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Prof. Dr. Julia Metag

Current affiliations

Professorship for communication science

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

politische Kommunikation
Medieninhaltsforschung
Wissenschaftskommunikation

Academic Education
10/2009 - 08/2013	Promotionsstudium Kommunikationswissenschaft (HF), Englische Philologie (NF), WWU Münster
10/2003 - 06/2009	Magisterstudium der Medienwissenschaft, Amerikanistischen Literaturwissenschaft und Geographie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
09/2006 - 01/2007	Studium der Medienwissenschaft, Amerikanistischen Literaturwissenschaft und Geographie, Limerick, Irland
Work Experience
09/2013 - 08/2016	Oberassistentin; IKMZ, Universität Zürich, Schweiz
07/2009 - 08/2013	wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin bei Prof. Dr. Frank Marcinkowski, Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft, WWU Münster
06/2010 - 12/2010	Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin zur Durchführung des Projektes „NanoPol-Medien. Die Rolle der Medien in der Nanotechnologiepolitik. Analyse der deutschen, österreichischen und Schweizer Medienberichterstattung“
12/2007 - 11/2008	Studentische Hilfskraft in einem DFG-Projekt bei Prof. Dr. Georg Ruhrmann, Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
05/2006 - 07/2006	Studentische Tutorin für Kommunikations- und Medientheorien am Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Functions and Memberships
since 10/2012	Mitglied im Vorstand des Instituts für Kommunikationswissenschaft
10/2010 - 10/2012	Mitglied im Fachbereichsrats des Fachbereichs 06
Appointments
2019	Offer to a Professorship for Communication Science, University of Münster (accepted)
2016	Offer to a Professorship for Communication Science, University of Fribourg (accepted)

Publications

Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries 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 Lin-den, Sander; Abdul Aziz, Nor Izzatina; Abdulsalam, Suleiman; Abu Shamsi, Nurulaini; 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; Bati, Keagile; Bertsou, Eri; Betsch, Cornelia; Bhatiya, Apurav Yash; Bhui, Rahul; Białobrzeska, Olga; Bilewicz, Michał; Bouguettaya, Ayoub; Breeden, Katherine; Bret, Amélie; Buchel, Ondrej; Cabrera-Álvarez, Pablo; Cagnoli, Federica; Calero Valdez, André; Callaghan, Timothy; Cases, Rizza Kaye; Çoksan, Sami; Czarnek, Gabriela; De Peuter, Steven; Debnath, Ramit; Delouvée, Sylvain; Di Stefano, Lucia; Díaz-Catalán, Celia; Doell, Kimberly C.; Dohle, Simone; Douglas, Karen M.; Dries, Charlotte; Dubrov, Dmitrii; Dzimińska, Małgorzata; Ecker, Ullrich K. H.; Elbaek, Christian T.; Elsherif, Mahmoud; Enke, Benjamin; Etienne, Tom W.; Facciani, Matthew; Fage-Butler, Antoinette; Faisal, Md. Zaki; Fan, Xiaoli; Farhart, Christina; Feldhaus, Christoph; Ferreira, Marinus; Feuerriegel, Stefan; Fischer, Helen; Freundt, Jana; Frie-se, Malte; Fuglsang, Simon; Gallyamova, Albina; Garrido-Vásquez, Patricia; Garrido Vásquez, Mauricio E.; Gatua, Winfred; Genschow, Oliver; Ghasemi, Omid; Gkinopoulos, Theofilos; Gloor, Jamie L.; Goddard, Ellen; Gollwitzer, Mario; González-Brambila, Claudia; Gordon, Hazel; Grigoryev, Dmitry; Grimshaw, Gina M.; Guenther, Lars; Haarstad, Håvard; Harari, Da-na; Hawkins, Lelia N.; Hensel, Przemysław; Hernández-Mondragón, Alma Cristal; Herziger, Atar; Huang, Guanxiong; Huff, Markus; Hurley, Mairéad; Ibadildin, Nygmet; Ishibashi, Maho; Islam, Mohammad Tarikul; Jeddi, Younes; Jin, Tao; Jones, Charlotte A.; Jungkunz, Sebastian; Jurgiel, Dominika; Kabdulkair, Zhangir; Kao, Jo-Ju; Kavassalis, Sarah; Kerr, John R.; Kitsa, Mariana; Klabíková Rábová, Tereza; Klein, Olivier; Koh, Hoyoun; Koivula, Aki; Kojan, Lili-an; Komyaginskaya, Elizaveta; König, Laura; Koppel, Lina; Koren Nobre Cavalcante, Kochav; Kosachenko, Alexandra; Kotcher, John; Kranz, Laura S.; Krishnan, Pradeep; Kristiansen, Silje; Krouwel, André; Kuppens, Toon; Kyza, Eleni A.; Lamm, Claus; Lantian, Anthony; Lazić, Aleksandra; Lecuona, Oscar; Légal, Jean-Baptiste; Leviston, Zoe; Levy, Neil; Lindkvist, Amanda M.; Lits, Grégoire; Löschel, Andreas; López Ortega, Alberto; Lopez-Villavicencio, Carlos; Lou, Nigel Mantou; Lucas, Chloe H.; Lunz-Trujillo, Kristin; Marques, Mathew D.; Mayer, Sabrina J.; McKay, Ryan; Mercier, Hugo; Metag, Julia; Milfont, Taciano L.; Miller, Joanne M.; Mitkidis, Panagiotis; Monge-Rodríguez, Fredy; Motta, Matt; Mudra, Iryna; Muršič, Zarja; Namutebi, Jennifer; Newman, Eryn J.; Nitschke, Jonas P.; Ntui, Ntui-Njock Vincent; Nwogwugwu, Daniel; Ostermann, Thomas; Otterbring, Tobias; Palmer-Hague, Jaime; Pantazi, Myrto; Pärnamets, Philip; Parra Saiani, Paolo; Paruzel-Czachura, Mariola; Parzuchowski, Mi-chal; Pavlov, Yuri G.; Pearson, Adam R.; Penner, Myron A.; Pennington, Charlotte R.; Petka-nopoulou, Katerina; Petrović, Marija B.; Pfänder, Jan; Pisareva, Dinara; Ploszaj, Adam; Poli-aková, Karolína; Pronizius, Ekaterina; Pypno-Blajda, Katarzyna; Quiñones, Diwa Malaya A.; Räsänen, Pekka; Rauchfleisch, Adrian; Rebitschek, Felix G.; Refojo Seronero, Cintia; Rêgo, Gabriel; Reynolds, James P.; Roche, Joseph; Rödder, Simone; Röer, Jan Philipp; Ross, Robert M.; Ruin, Isabelle; Santos, Osvaldo; Santos, Ricardo R.; Schmid, Philipp; Schulreich, Stefan; Scoggins, Bermond; Sharaf, Amena; Nfundiko, Justin Sheria; Shuckburgh, Emily; Six, Johan; Solak, Nevin; Späth, Leonhard; Spruyt, Bram; Standaert, Olivier; Stanley, Samantha K.; Storms, Gert; Strahm, Noel; Syropoulos, Stylianos; ... (2025) In: Nature Human Behaviour, 0 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
The Interplay of Knowledge Overestimation, Social Media Use, and Populist Ideas: Cross-Sectional and Experimental Evidence From Germany and Taiwan Mede, Niels G.; Rauchfleisch, Adrian; Metag, Julia; Schäfer, Mike S. (2024) In: Communication Research, 0(0) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Der Wissenschaft vertrauen? Metag, Julia; Schäfer, Mike S. (2024) Type of Publication: Other non-scientific publication
Diversity in Audiences Metag, Julia; Klinger, Kira (2024) In: Benouar, Djillali (eds.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Type of Publication: Review article (book contribution)
Wissenschaftscomics für die Erwachsenenbildung: Das Projekt „Frag Sophie!“ Metag, Julia; Nölleke-Przybylski, Pamela; Klinger, Kira (2024) In: Magazin erwachsenenbildung.at. Das Fachmedium für Forschung, Praxis und Diskurs., 52 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)

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Projects

FOR 5303: Digital media in chronic disease self-management - SP 7: News reporting on digital media use for the self-management of chronic diseases Duration: 01/12/2023 - 30/11/2027 \| 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Research Unit Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster
Kommunikation privater Hochschulen - Analyse der Organisation, Ziele und Sichtbarkeit (KOPRIHO) Duration: 01/10/2023 - 30/09/2026 Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research Type of project: Individual project
KFO 326 - Male Germ Cells: from Genes to Function - TP: Patient Science (PS): Researching patients' information behaviour Duration: 01/10/2022 - 31/08/2023 \| 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Clinical Research Unit Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Competing truths. Strategies and Reflections in the Changing Public Spheres Duration: 01/06/2022 - 31/12/2023 Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programs Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project
Cultures of Debate and Media in Transition Duration: 01/10/2020 - 31/12/2021 Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programs Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project

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Talks

Assessing science literacy across digital societies: A new survey measure for civic, media, and cognitive science literacy. Mede, Niels G.; Schäfer, Mike S.; Metag, Julia, Howell, Emily; Brossard, Dominique; Beets, Becca, & Calice, M. (17/10/2024) CST China symposium “Communicating Science across Cultures: Approaches, Perspectives and Challenges”, Suzhou Type of talk: scientific talk
From the influence of the social environment to perceived disinformation – An analysis of factors influencing intentional and unintentional news avoidance… Weitz, Paula; Rosauer, Marie; Metag, Julia (25/09/2024) European Communication Conference (ECC) der European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), Ljubljana Type of talk: scientific talk
Global Warming's Five Germanys: Unveiling media habits and information seeking in daily life Metag, Julia; Scholthaus, Marina; Klinger, Kira (25/09/2024) 10. European Communication Conference (ECC) der European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), Ljubljana Type of talk: scientific talk
Trends in der Wissenschaftskommunikation(sforschung) Metag, Julia (13/09/2024) Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Religionspädagogik (GwR), Würzburg Type of talk: scientific talk
Informed critics? Exploring media- and science-related predictors of alternative media use for information about science Zils, Lena; Wintterlin, Florian; Metag, Julia; Mede, Niels G.; Schäfer, Mike S. (02/09/2024) 6th Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM 2024), Münster Type of talk: scientific talk

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Prizes

Election as Member of the Academia Europaea Awarded by: Academia Europaea Award given to: Metag, Julia Announced at: 14/07/2021 \| Date of awarding: 15/07/2021 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Stipendium für "2nd International Summer School in Political Communication and Electoral Behaviour" Awarded by: Department of Social & Political Studies, University of Milan Award given to: Metag, Julia Announced at: 15/07/2010 Type of distinction: Scholarship
Reisestipendium Awarded by: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Award given to: Metag, Julia Announced at: 15/06/2012 Type of distinction: Scholarship