Research Areas
- Political Communication
- Alternative Publics
- Digital Communication
- Scientific Communication
Research Projects
DFG project: "Alternative Media - Alternative Publics - Alternative Realities? Users and modes of use of alternative media and their significance in the media repertoire over the course of time" (2021-2024).
Under the direction of Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger
Presentations and publications
Scientific talks:
Schwarzenegger, C., Schöppl, K. (2023). Ambivalences of News Avoidance: Alternative media use between dissatisfaction, a search for happiness and radicalization. Accepted presentation at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference. July, Lyon, France.
Teaching
Summer semester 2022:
"Alternative Media, Counterpublics & Counterpublic Spheres. Theoretical Approaches and Conceptual Explorations" (BA advanced seminar)
Winter semester 2022/23:
"Resistance, Riot and Remmidemmi - Emotionalization and Engagement in Affective Public Spheres" (BA advanced seminar)
Summer semester 2023:
"Manifestations and consequences of civil disobedience: Visual communication, media and social movements" (BA advanced seminar)
Memberships and functions
Memberships:
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK)
- European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
- International Communication Association (ICA)
- International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
Academic Career
- Since 12/2021: Research assistant at the Institute for Media, Knowledge and Communication at the University of Augsburg.
- 05/2022 - 08/2022: Project work within a study on the self-presentation of scientists on social media (University of Salzburg, University of Vienna)
- 06/2021 - 07/2021: Project work within the international-comparative study "Mediated Parent Networks" at the University of Surrey under the direction of Dr. Christine Trültzsch-Wijnen (project leader for Austria)
- 03/2021 - 06/2021: Tutor for the lecture "Theories of Communication Studies" (University of Salzburg)
- 10/2020 - 06/2021: Staff member in the department "Media Use and Digital Cultures" (University of Salzburg)
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2019 - 06/2022: Master of Arts in Political Science at the University of Salzburg
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2019 - 09/2021: Master of Arts in Communication Science at the University of Salzburg
- 10/2018 - 06/2019: Tutor in the department "Transcultural Communication".
- 02/2017 - 05/2017: Diplôme d'Université "Business Administration" at the IUT Université Grenoble Alpes
- 2015 - 2019: Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies at the University of Salzburg
- 2015 - 2019: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at the University of Salzburg
AWARDS
"Friends of Kowi Award" for Master's Thesis in Communication Studies