• November 25, 2015
    Citizen Science     Workshop!     As part of our research project Young Adults' Political Experience Sampling (YAPES) we are organising a workshop discussing Citizen Science projects in Austria. Professor Heidi Ballard from the University of California/Davis will be our special guest, hold the keynote and discuss the challenges and perspectives of Citizen Science. More information on the workshop and the registration can be accessed here. Please also check out the news on our department's website.
  • October 14, 2015
    Kathrin Karsay     & Desirée Schmuck receive Research Award!     The University of Vienna's Department of Communication awarded Kathrin & Desi the competitive "Research Award 2015" for their proposal "Weak, sad, and lazy fatties". The effects of reality weight loss TV shows on adolescents' explicit and implicit stereotypes toward obese people.
    The award, established in 2014, offers financial support for young scholars to conduct innovative research projects. Congratulations, Kathrin & Desi!
  • October 5, 2015
    New project!     Christian von Sikorski's research proposal "Men's Health: Usage and Effects of Health Information Online" (together with Thomas Schierl, German Sport University Cologne; GSU) was approved by the Federal Center of Health Education (BZgA), which is a government agency of the German Federal Ministry of Health. Christian von Sikorski is the Co-Principal Investigator of the funded project. The project analyzes recipients' information acquisition on health information using eye-tracking methodology. The project runs until September 2016.
  • October 5, 2015
    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.
  • August 1, 2015
    New AdME member!     A very warm welcome to Agnes Obereder, who has recently joined our project "Food Product Placements in Children's Movies: Content, Mechanisms and Protective Measures".
  • May 28, 2015
    Top Paper Award at ICA 2015!     The paper "Questionable research practices in experimental communication research: A systematic analysis from 1980 to 2013" by Jörg Matthes, Franziska Marquart, Brigitte Naderer, Florian Arendt, Desirée Schmuck and Karoline Adam received the Top 4 Faculty Paper Award from ICA's Mass Communication Division at the annual ICA conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • April 29, 2015
    New AdME position!     We are currently looking to fill the position of a Junior Researcher ('Prae Doc') to complete our team. If you are interested in joining us please check here for details.
  • April 1, 2015
    Johannes Knoll     and Christian von Sikorski join AdME!     We are delighted to welcome two new researchers within our ranks. Johannes Knoll recently defended his dissertation on persuasion in social media at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg (Germany). His research focuses on advertising, online communication as well as reception & media effects. Christian von Sikorski completed his PhD in Media and Mass Communication about the effects of coverage on persons with disabilities. His quantitative research approach revolves around reception and effects of advertising, research methods, online and visual communication. Welcome to Vienna, Christian and Johannes!

    We also welcome Mira Mayrhofer and Ines Spielvogel to our research group!     Mira and Ines will work in the research project "Food Product Placements in Children's Movies: Content, Mechanisms and Protective Measures", funded by the Anniversary Fund of the Austrian Central Bank. A very warm welcome to AdME, Mira and Ines!
  • March 11, 2015
    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 2, 2015
    Master thesis proposals update!     We invite all M.A. students who are interested in writing their upcoming master thesis under the support of our team to have a look at the proposals and interesting research projects posted on our site.
  • February 25, 2015
    New textbook! Jörg Matthes     published a textbook on media reception research together with Helena Bilandzic and Holger Schramm. The textbook, which is the first of its kind, offers a concise introduction to research on media reception and media psychology. More information can be found here.
  • January 26, 2015
    Jörg Matthes     receives IGor-Award!     This semester's lecture on advertising effects by Professor Matthes was awarded with the IGor-Award by the students of the Department of Communication. The newly-created IGor-Award honors the semester's best and most interesting lecture delivered to communication students. Students could vote for their favorite lecture online.
  • January 20, 2015
    New research grant!     The Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Central Bank of the Republic of Austria) will fund our research project "Food Product Placements in Children's Movies: Content, Mechanisms and Protective Measures". The project is conducted by Jörg Matthes, Brigitte Naderer, and Franziska Marquart. It will run until March 2017.
  • January 16, 2015
    More AdME positions!     We're looking for BA/MA students interested to participate in our new resarch project The influence of food placements in children’s movies. Content, underlying mechanism and protective measure. If you're interested in working with our research group please check here for details.