Finished Research Projects

Archive Research Projects

• Coding of online discussion following Facebook-Posts related to news articles on the veiling ban initiative
• Exploring the mechanisms of selective exposure, political persuasion and participation
• Auditing the information quality of voice assistants
• Algorithmic content selection in Switzerland – a study of Google and YouTube
• Exploring the mechanisms of resistance to political persuasion in the context of the Swiss ‘anti-burqa’ initiative
• The Relevance of Communication during Corona Crises (RCCC)
• Political Instrumentalization of Islam? Framing the Burqa as a Threat to National Values and Security in Switzerland and its Consequences (2018-2022)
• Algorithmic curation of (political) information and its biases
• Reception and effects of media communication in the context of the European refugee debate (2016-2020)
• Politisches Agenda-building in Zeiten eines hybriden Mediensystems – ein Vergleich zwischen Ländern und Themen (2014-2017)
• The role of national parties for the politicization of EU integration (2014-2016) - an international comparison between six European countries (2013-2016)
• The impact of challengers’ online communication on media agenda-building – a comparison across countries and issues (2011-2014)
• Synthetische Biologie in der Gesellschaft. Eine neue Technologie in der öffentlichen Diskussion
• Personalisierung von Politik – normative Bewertungsstandards, empirische Befunde und Effekte
• Between Integration and Demarcation. Strategies and Effects of Party Campaigns in the Context of the 2009 European Parliament Elections". (2009-2011)
• Freiwilligkeit und Mitgliederkommunikation in kantonalen Wahlkämpfen (2008-2011)