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Monti Pflug

Researcher and PhD candidate
Media Effects and Processes
Phone: +49 821 598 5937
Email:
Room: 5047 (D)
Address: Universitätsstraße 10, 86159 Augsburg

Research areas

  • Environmental Communication
  • Narrative Persuasion
  • Media Reception and Effects

Publications and Presentations

Scientific Presentations

Pflug, M., & Bilandzic, H. (2026). Zombies Against Climate Change? How Fictional and Documentary Films on Resource Scarcity Persuade Audiences Depending on Environmental Attitudes. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Cape Town, South Africa.

 

Pflug, M., & Bilandzic, H. (2025). Experencing scarcity through film? Effects of documentaries and fictional films on scarcity perceptions and conservation intentions. Presentation at the Interim Conference of the Science and Environmental Communication Section of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). Bergen, Norway.

Teaching

Summer Semester 2025/26:

"Narratives about Climate Change in Podcasts" (Thematic BA- & MA-Seminar Environmental Communication)
"Project in organisational communication" (MA Practical Seminar)

 

Winter Semester 2025/26:

"Media systems + specialization in international media systems" (BA Basic Seminar)
"Project in organisational communication" (MA Practical Seminar)

 

Summer Semester 2025:

"Climate placement - Subtle environmental communication within narrative formats" (Thematic BA-Seminar Media Effects and Processes)

"Do film heroes know (nothing) about climate change? Media effects research on forms of environmental communication within fictional narratives" (Thematic MA-Seminar Media Effects and Processes)

 

Winter Semester 2024/25:

"Media systems + specialization in international media systems" (BA Basic Seminar)

 

Summer Semester 2024:

"Digital self: Forms of representation in virtual environments and its effects“ (Thematic BA-Seminar Media Effects and Processes)

"Basics of communication science research: Propaedeutics“ (BA Basic Seminar)

Scientific Activities and Roles

Memberships:

  • German Communication Association (DGPuK)
  • European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
  • International Communication Association (ICA)
  • German Society for Media Studies (GfM)

 

Roles and activities:

  • Faculty-representative at the Department of Media, Knowledge, and Communication (imwk) at the University of Augsburg (since 10/2025)

Curriculum/Vitae

Since 02/2024

Research Assistant and PhD Candidate at the Department of Media, Knowledge, and Communication, University of Augsburg
2021-2023

Tool design & product development for NeueNarrative / 9spaces.de (working student)
2020-2023

Master of Arts: Communication in Social and Economic Contexts at the Berlin University of Arts
2017-2020

Bachelor of Arts: Communication in Social and Economic Contexts at the Berlin University of Arts

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