Katharina Maubach, M.A.

Research associate in the research project Remixing Political News Reception
Portrait: Katharina Maubach, M.A.
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Department of Communication
Room BB 206
Bispinghof 2, Building B
D-48143 Münster

Phone: +49 251 83-23018

  • Research Areas

    • Audience and Reception Studies
    • Climate Change Communication
    • Political Communication
    • Statistical Methods

  • Short CV

    Bachelor's degree in Communication Studies as of 2013 and Master's degree in Communication Studies as of 2016 at the University of Münster. In 2018 she completed her Master of Arts with an empirical thesis about the influence of political news satire on political interest and knowledge. Since 2014 various employments as student researcher, among them as tutor in statistical analysis. Between January 2019 and January 2021 research associate in the teaching and research department of Prof. Dr. Volker Gehrau at the University of Münster. Since February 2021 research associate in the DFG-funded research project <<Remixing Political News Reception>> headed by PD Dr. Stephanie Geise.

  • External Functions

    Member in the Communication and Politics group for early career scholars from the German Communication Association (DGPuK)
    Member ICA/Section: Political Communication
    Member ECREA
    Member in the Media Reception and Effects group for early career scholars from the German Communication Association (DGPuK)
    Member of the Undergraduate Student Council at the Department of Communication Münster (IfK)

  • Publications

    • Gehrau Volker, Maubach Katharina, Fujarski Sam. (). Einfache Datenauswertung mit R. Eine Einführung in uni- und bivariate Statistik sowie Datendarstellung mit RStudio und R Markdown. 1st Ed. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-34285-2_1.
    • Geise, S., Garrell, D., Hollekamp, S., Kreyenborg, M., Martin, C., Maubach, K. & Voskoboynikova, M. (). Am Thema vorbei? Wahlwerbung zur Bundestagswahl 2017 und ihre Funktionen für den politischen Prozess aus Sicht der Medien. In Korte, K.-R., Schoofs, J. (Hrsg.), Die Bundestagswahl 2017. Analysen der Wahl-, Parteien-, Kommunikations- und Regierungsforschung (S. 389–410). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-25050-8_17.

  • Scientific Talks

    • Maubach, K., Geise, S., & Garrell, D. (): ‘Off topic? How the media reports about election advertising for the German Bundestag elections’. ECREA 2021 Communication & Trust (ECREA), Online, .
    • Geise, S., Maubach, K. (): ‘Issues versus Action? How different frames affect responsibility attributions, emotional responses and participatory intents to protest’. ICA Pre-conference 2021: Visions of Change: Communication for Social and Environmental Justice, Online, .
    • Temmann, L. J., Engmann, M., Maubach, K., Reer, F., Quandt, T. (): ‘Strong and powerful or sexy and skinny? Effects of objectifying video game avatars in Virtual Reality’. 11. Tagung der Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie), Chemnitz, Deutschland., .
    • Maubach, K., Engmann, M., Sünderbruch, L., Temmann, L. J., Reer, F., Quandt, T. (): ‘Effects of objectifying video games in Virtual Reality: How does playing with a sexualized avatar in a VR setting affect women’s self-objectification and body esteem?’ 7th European Communication Conference (ECREA 2018) (ECREA), Lugano, Schweiz, .