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Silke Fürst
@sfuerst.bsky.social
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Senior Researcher @ University of Zurich / IKMZ
Visiting Lecturer @unifr.bsky.social
🔍 #Journalism #Datafication #MediaHistory #StratCom #SciComm #OpenScience
👉 https://ikmz.uzh.ch/en/research/divisions/publicsphere-and-society/team/silke-fuerst.html
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Just published in the new issue of "Communications"!

How do communication practices and structures differ across universities❓ Based on quantitative survey data, @dnvglr.bsky.social, @mss7676.bsky.social, Isabel Sörensen & I identified 4️⃣ distinct types of universities

👉 doi.org/10.1515/comm...
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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📣The issue “#Journalism in the Hybrid Media System” is now out in @cogitatiomac.bsky.social, ed. with @cporlezza.bsky.social & Florian Muhle

New insights on platform power, attention dynamics, fact-checking, news quality, participatory journalism, media ownership & more:
🔓 doi.org/10.17645/mac...
October 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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How do journalists use #AI tools & how does this affect #journalism and #newsquality❓
We surveyed 730 Swiss media professionals

Study @foeg.bsky.social together with @dnvglr.bsky.social, @qryffel.bsky.social, @sinajb.bsky.social & @cporlezza.bsky.social

Download:👉 www.foeg.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:12b5...
October 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Welchen gesellschaftlichen Auftrag hat die Kommunikationsforschung in Zeiten gesellschaftlicher Umbrüche ❓ Das neue Themenheft „Öffentliche, Transdisziplinäre & Transformative Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft“ bietet dazu Reflexionen & Impulse #OpenAccess

👉 netlibrary.aau.at/medienjourna...
July 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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📢 3️⃣ months left to submit your abstract for our special issue @cogitatiomac.bsky.social ❗
We welcome contributions that address experiences with & research on #OpenScience, #OpenData & Infrastructures in Communication and Media Studies

📅Deadline: 15 Sept 2025
www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
June 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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📣 Verdrängen SRG-Nachrichtenangebote die Nachrichtenangebote privater Medien❓ @linardsudris.bsky.social, @markeisenegger.bsky.social und ich haben die «crowding-out»-These für die 🇨🇭 geprüft. #OpenAccess erschienen im neuen Jahrbuch Qualität der Medien

Studie & Fragebogen: 👇
doi.org/10.5167/uzh-...
October 22, 2024 at 8:58 AM
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📢Do you want to share information on and experiences with open research infrastructures & resources for communication / media studies or discuss the implications of #OpenData & #OpenScience for our field❓ You have one year to consider submitting an abstract
👉 www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
September 12, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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University communication has become more important & prevalent. But how do comm practices and structures differ between universities❓
@dnvglr.bsky.social, @mss7676.bsky.social, I. Sörensen & I identified 4️⃣ types of communicating universities.
#OpenAccess in Communications:
👉 doi.org/10.1515/comm...
August 2, 2024 at 7:10 AM
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Starting in August – Our @dizh.bsky.social-project “AI literacy in 🇨🇭 journalism”, with @dnvglr.bsky.social
S. Pfeuti, N. Klopfenstein Frei, @qryffel.bsky.social, D. Lombardi, @cporlezza.bsky.social, @sinajb.bsky.social, & our practice partners @quajou.ch, SSM & JJS
👉 www.dizh.uzh.ch/en/2024/06/1...
June 26, 2024 at 10:39 AM
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✨Der Schweizer Länderbericht zum Digital News Report 2024 @reutersinstitute.bsky.social ist erschienen. Freue mich, dass ich im Team mit @linardsudris.bsky.social, Maude Rivière und @markeisenegger.bsky.social mitwirken durfte! #DNR24

👉 www.foeg.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:d49b...

#OpenAccess
June 18, 2024 at 10:22 AM
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4️⃣ months left to submit your abstract (250 words) for the issue "Journalism in the Hybrid Media System" in the #OpenAccess journal "Media and Communciation".
Florian Muhle, Colin Porlezza @cporlezza.bsky.social and I are looking forward to your submissions!

👉 www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
May 14, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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This is my last editorial as SComS co-editor. I had a great time and a lot of fun with my dear co-editors and the whole team! Over the last four years I have always felt that being involved in it is not only a valuable experience but can also make a difference! #OpenAccess
👉 doi.org/10.24434/j.s...
May 8, 2024 at 12:41 PM
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Freue mich, heute beim Workshop zur "Zukunft von Demokratie und Öffentlichkeit in der Mediengesellschaft" einen Impulsvortrag halten zu dürfen.
Hier gehts zum Programm (auch Online-Teilnahme möglich):
👉 www.zu.de/forschung-th...
April 26, 2024 at 5:08 AM
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How do communication departments at 🇨🇭 universities evaluate their communication❓ Which factors enable & constrain such evaluation practices❓
New qualitative study together with Isabel Sörensen, @sophiavolk.bsky.social, @dnvglr.bsky.social & @mss7676.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1080/1553...
#OpenAccess
March 25, 2024 at 11:15 AM
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📢Neuer CfP: Wie steht es um die Transdisziplinarität der Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft❓ Inwiefern betreiben wir Öffentliche Wissenschaft & Transformative Forschung❓
Larissa Krainer, Christopher Buschow & ich laden zu Beiträgen ein #OpenAccess
🗓️ 31. August
👉 netlibrary.aau.at/obvuklmj/dom...
March 22, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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Which factors influence user engagement on social media? How does this engagement differ across universities & platforms? Isabel Sörensen, @dnvglr.bsky.social, @mss7676.bsky.social and I analyzed 42.006 posts on Facebook, Instagram and X from all 42 Swiss universities.
📰 doi.org/10.1080/0884...
December 14, 2023 at 3:26 PM
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The new issue of the Publizistik is out!
link.springer.com/journal/1161...

Interested in qualitative research of social media? I contributed a review of a recently published methods book by Gwen Bouvier & Joel Rasmussen
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November 27, 2023 at 2:08 PM
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High concentration of media ownership and decreasing diversity of content: Daniel Vogler and I provide data on the status quo + trends in media concentration in Switzerland

📄 Full text in German: doi.org/10.5167/uzh-...

👉 Summary in English (pp. 15–16): www.foeg.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:40dd...
November 10, 2023 at 8:39 AM
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Social media are increasingly important for professional university communicators & scientists. But what about university leaders? Happy to see this paper with @mss7676.bsky.social and the whole issue on "digital academia" published!
 
📄👉 doi.org/10.5167/uzh-...
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November 3, 2023 at 10:40 AM
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Excited about the release of our study on the use of AI in news production from the audience's perspective!

in English: www.foeg.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:5f46...

in German: www.foeg.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:03fd...

The questionnaire is available on ZORA: doi.org/10.5167/uzh-...
October 31, 2023 at 6:09 AM
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Excited to see our special issue out, with 10 papers presenting & discussing data, archives + tools for com. research, ed. with @strippel.bsky.social @jobreu.bsky.social, Erik Koenen, Dimitri Prandner & @schwarz3n3gg3r.bsky.social. Big thanks to all authors & reviewers! 👉https://tinyurl.com/ye227acf
October 18, 2023 at 3:42 PM
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Are you working on features and patterns of hybrid media systems and their implications for the role, function, societal importance, or funding of #journalism?
Check out our new call for papers, guest edited with Colin Porlezza & Florian Muhle
www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
October 18, 2023 at 1:21 PM