Franca Singh, M.A.

Research assistant
Portrait: Franca Singh
© IfK | Julian Wortmann

Department of Communication
Room: E 026
D-48143 Münster

Phone: +49 251 83-24272

fsingh@uni-muenster.de

Consultation-hours
by individual arrangement by e-mail

  • Research Areas

    • Science Communication
    • Health Communication

  • Short CV

    From 2017 to 2020, Bachelor’s degree in communication studies (major) and English Literature and Culture (minor) at the Department of Communication at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Subsequent Master’s degree in communication with an emphasis on corporate communication/public relations from 2021 to 2023. Since 2023, working as a research assistant in a sub-project within the research group Digital Media in Self-Management of Chronic Diseases (DISELMA) headed by Prof. Dr. Julia Metag and funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

  • Memberships

    • Since 2024: Member of the German Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (DGPuK)
    • Since 2024: Member of the International Communication Association (ICA)

  • Awards

    • 2024: Science Award of the German Public Relations Association (DPRG) and Klenk & Hoursch in the category ‘Master's thesis’

  • Academic Presentations

    • Singh, Franca; Denner, Nora 2025: „Illuminating Informal Communication in Organizations – A Scoping Review”. 75th Annual ICA Conference, Denver, 16.06.2025.
    • Singh, Franca; Metag, Julia 2025: „Crossing Boundaries – An Analysis of German Media Coverage of Digital Disease Self-Management”. DISELMA ICA Preconference, Denver, 12.06.2025.
    • Singh, Franca; Metag, Julia 2025: „Zwischen Fitbits und Bytes: Datenschutz in der Berichterstattung über digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen für chronischen Krankheiten“. 70. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Berlin, 20.03.2025.
    • Rossmann, C.; Karnowski, V.; Metag, J.; Raupp, J.; Reifegerste, D.; Riesmeyer, C.; Sawalha, N.; Esser, A.-L.; Kammerer, R.; Lux, A.; Neuberger, M.; Rödel, N.; Singh, F. 2024: „Digitale Medien im Selbstmanagement chronischer Erkrankungen (DISELMA): Visionen für ein besseres Leben?“ 69. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Erfurt, 14.03.2024.