Projekt

The current project "Communicative Power in Hybrid Media Systems" identifies biases driven by commercial or political foundations of specific media organizations as well as the hidden structural power-relationships between different media outlets and types and the interconnection with alternative media and publics on social media. What determines the coverage of Covid-19 and related political contestation in traditional and new media? The additional module will provide an important contribution in understanding the role of media coverage and social media reactions in the Corona crisis in international comparison. The project will identify hidden power structures between media organizations in contemporary hybrid media systems. This will provide insights about the determinants of information quality and the spread of misinformation during a large social crisis in media coverage. The project team will analyze media coverage on Corona in international comparison between Germany, UK, USA, and South Korea by using computational social science methods.

• Prof. Dr. Andreas Jungherr

  Universität Bamberg
  Politikwissenschaften
  Lehrstuhl für Politikwissenschaft, insbes.
  Steuerung komplexer und innovativer technischer
  Systeme
  Bamberg
  

• Dr. Jisun An

  Indiana University
  Luddy School of Informatics, Computing,
  and Engineering
  Bloomington
  USA
  

• Prof. Dr. Oliver Posegga

  Universität Bamberg
  Wirtschaftsinformatik und Angewandte Informatik
  Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik,
  insbes. Soziale Netzwerke
  Bamberg