
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Communication, Social Norms, and the Intention to Get Vaccinated Against Covid-19 European Journal of Health Communication, 4(2):113-139.
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COVID-19 vaccination and changes in preventive behaviours: findings from the 2021 vaccine roll-out in Switzerland European Journal of Public Health, 33(3):482-489.
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Concentration and control in times of platformisation Intermedia, 51(2):22-25.
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