Publications

ZORA Publication List

Publications

• Volk, Sophia Charlotte; Vogler, Daniel; Fürst, Silke; Schäfer, Mike S (2025). The plurivocal university: Typologizing the diverse voices of a research university on social media. Public Understanding of Science, 34(3):270-290.
• Mede, Niels G; Howell, Emily L; Schäfer, Mike S; Metag, Julia; Beets, Becca; Brossard, Dominique (2025). Measuring Science Literacy in a Digital World: Development and Validation of a Multi-Dimensional Survey Scale. Science Communication:epub ahead of print.
• Volk, Sophia Charlotte; Schäfer, Mike S; Lombardi, Damiano; Mahl, Daniela; Yan, Xiaoyue (2025). How generative artificial intelligence portrays science: Interviewing ChatGPT from the perspective of different audience segments. Public Understanding of Science, 34(2):132-153.
• Cologna, Viktoria; Mede, Niels G; Berger, Sebastian; Besley, John; Brick, Cameron; Joubert, Marina; Maibach, Edward W; Mihelj, Sabina; Oreskes, Naomi; Schäfer, Mike S; van der Linden, Sander; Abdul Aziz, Nor Izzatina; Abdulsalam, Suleiman; Shamsi, Nurulaini Abu; Aczel, Balazs; Adinugroho, Indro; Alabrese, Eleonora; Aldoh, Alaa; Alfano, Mark; Ali, Innocent Mbulli; Alsobay, Mohammed; Altenmüller, Marlene; Alvarez, R Michael; Amoako, Richard; Amollo, Tabitha; Ansah, Patrick; Apriliawati, Denisa; Azevedo, Flavio; Bajrami, Ani; Bardhan, Ronita; et al (2025). Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries. Nature Human Behaviour, 9(4):713-730.
• Mede, Niels G; Cologna, Viktoria; Berger, Sebastian; Besley, John; Brick, Cameron; Joubert, Marina; Maibach, Edward W; Mihelj, Sabina; Oreskes, Naomi; Schäfer, Mike S; van der Linden, Sander; Abdul Aziz, Nor Izzatina; Abdulsalam, Suleiman; Shamsi, Nurulaini Abu; Aczel, Balazs; Adinugroho, Indro; Alabrese, Eleonora; Aldoh, Alaa; Alfano, Mark; Ali, Innocent Mbulli; Alsobay, Mohammed; Altenmüller, Marlene; Alvarez, R Michael; Amoako, Richard; Amollo, Tabitha; Ansah, Patrick; Apriliawati, Denisa; Azevedo, Flavio; Bajrami, Ani; Bardhan, Ronita; et al (2025). Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset. Scientific Data, 12(1):114.
• Stanley, Samantha K; Ghasemi, Omid; Ross, Robert M; Kerr, John R; Marques, Mathew D; Mede, Niels G; Berger, Sebastian; Alfano, Mark; Levy, Neil; Ferreira, Marinus; Cologna, Viktoria (2025). Anticipatory solastalgia in the Antipodes: Evidence of future-oriented distress about environmental change in Australia and New Zealand. The journal of climate change and health, 23:100415.
• Kessler, Sabrina Heike (2025). Fake news and misinformation. In: de Bruijn, Gert-Jan; Vandebosch, Heidi. Health, Media, and Communication. Berlin: De Gruyter, 453-468.
• Volk, Sophia Charlotte; Schulz, Anne; Blassnig, Sina; Marschlich, Sarah; Nguyen, Minh Hao; Strauß, Nadine (2025). Selecting, avoiding, disconnecting: a focus group study of people’s strategies for dealing with information abundance in the contexts of news, entertainment, and personal communication. Information, Communication and Society, 28(1):21-40.
• Cologna, Viktoria; Freundt, Jana; Mede, Niels G; Howe, Lauren; Bertsou, Eri; Gloor, Jamie; Oreskes, Naomi; Knutti, Reto; Schäfer, Mike S (2025). How scientists’ collective climate advocacy affects public trust in scientists and voting behavior. Environmental Research Letters, 20(1):014043.
• Brause, Saba Rebecca; Yang, Heng; Schäfer, Mike S; Zeng, Jing (2024). News Media Imaginaries of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: A Qualitative Analysis Across China, Germany, and the United States. Emerging media, 2(4):581-610.
• Volk, Sophia Charlotte (2024). Assessing the Outputs, Outcomes, and Impacts of Science Communication: A Quantitative Content Analysis of 128 Science Communication Projects. Science Communication, 46(6):758-789.
• Mahl, Daniela; Zeng, Jing; Schäfer, Mike S (2024). Conceptualizing platformed conspiracism: Analytical framework and empirical case study of BitChute and Gab. New Media & Society, 26(12):6938-6957.
• Kessler, Sabrina Heike; Rabinovich, Max; Boulila, Stefanie (2024). Science vs. Activism? Exploring the Boundary: Perspectives of Young Researchers in Switzerland. Bern: Swiss Young Academy.
• Mede, Niels G; Schäfer, Mike S; Metag, Julia (2024). Cognitio populi – Vox populi: Implications of science-related populism for communication behavior. Communications : European Journal of Communication Research, 49(4):645-668.
• Mede, Niels G (2024). Variations of science-related populism in comparative perspective: A multilevel segmentation analysis of supporters and opponents of populist demands toward science. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 65(5):636-663.
• Vogler, Daniel; Fürst, Silke; Eisenegger, Mark; Ryffel, Quirin; Udris, Linards; Schäfer, Mike S (2024). Künstliche Intelligenz im Journalismus: Wie sich die Akzeptanz in der Schweizer Bevölkerung entwickelt. In: fög – Forschungszentrum Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft. Jahrbuch Qualität der Medien 2024. Basel: Schwabe, 49-62.
• Volk, Sophia Charlotte; Schäfer, Mike S (2024). Evaluations in science communication. Current state and future directions. JCOM : Journal of Science Communication, 23(06):Y01.
• Mede, Niels G; Schroeder, Ralph (2024). The “Greta Effect” on Social Media: A Systematic Review of Research on Thunberg’s Impact on Digital Climate Change Communication. Environmental Communication, 18(6):801-818.
• Mahl, Daniela; Zeng, Jing; Schäfer, Mike S; Egert, Fernando Antonio; Oliveira, Thaiane (2024). “We Follow the Disinformation”: Conceptualizing and Analyzing Fact-Checking Cultures Across Countries. International Journal of Press/Politics:epub ahead of print.
• Fürst, Silke; Vogler, Daniel; Schäfer, Mike S; Sörensen, Isabel Heller (2024). From “minimalists” to “professional all-rounders”: Typologizing Swiss universities’ communication practices and structures. Communications : European Journal of Communication Research:Epub ahead of print.

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