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Department of Communication and Media Research Public Sphere & Society

Quirin Yannis Ryffel

Quirin Yannis Ryffel, MA

  • Assistent / Research and Teaching Assistant
Phone
+41 44 635 20 49
Room number
AND 2.92

Quirin Ryffel has been a research assistant and PhD student at the Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich (IKMZ) since February 2023. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication Science and Media Research with a minor in Political Science and a specialized master’s degree in Political Communication and Governance, both from the University of Zurich.

In his dissertation project, Quirin is investigating the antecedents and effects of perceived exposure to diverse political viewpoints in Spain, Germany, and the United States in the context of climate change mitigation. The four-year project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Furthermore, he is investigating issue-specific polarization in the context of climate protection in Germany.

Research Interests

•    Behavioral and attitudinal effects of political information behavior
•    Perceived political viewpoint diversity exposure, perceived freedom of expression
•    Different aspects of media diversity (structure, content, exposure, and perception)
•    Issue-specific (perceived) polarization 
•    Climate change mitigation and immigration policies

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2023

Research Assistant at the IKMZ in the division of Prof. Dr. Mark Eisenegger (Public Sphere and Society); prior to that in the division of Prof. Dr. Thomas Zerback (Political Communication)

Since 2023

Research Associate at Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany (Chair of Prof. Dr. Thomas Zerback: Democratic Will Formation in the Digital Society) and at the Research Center Public and Society (fög) of the University of Zurich

2022 (May – Dec)

Student Research Assistant in the Political Communication division (Prof. Dr. Thomas Zerback) at IKMZ 
2020 – 2022 Student Research Assistant at the Research Center for the Public Sphere and Society of the University of Zurich 
2020 – 2021 Tutor at the International and Comparative Media Research division (Prof Dr. Frank Esser) and the Public Sphere and Society division (Prof. Dr. Mark Eisenegger) at IKMZ 
2020 (May  – December) Student Research Assistant at the International and Comparative Media Research division (Prof. Dr Frank  Esser) at IKMZ

Education

 
Since 2023 PhD: Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich 
2022 Master of Arts in Social Sciences: Political Communication and Governance, University of Zurich 
2020 Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences: Communication and Media Research, and Political Science, University of Zurich 

 

Publications

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Zerback, T., & Ryffel, Q. (2024). Attitude extremity and perceived argument diversity exposure in the COVID-19 debate. Studies in Communication and Media, 13(2), 214–237. https://doi.org/10.5771/2192-4007-2024-2-214

Vogler, D., Weston, M., Ryffel, Q., Rauchfleisch, A., Jürgens, P., Eisenegger, M., Schwaiger, L., & Christen, U. (2023). Mobile News Consumption and Its Relation to Young Adults’ Knowledge About and Participation in Referendums. Media and Communication, 11(1), 6–18.  https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i1.6029

Articles in edited books

Vogler, D., Eisenegger, M., Fürst, S., Udris, L., Ryffel, Q., Rivière, M., & Schäfer, M. S. (2023). Künstliche Intelligenz in der journalistischen Nachrichtenproduktion: Wahrnehmung und Akzeptanz in der Schweizer Bevölkerung. In fög – Forschungszentrum Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft (Ed.), Jahrbuch Qualität der Medien 2023. Schwabe Verlag. https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-235608

Vogler, D., Weston, M., Ryffel, Q., Rauchfleisch, A., Jürgens, P., Eisenegger, M., Schwaiger, L., & Christen, U. (2022). ‪Mobile Mediennutzung und politisches Wissen von jungen Erwachsenen. In fög – Forschungszentrum Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft (Ed.), Jahrbuch Qualität der Medien 2022. Schwabe Verlag.https://doi.org/10.24894/978-3-7965-4646-4

Position papers

Ryffel, Q., Marschlich, S., Fürst, S., & Thai, S. (2022). From precarious conditions to permanent positions? Problems, responsible actors, and solutions for strengthening the academic mid-level staff in Switzerland. Studies in Communication Sciences22(3), 575–582. https://doi.org/10.24434/j.scoms.2022.03.3936

Presentations

Conference presentations

Ryffel, Q. (2023, May). Setting the scene for research on political viewpoint diversity exposure: A scoping review on theoretical conceptualizations and empirical evidence. 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Political Communication PhD Student Preconference, Toronto, Canada.

Weston, M., Eisenegger, M., Jürgens, P., Rauchfleisch, A., Ryffel, Q., & Vogler, D. (2023, May). Situational and temporal media use and avoidance as seen through mobile tracking data. 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Toronto, Canada (presented by Morley Weston).

Organization of conference panels

Marschlich, S., Fürst, S., Ryffel, Q. & Thai, S. M. (2022, April). Mittelbau: Schaffung entfristeter Stellen in der Wissenschaft. SGKM-Jahrestagung The Visual and Audiovisual Turn in the Age of Screen Media. Zürich