As of August 1st 2017, Stefan Geiß has been appointed Associate Professor for Political Communication at NTNU Trondheim, Norway.
02/2009–07/2017: Research Associate, Department of Communication, University of Mainz
01/2009: Master of Arts in Mass Communication (major), Psychology and Political Science; Master Thesis on „Attention Cycles of Mass Media”
10/2005-01/2009: Research Assistant, Department of Communication, University of Mainz
10/2004-01/2009: Study of Mass Communication, Psychology, Political Science und Film Studies at the University of Mainz and at the University of Agder, Kristiansand (Norway)
Research areas:
- Agenda Setting, Agenda Building and Priming
- Media Framing
- Media Convergence, New Media, Information Technology
- Economic reporting
Membership:
- Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
- German Communication Association (DGPuK)
- European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
- International Communication Association (ICA)
- Young Researcher’s Network in Political Communication (NapoKo)
- World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR)
Honorary offices:
Co-Spokesperson of the Young Researcher’s Network in Political Communication (NapoKo)
Prizes and Awards:
- ICA Top Student Paper in Political Communication: „Effects of issue, candidate, and party primes: Decision-making in a dynamic news environment” at the 62th Annual Conference of the ICA „Community and Communication“ (Phoenix, May 2012).
- Honorary Mention by the Naomi C. Turner-Prize Committee: „News Waves’ Impact on the Issue Composition of Newspapers: Analyzing Competition for Media Attention.” (Lausanne, September 2009)