I am an assistant professor of communication studies at the University of Erfurt, Germany. From March to December 2025, I am also a fellow at the Digital Democracy Center of the University of Southern Denmark. My research focuses on journalism and audiences online, trust in news and political opinion formation . I do empirical work, mainly focusing on surveys, qualitative interviews and experimental designs.
At the University of Erfurt, I am a member of the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour, the Erfurt Laboratory for Empirical Research and spokesperson of the graduate school Communication and Digital Media.
At the University of Erfurt, I am a member of the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour, the Erfurt Laboratory for Empirical Research and spokesperson of the graduate school Communication and Digital Media.
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Most recent publication: Projection in journalists perception of public opinion.
We investigate how journalists' own opinion affects their perceptions of what the public thinks. With data from a journalist survey in The Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium, we show that journalists indeed tend to think the public agrees with their own opinions (i.e., they project their opinion on public opinion).
Here is a great summary of the study by Mark Coddington and Seth Lewis in their newsletter "RQ1"
🔍 Key finding: Social projection is stronger for right-wing journalists, but weaker if journalists are experts on a topic.
We investigate how journalists' own opinion affects their perceptions of what the public thinks. With data from a journalist survey in The Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium, we show that journalists indeed tend to think the public agrees with their own opinions (i.e., they project their opinion on public opinion).
Here is a great summary of the study by Mark Coddington and Seth Lewis in their newsletter "RQ1"
🔍 Key finding: Social projection is stronger for right-wing journalists, but weaker if journalists are experts on a topic.