Research

The research projects of the Professorship of Media Communication focus on describing and analyzing the interaction between social communication and (technological) media change. In addition to fundamental work on theoretical and methodological developments, the current focus is on three areas of application: health communication, social inequalities, and news.

The individual research topics can be found on the respective pages of the chair's staff members.

Current third-party funded project

Individual project 1 "Niches structuring mobile media use in chronic disease self-managementent", part of the DFG research unit DISELMA ("Digital media in chronic disease self-management)")

Funding period: December 2023 to November 2027

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