Dr. rer. soc.
since March 2023
Expert of the ZDF Television Council on the subject of quality measurement
2018 – 2020
Director of the "Mainzer Medieninstitut"
2014 – 2019
Speaker of the research program “media convergence”
2013 – 2015
Executive director of the Department of Communication
Since 2011
Professor for Communication Sciences with the research focus media convergence at the Department of Communication
2010 – 2014
Member of the Management-Committee of the Cost Action “Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies”
2006 – 2011
Research associate at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Commission for comparative Media and Communication Sciences)
At the same time external lecturer at the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences in Media Management program
2005
PhD Thesis at the University of Hohenheim “Fernsehen in digitalen Medienumgebungen. Eine empirische Analyse des Zuschauerverhaltens“ [Television in Digital Media Environments. An Empirical Analysis of Audience Behavior]
1997 – 2005
Research associate at the Department of Communication Sciences and Social Studies at the University of Hohenheim and project member in the research unit for media economy and communication sciences
1996 – 1997
Project Manager at the Institute for Empirical Social Research at Nuremberg
1995 – 1996
Research associate at the Institute for Employment Research of the Federal Employment Agency at Nuremberg
1988 – 1995
Studies of Social Sciences at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg [Nuremberg] with focus at law, social policy, empirical social sciences and communication sciences
Research focus
- Media change and media convergence
- Media consumption and reception
- Media systems/media structures
- Methods of market and communication research
- Comparative media research
Memberships
International Communication Association (ICA)
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK)[German Communication Association]
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Kommunikationswissenschaft (ÖGK) [Austrian Communication Association]
Netzwerk Medienstrukturen [network media structures]
Lead positions
2018 – 2020: Director of the "Mainzer Medieninstitut"
2014 – 2019: Speaker of the research program “media convergence”
2013 – 2015: Executive director of the Department of Communication
2010 – 2014: Member of the Management-Committee of the Cost Action “Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies”