Issue attention, agenda setting, hybrid media systems, topic diversity, automated content analysis

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Since October 2020: Assistant at the Department of Communication and Media Research IKMZ / University of Zurich (Chair Mark Eisenegger, division public sphere & society)

2020: Student Conference Coordinator for the International Sustainable Campus Network ISCN / EPF Lausanne

2019: Exchange semester / Hertie School Berlin, Germany

2018-2020: Master’s Degree Program in Development Studies / Graduate Institute Geneva

2016-2018: Assistant at the Department of Communication and Media Research IKMZ / University of Zurich (Chair Mike S. Schäfer)

2017: Exchange semester / Stellenbosch University, South Africa

2014-2017: Bachelor’s Degree Program in Media & Communication Studies and Business Administration / University of Zurich

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Siegen, D., & Vogler, D. (2025). Analyzing the Relation between News Coverage of Heat, Drought, and Climate Change to Meteorological Data from 1998 to 2023. Weather, Climate, and Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-25-0053.1

Siegen, D., & Vogler, D. (2025). Issue Attention and Semantic Overlap in Vaccination Coverage Within Switzerland’s Hybrid Media System. Media and Communication, 13. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.10040

de León, E., Geber, S., Vogler, D., Siegen, D., Eisenegger, M., & Friemel, T. (2025). Misperceptions of Public Opinion During Crises: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Political Communication, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2025.2502401

Geber, S., Fretwurst, B., Vogler, D., Siegen, D., Eisenegger, M., & Friemel, T. (2024). Norm setting in times of crisis: A time-series analysis of the dynamics between media reporting and perceived norms in the context of the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out. Mass Communication and Society, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2024.2389833

Rauchfleisch, A., Siegen, D., & Vogler, D. (2023). How COVID-19 displaced climate change: mediated climate change activism and issue attention in the Swiss media and online sphere. Environmental Communication, 17(3), 313-321. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2021.1990978

Rauchfleisch, A., Schäfer, M. S. & Siegen, D. (2021). Beyond the ivory tower: Measuring and explaining academic engagement with journalists, politicians and industry representatives among Swiss professors. Plos one, 16(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251051

Mahl, D., Guenther, L., Schäfer, M. S., Meyer, C. & Siegen, D. (2020). “We are a bit blind about it”: A qualitative analysis of climate change-related perceptions and communication across South African communities. Environmental Communication, 14(6), 802-815. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2020.1736116

Book chapters

Siegen, D. & Schneider, J. (2024). Mediennutzung. In fög – Forschungszentrum Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft / Universität Zürich (Ed.), Jahrbuch Qualität der Medien 2024 (pp. 87-96). Schwabe. https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-263861

Vogler, D., Weston, M., & Siegen, D. (2023). Vielfalt in der Medienberichterstattung über Schweizer Gemeinden. In fög – Forschungszentrum Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft / Universität Zürich (Ed.), Jahrbuch Qualität der Medien 2023 (pp. 81–92). Schwabe. https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-238604

Udris, L., Vogler, D., Eisenegger, M., Siegen, D., Weston, M. & Schäfer, S. (2022). Die Qualität der Berichterstattung über den Ukrainekrieg. In fög – Forschungszentrum Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft / Universität Zürich (Ed.), Jahrbuch Qualität der Medien 2022 (pp. 53-67). Schwabe. https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-224736

Vogler, D., Schwaiger, L., Rauchfleisch, A., Marschlich, S., Siegen, D., Udris, L., Eisenegger, M. & Schneider, J. (2021). Wahrnehmung von Desinformation in der Schweiz. In fög – Forschungszentrum Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft / Universität Zürich (Ed.), Jahrbuch Qualität der Medien 2021 (pp. 25-36). Schwabe. https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-219206

Siegen, D., & Vogler, D. (2025). Media Coverage of Heat, Drought, and Climate Change: A Quantitative Content Analysis of Swiss Newspapers from 1998 to 2023. Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (SACM) Annual Conference, Chur, Switzerland.

De Leon, E., Geber, S., Vogler, D., Siegen, D., Eisenegger, M., & Friemel, T. (2024). Misperceptions of Public Opinion during Crises: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Golden Coast, Australia.

Siegen, D., Vogler, D., Eisenegger, M., & Schäfer, M.S. (2024). Long-Term Analysis of Topic Diversity in Swiss News Media. Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (SACM) Annual Conference, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Siegen, D., Vogler, D., Eisenegger, M., & Schäfer, M.S. (2024). Less of the same? Long-term analysis of topic diversity in Swiss News Media Reporting. European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Binnual Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Vogler, D., & Siegen, D. (2023). Alternative and Mainstream Media as Information Sources in Telegram Protest Channels during the Covid-19 Crisis. ECREA International Crisis Communication Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Geber, S., Fretwurst, B., Vogler, D., Siegen, D., Eisenegger, M., & Friemel, T. (2023). Norm formation in times of crisis: A time-series analysis of the dynamics between media reporting and perceived norms during the Covid-19 vaccination campaign. International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.

Siegen, D., Eisenegger, M., & Vogler, D. (2023). From separated to coupled spheres – The vaccination debate in the multilingual Swiss news media and Twitter spheres before, during, and after the COVID-19 Pandemic. Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (SACM) Annual Conference, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Siegen, D., Vogler, D., & Eisenegger, M. (2022). From separated to coupled arenas: The vaccination debate in Swiss news media and in the Swiss Twitter-sphere before and after the COVID-19 crisis. European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Binnual Conference, Aarhus, Denmark.

Eisenegger, M., Siegen, D., Udris, L., Vogler, D., & Weston, M. (2022). International news from two perspectives: An explorative analysis on the quality of media coverage of countries in different media types in Switzerland. International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Paris, France.

Siegen, D., & Noailly, J. (2021). News Media Coverage of Environmental Policy in Switzerland 2000-2019: Exploring Topics and Themes Through Automated Content Analysis. International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Online.

Siegen, D., & Rauchfleisch, A. (2018). Swiss journalists on Twitter: Co-orientation in a large-scale social network analysis. Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (SACM) Annual Conference, Lugano, Switzerland.

Rauchfleisch, A., Schäfer, M. S., & Siegen, D. (2018). Scientists’ Contacts with Politicians, Industry Representatives and Journalists: Assessing and Explaining the "Societalization" of Swiss Professors. German Communication Association (DGPuK) Science Communication Conference, Friedrichshafen, Germany.

Fall 2025: BA seminar on "Issue attention in digital public spheres"

Spring 2025: BA seminar on "Issue attention in digital public spheres" & BA lecture "Statistics and data analysis - introduction" (in German, with Benjamin Fretwurst)

Fall 2024: BA seminar on "Issue attention in digital public spheres"

Spring 2024: no teaching

Fall 2023: BA seminar on "Issue attention in digital public spheres" (in German)

Spring 2023: BA seminar on "Automated content analysis of digital news" (in German, with Daniel Vogler)

Fall 2022: BA seminar on "Automated content analysis of digital news" (in German, with Daniel Vogler)

Spring 2022: BA seminar on "Issue attention in digital public spheres" (with Daniel Vogler)

Fall 2021: BA seminar on "Crisis communication in digital public spheres" (in German, with Daniel Vogler)