Research and projects
Cornelia’s research focuses on media systems from a comparative perspective. In doing so, a cross-cultural perspective is important to her, which includes other normative concepts of media systems in addition to Western ones. She investigates the relations between media structures and the public, the processes of change in media structures, their implications for and their shaping by media policy. In enhancing this, Cornelia incorporates perspectives from media use and effects studies into her research, as the linking of these to the media systemic level brings substantial added value. Cornelia is also an expert for the German and Austrian media system.
A profound understanding of media and communication is becoming crucial in modern, highly complex media societies with hybrid media systems. Digital communication and social media in particular imply significant changes in individual and social communication. If one wants to understand society and individual behavior – both scientifically and practically – one only gets further by including the media. In Cornelia’s research, she investigates the fundamentals of media and media systems, and she is enthusiastic about translating the results into evidence-based, practice-relevant approaches.
Projects (selection):
Various ongoing projects, especially on media systems, digital communication in diverse cultural contexts, and on individual media use and evaluation.
2016-2018
ERASMUS+ Project ‚MEDLIT Media Literacy as a Competence for Social Change‘.
2014-2017
Member in the DFG-Network‚ Values and Norms as research subjects and guiding principles in the communication sciences’
2013-2015
DFG-Project ‘The influence of media coverage and environmental conditions on the perception and evaluation of impersonal risks by the example of the chestnut leaf miner.’ as part of the DFG-Special Priority Project 1409, Science and the General Public: Understanding Fragile and Conflicting Evidence.
2009-2010
Public Sphere, Space and Place. Post-doc fellowship, Zeppelin Universität
2009-2019
EU-FP7-Project: Living Knowledge: Facts, Opinions and Bias in Time.