Teaching Portfolio

In addition to my research activities, it is important for me to integrate my research interests in academic teaching. In my experience, especially focusing on current societal phenomena and communication trends sparks the interest of students to engage in scientific work and boosts their enthusiasm for empirical research.
So far, I have taught over 60 courses on a wide variety of topics and on different levels, both in German and English language, and I have supervised close to 100 theses.

Master Level

Lectures

Master Projects

Winter/Summer 2021/2022 | Project Seminar (1 year)
Title: Beauty or Education? Social media influencers and their role in the socialization of adolescents and young adults
University of Klagenfurt | Master Media, Communications and Culture | 8 ETCS | 2h/week

| Evaluation: 1.00

Title: Media Fatigue - Attitudes Towards and Avoidance of Media
LMU Munich | 36 ETCS | 4-6h/week | Evaluation: 1.52

Advanced Seminars | Empirical Research Projects

Winter 2019/20 | Theories, Models & Methods of Journalism Research (2 courses)

Title: "Outrage yourselves!" When and how should journalism emotionalize?
LMU Munich (Journalism Master) | 12 ETCS | 4h/week | Evaluation: 1.50

Winter 2017/18 | | Applied Research Projects
Title: Media Use Between Emotion Management and Social Distinction
HMTM Hanover | 2 ETCS | 2hr/week | Evaluation: not evaluated

Winter 2016/17 | Perspectives and Methods of Research on Media Use and Effects (2 courses)

Title: The Role of Others in the Communication Process
LMU Munich | 15 ETCS | 4h/week | Evaluation: 1.33

Seminars/Tutorials

Bachelor Level

Advanced Seminars | Empirical Research Projects

Title: Sustainable, prosocial, self-affirming? The phenomenon of "Sinnfluencers" and how they can contribute to a better society.
LMU Munich | 6 ETCS | 4h/week | Evaluation: 1.22

Winter 2020/21 | Application of Empirical Methods in Communicator and Audience Research (2 courses)
Title: How Influencers Promote Political Messages and Sustainable Lifestyles
LMU Munich | 6 ETCS | 4h/week | Evaluation: 1.15

Summer 2020 | Theories, Models & Methods of Empirical Research (2 courses)
Title: „I Say What I Want!“ The Public Discourse on Freedom of Speech
LMU Munich | 12 ETCS | 4h/week | Evaluation: 1.80

Winter 2018/19 | Application of Empirical Methods in Communicator and Audience Research (2 courses)
Title: Unfake the News! The Concept of Fake News Between Disinformation and Media Criticism
LMU Munich | 6 ETCS | 4h/week | Evaluation: 1.39

Summer 2018 | Research Seminar
Title: Perceived Media Influence on Others in Political Communication
University of Vienna | 3 ETCS | 2h/week | Evaluation: 1.80

Winter 2016/17 | Application of Empirical Methods in Communicator and Audience Research (2 courses)

Title: Your Opinion, My Opinion? - The Role of Others in the Communication Process
LMU Munich | 6 ETCS | 4h/week | Evaluation: 1.58

Winter 2015/16 | Theories, Models & Methods of Empirical Research (2 courses)
Title: Effects of Persuasive Content on Consumers
LMU Munich | 12 ETCS | 4h/week | Evaluation: 1.50

Winter 2013/14 | Theories, Models & Methods of Empirical Research (2 courses)
Title: The Presentation of Public Opinion in the Mass Media and its Relevance for Recipient Judgements
LMU Munich | 12 ETCS | 4h/week | Evaluation: 1.62

Winter 2012/13 | Theories, Models & Methods of Empirical Research (2 courses)
Title: Advertising Research
LMU Munich | 12 ETCS | 4h/week | Evaluation: 1.60

Winter 2012/13 | Theories, Models & Methods of Empirical Research (2 courses)
Title: Facebook, Twitter & Co. – Exemplification Effects Online
LMU Munich | 12 ETCS | 4h/week | Evaluation: 1.70

Winter 2012/13 | Theories, Models & Methods of Empirical Research (2 courses)
Title: Exemplars in Communication Research
LMU Munich | 12 ETCS | 4h/week | Evaluation: 1.47

Lectures

Seminars/Tutorials

Summer 2022 | Proseminar

Title: From beauty filters to deep fakes - How does digitalization change our reality?
University of Klagenfurt | 4 ETCS | 2h/week | Evaluation: pending

Others

Doctorate Level

Summer Schools

Supervising

So far, I have supervised almost 100 theses (master and bachelor level) in the course of my academic life. In addition, I have been a reviewer on a doctoral defense at the University of Vienna in 2018.
The theses covered a broad range of topics from communication and media research, and have been of both theoretical and empirical nature. It is important to me to guide candidates through the process without interfering with their own creativity, meaning that I let them develop their own research questions and designs.