Presentations by Philipp Müller

Peer-reviewed presentations

Schneiders, P., Müller, P., von Rimscha, B. & Stark, B. (2018). “The Message Well I Hear, the Source Alone Is Weak.” Threats and Opportunities of Media Branding in the Age of Social Media. Paper to be presented to the 6th ECREA European Communication Conference, November 3, Lugano

Müller, P., & Schulz, A. (2018). Corrective Actions or Political Claims? Determinants of Audience Members' Reactions to the 'Fake News' Debate. Paper to be presented to the 6th ECREA European Communication Conference, November 1, Lugano.

Wirz, D. S., Schulz, A., Schemer, C., Müller, P., Ernst, N., Esser, F., Wirth, W. (2018). How Right-Wing Populist Communication Influences Cognitions and Emotions Towards Immigrants: Evidence from a Cross-National Panel-Survey. Full paper presented to the 68th Annual ICA Conference, May 25, Prague.

Wirz, D. S., Schulz, A., Wettstein, M., Ernst, N., Schemer, C., Müller, P., & Wirth, W. (2018). Populistische Krisen-Rhetorik: Wie Emotionalisierung und Dramatisierung von populistischen Inhalten deren Wirkung verstärkt. Paper presented to the annual conference of the DGPuK Communication and Politics Division, February 10, Fribourg.

Schneiders, P., & Müller, P. (2017). „Die Botschaft erinner ich wohl, allein fehlt mir die Quelle.“ Chancen und Risiken von Publishing über Drittplattformen für Nachrichtenorganisationen und die Demokratie. Paper presented to the symposium "Digitale Revolution in der Demokratie 2017", September 30, Dresden.

Schemer, C., Müller, P., Wettstein, M., Schulz, A., Wirz, D., & Wirth, W. (2017). The Impact of Mediated Populism on Populist Attitudes. Paper presented to the 10th Conference of the DGPs Media Psychology Division, September 7, Landau.

Schemer, C., Müller, P., Wettstein, M., Schulz, A., Wirz, D., & Wirth, W. (2017). The Effects of Populist Communication in the News on Populist Attitudes in the Public. Paper presented to the 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting of the ISPP, July 2, Edinburgh.

Schemer, C., Geiß, S., Müller, P., & Schäfer, S. (2017). The Impact of Electronic Media Use on Adolescents’ Well-Being. Full paper presented to the 67th Annual ICA Conference, May 29, San Diego, CA.

Müller, P., Schemer, C., Wettstein, M., Schulz, A., Wirz, D. S., & Wirth, W. (2017). The Polarizing Impact of News Coverage on Populist Attitudes in the Public: Evidence from a Panel Study in four European Democracies. Full paper presented to the 67th Annual ICA Conference, May 27, San Diego, CA.

Schulz, A., Wirth, W., Wettstein, M., Wirz, D. S., & Müller, P. (2017). The Populist’s Worldview: How Populist Citizens Perceive Mainstream Media and Public Opinion. Full paper presented to the 67th Annual ICA Conference, May 27, San Diego, CA.

Schulz, A., Wirth, W., Wirz, D. S., Wettstein, M., Müller, P., & Schemer, C. (2017). Die populistische Weltanschauung. Wie Anhänger populistischer Ideen die Medien und das öffentliche Meinungsklima wahrnehmen. Paper presented to the annual conference of the DGPuK Media Reception and Effects Division, January 27, Erfurt.

Müller, P. (2017). Dynamik ist Ansichtssache. Akteure, ihre Beobachtungen und der Wandel von Medienstrukturen. Paper presented to the workshop of "Netzwerk Medienstrukturen", January 21, Hamburg.

Schäfer, S., Sülflow, M., & Müller, P. (2016). Understanding the Appeal of Facebook as a Source for Political Information. An Application of the Niche Theory. Paper presented to the 6th ECREA European Communication Conference, November 12, Prague.

Müller, P. (2016). Perception of Media Change and Attitudes towards Media Education. Poster presented to the 6th ECREA European Communication Conference, November 11, Prague.

Müller, P., Schmitt, J. B., & Krämer, B. (2016). Between Association and Dissociation: How Parents Influence Media Innovativeness at Later Life Stages. Full paper presented to the 66th Annual ICA Conference, June 12, Fukuoka.

Müller, P., Schneiders, P., & Schäfer, S. (2016). Appetizer or Main Dish? Explaining the Use of Facebook News Content as a Substitute for Other News Sources. Full paper presented to the 66th Annual ICA Conference, June 10, Fukuoka.

Schulz, A., Wettstein, M., Müller, P., Wirz, D., Schemer, C., & Wirth, W. (2016). News Media Use and Populist Attitudes: Is There an Unholy Alliance? Paper presented to the ICA preconference “Populism in, by, and against the Media”, June 9, Fukuoka.

Schemer, C., Schulz, A., Müller, P., Wirz, D., Wettstein, M., & Wirth, W. (2016). Validation of a Populist Attitudes Measure for Public Opinion Surveys. Paper presented to the workshop of COST Action IS1308 “Populist Political Communication in Europe”, April 8, Cracow.

Müller, P., Krämer, B., & Schmitt, J. B. (2016). Zwischen Anlehnung und Abgrenzung: Einflüsse der elterlichen Mediennutzung und Medienerziehung auf das spätere Handeln im Zuge des Medienwandels. Paper presented to the 61st Annual DGPuK Conference, April 1, Leipzig.

Müller, P., Schneiders, P., & Schäfer, S. (2016). Appetizer oder Hauptgericht? Folgen der Rezeption von Nachrichteninhalten bei Facebook für die übrige Nachrichtennutzung. Paper presented to the annual conference of the DGPuK Media Reception and Effects Division, January 30, Amsterdam.

Müller, P. (2015). Perception of Media Change and Stress. Paper presented to the 9th Conference of the DGPs Media Psychology Division, September 10, Tübingen.

Schulz, A., Müller, P., Wirz, D., Wettstein, M., Schemer, C., & Wirth, W. (2015). Measuring Populist Attitudes as a Multidimensional Concept. Full paper presented to the ECPR General Conference 2015, August 28, Montreal.

Müller, P., & Scherr, S. (2015). A Matter of Perspective? How Self-Distancing and Perspective-Taking Influence First- and Third-Person Perceptions. Full paper presented to the 65th Annual ICA Conference, May 24, San Juan.

Keppeler, J., Krämer, B., & Müller, P. (2015). Looking Left or Looking Right? Effects of Newspaper Layout on the Perception of Political News. Full paper presented to the 65th Annual ICA Conference, May 23, San Juan.

Naab, T., & Müller, P. (2015). Media Beliefs: Concept and Measurement. Paper presented to the 65th Annual ICA Conference, May 23, San Juan.

Scherr, S. & Müller, P. (2015). I Shake My Head But They Will Nod: On the Relevance of Persuasion Knowledge and Reactance for Third-Person Perceptions. Paper presented to the 65th Annual ICA Conference, May 22, San Juan.

Müller, P., & Scherr, S. (2015). Perspektivenwechsel in der Third-Person-Forschung: Der Einfluss von Selbstdistanzierung und Perspektivübernahme auf Third- und First-Person-Wahrnehmungen. Paper presented to the annual conference of the DGPuK Media Reception and Effects Division, January 23, Bamberg.

Wirz, D. S., Wettstein, M., Schulz, A., Schemer, C., Müller, P., & Wirth, W. (2015). Die unbeabsichtigte Komplizenschaft von Populisten und Boulevardmedien: Wirkung populistischer Appelle auf Zeitungsleser. Paper presented to the annual conference of the DGPuK Media Reception and Effects Division, January 23, Bamberg.

Müller, P. (2014). Gib mir Orientierung, gib mir Redestoff! – Wie sich die Wahrnehmung medialer Leistungen und Nöte auf die Zahlungsbereitschaft für journalistische Inhalte auswirkt. Paper presented to the annual conference of the DGPuK Media Economics Division, November 14, Mainz.

Keppeler, J., & Müller, P. (2014). Design Follows Politics? The Visualization of Political Orientation in the Page Layout of German Newspapers. Poster presented to the 5th ECREA European Communication Conference, November 13, Lisbon.

Schemer, C., & Müller, P. (2014). The Combined Impact of News Coverage of Outgroups on Outgroup Derogation and Ingroup Favoritism. Full paper presented to the 64th Annual ICA Conference, May 26, Seattle, WA.

Müller, P., & Hohlfeld, R. (2014). Journalists’ Presumptions of Media Effects: A Framework of their Dimensions, Determinants, and Consequences. Full paper presented to the 64th Annual ICA Conference, May 25, Seattle, WA.

Müller, P., & Naab, T. (2014). Thinking about Media: Laypeople’s Media Theories and their Consequences in the Context of Contemporary Mass Media Content Co-Production. Paper presented to the conference „The Future of Audience Research: Agenda, Theory and Societal Significance” of COST Action IS0906 "Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies", February 6, Ljubljana.

Müller, P. (2014). Die Relevanz subjektiver Medientheorien. Kick-off speech during the workshop „Subjektive Medientheorien: Theoretischer Mehrwert und empirischer Zugriff aus der Perspektive der Rezeptions- und Wirkungsforschung“ at the annual conference of the DGPuK Media Reception and Effects Division, January 25, Hannover.

Menke, M., & Müller, P. (2013). Not Lost, But Gone Before: A Typology of Media Nostalgia. Full Paper presented to the conference "Nostalgias: Visualising Longing", November 9, Margate.

Müller, P., & Hohlfeld, R. (2013). Journalists´ Presumptions of Media Effects. A Theoretical Framework of their Dimensions, Determinants and Consequences. Paper presented to the IAMCR 2013 Conference, June 29, Dublin.

Müller, P. (2013). “We Are Better than the Others”: Bias in Intergroup Social Comparisons within Media Coverage.  Paper presented to the 63rd Annual ICA Conference, June 21, London.

Krämer, B., & Müller, P. (2013). Die (Geschichts-)Theorien der Mediengeschichtsforschung – Ansätze für Typologien. Paper presented to the annual conference of the DGPuK Communication History division, January 17, Augsburg.

Müller, P., & Krämer, B. (2012). What Shapes Users´ Perceptions of Media Change? Paper presented to the 4th ECREA European Communication Conference, Oktober 26, Istanbul.

Krämer, B., & Müller, P. (2012). Is a Theory of Media History Possible? Some Meta-Historical Reflections. Paper presented to the 4th ECREA European Communication Conference, Oktober 25, Istanbul.

Müller, P., Scherr, S., & Fast, V. (2012). Exemplar Effects in the Framework of the Influence of Presumed Media Influence. Paper presented to the 62nd Annual ICA Conference, May 25, Phoenix, AZ.

Fast, V., Müller, P., & Scherr, S. (2012). Statistische Informationen in den Medien. Zum Einfluss summarischer Realitätsbeschreibungen auf Fallbeispielwirkung und Kommunikatorglaubwürdigkeit. Paper presented to the joint annual conference of the DGPuK Media Reception and Effects and Journalism Divisions, February 4, Hamburg.

Müller, P., & Hohlfeld, R. (2012). Journalistische Vorstellungen von Medienwirkungen. Paper presented to the joint annual conference of the DGPuK Media Reception and Effects and Journalism Divisions, February 3, Hamburg.

Müller, P. (2011). Othering as a Mediated Process. Theoretical Modelling and Examples from International Communication. Poster presented to the 1st Vienna Forum of the Social Sciences, December 2, Vienna.

Müller, P. (2011). The Presentation Component of the Third-Person Effect. An Example of Communicatively Shared Intergroup Comparisons. Full paper presented to the 61st Annual ICA Conference, May 29, Boston, MA.

Müller, P., Fast, V., & Scherr, S. (2011). Exemplification Effects: An Illusion? The Influence of Presumed Media Influence on Exemplary Information Processing. Full paper presented to the 61st Annual ICA Conference, May 29, Boston, MA.

Müller, P. (2011). 'Optimistic Bias' als Schema von Mediendiskursen. Zur Anwendbarkeit eines sozialpsychologischen Ansatzes auf den Journalismus. Paper presented to the joint annual conference of the DGPuK journalism and media language/media discourses Divisions, February 10, Tübingen.

Scherr, S., Fast, V., & Müller, P. (2011). Der Einfluss wahrgenommener Medienwirkungen auf die Verarbeitung von Fallbeispielen. Paper presented to the annual conference of theDGPuK Media Reception and Effects Division, January 28, Munich.

Müller, P., & Hohlfeld, R. (2010). The Macro-Level Third-Person Effect and its Social Consequences. Paper presented to the 3rd ECREA European Communication Conference, Oktober 13, Hamburg.

Müller, P. (2010). Der öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunk auf dem Weg in die Existenzkrise? Der Einfluss des Wandels der Mediennutzung auf die Rundfunkstrukturen in Deutschland. Paper presented to the workshop of "Netzwerk Medienstrukturen", September 17, Düsseldorf.

Müller, P., & Hohlfeld, R. (2010). Journalistic Third-Person Perceptions and their Effect on Foreign Coverage. A Comparison between Germany and the U.S. Paper presented to the conference "Comparing Journalism: Theory, Methodology, Findings”, July 10, Eichstätt.

Müller, P. (2009). Tabloid Britain - Broadsheet Germany? Die Bedeutung der Boulevardpresse für die politische Kommunikation in Großbritannien und Deutschland im Vergleich. Paper presented to the "5. Düsseldorfer Forum Politische Kommunikation", April 5, Düsseldorf.

Invited talks

Müller, P. (2018). Information und Desinformation in sozialen Medien – was bleibt beim Nutzer? Paper presented to the conference „Ethik der Information: Medienwirkung zwischen Journalistik und Selbstbedienung“ of Collegium Catholicum, November 17, Jena.

Müller, P. (2018). Populism and the Media: A Paradoxical Relationship. Paper presented to the 4th Turkish-German Frontiers of Social Science Symposium of Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Stiftung Mercator and Koç Üniversitesi, September 28, Potsdam.

Müller, P., & Schulz, A. (2018). When Facebook Becam Fakebook: How the ‚Fake News‘ Debate Affected Facebook’s Reputation as a News Source. Paper presented to the invited symposium "Fake News and Dealing with Evidence" at the 51st DGPs congress, September 18, Frankfurt a. M.

Müller, P. (2018). Die „Wahrheit“ des Journalismus und die „alternative Wahrheit“ der sozialen Medien. Antagonistische Weltbilder im aktuellen öffentlichen Diskurs und ihr gemeinsamer Kern. Talk given within the lecture series "Mainzer Universitätsgespräche", June 13, Mainz.

Krämer, B., & Müller, P. (2018). Is a Theory of Media History Possible (And Necessary)? Full paper presented to the ICA Affiliate Journal panel at the 68th Annual ICA Conference, May 25, Prague.

Müller, P. (2017). Die Wirkung von „Fact-Checking.“ Kick-off speech given to the "Wissenswerte 2017 – Bremer Forum für Wissenschaftsjournalismus" conference, December 4, Darmstadt.

Müller, P., Schemer, C., Wettstein, M., Schulz, A., Wirz, D. S., Engesser, S., & Wirth, W. (2017). The Polarizing Impact of News Coverage on Populist Attitudes in the Public. Full paper presented to the Final Conference of the NCCR Democracy, June 15, Zurich.

Engesser, S., Ernst, N., Büchel, F., Wettstein, M., Wirz, D., Schulz, A., Müller, P., Schemer, C., Wirth, W., & Esser, F. (2017). Populism in the Press: A Comparative Analysis of Ten Western Democracies. Full paper presented to the Final Conference of the NCCR Democracy, June 15, Zurich.

Müller, P. (2017). How Mediated Discourse about Populism Polarizes Society. Guest lecture in the lecture series "Contemporary Research in Social Science" at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, April 26, Mainz.

Müller, P. (2017). Der neue Kampf um die Wahrheit: Von „Fake News", „Lügenmedien" und einer sich spaltenden Gesellschaft. Keynote given at the education day on "#Fake News" hosted by the youth and welfare office of the city of Frankfurt, April 20, Frankfurt a. M.

Müller, P. (2017). People vs. Elite: How Populist Media Messages Polarize Public Opinion. Paper presented to the 2017 Interdisciplinary Symposium at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, March 7, Mainz.

Müller, P. (2016). Medienkonvergenz und gesellschaftliche Divergenz als akteursgetriebene Prozesse: Die Rolle der sozialen Wahrnehmung. Kick-off speech given to the "Kommunikationswissenschaftliche Tage 2016" conference of ÖGK, November 25, Salzburg.

Wirth, W., Schemer, C., Wettstein, M., Wirz, D., Schulz, A., & Müller, P. (2014). Media Use and Populist Attitudes: Is there an Unholy Alliance? Full paper presented to the 7th NCCR Democracy Internal Conference, November 21, Thun.

Müller, P. (2013). Social Perceptions in the Communication Process. Guest lecture at the Dipartimento di Comunicazione e Ricerca Sociale at Sapienza - Università di Roma, April 8 and 9, Rome.