Lectures
One Year later – Lessons Learned? Memorial Session for Marwa El-Sherbini at Max-Planck Institute for Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden (01.07.10)
Radio heute -Struktur, Inhalte, Nutzung (Radio Today- Structure, Content, Usage). Studium Integrale, TU Dresden (29.07.10)
Redefining Journalistic Role. Journalism as the New Knowledge Profession. Panel “Is There a Role for Journalism in the Web 2.0 World? Theoretical and Empirical Evidence on the Changing Identity of the Journalistic Profession”, International Communication Association, Singapore (23.06.10) (with Mathias Rentsch)
Demokratischer Wert von Medienpublika. Ein empirisches Gedankenspiel am Beispiel der taz-Leser (Democratic value of news media audiences). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Ilmenau (14.05.10) (with Anja Obermüller)
Weimar 2.0. Über den Verlust des öffentlichen Raumes (Weimar 2.0 – The loss of the public sphere). Fraktions-Akademie der CDU-Fraktion im Sächsischen Landtag, Dresden (06.05.10)
Publizistischer Wert und Mehrwert des Ballungsraumfernsehens in Sachsen (Public value of private local television in Saxony). Medientreffpunkt Mitteldeutschland. Leipzig (05.05.10)
Ist Fremdenfeindlichkeit ein Problem in Dresden? (Is xenophobia a problem in Dresden). Liberaler Treff der FDP, Dresden (04.05.10)
Entzauberung eines Berufs – und die Folgen (Disenchantment of a profession and the consequences). Ost-West-Forum auf Gut Gödelitz (27. 02.10)
Politik in der Mediendemokratie - wie funktionieren und wirken die Medien? (Politics in media democracy – how do the media work?) Unternehmertagung Leipzig 2010. Bauindustrieverband Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt e.V., Schloss Machern (25. 02.10)
Die Krise des Journalismus und ihre Gründe (The crisis of jounalism and its reasons). PresseClubNürnberg (09.02.10)
Weimar 2.0 - Über den Verlust des öffentlichen Raumes (Weimar 2.0 – About the Loss of the Public Sphere). Seminar: Bundestagswahl 2009 – eine Bilanz. Akademie für politische Bildung Tutzing (05.12.09)
Die Entzauberung des Journalismus (The Disenchantment of a profession). PresseClub München (24.11.09)
The Role and Impact of Reference Books in Communication Research. Panel “Discourses of Stability and Change”, Conference of the National Communication Association (NCA), Boston, 13.11.09
The Public Image of Journalists. Boston University. Communication Research Colloquia Series. Boston (12.11.09)
Communication Research in the Public Interest: What Are the Issues? A Debate between German and Spanish Scholars (Moderator). Dresden (09.11.09)
Verlust des öffentlichen Raumes (Loss of the Public Space). Forum Tiberius. Dresden (26.10.09)
Von der Politik- zur Medienverdrossenheit. Hypothesen und Erkenntnisse zum Zustand unserer politischen Kommunikation. Klausurtagung der SPD-Fraktion im Landtag von Sachsen-Anhalt
Schloss Westerburg (26.10.09)
Entzauberung eines Berufs? Warum Journalismus unglaubwürdig ist - und warum das unsere Demokratie gefährdet. Journalistentag der Deutschen Journalistenunion (dju) in Ver.di. Stuttgart (10.10.2009)
Audience Selectivity and Media Power - A Brief Research History. Conference “Content, Channels and Audiences in the New Millennium: Interaction and Interrelations”, Lomonosov Moscow State University. Moscow (08.-10.10.2009)
Alles gelogen? Was die Deutschen vom Journalismus halten. PresseClub Frankfurt am Main (05.10.09)
Unternehmen und Kommunikation - Das Negativ-Image des Journalismus und seine Ursachen (Comapnies and Communication). Arbeitskreis evangelischer Unternehmer in Deutschland e.V., Dresden (30.09.09)
Was ist in Wahlkampfzeiten Qualitätsjournalismus (What is Quality Journalism in Times of Election Campaigns?) Kongress der deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, Kiel (24.09.2009)
Rolle der Medien und des Journalismus vor und nach der Wende. Konversionen - 20 Jahre nach der friedlichen Revolution (Roel of the Media in German Unification). Landesakademie für Fortbildung und Personalentwicklung an Schulen, Comburg bei Schwäbisch-Hall (08.09.2009)
Sachsen in der Nachrichtenwelt – Was bewegt Journalisten, wie denken und entscheiden sie (Saxony in the News - How journalists think and decide). Annual conference of the spokespersons of the Saxonian administration. Leipzig (02.09.09)
Entzauberung eines Berufs. Was die Deutschen vom Journalismus erwarten und wie sie enttäuscht werden (Disenchantment of a profession. What Germans expect of journalists and how they get disappointed). Foundation Wert(e)volle Zukunft, Hamburg (09.07.09)
Entzauberung eines Berufs. Was die Deutschen vom Journalismus erwarten und wie sie enttäuscht werden (Disenchantment of a profession. What Germans expect of journalists and how they get disappointed). Institut zur Förderung des publizistischen Nachwuchses, Munich (17.06.2009)
Medien und Demokratie. Erkenntnisse aus der Forschung und Erfahrungen aus einer Evaluierung (Media and democracy. Evidence from research and an evaluation project). Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Berlin (27.05.2009)
The Ethics Gap. Why Germans Have Little Esteem and No Trust in Journalists. International Communication Association, Chicago (with Mathias Rentsch und Anna-Maria Mende, (25.05.2009)
Gehen Träume in Erfüllung? Medientenor und Stimmungslage im November 1989/Deutschland – einig Vaterland? Medientenor und Stimmungslage im Jahr 2009 (Dreams and reality before and after German unification). Hessisch-Thüringisches Mediengespräch: „Treibende Kraft oder bloßes Abbild? Der Mauerfall in der Medienberichterstattung“, Geisa (22.04.2009)
Politische Kommunikation (Political communication). Impulsreferat beim Führungskräfte-Seminar des Sächsischen Ministeriums für Kultus. Reinhartsgrimma, (20.03.2009)
Demoskopie in Zeiten des Wahlkampfs. Ist die Wählerbefragung nur Kaffeesatz-Leserei? (Survey research in election times). Wahlkreis-Versammlung von Friederike de Haas MdL, Dresden, (03.03.2009)
Journalism as the New Knowledge Profession and Consequences for Journalism Education”. International Conference on Communication, Pamplona (Spain), February 12, 2009
Krise des Journalismus - Chance der Professionalisierung (Crisis of journalism – chances for professionalization) Keynote zur Eröffnung der gemeinsamen Fachgruppentagung Journalismus/Methoden der DGPuK, Berlin (6. Februar 2009)
Methodische Designs zum Nachweis des Einflusses subjektiver Interessen auf Nachrichtenentscheidungen von Journalisten (Methodological designs for measuring the influence of subjective interests on media content). Tagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppen „Journalistik und Journalismusforschung“ sowie „Methoden“. Freie Universität Berlin (5. bis 7. Februar 2009)
Think Big! Analytische und empirische Innovationen der Journalismusforschung aus Mainz (Think big! Analytical and empirical innovations of journalism research at the University of Mainz). Symposium zu Ehren des 65. Geburtstags von Hans Mathias Kepplinger und Jürgen Wilke, Mainz (28./29. Januar 2009)
Milestones in Communication Research. Unversita dell Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Schweiz (11./12.12.2008)
Demoskopie als direkte Demokratie. Öffentliche Meinung zwischen Vox Dei und Vox Rindvieh (Public opinion research as direct democracy. Public opinion between vox die and vox Rindvieh. Deutsches Institut für sachunmittelbare Demokratie, Dresden (10.12.2008)
Rolle der Medien in der modernen Gesellschaft (The role of the media in modern societies). Bautzener Akademie der Stadt Bautzen (01.12.2008)
Politik in der Mediendemokratie (Politics in media democracy). “Bautag” des Bauindustrieverbandes Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt in Magdeburg (28.11.2008)
Politische Berichterstattung: Inhalte, Nutzung, Wirkungen (Political news coverage: content, usage, and effects) Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Magdeburg (27.11.2008)
Medieneinfluss vor Wahlen (Media effects before elections). Rotary- und Lions Club Bad Kreuznach (18.11.08)
Wirkung von Gewalt in den Medien (Effects of violence in the media). Sorbisch-deutsches Theater Bautzen (12.11.2008)
Politiker, Massenmedien, Wirklichkeit (Politics, the media, and reality). Klausurtagung der Pressesprecher des Freistaats Sachsen in Schmochtitz (07.11.2008)
The Role of Communication Research for a Professional Journalism. Annual conference of the Polish Association for Communication Research in Wroclaw (September 2008)
Changing Journalism. Second wave of the Media & Democracy international survey of news journalists. Panel “Comparative research on the cultures of journalism: new studies, approaches and evidence”. International Communication Association, Montreal (Canada), May 2008
Panel Discussion: Kulturelle und wissenschaftliche Vielfalt als Voraussetzung europäischer Identität. Annual conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft. Lugano (Switzerland), May 2008
Academic Publishing. Workshop as Part of the NCCR Doctoral Program “Challenges to Democracy”. Zurich, January 2008
Irrationalität in Medien und öffentlicher Meinung (Irrationality in Media and Public Opinion). BASF Public Affairs Europe - Agricultural Products. Ludwigshafen (December 2007)
How to Publish. Workshop NachwuchswissenschaftlerInnen KMW in der Schweiz. Zürich (December 2007)
Public Opinion Polls as a Political Issue and Scientific Challenge. The Amsterdam School of Communications Research ASCoR. Universiteit van Amsterdam (November 2007)
Keynote Speech. International Symposium “Harmonious Society, Civil Society and the Media”. Chinese Communication Association/International Communication Association. Bejing, Oktober 2007
Journalism in Practice: What Journalists Should Know about Communication Research. Cheung Kong School of Journalism and Communication, Shantou University, China, October 2007
Politics in a Media Society. Journalism and Media Studies Centre. The University of Hongkong,
Hongkong, October 2007
Trends in the Media and the Need for Media Education. Conference „Effects of Globalization on Education, Sciences, Media and Society”, Smolenice (Slovakien), October 2007
Chancen und Gefahren der Mediendemokratie (Chances and Risks of Media Democracy). Seminar „Talkshows und TV-Modelle“. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Schloss Eichholz (September 2007)
Politik und Medien – Welche Veränderungen beobachten wir? (Politics and the Media: What Changes Do We Observe?) Lecture in Haus Rissen – Internationales Institut für Politik und Wirtschaft (Hamburg, September 2007)
Wissen und Einstellungen der Sachsen zu Steuerberatern Public Perception of CPA’s in Saxony. Saxonian Chamber of CPAs (Leipzig, June 2007)
PR und Medien: Auf der schiefen Bahn? (Are PR and Media becoming a dubious relationship?) Panel „Medien und PR“ bei der Jahrestagung der Deutschen Public Relations Gesellschaft (DPRG) in Essen (June 2007)
The German Media System. Journalistic Visitors of the German Goethe-Institute from Asia. Dresden (Mai 2007)
Convergence or Divergence of the Professional Cultures in Journalism? Conference “Comparing Media Systems – West Meets East” Wroclaw/Kliczków Castle, Poland (April 2007)
Ursachen der Demokratieverdrossenheit in Deutschland (Reasons for disenchantment with politics) . Industrieclub Sachsen, Dresden (February 2007)
Die Waldschlößchenbrücke in der öffentlichen Meinung der Dresdner (The Waldschlösschen Bridge in Dresden’s public opinion). Lions Club Dresden Semper (February 2007)
Wachsende Irrationalität in der Gesellschaft? (Is irrationality growing in our society?) Rotaryclub Dresden Goldener Reiter (February 2007)
Public Opinion surveys as a political issue and scientific challenge. Conference “Public Opinion Polls and Decision Making: From Theory to Practice”, Cairo (February 2007)
Wie viel Medien braucht der Mensch? (How many media does a citizen need?) Chamber of Trades Dresden (January 2007)
Wahrnehmung und Wirklichkeit – Politiker und Politik in der Mediengesellschaft (Perception and reality – Politicians and politics in media society). Seminar „Vom Vorbild zum Zerrbild – Politiker-Image in der Mediokratie“. Akademie für politische Bildung (January 2007)
Wir lassen uns nicht erpressen. PR und Anzeigengeschäft dürfen die Qualität nicht verdrängen (They won’t blackmail us! PR and advertisement should not jeopardize quality in the media). „Die Macht des Lokalen“ . 15. Forum Lokaljournalismus der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Osnabrück (January 2007)
The Role of the Media in a Globalized World. State-of-the-art and Future Perspectives. Southern Chinese Television. Guangzhou, China (December 2006)
„Die Rolle der Printmedien in der globalisierten Welt: Stand und Perspektiven. China International News Forum. Zhuhai, China (Dezember 2006)
Das Dilemma von Wissenschaft in den Medien The dilemma of science in the media.) Medienpreis „Im Zentrum der Mensch“. Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden (November 2006)
Chancen und Gefahren der Mediendemokratie (Chances and risks of media democracy). Symposium „Talkshow als Ersatzparlament“ Schloss Eichholz (November 2006)
The Global Journalist – Werden die professionellen Kulturen eingeebnet? (The global journalist – Can we expect convergence in political cultures?) Medien- und Kommunikationsforschung im Vergleich. Workshop der Kommission für vergleichende Medien- und Kommunikationsforschung der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und des Instituts für Publizistik der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Vienna, Austria (November 2006)
Medieninhalte und die Wirklichkeitswahrnehmung des Bürgers (Media content and reality perception of the people). Ost-West-Forum. Gut Gödelitz (October 2006)
Wie können Veränderungen im politischen Klima in den neuen Ländern generiert werden? Welche Kommunikationsformen mit dem Wähler sind erforderlich? Empfehlungen für die Politik (How can changes in the political climate in Eastgermany be created?) Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Cadenabbia, Italy (October 2006)
The Contribution of Communication Research to the Professionalization of Journalism. Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Georgia, (Oktober 2006)
The Ups and Downs in the Perception of Biotechnology in Germany, UK, and USA. International Agenda-Setting Conference, Bonn-Bad Godesberg (Oktober 2006)
Die Macht der Schlagzeilen…und anderer „kleiner Hilfsmittel“ für die Wirkung von Medieninhalten (The power of headlines – and other little cues for our reality perception). Media-Bataillon of the German Forces, Koblenz (September 2006)
Kommunikation – eine Wissenschaft für sich oder für wen? Kommunikationskongress 2006. Berlin 29. September 2006
Spiral of Sadness – No Grats from TV? Panel “Selective Exposure to Entertainment — State of the Art Research in Germany”. International Communication Association. Dresden (June 22, 2006)
Mass Communication Theory: Do We Need It? A Joint ICA-IAMCR Session with Denis McQuail. International Communication Association. Dresden (June 22, 2006)
Roundtable on Measuring Media Exposure in the “Information Age”: Conceptual and Measurement Challenges in the 21st Century. International Communication Association. Dresden (June 21, 2006)
Panel “Methods and Goals of Comparative Political Communication”. International Communication Association. Dresden (June 20, 2006)
Response Rate and Sociodemographics of Listed and Unlisted Respondents in Telephone Surveys AAPOR Annual Conference, Montreal (May 2006, with Olaf Jandura)
Media and Communication Studies as an Academic Field: Chances and Traps. Invited Lecture. Polish Conference on Media and Communication Studies. Wroclaw (March 2006)
Justiz und Medien im Konflikt (Justice and the Media in Conflict). 30. Strafverteidigertag „Wieviel Sicherheit braucht die Freiheit?“ Arbeitsgruppe Justiz und Medien – brauchen wir eine justizielle Schweigepflicht? Frankfurt am Main (March 2006)
Alles nur ein Missverständnis? Wie die Kommunikationswissenschaft die Theorie der kog-nitiven Dissonanz adaptierte (Only a Misunderstanding? How cCommunication Research Adapted Cognitive Dissonance Theory). 22. Hamburger Symposion zur Methodologie der Sozialpsychologie - Schwerpunktthema “Sozialpsychologie und Medien: Von Persuasion bis CMC“ – Hamburg (January 2006)
Who is afraid of publishing opinion polls? Keynote Speech, Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research, Hongkong (December 2005)
Die ‚vermachteten Medien‘ – Wem nützte ihre Berichterstattung im Wahlkampf 2005 mehr? (Who Benefited from the Media Coverage of the 2005 Campaign?) Seminar Wahljahr 2005 – eine Bilanz. Politische Akademie Tutzing (November 2005)
The International Communication Association. Panel on International Communication Associations. First European Communication Conference, Amsterdam (November 2005)
Die Massenmedien – die andere Macht im Staat. (The News Media – the Counter-Power in Society?) Novalisforum der Katholischen Akademie Bistum Dresden-Meißen, Freiberg (November 2005)
Media‘s Role During Election Years Agenda-Setters and Cutters. 6th International Agenda-Setting Conference. Lugano (Oktober 2005)
Journalismus (Journalism). Symposium: Kommunikation im Spannungsfeld zwischen Qualität und Erfolg. Stiftung der Mainzer Publizisten, Mainz (September 2005)
Responserate and None response using the Gabler-Häder- Sample Technique. EASR- Conference on Survey Research (with Olaf Jandura), Barcelona (July 2005)
Noch Interesse an Kultur? (Is There Still an Interest in Culture?) Sächsischer Kultursenat. Dresden (June 2005)
Unabhängigkeit von wirtschaftlichen Interessen als Qualitäts-Indikator im Journalismus. Wie beteiligte und unbeteiligte Verlage über den Konflikt um den Berliner Zeitungsmarkt berichteten (How Independent are Editorial Decisions from Ownership?) Jahreskonferenz der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (with Diana Müller). Hamburg (May 2005)
The Identity of Communication Research and Its International Association. Presidential Address als Präsident der International Communication Association (ICA), New York City (May 2005)
The Rivalry of Nonverbal Cues on the Perception of Politicians by Television Viewers (with Florian Haumer). Jahreskonferenz der International Communication Association (ICA), New York City (May 2005)
Against Long Odds? Self-Portrayals of Political Parties in Their Press Releases and the Media. International Communication Association (ICA), New York (with Olaf Jandura, Grit Jandura) (May 2005)
Journalists and Election Polls: An Ambivalent Relationship. Panel “Enhancing Our Understanding of Public Opinion: Views from Scholars, Pollsters, and Journalists”. International Communication Association (ICA), New York City (May 2005)
Anforderungen an die Profession ‘Politische Kommunikationsberatung’ aus demokratietheoretischer und kommunikationswissenschaftlicher Sicht (Expectations towards the profession ‚political consulting’ from a democratic and communications research perspective). Conference „Politische Kommunikation“, Universität Klagenfurt (May 2005)
Akzeptanz von lokalem und regionalem Fernsehen in Sachsen (Acceptance of Local and Regional Television in Saxony). MedienColloquium 2005 der Landesmedienanstalt Rheinland-Pfalz, Ludwigshafen (May 2005)
Wählerstimmungen in der Mediendemokratie (Voter Mood in Media Democracy). Panel ‚Welche Wahrheiten werden in der Mediendemokratie vermittelt? Medientreffpunkt Mitteldeutschland, Leipzig (May 2005)
Election Polls as a Political and Empirical Problem. Universidad de Navarra, Spain (March 2005)
Causes and Effects of Journalists’ News Decisions. Universidad de Navarra, Spain (March 2005)
Televised Debates As a Political and Communication Problem. Universidad de Navarra, Spain (March 2005)
International vergleichende Kommunikatorforschung (Comparative Journalism Research). Symposium „Die Aktualität der Anfänge“. Institut für Publizistik der Universität Mainz, Mainz (January 2005)
Falsch Zeugnis abgeben – Wahrheit und Objektivität in den Medien (Testifying as a False Witness – Truth and Objectivity in the Media).. Vortragsreihe „Steuerung des Lebens – Geschichte und Gegenwart einer Kultur der zehn Gebote“, Dresden (November 2004)
Politik in der Mediendemokratie (Politics in media Democracy). Seminar „Mediendemokratie und politische Streitkultur – Herausforderungen und Ansätze für den Gemeinschaftskundeunterricht“. Sächsische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bautzen (November 2004)
The German Perspective of the Bush/Cheney Administration. Brown Bag Lunch. Shorenstein Center for the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, Harvard University, Cambridge (November 2004)
Politik in den Medien und durch die Medien (Politics in the Media and by the Media). Dresdner Seniorenakademie. Dresden (November 2004)
Lokales Fernsehen in Sachsen. Anbieter, Inhalte, Bewertung (Local Television in Saxony). Symposium „SLM im Gespräch“ der Sächsischen Landesanstalt für privaten Rundfunk und Neue Medien, Leipzig (October 2004)
Die Rolle der Medien in Deutschland (The News Media Role in Germany). Tagung „deutschlanders“ der Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw), Berlin (October 2004)
Demoskopie im Wahlkampf (Public Opinion Research in Election Campaigns). Rotary Club Dresden Blaues Wunder, Dresden (August 2004)
Degrees of Variance in News Theories. International Conference: Journalism Research in an Era of Globalization, Erfurt (July 2004)
Dimensions in comparing news systems. Panel ‘Comparing Political Communication: Theories, Cases, Challenges’, International Communication Association (ICA), New Orleans (with Thomas E. Patterson) (May 2004)
Normative and Empirical Reasons for the Freedom of Publishing Polls. World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), Phoenix, Arizona (May 2004)
Causes and Effects of Journalists’ News Decisions. Keynote “JComm Day”, Ohio State University, School of Journalism and Communication (May 2004)
Normative and Empirical Dimensions of PR Influence on Journalism. Centrum Studiòw Niemieckich i. Europejskich im. Willy Brandta Universytet Wroclawski, Wroclaw, Poland (April 2004)
Die Politik der Medien. Was bestimmt die Qualität der Medieninhalte? (What Determines Media Content?) Gewerkschaftstag des Deutschen Journalistenverbandes, Landesverband Thüringen, Jena (April 2004)
Massenmedien und Wahlen – Zur voranschreitenden Professionalisierung von Wahlkampagnen (Media and elections – Increasing professionalization of campaigns). International conference „New challenges for political parties in China and Germany by the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and the Communist Party of China. Bejing (November 2003)
Zwischen Reaktion und Aktion – die Politik der Medien (Between action and reaction – The politics of the news media). Seminar for professional journalists by the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Cadenabbia, Italy, (November 2003)
Freie Berichterstatter oder unfreiwillige Propagandisten? Darstellung des Konzepts der Embedded Journalists und der amerikanischen Medienberichterstattung über den Irak-Krieg in deutschen und amerikanischen Pressemedien (Reporters or propagandists? Evaluation of the ‚embedded journalists’ in the German and American press. Fourndation Demoskopie Allensbach, Konstanz (Oktober 2003)
Competing Predictions. Statements About Election Outcome in the German News Media Before the German General Election 2002. WAPOR Conference, Prague (September 2003, with Olaf Jandura)
Die Rolle der Medien in der Politik (The news media’s role in politics). Wirtschaftsbeirat der Union. Munich (July 2003)
WAPOR Meets SMS. WAPOR Seminar „Public Opinion, Polls, and Policies. Zurich, Switzerland (June 2003)
Election Polls as a Political and Empirical Problem. University of Wroclaw, Poland (June 2003)
Der Wahlkampf 2002 im Spiegel der Medien (The campaign as mirrored in the news media). Free University Berlin (June 2003)
Psychology of News Decisions. Factors Behind Journalists’ Professional Behavior. International Communication Association (ICA), Mass Communication Division, San Diego (May 2003)
Whose Impressions? Factors Influencing the Perception of Televised Debates in the German General Election. International Communication Association (ICA), Political Communication Division San Diego (May 2003)
Mediaocracy – The Presentatiopn and Perception of Politics in Media Democracies. AGEE Symposium “The Influence of Media on Politics and Society. Hamburg Law School (May 2003)
The State of Communication Science. University of Amsterdam (April 2003)
Meinungsklima und Medienwirkung im Bundestagswahlkampf 2002 (Climate of opinion and media effects in the 2002 campaign. Bucerius Law School, Hamburg (January 2003)
Das Arztbild in der Öffentlichkeit (The image of medical doctors in public opinion). Chamber of Medical professions, Saxony (January 2003)
Die Rolle der TV-Duelle (The role of the televised debates in the 2002 campaign). Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing (December 2002)
Wahlkampf in den Medien - Für und Wider der Fernsehduelle (The campaign in the news media. Pro and cons of televised debates). Forum Politische Bildung. Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing (November 2002)
Gambling with US-German Relations? What Do the Recent German Elections Tell Us? Brown Bag Talk, Shorenstein Center for the Persse, Politics, and Public Policy, Harvard University (November 2002)
Medien-Wahrnehmung in Ostdeutschland (The perception of the news media in Eastgermany. 10 Jahre „Fakt“. Leipzig (Oktober 2002)
Haben die Medien den Kanzler gemacht? Die Rolle der Medien im Bundestagswahlkampf 2002 (Have the news media decided about the chancellery?), Urania Dresden (October 2002)
Demoskopie und Wahlen. Normative und empirische Elemente zu einem Dauerthema. (Polls and elections. Normative and empirical arguments on a never-ending tension). Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Mainz, Germany (2002)
Debriefing on the German General Election. The British-German Association and the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, London, UK (2002)
Die richtigen Kommunikationskanäle und –strategien finden (Finding the right communication channels and strategies). Session „Prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) at the Conference of German Pediatrics, Leipzig, Germany (2002)
Medias Democracy. How the Media Transform the Political System. ICA conference, Seoul, Korea (2002)
Effects of Anticipated Cognitive Tasks on Mood Management. ICA conference, Seoul, Korea (2002) (with S. Knobloch)
Nachrichtenentscheidungen als Interessenpolitik. Legitime und weniger legitime Einflussfaktoren auf journalistisches Handeln (News decisions as interest politics – Legitimate and illegitimate influences on journalists decision-making. Erlanger Media Symposium, Erlangen, Germany (2002)
Schröder-Bonus statt Kanzler-Malus. Die Fernsehauftritte der Kandidaten von 1998 in den Nachrichten und Nachrichtenmagazinen Schröderbonus instead of incumbent bonus. The candidates of 1998 in the television news). Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Dresden, Germany (2002) (with O. Jandura)
The Impact of Authenticity in TV News Reports on the Perception of Candidates. Conference of the World Association for Public Research (WAPOR), St. Petersburg, FL, USA (2002)
Kritik als Theater. Was den Bürger in der Mediengesellschaft interessiert (Criticism as theater - What gets the citizen interested in a media society?). Bavarian Parliament, Munich, Germany (2002)
News Psychology. Factors Behind Journalists’ News Decision. Symposium “What’s News? The Syracuse University Symposium on the Nature of News”. Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA (2002)
Thesen zur Zukunft der Wahlkampfkommunikation (Theses on the future of campaign communication). Symposium of the Academy for Political Education, Tutzing and Munich, Germany (2002)
Differenzierungen des Intereffikationsmodell ) Differentiations in the Interefficacy-Model). Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Leipzig (2002) (with Arnd Wenzel)
Was macht ein Thema zur Nachricht (What turns topics to news)?. German-Czech Journalism Symposium, Dresden, Germany (2001)
Parteien und Politiker in der Mediendemokratie (Parties and politicians in media democracy). Academy for Political Education, Tutzing, Germany (2001)
Media Democracy. How the Media Transform the Political System. Symposium “Media and Politics” by the Japanese Society for Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication, Tokyo (2001)
Election Surveys and Voting Behavior: Does Empirical Evidence Suggest Legal Restrictions on Polls? Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), Rome, Italy (2001)
Zum Einfluss von Wahlumfragen auf das Wählerverhalten (The influence of election polls on voting behavior). Expertise for the Enquete-Commission of the Austrian Parliament. Vienna, Austria (2001)
Rezeption von Wahrheit in den Medien (Reception of truth through the media). Symposium „Wissenschaft und Medien“ by the Center for Ethic and Law in Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany (2001)
The Presentation and Perception of Politics in Media Democracies. Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain (2000)
Agenda Setting at the End of the Millenium - Or: Do We Want Media Agenda Setting? International Conference on the Development of Media Markets, Prague, Czech Republic (2000)
Rationalität und Irrationalität in der Medienberichterstattung – das Beispiel Wissenschaft (Rationality and irrationality in the media). Europäisches Forum Alpbach, Alpbach, Austria (2000)
Medienberichterstattung als Grundlage gesellschaftlicher Entscheidungsfindung (Media coverage as basis for social decision-making). Symposium „Zukunft der Aufklärung“ der Karl-Beckurts-Foundation, Bonn, Germany (1999)
Public Perceptions, Public Opinion and the Media. Symposium der EU-Conserted Action “European Debates on Biotechnology“, University of Jena, Germany (1999)
Hard to Know. Limitations of Citizens’ Interest and Knowledge in Political News – the Case of the EURO. Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), Paris, France (1999)
When Mood Management Fails. A Field Study on the Relationships Between Daily Events, Mood, and Television Viewing. ICA Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA (1999) (with K. Tasche)
The Psychology of News. Research Roundtable des Joan Shorenstein Centers for the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (1999)
Objectivity, Facts, Assertions and Opinions. 35th Bitburg Symposium, Verein für Rechtspolitik, Bitburg, Germany (1999)
Motivations for Exposure to Political News. The Role of the Media for Knowledge and Opinions Towards the European Currency. Conference “Public Opinion, The Mass Media, and Euroepan and American Foreign Policy”, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA (1998)
Medien - Macht - Politik. Verantwortung in der Demokratie (Media, Power, Politics - Responsibility for Democracy). Bergedorfer Gesprächskreis, Bergedorf, Germany (1996)
Pluralismus als Leitlinie einer journalistischen Ethik. (Pluralism as Guideline for Journalists’ professional Ethics). French-German Media Colloquium, Paris (1996)
Professional Norms in the German Newsmedia’s Coverage of the 1994 Elections. Jornadas Internacionales de la Informacion. Pamplona, Spain (1995)
Big Davids and Small Goliaths. The German News Media as Vehicle for the Public Scandalization of a Multinational Company by New Social Movements. Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research, Saint Louis, MO, USA (1998) (with Dietmar Gattwinkel)
Cynical News. Why Is There so Much Negativism in the Press. Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), Saint Louis, MO, USA (1998)
Professional Cultures in Journalism. Workshop on Media and Politics in Europe. Center for German and European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA (1998)
Mediennutzung in der Informationsgesellschaft (Media Use in Information Societies). Symposium “Kultur in der Informationsgesellschaft”, Federal Department of the Interior, Boppard, Germany (1997)
‘Shared Realities’ in Political Communication. Production, Effects and Functions of Political Media Coverage. Workshop Confidence in Democratic Institutions: America in Comparative Perspective organized by John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Washington, DC, USA (1997)
Political Attitudes and the Role of the Media in East and West Germany. Joan Shorenstein Center, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA (1997)
Chances and Problems of Survey Research in Rural Areas of Tunisia. A Retrospective. Workshop Longterm Consequences of Social Structure Through Mass Media Impact. Saarbrücken, Germany, (1997)
Plurality Through The News Media: Models and Journalists’ Contribution. School of Communication. Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong (1996)
Survey Research at the End of the 20th Century. Theses and Antitheses. Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), Tokyo, Japan (1996)
The Role Of Media Analyses In Adopting New Media Tasks. Conference MEDIA ‘95 - Experience and Expectations Five Years Later, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (1995)
Media Trends in the German ‘Superwahljahr’. ICA conference, Albuquerque, NM, USA (1995) (with B. Klett)
How Do Text-picture Relations Affect the Informational Effectiveness of Television Newscasts? ICA conference, Albuquerque, NM, USA (1995) (with H. B. Brosius, Monika Birk)
Media Thrust in the German Bundestag Election 1994. Content and Effects of the German News Media. Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA (1995) (with B. Klett)
Medien und Politik. Ein internationaler Vergleich (Media and Politic. An International Comparison). University of Bern, Switzerland (1994)
Political Values and Attitudes in East Germany after Unification. Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), Bakubung, South Africa (1994)
Guided Perception. Characteristics and Effects of Media Reality. First Wally Langschmidt Memorial Lecture, South African Broadcasting Corporation, Johannesburg, South Africa (1994)
The Role of the Mass Media for Political Transition in East Germany. Conference of the International Politi¬cal Science Association (IPSA), Berlin, Germany (1994)
Political Representation in the News Media in a Cross-Cultural Comparison. Conference of the World As¬so¬ciation for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), Sydney, Australia (1994)
Journalists and Democracy in a Comparative Perspective. ICA conference, Sydney, Australia (1994)
Mediaocracy At Work. How Political Communication Scholars and Journalists in Ger¬many and the U.S. Look at the Media-Politics-Relationship. ICA conference, Sydney, Australia (1994)
Convergence or Divergence? The Role of German Media after Unification. IAMCR conference, Seoul, Korea (1994)
Repräsentation politischer Positionen im Mediensystem aus der Sicht deutscher und amerikanischer Journalisten (Representation of political positions in the news media as seen by journalists). Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Munich, Germany (1994) (with J. Wolling, C. v. Blomberg)
How Do Text-picture Relations Affect the Informational Effectiveness of Television Newscasts? Conference of the World Association for Public Opi¬nion Research (WAPOR), Danvers, MA, USA (1994) (with H. B. Brosius, M. Birk)
The Political Impact of Television: Some Theses. Conference “Television - Money - Po¬wer”, Warsaw, Poland (1993)
The Guided Eye: Channel and Presentation Effects in Personal and Televised Percep¬tions of An Event. ICA conference, Washington D.C., USA (1993)
The Media and Politics Relationship in the Eyes of U.S. and German Scholars and Jour¬nalists. Two Comparative Surveys of Newspeople and Political Communication Scholars. Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Chicago, IL, USA (1994)
Die Realität des Fernsehzuschauers: Illusionäre Kontrolle (Television Viewer’s Reality: Illusionary Control. Second International Conference on Media Ecology, Mainz, Germany (1992) (with Axel Mattenklott und H.B. Brosius)
On-the-Job vs. Academic Training: A Comparative Study of Instruc¬tional Alternatives in Journa¬lism Education. Section Professional Education, IAMCR conference, Sao Paolo, Brazil (1992) (with Lee B. Becker and Gerald M. Kosicki)
Journalists and the Political System - A Comparative Study in Democracies. IAMCR conference, Sao Paolo, Brazil (1992) (with Thomas E. Patterson)
Patterns of News Reporting and Their Consequences for Public Opinion. A Cross-National Study. IAMCR conference, Sao Paolo, Brazil (1992)
Interaction Between Media and Recipient Variables in Televi¬sion Effects: Experiments on the Percep¬tion of an Event. IAMCR Conference, Sao Paolo, Brazil (1992) (with Brosius und Mattenklott)
Mehr Vielfalt oder “more of the same” durch mehr Kanäle? Möglichkeiten zum Unterhaltungsslalom im deutschen Fernsehen zwischen 1983 und 1991 (More choice or more of the same with more channels? Possibilities for an entertainment in German television 1983 to 1991. Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Fribourg, Switzerland (1992)
Second-hand Reality. A Field Experiment on the Perception of a Campaign Event by Particpants and Television Viewers. ICA conference Miami, FL, USA (1992) (with Hans-Bernd Brosius and Axel Mattenklott)
Results from Germany. ICA conference, Political Communicat¬ion Division, Panel “Mass Media and Democracy”, Miami, FL, USA (1992)
Mass Media and Democracy: Design of an International Study. ICA conference Miami, FL, USA (with Thomas E. Patterson)
Journalists’ Roles and Newsroom Practices: A Cross-National Comparison. ICA conference Miami, FL, USA (1992) (with Thomas E. Pat¬ter¬son)
How Unique is the Perspective of Television? Perception of a Campaign Event by Participants and Television Viewers. Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), St. Petersburg, FL (1992) (with Hans-Bernd Brosius and Axel Mattenklott)
Was wir über Zeitungsrezeption wissen (What we Know about Newspaper Reading. Annual Conference of German Newspaper Publishers Association, Bonn, Germany (1991)
Journalists and Public Opinion: First Results of a Six-Country Study. Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research, Luxembourg (1991)
Rollenverständnis des politischen Journalismus. Methode und erste Befunde einer verglei¬chenden Studie in westlichen Demokratien (Role Perception of Political Journalismus), Free University Berlin, Germany (1991)
Medienwirkungsforschung in ländlichen Gebieten Tunesiens. Methodische Probleme einer Panel-Studie. (Media effects research in rural areas of Tunisia. Methodological problems of a panel study). Conference Empirical Social Research in Developing Countries, Cologne, Germany (1991)
Perception of Editorial Leanings by Newspaper Readers. ICA conference. Chicago, IL, USA (1991)
Role Perceptions of Journalists in a Comparative Perspective. Seminar “L’histoire et politique de la information” am Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA), Paris, France (1991)
Die Bedeutung der Medien im Prozess der öffentlichen Willens- und Meinungsbildung (The Role of the Mass Media in the Process of Opinion Formation). Seminar for Members of Parliament of the East German Bundesländer, Berlin, Germany (1991)
Changes in the German Broadcasting System. Department of Communica¬tions. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA (1990)
Media Coverage and Trends in Public Opinion. School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA (1990)
The Germans’ Political Norms in a Historical Perspective. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA (1990)
Role Perceptions and Professional Norms of Journalists in a Compara¬tive Perspective. Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Lancaster, PA, USA (1990)
Selective Exposure to Political News. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA (1990)
The State of the Art of Survey Research in Germany. Japanese As¬sociation for Public Opinion Research, Tokyo, Japan (1990)
Professional Attitudes of Journalists in Germany, Great Britain and the US. Gannett Center for Media Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA (1990)
The Professional Values of European Journalists. Conference “El Nuevo Mapa Informativo Europeo”, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain (1989)
The Interdependence of Media Content, Public Opinion Research and Public Opinion. Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA (1989)
Predicting Readers’ Selection of Newspaper Content. A Study in Selective Exposure. American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), St. Petersburg, FL, USA (1989)
La Radiodiffusion et la Télévision en République Fédérale D’Allemagne. German-French Media Colloquium, Paris, France (1989)
Does selective exposure prevent from persuasion? A field study on the relevance of cognitive dissonance in readers’ selectivity. Southern African Communication Association (SACOMM), Potchefstroom, South Africa (1988)
Factors influencing exposure to political media content. A field study on the impact of cognitive predispositions on readers’ selectivity. IAMCR conference, Bar¬celona, Spain (1988)
Professional values and gender in British and German journalism. ICA conference, New Orleans, LO, May/June 1988 (with Liesbet van Zoonen)
NATO and the Warsaw Pact in West-Germans’ Cognitive Map. A Long-term Content Analysis of the Magazine DER SPIEGEL and Trends in Public Opinion. Conference “Rethinking National Security: The Public Dimension”, Center for International Studies, University of Toronto, Canada (1988)
Theoretical elements of the spiral-of-silence theory and an empiri¬cal test in the North Carolina-poll 1987. School of Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA (1987)
L’influence de la télévision sur les connaissances et la perception de la réalité. Seminar “La communication en milieu rural”, Institut de Presse et des Sciences de l’Information, Université de Tunis and UNESCO, Hammamet, Tunisia (1987)
Selective Exposure to Newspaper Content. ICA conference, Montreal, Canada (1987)
Are Poll Data Hazardous to the Health of Democratic Elections? ICA conference, Montreal, Canada (1987)
Public Presentation and Public Perception of Helmut Kohl. ICA conference, Montreal, Canada (1987) (with H.M. Kepplinger, H.B. Brosius, J.F. Staab)
The Influence of Poll Data on Public Opinion - Empirical State-of-the-Art and the Problem of Democratic Theory. ESOMAR-Seminar “Opinion Polls”, Strasbourg, France (1986)
The Impact of Television on Rural Areas of Tunisia. A panel field experiment on changes in social perception, attitudes and roles after the introduction of television. IAMCR conference, New Delhi, India (1986)
Media Tenor and Public Opinion. A Longitudinal Study of Media Cover¬age and Public Opinion on Chancellor Kohl. Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), St. Petersburg, FL (1986) (with H.M. Kepplinger und H.B. Brosius)
Comparative Mass Communication Research: Indicators for a Comparison of Journalism in Different Countries. School of Communication, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (1984)
Different Kinds of Journalism in Different Countries? How British, German, and U.S. Journalists Perceive Their Professional and Social Roles. School of Journalism, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, and School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wis¬consin, Madison, WI, (1984)
Challenges, Problems, and Empirical Evidences of the Spiral of Silence Theory. ICA conference, San Francisco, CA, USA (1984)
Media Effects in Rural Areas of Tunisia. Results of a Field Experi¬ment. Soviet Academy of Science, Moscow, Soviet Union (1983)
Probability as a Tool of Social Science: Some Examples of Classical and Current Research. Conference “Fallout from the Probabilistic Revolu¬tion: Applications of Statistics in Policy and Research Design”, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Universität Bielefeld, Germany (1983)
The Spiral of Silence - Elements of Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann’s Theory on Public Opinion Formation. School of Journalism, Univer¬sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA (1982)
Journalists’ Conceptions of Their Audience. IAMCR conference, Paris, France (1982)
Les éffets des mass média dans la societé. Institut de Presse et des Sciences sur l`Information der Université Rabat, Morocco (1980)
Legitimacy Through Competence. IAMCR conference, Caracas, Venezuela (1980)
