M. Saïd H. Unger M.A.

Research assistant in the Project HybriD
Portrait: M. Saïd H. Unger
© Nadine Daum | IfK

Department of Communication
Room E 022
Bispinghof 9-14
D-48143 Münster

Tel.: +49 251 83-21283

Consultation hours

by individual arrangement

  •  Research Areas

    • Disinformation
    • Social Network Analysis
    • Quantitative Content Analysis
    • Science of Science

  • Short CV

    Saïd Unger studied sociology and history in Jena before finishing hist master degree in sociology and social research at the University of Bremen with a thesis on "Why do We Publish Together? On the Relevancy of Topics for Academic Co-Authorship Networks in the Social Sciences."

    From 2019 he was an assistant researcher in the BMBF funded project "Aufbruch, Abbruch oder Durchbruch? Einflussfaktoren auf wissenschaftliche Karriereverläufe in den Natur- und Sozialwissenschaften (ABD)" at the University of Stuttgart. Since December 2021 he is an assistant researcher in the BMBF funded project "HybriD - Echtzeiterkennung von Desinformationskampagnen in Online-Medien"in the Team of Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt.

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    Publications

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    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, .
    • Davydova, Anna; Unger, Saïd; Quandt, Thorsten : “Exploring patchwork religious groups – computational analysis of new ideological movements”. 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, .
    • 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, .
    • Wu, Shangyuan; Unger, Saïd; Quandt, Thorsten : “Defining ‘Alternative Media’ in the Non-West: Uncovering Variations of ‘Alternativeness’ in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East”. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) (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, .
    • Quandt, Thorsten; Unger, Saïd; Wu, Shangyuan : “The mainstreaming of ‘Alternative Media’. Transformations and limitations of a core concept in journalism research.” 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) (International Communication Association), Gold Coast, .
    • 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; Wu, Shangyuan; Quandt, Thorsten : „"Alternative Media" as mainstream A longitudinal analysis of an evolving concept across time and space“. 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, .
    • 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, .
    • 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, .
    • 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, .
    • 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, .
    • Unger, Saïd; : „Soziale Netzwerkanalyse von Koautorschaft“. Quantitative Wissenschaftsforschung und Computational Social Science, Online, .