Stefan Geiß has received one of this year’s dissertation prizes of the Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) Mainz. With its dissertation prizes, JGU honors outstanding dissertations and artistic works from the whole range of scientific and artistic disciplines. Stefan Geiß‘ dissertation, entitled „Die Aufmerksamkeitsspanne der Öffentlichkeit: Eine Studie zu Dauer und Intensität von Meinungsbildungsprozessen“ („The Public Attention Span: A Study of Duration and Intensity of Opinion Formation Processes“) has recently been released, published by Nomos.