Daniel Stegmann M.A.

Since 01/2020: Research Associate at the Department of Communication at the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz

08/2019 – 12/2019: Research Associate at am Mainz Media Institute

09/2019: Master of Arts (M.A.) in Communication Studies. in Kommunikation. Master thesis: „Endangered Democracy? The Influence of Mediy Cynicism on Audience Fragmentation“

10/2017 – 09/2019: Graduate Studies: Communication studies with focus on communication and media research (M.A.) at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany. During that time: Internship and working student at “redcoon Ltd.” Aschaffenburg, Germany.

11/2017: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in communication sciences. Bachelor thesis: „Mr. Gates in the 21st Century – Influencing Factors on News Selection of a Local Newspaper”

04/2014 – 11/2017: Undergraduate Studies: Communication sciences and political sciences at at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany. During that time internships and part-time work at „redcoon Ltd.“, “Funkhaus Aschaffenburg” and “Main Echo Aschaffenburg”.

While studying student research assistant at different chairs at the Department of Communication at the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, among others in the DACH-Project “Media Performance and Democracy”.

 

Research focus

  • Media Trust
  • Fragmentation
  • Media Diversity and Opinion Power
  • Media and Social Cohesion

Memberships

International Communication Association (ICA)
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK)[German Communication Association]

 

Teaching

Winter term 2023/24: Seminar (Bachelor): Reading, understanding, and writing scientific texts
Seminar (Master): Public Sphere Theories
Summer term 2023: Seminar (Bachelor): Survey
Winter term 2021/2022: Seminar (Bachelor): Terms & Theories of Communication Science
Summer term 2021: Seminar (Bachelor): Survey
Winter term 2020/21: Seminar (Bachelor): Journalism as a Profession
Summer term 2020: Seminar (Bachelor): New Media/Online Communication
Winter term 2019/20: Seminar (Bachelor): Reading, understanding, and writing scientific texts