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30-04-2025

Volkswagen Foundation funds research laboratory for analysing controversial debates by Julia Metag

Social media, artificial intelligence and misleading or deliberately false information (‘fake news’) are playing an increasingly important role in public discussions on polarising topics such as climate change and vaccinations. Prof. Dr. Julia Metag will join the newly established Hot Science Communication Lab to investigate how controversial scientific topics are presented and disseminated online in text, images and sound, how this multimodal mix influences opinions on scientific topics, and what consequences this has for research communication. The Volkswagen Foundation is funding the project with €840,000 over four years as part of its Momentum – Funding for First Appointments initiative. Prof. Dr. Julia Metag is the first communication scientist to receive this funding.

29-04-2025

Helena Stehle appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Academic Society for Corporate Management and Communication

The think tank for strategic communication has appointed Prof Dr Helena Stehle to its Scientific Advisory Board. The board is made up of the Academic Society's research partners and advises them and the Executive Board on research projects, knowledge development and transfer.

08-04-2025

Helena Stehle elected to the editorial board of the journal SCM - Studies in Communication and Media

The open access journal of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK) and affiliate journal of the International Communication Association (ICA) has appointed Prof Dr Helena Stehle from the Department of Communication at the University of Münster as a new member of the editorial board.

02-04-2025

Visiting academics from Brazil at the Department of Communication Studies

We are delighted to welcome two visiting academics from Brazil to the IfK: Prof Dr Ana Larissa Oliveira and Dr Bruna Távora.

19-03-2025

70th Annual Conference of the DGPuK: IfK researchers represented with several contributions

The 70th annual conference of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK) is currently taking place. From 19 to 21 March, high-ranking researchers from German universities will meet in Berlin to discuss the social significance of communication science research. Under this year's motto ‘Public sphere(s) and their values’, the focus will be on the importance of values that characterise social coexistence and influence public discourse. Numerous researchers from the Department of Communication Science (IfK) Münster are also represented at the conference.

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