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Ani Baghumyan

PhD Student

Institute of Communication and Media Studies

E-Mail
ani.baghumyan@unibe.chh
Office
A 129
Postal Address
University Bern
Institute of Communication and Media Studies
Fabrikstrasse 8
3012 Bern
Switzerland

As of February 2022, Ani Baghumyan works as a research assistant and PhD student at the Institute of Communication and Media Studies, University of Bern. Originally from Armenia, Ani completed her bachelor’s in English & Communications at the American University of Armenia, before obtaining her research master’s degree in Communication Science at the University of Vienna.  Her research interests lie in the area of political communication, populist communication, conspiracy theories, and media effects.

Publications

Publications

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2024

Adam, Silke; Rohrbach, Tobias; Makhortykh, Mykola; Keller, Franziska; Valli, Chiara Lisa; Baghumyan, Ani; de León, Ernesto (29 February 2024). Die Verbreitung von Verschwörungsideen: eine Feldstudie zu Beginn der Covid-19 Pandemie (Unpublished). In: Symposium „Information, Netzwerke und digitale Öffentlichkeiten in der politischen Kommunikation". Berlin.

2023

Kuznetsova, Elizaveta; Makhortykh, Mykola; Vziatysheva, Victoria; Stolze, Martha; Baghumyan, Ani; Urman, Aleksandra (20 December 2023). In Generative AI we Trust: Can Chatbots Effectively Verify Political Information? (arXiv). Cornell University 10.48550/arXiv.2312.13096

Kuznetsova, Elizaveta; Makhortykh, Mykola; Baghumyan, Ani; Urman, Aleksandra (6 September 2023). In ChatGPT we trust? Auditing how generative AIs understand and detect online political misinformation (Unpublished). In: ECPR 2023. 4-8 September 2023.

Adam, Silke; de León, Ernesto; Makhortykh, Mykola; Rohrbach, Tobias; Keller, Franziska; Valli, Chiara Lisa; Baghumyan, Ani; Gil Lopez, Teresa (June 2023). What makes people trust conspiracy ideas (Unpublished). In: Workshop Information quality and trust. Dresden.

Adam, Silke; de León, Ernesto; Makhortykh, Mykola; Rohrbach, Tobias; Keller, Franziska; Valli, Chiara Lisa; Baghumyan, Ani; Gil Lopez, Teresa; Maier, Michaela (13 May 2023). Wie Informationen und Voreinstellungen den Glauben an Verschwörungstheorien beeinflussen (Unpublished). In: Münchenwiler Seminar. Schloss Münchenwil.

2022

Adam, Silke; Keller, Franziska; Eugster, Beatrice; Valli, Chiara Lisa; Makhortykh, Mykola; De León, Ernesto; Baghumyan, Ani (2022). Preparing for the next pandemic - when does mainstream media content foster belief in conspiracy theories? (Unpublished). In: MCID Bern Opening Event. Bern, Schweiz. 9.-10. Jun. 2022.

Conferences

  • Baghumyan, A., Kulichkina, A., Mayen, S., Matthes, Jörg. (2022). Effects of Right-Wing Populist Communication Frames on Party Support: The Role of Emotions and Agreeableness. Accepted in the upcoming 72nd International Communication Association Conference (ICA), 26-30 May 2022, Paris, France.
  • Kulichkina, A., Baghumyan, A., Balderama, D., Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2020, October). Who Trusts Journalists More. Presentation at The World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) Conference, October 6-9, Online.

Research

  • Political communication
  • Populist (far-right) communication
  • Conspiracy theories and misinformation
  • Media effects
  • Social networks, norms, bias, and prejudice