• Short CV

    Johanna Klapproth studied communication science at the University of Münster. During her studies, she worked as a student assistant in various research projects, including the interdisciplinary junior research group “DemoRESILdigital: Democratic Resilience in Times of Online Propaganda, Fake News, Fear and Hate Speech”. Her master’s thesis focused on the impact of different intervention strategies to improve critical media literacy and strengthen democratic resilience. Since June 2021 she is a research associate in the team of Thorsten Quandt.

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    Publications

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    Scientific Talks

    • Unger, Saïd; Klapproth, Johanna; Boberg, Svenja; Quandt, Thorsten : “Alternative epistemic authorities - A mixed methods approach to referencing practices of users in alternative online publics ”. 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Ljubljana, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Unger, Said; Boberg, Svenja; Quandt, Thorsten : “Features of disinformation: An interview study on disinformation perceptions with political, governmental, journalistic and economic decision-makers in Germany”. 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Ljubljana, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Unger, Said; Boberg, Svenja; Quandt, Thorsten : “Hijacking information flows through initiating topic drifts: Analyzing temporal patterns of how counterpublic actors shift discourses about climate protests by inserting disinformation narratives”. 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Ljubljana, .
    • Unger, Said; Boberg, Svenja; Klapproth, Johanna; Quandt, Thorsten : “Against the mainstream but for what? – An automated content analysis of worldviews in alternative online communities towards climate change”. 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Ljubljana, .
    • Boberg, Svenja; Beisemann, Sofie; Unger, Said; Klapproth, Johanna; Davydova, Anna; Quandt, Thorsten : “Luring TikTok-Users into the right-wing rabbit hole via housekeeping and lifestyle content? Exploring #tradculture communities on TikTok”. 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Ljubljana, .
    • Frischlich, Lena; Klapproth, Johanna; Kleineidam, Tobias; Schott-Eckrodt, Tim : “Dark inspiration? Meaningful affect and the response to right-wing extremist and Islamist extremist propaganda on Instagram ”. 53rd DGPs Congress, Wien, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Unger, Said; Boberg, Svenja; Quandt, Thorsten : “Institutionalizing Coping Strategies in a Changing Disinformation Environment? A Two-Wave Qualitative Panel Study with Political and Governmental Elites in Germany”. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Frischlich, Lena : “Fighting Fakes with Social Bots? A Technology-Acceptance Perspective on Fact-check Bots for Instant Messengers”. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast , .
    • Frischlich, Lena; Klapproth, Johanna; Kleineidamm, Tobias; Schatto-Eckrodt, Tim : “Dark Inspiration Through Extremist Propaganda on Instagram: The Mediating Role of Meaningful Affect”. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Unger, Said; Boberg, Svenja; Quandt, Thorsten : “Navigating cross-platform crisis coverage: Temporal patterns of topic dynamics in the information flow between news media and social media platforms”. 74th Annual International Communication Association Preconference “A Computational Turn in Journalism: Opportunities and Challenges in a Cross-Disciplinary Field”, National University of Singapore, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Unger, Said; Boberg, Svenja; Quandt, Thorsten : “Fine-Tuning disinformation detection between journalist and machine: Introducing a human-in-the-loop framework for conceptualizing artificial intelligence-based detection strategies against disinformation campaigns in journalism practice”. 74th Annual International Communication Association Preconference “A Computational Turn in Journalism: Opportunities and Challenges in a Cross-Disciplinary Field”, National University of Singapore, .
    • Frischlich, Lena; Klapproth, Johanna; Kleineidamm, Tobias; Schatto-Eckrodt, Tim : “ Inspired to the Dark Side? Meaningful entertainment as mechanism of far right and Islamist propaganda on Instagram”. Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism, Oslo, .
    • Grimme, Christian; Klapproth, Johanna; Stampe, Lucas; Lütke Stockdiek, Janina; Unger, Said; Quandt, Thorsten : “Human-AI Collaboration on Disinformation Campaign Detection in Social Media”. AI Research EXPO by CeNoS & InterKI, Münster, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Unger, Said; Boberg, Svenja; Quandt, Thorsten : „Wettlauf um die Wahrheit? Eine Analyse der Diffusionsdynamiken von Prebunking Interventionen und Desinformationskampagnen in sozialen Netzwerken“. 69. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Erfurt, .
    • Boberg, Svenja; Klapproth, Johanna; Unger, Said; Quandt, Thorsten : „‚Und wenn wir uns als Politiker in diesem Moment nicht zurückhalten, […] dann schaden wir aber grundsätzlich dem ganzen System‘. Eine qualitative Befragung von politischen Entscheidungsträger:innen zur Normalisierung von Desinformation in politischen Debatten“. 69. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Erfurt, .
    • Boberg, Svenja; Unger, Said; Klapproth, Johanna; Boesch, Marcus; Stöcker, Christian; Quandt, Thorsten : “#Stolzmonat: How German right-wing actors hijacked the pride-movement to spread patriotic and anti-queer narratives on TikTok”. 69. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Erfurt, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Pohl, Janina; Unger, Saïd; Stampe, Lucas; Boberg, Svenja; Grimme, Christian; Quandt, Thorsten : “Breaking Boundaries: Cross-Platform Analysis of User and Information Dynamics in the Case of German Climate Change Discussion”. 5th Symposium on Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media, Amsterdam, .
    • Unger, Saïd; Klapproth, Johanna; Pohl, Janina; Boberg, Svenja; Grimme, Christian; Quandt, Thorsten : “Resisting Interventions: An agent based model of the effect of tie-dissolution on the diffusion of disinformation and prebunking interventions”. 5th Symposium on Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media, Amsterdam, .
    • Boberg, Svenja; Unger, Saïd; Boesch, Marcus; Klapproth, Johanna; Stöcker, Christian; Quandt, Thorsten : “Hijacking #Pride: How right-wing actors in Germany tried to piggyback on the pride-movement to spread patriotic and anti-queer narratives on TikTok ”. 5th Symposium on Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media, Amsterdam, .
    • Unger, Saïd; Klapproth, Johanna; Boberg, Svenja; Quandt, Thorsten : „Alternative news, alternative experts? A topic model based comparison of epistemic authority between journalism and the Querdenken counter publics on Telegram.“ Jahrestagung der Fachgruppen Wissenschaftskommunikation und Journalistik/Journalismusforschung der DGPuK 2023, Passau, .
    • Unger, Saïd; Boberg, Svenja; Klapproth, Johanna; Quandt, Thorsten : “(Re)constructing Science – (Pseudo-)Science narratives in journalism and counter publics”. Future of Journalism Conference, Cardiff, .
    • Boberg, Svenja; Klapproth, Johanna; Unger, Saïd; Quandt, Thorsten : “Crisis journalism as a pawn in the disinformation war? An automated content analysis of news media coverage on the Russian Invasion and its discussion in counterpublics”. Future of Journalism Conference, Cardiff, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Unger, Saïd; Svenja Boberg; Thorsten Quandt : “Crisis coverage in journalism and counterpublics: Analyzing the shift of climate change narratives in polarized news flows”. Future of Journalism Conference, Cardiff, .
    • Ricchizzi, Sarah; Klapproth, Johanna; Karaj, Dajana; Kersting, Katharina; Segini, Hana; Disse, Paul; Quandt Thorsten; Holling Markus : “Analysis on how neurosurgery is portrayed in tweets using computational content analysis”. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Washington D.C., .
    • Frischlich, Lena; Klapproth, Johanna : “Inspired by the Dark side? Eudaimonic entertainment and the response to Islamic extremists on Instagram”. 13th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (DGPs), Luxembourg, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Ricchizzi, Sarah; Karaj, Dajana; Kersting, Katharina; Segini, Hana; Disse, Paul; Quandt, Thorsten; Holling, Markus : “Tracing the transfer of neurosurgical knowledge to the public: An automated content analysis of the development of topic structures in the discussion about neurosurgery on Twitter”. 3rd Medical Students World Congress of Neurosurgery, Hamburg, .
    • Unger, Saïd; Klapproth, Johanna; Boberg, Svenja; Quandt, Thorsten : “Tool Demo: topiconR - A tool for extracting characteristic words and documents from topicmodels and labeling them.” 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Boberg, Svenja; Unger, Saïd; Quandt, Thorsten : “Attacked by Disinformation – Threat Perception and Coping Strategies towards Disinformation Campaigns by Political Elites in Germany”. 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA), Toronto, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Unger, Saïd; Pohl, Janina; Boberg, Svenja; Grimme, Christian; Quandt, Thorsten : “Countering Disinformation Campaigns: Analyzing Information Diffusion and Macrosocial Effects of Temporally Dynamic and Platform-Specific Intervention Strategies”. 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA), Toronto, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Boberg, Svenja; Unger, Saïd; Quandt, Thorsten : „Demokratische Destabilisierung durch Desinformation? Eine Analyse der Bedrohungswahrnehmung und Bewältigungsstrategien politischer Eliten in Deutschland“. 68. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Bremen, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Unger, Saïd; Pohl, Janina; Boberg, Svenja; Grimme, Christian; Quandt, Thorsten : “Immunize the Public against Disinformation Campaigns: Developing a Framework for Analyzing Macrosocial Effects of Prebunking Interventions”. 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii, .
    • Thoma, Louisa; Heitkamp, Lea; Molnar, Delia-Nicole; Neeten, Lena; Röhring, Lea; Schmidt, Lucia Emily; Schütz, Thorsten; Klapproth, Johanna; Reer, Felix; Quandt, Thorsten : “You are so aggressive online! A study on gamers’ and non-gamers’ perceptions of toxic behaviors in online games”. 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Aarhus, .
    • Boberg, Svenja; Quandt, Thorsten; Frischlich, Lena; Schatto-Eckrodt, Tim; Klapproth, Johanna : “Changing issues but constant blame game? Topical shifts and co-orientation of alternative news media”. 9th European Communication Conference, Aarhus, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Boberg, Svenja; Unger, Saïd; Quandt, Thorsten : “Targeted as counterpart? Analyzing actor constellations in alternative news media Facebook Posts”. 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Aarhus, .
    • Unger, Saïd; Boberg, Svenja; Klapproth, Johanna; Quandt, Thorsten : “Between information laundering and emotionalization: Analyzing the sharing and embedding of alternative and mainstream news media articles in counter public telegram channels”. 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Aarhus, .
    • Kampkötter, Julia; Koch, Maria; Nast, Jela; Protzmann, Johannes; Vu, Eliza; Zang, Ayla; Klapproth, Johanna; Reer, Felix; Quandt, Thorsten : “Gender and Hate Speech on Instagram: An Online Experiment”. 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Aarhus, .
    • Clever, Lena; Klapproth, Johanna; Franz, Alexander; Frischlich, Lena : “RESI – A Bot based Approach to Combat Fake News”. 4th Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM), Boise State University, .
    • Boberg, Svenja; Klapproth, Johanna; Unger, Saïd; Quandt, Thorsten : “The Alternative Media Repertoire: An Analysis of Shared Alternative and Mainstream Media Content in Counterpublic Telegram Channels”. International Conference of the Research Association NRW, Bonn, .
    • Karaj, Dajana; Ricchizzi, Sarah; Borberg, Svenja; Klapproth, Johanna; Kersting, Katharina; Maier-Hauff, Anna Clarice; El Segini, Hana; Disse, P., Fiçilar, Berrin; Quandt, Thorsten; Holling, Markus : “Neurosurgery in Social Media: Exploring the Overall Impression of the Public on Neurosurgeons”. 2nd Medical Student World Congress of Neurosurgery, Granada, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Frischlich, Lena; Quandt, Thorsten : “Enhancing Critical Media Literacy to Fight Conspiracy Theories: Testing the Effectiveness of Narrative Prebunking Interventions”. Post-Truth and Affective Publics’ Challenges to Social Ties. Disinformation, Populism, Data-Driven Propaganda. An International Communication Association (ICA) Preconference, Metz, .
    • Quandt, Thorsten; Boberg, Svenja; Unger, Saïd; Klapproth, Johanna : “Scenarios of dark participation in online counter publics: Comparing anti-Corona movements on Telegram and Twitter”. Media and Publics, Roskilde, .
    • Klapproth, Johanna; Bergmann, Christina; Drerup, Floriane; Meinshausen, Fenja; Schwarz, Alina; Reer, Felix; Quandt, Thorsten : “VR as an ‘empathy machine’ for immersive journalism? An experimental study on the impact of narrative perspective and presentation form in a 360° Holocaust video”. 8th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Braga, Portugal (virtual due to COVID-19), .
    • Frischlich, Lena; Klapproth, Johanna; Kleineidam, Tobias; Schatto-Eckrodt, Tim : “Entertained by Extremists – Staging and Effects of Eudaimonic Instagram Propaganda”. 71st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, USA (virtual due to COVID-19), .
    • Clever, Lena; Klapproth, Johanna; Frischlich, Lena : „Automated (counter)speech? Social bots as digital mouthpieces for their users“. Vortrag im Rahmen der Vorlesungsreihe „Gegenrede digital. Neue und alte Herausforderungen interkultureller Bildungsarbeit in Zeiten der Digitalisierung“, Forschungsstelle für interkulturelle Studien, Humanwissenschaftliche Universität zu Köln (Online), .
    • Frischlich, Lena; Klapproth, Johanna : “#Dark Inspiration – Eudaimonic entertainment in extremists Instagram posts”. Vortrag im Rahmen der Jahrestagung der deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikation (DGPUK), München, Deutschland, .
    • Brinkschulte, Felix; Klapproth, Johanna; Frischlich, Lena : „"If you value truth": The Integration of Mainstream Media and Alternative Pseudo-Press Offerings as Sources of Right-Wing Populist Media Makers.“ 64. Jahrestagung der deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikation (DGPUK), Münster, Deutschland, .