• April 23, 2025
    Article available!     Yesterday, Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace published the research article Artificial presence, real-life influence? Effects of CGI influencers on young adults' health behavior intentions (doi:10.5817/CP2025-2-3), co-authored by Melanie Saumer, Ariadne Neureiter, and Jörg Matthes, among others.
  • April 9, 2025
    New AdMe position! We are currently looking to hire a Predoctoral Researcher to join our team. If you are interested in working within our research group, please check the University of Vienna's Recruiting Portal here for further details. The deadline for applications for this position is May 1.
  • April 7, 2025
    New paper published!     The scoping review Platform-led content moderation through the bystander lens: A systematic scoping review (doi:10.1080/1369118X.2025.2483836) by Rinat Meerson, Kevin Koban, and Jörg Matthes was now released by Information, Communication & Society.

    Further, Journalism Studies today published the article Victims of Islamist and right-wing terrorism in the press: Identifiability and humanization (doi:10.1080/1461670X.2025.2482987) a collaboration by Helena Knupfer, Ruta Kaskeleviciute, Jörg Matthes, and Hendrik van Scharrel.
  • April 1, 2025
    Top AdMe job placement!     Ruta Kaskeleviciute, who has been an integral part of our team since 2019, is today joining the Department of Media and Communication at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany. In Munich, she will work within Professor Anna Sophie Kümpel's lab as a postdoctoral researcher.

    Ruta completed our department's English-speaking Master Program in Communication Science in November 2018. From 2019 to 2024, she was a predoctoral researcher under the supervision of Jörg Matthes within our research group. In April 2024, she defended her doctoral thesis entitled Perceptions and effects of mediated terrorism: An intergroup approach with distinction ("summa cum laude"). Since June 2024, she was working as a postdoctoral researcher within the European Union-funded project ENCODE.

    Congratulations, dear Ruta! We wish you all the best for your personal and academic future.
  • March 28, 2025
    New article available!     The content analysis How healthy and unhealthy food and beverages appear in movies and series for children: A comprehensive content analysis (doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2025.01.012) by Alice Binder, Jörg Matthes et al. has just been released by the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
  • March 24, 2025
    Another new AdMe member! We are delighted to welcome Tamás Tóth, who joined us today as a Senior Scientist. Tamás studied Communication Science (BA) and Communication and Media Studies (MA) at the Budapest Metropolitan University, Hungary. In 2021, he completed his doctoral studies in political communication and populism studies at the Corvinus University of Budapest. In the recent past, he has been conducting research at the Ludovika University of Public Service as well as the McDaniel College Budapest. 

    Welcome to Vienna and AdMe, dear Tamás!
  • March 17, 2025
    New AdMe member! We are super happy to welcome Aleksandra Lazić within our group as a predoctoral researcher. Aleksandra studied Journalism and Communication Science at our Department and completed her master studies in 2024.

    A very warm welcome to our research group, dear Aleksandra!
  • March 13, 2025
    Two articles published!     Digital Journalism just released Andreas Nanz', Ruta Kaskeleviciute's, Marlis Stubenvoll's, and Jörg Matthes's research entitled Scanning vs. thorough processing the news: Antecedents of first- and second-level incidental exposure and the role of the relevance appraisal (doi:10.1080/21670811.2025.2472313).

    Further, the article Too much of what? Two-wave panel evidence for selective (de-)sensitization through frequent exposure to different kinds of digital hate (doi:10.1093/jcmc/zmaf002) by Rinat Meerson, Kevin Koban, and Jörg Matthes is now accessible and published in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.
  • March 2, 2025
    New AdMe member!     We are delighted to welcome Diana Kostikova within our ranks. Since March 1, she supports our Horizon Europe-funded project ENCODE as predoctoral researcher.
    Prior to joining AdMe, Diana studied Political Science and World Politics at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in St. Petersburg, Russia. Upon finalizing her Bachelor studies, she moved to Vienna and studied Political Science (MA: 2024) at Central European University (CEU).

    A very warm welcome to our research group, dear Diana!
  • February 20, 2025
    The dates and topics of this semester's research colloquium are now available. As usual, we invite everyone to join us on interesting debates. Please also check who's given a talk at our colloquium in the past years.
  • February 16, 2025
    Top AdMe job placement! Melanie Hirsch, who has been an integral part of our team since 2019, follows her former colleagues Marlis Stubenvoll and Selina Noetzel and just joined the Department of Media and Communications of the University of Klagenfurt (Austria) as a Senior Scientist.

    Prior to becoming an AdMe member, Melanie studied Translation Studies as well as Political Science at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. In 2019, she completed our English-speaking Master Program in Communication Science and commenced her doctoral studies in August 2019 under the supervision of Jörg Matthes. In February 2024, she defended her thesis entitled Political and issue fit of targeted political advertising on social media: Perceptions, evaluations, and behavioral intentions with distinction ("summa cum laude"). Since March 2024, she was working as a Senior Scientist within our team.

    Congratulations, dear Melanie! We wish you all the best for your personal and academic future.
  • February 16, 2025
    Another paper published! The article The relationship between incidental news exposure and political participation: A cross-country, multilevel analysis (doi:10.1080/21670811.2024.2436548) by a group of authors led by Jörg Matthes just appeared in Digital Journalism.
  • February 7, 2025
    Top Dissertation Award!     We are very proud to announce that at the Etmaal 2025 conference in Bruges, Belgium, Sofie Vranken received the NeFCA Dissertation Award 2023 by the Netherlands | Flanders Communication Association. Sofie defended her dissertation entitled Disentangling alcohol-related social media effects: A mixed-method approach to explore the role of different socialization agents and different social media message types at KU Leuven supervised by Kathleen Beullens with distinction in October 2023.

    Congrats, dear Sofie!
  • February 4, 2025
    Another AdMe position! We are now also advertising a temporary Senior Scientist position (March-August 2025) within our team. If you would like to take a closer look at the requirements, please check here for more details.
  • February 3, 2025
    Top AdMe job placement! Selina Noetzel, who was part of our team since 2020, has recently started a position as Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Media and Communications of the University of Klagenfurt (Austria).

    Prior to becoming an AdMe member, Selina studied Sports Management and Communication at the German Sport University Cologne. She completed our English-speaking Master Program in Communication Science (MSc: 2019) and commenced her doctoral studies in 2020 under the supervision of Jörg Matthes. Selina worked in projects such as the Image Study of the University of Vienna and the NORFACE consortium before obtaining a prestigious sowi:docs grant to conduct her PhD. In January 2025, she defended her thesis entitled Why am I seeing this? Cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral effects of online political microtargeting with distinction ("summa cum laude").

    Congratulations, dear Selina! We wish you all the best for your personal and academic future.
  • January 29, 2025
    More AdMe positions! We are now looking for a predoctoral as well as postdoctoral researcher to join our team on a short-term basis. Both positions are advertised for the period of absence of the holder of the respective position. If you are interested in joining us, please apply here (Predoc, Job ID 3557) or here (Postdoc, Job ID 3552).
  • January 14, 2025
    New AdMe member!     We are very happy to announce that Konstantin Schmandt has just joined our team as a predoctoral researcher. Prior to joining AdMe and the University of Vienna, Konstantin studied Psychology (BSc: 2021) as well as Behavioural and Social Sciences (Research) (MSc: 2024) at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

    A very warm welcome to AdMe, dear Konstantin!
  • January 14, 2025
    New papers published!     Two more papers of members of our team have recently been published in Information, Communication & Society and the International Journal of Advertising, respectively. The full citations are available below.

    Weiß, P., Koban, K., & Matthes, J. (2024). A narrow gateway from misogyny to the far right: Empirical evidence for social media exposure effects. Information, Communication & Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2024.2445637

    Neureiter, A., Grosul, A., Nemcova, V., Saumer, M., & Matthes, J. (2024). No chance to fool young consumers when it comes to the environment: Effects of false and compensation claims in airline advertising on perceived greenwashing. International Journal of Advertising. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650487.2024.2433345
  • January 9, 2025
    Successful PhD defense!     We are very proud to announce that Selina Noetzel just defended her dissertation entitled Why am I seeing this? Cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral effects of online political microtargeting with distinction ("summa cum laude").

    Congratulations, Dr. Selina!
  • January 9, 2025
    New AdMe position!     We are currently looking to hire a predoctoral researcher to join our European Union-funded research project ENCODE. If you are interested in working within our research group, please check here for further details. The deadline for applications ist January 27, 2025.
  • January 8, 2025
    Another paper published! New Media & Society released Melanie Hirsch's, Alice Binder's, and Jörg Matthes's research on A "drop in the ocean"? Emerging adults' experiences and understanding of targeted political advertising on social media (doi:10.1177/14614448241306455).