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How does online feedback influence local journalists' perceptions of their audience? A new study by Henriette Pohle and Fabian Prochazka sheds light on this question and was presented at the 74th annual conference of the International Communication…

A new article on conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic has been published in the anthology for the 2023 Science Conference organised by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV).

How can everyone contribute to strengthening a democratic society? This question was at the centre of a panel discussion in Erfurt's Kulturquartier.

How does disinformation actually work? The Science Media Centre interviewed four scientists on this question, including Fabian Prochazka from the University of Erfurt.

What role does transparency play in building trust between journalism and the public? Fabian Prochazka provides answers from a communication science research perspective.

Scientists as Superheroes? Communicating Complexity during COVID-19

Finja Isabel Augsburg joined the professorship of Communication Studies with a focus on interpersonal communication in the context of digitalisation on 1 November.

Over the next three years, the BMBF will be funding our "UncertainTEAM" project, which is based at the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour. In a multi-method study, we are investigating how journalism and research communication deal with…