Melanie Magin

About

Melanie Magin is Professor in Media Sociology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim and has a PhD in Communication Studies from JGU Mainz (Germany). She works at the intersection of political communication, online communication (particularly social media and search engines) and comparative research. Her research focuses on the societal role and impact of traditional and new media as well as the chances and risks associated with them. She is former chair and vice chair of the Political Communication Section of the European Communication Research and Education Association. Her work has been published in journals such as Political Communication, The International Journal of Press/Politics, Information, Communication & Society, and Digital Journalism. In 2024, she was awarded the status of an excellent teaching practitioner at NTNU.

Academic Education

2011 PhD (Dr. phil.), Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) Mainz, Department of Communication, Germany
Thesis: "Campaign Coverage in a Cross-National and Longitudinal Perspective. A Comparison of German and Austrian Elite Newspapers (1949-2006)"
2005 Master (Magistra Artium), JGU Mainz, Germany
Thesis: Families in German Daily Soaps
2000-05 Master studies in Communication Science, Sociology, and Book Science, JGU Mainz, Germany

Professional Career

Since 2021 Professor in Media Sociology, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU
2019-21 Associate Professor in Media Sociology, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU
2017-19 Postdoctoral Fellow in Media Sociology, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU
2012-17 Assistant Professor (Akademische Rätin), Department of Communication, JGU Mainz
2011-12 Research Associate, Department of Communication, JGU Mainz
2006-11 Research Associate and PhD Student, Commission of Comparative Media and Communication Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna
2005-06 Research Associate, Department of Communication, JGU Mainz
2005 Internship at TNS Emnid, Political and Social Research, Bielefeld
1999-2000 Voluntary Year of Social Service at the Caritas Children’s Village St. Anton, Riedenberg

Awards

2024 Longlisted for the Bob Franklin Journal Article Award 2023-24 as one of the top 6 papers in Journalism Studies (with B. Stark, O. Jandura, L. Udris, A. Riedl, M. Klein, M. Eisenegger, R. Kösters & B. Hofstetter Furrer)
2022 Shortlisted for the 2021 Digital Journalism Outstanding Article as one of the top 6 articles (with S. Geiß, P. Jürgens & B. Stark)
2022 Top Faculty Award, received from ICA’s Journalism Studies Division (with R. Kösters, O. Jandura, B. Stark, L. Udris, M. Klein, A. Riedl & R. Weiß)
2019 Award for the Best Journal Article in a German-language journal in Communication Studies 2018 (first place), received from the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Germany (with S. Geiß, B. Stark & P. Jürgens)
2017 Best Abstract Award, received from ECREA’s Political Communication Section (with P. Jürgens & B. Stark)
2016 Award for the Best Journal Article in Communication Studies in a German-language journal 2015 (second place), received from the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Germany (with M. Steiner, D. Heinbach, S. Bosold, A. Pieper, E.-M. Felka & B. Stark)
2012 Advancement Award Media Research of the Austrian Newspaper Association (VÖZ) (Best Dissertation Award), Austria
2012 Advancement Award of the Dr Maria Schaumayer Foundation (Best Dissertation Award), Austria
2006 Award for an outstanding Master thesis, received from the Department of Communication, JGU Mainz, Germany
2006 Award for the best Master thesis combining theory and practice, received from the Alumni Foundation Mainz, Germany
2005 Scholarship for excellent master candidates, received from JGU Mainz, Germany

Membership of Scientific Associations and Networks

International Communication Association (ICA); European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA); European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR); Norwegian Sociological Association; German Communication Association (DGPuK); Austrian Communication Association (ÖGK); Section Media and Communication Sociology of the German Sociological Association; Network Media Structures; Norwegian Media Researcher Association (Norsk Medieforskerlag); POLKOM – Centre for Studies of Political Communication, Norway

Institutional Responsibilities (External), Selection

2024- Editorial Board Member, Political Communication
2023- Member of the National Academic Council for Media Studies, Norway
2023- Assessor for the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN)
2021- Board member of the Norwegian Media Researcher Association (Norsk medieforskerlag), since 2023 also treasurer
2020- Board Member of POLKOM/POLCOM (Centre for the Study of Political Communication), Norway
2019- Editorial Board Member, Media and Communication
2019-23 Deputy member of the National Academic Council for Media Studies, Norway
2021-22 Chair of ECREA's Political Communication Section
2016-22 Vice chair of ECREA's Political Communication Section
2012-16 Representative of the YECREA (Young ECREA) in ECREA’s Political Communication Section
2011-15 Representative of Young Scholars in the German Communication Association (DGPuK)
2010-11 Spokesperson of NapoKo (Network of Young Scholars in Political Communication)

Institutional Responsibilities (Internal), Selection

2021-25 Head of the master program in Media, Communication and Information Technology, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Sociology and Political Science
2021-25 Deputy representative for permanent academic staff in the Department Board, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Sociology and Political Science
2021-25 Member of the education committee, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Sociology and Political Science
Since 2019 Member of the program advice committee on the bachelor program in Media Science, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Art and Media Studies
2022 Member of the committee for periodic evaluation of the bachelor program in Media Science, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Art and Media Studies
2018, 2020 Substitute head of the master program in Media, Communication and Information Technology (6 months each), NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Sociology and Political Science
2014-17 Member of the Campus TV Board, JGU Mainz
2012-16 Vice Officer for Equal Opportunities, Faculty of Social Sciences, Media, and Sports, JGU Mainz
2012-13 Member of the Advisory Board of the Alumni Foundation Mainz

Organization of Events

2022 Co-organizer of the virtual 2 day-ECREA Early Career Scholars Workshop “Advancing Concepts and Methods in Political Communication” (with C. Monzer, E. Gagrčin, A. Stępińska & J. Ohme)
2021 Member of the Conference Committee of the ECREA Political Communication Conference 2021 “Communicating crisis: Political communication in the age of uncertainty”, Bucharest, Romania (virtual; with N. Corbu, A. Schuck & V. Štětka)
2020/21 Program chair of ECREA’s Political Communication Section for the European Communication Conference 2020/postponed to 2021, Braga, Portugal (virtual)
2019 Member of the Conference Committee of the ECREA Political Communication Conference 2019 “Transforming Communication – Old and New Borders”, Poznan, Poland (with A. Stępińska, A. Schuck & V. Štětka)
2019 Co-Organizer of an international workshop on Automated Content Analysis, NTNU, Trondheim (with T. Aalberg, K. Dyrstad & P. Maurer)
2015 Organizer of YECREA-sponsored workshop: “How to Successfully Publish in Peer-Reviewed Journals”. Odense, Denmark
2013 Member of the Conference Committee of the 58th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Mainz, Germany
2013 Organizer of a series of events for students’ information on jobs, Department of Communication, JGU Mainz (with V. Granow & P. Schneiders)
2012 Host of the 1st Bi-Annual Conference of Young Scholars of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Mainz, Germany (with S. Geiß, A. Schnauber & P. Weichselbaum, University of Mainz, & S. Engesser, University of Zurich)
2010 Host of the 12th Annual Conference of the Methods Section of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) on “Methodological challenges of comparative research”, Vienna, Austria (with B. Stark)
2010 Host of the 2nd NapoKo Colloquium for Young Scholars in Political Communication, Vienna, Austria (with O. Gruber)

Research

Research Interests

Political communication (with a special focus on political news coverage and election campaigning)
Comparative communication research (cross-national and longitudinal comparisons)
Content analysis (quantitative & qualitative)
Media performance
Media systems and media structures
Online communication (with a special focus on social media and search engines)

Research Groups at NTNU

Research Projects (Selection)

Continuity and Change in Campaign Communication in Austria Since 1966 (CAMPCOM) (2007-11)

CampCom aims to investigate continuity and change in the roles played by the news media and political parties in Austrian campaign communication in a long-term perspective.

Publications

How Political Issues Shape Social Media Campaigns for National Elections

The 10 articles in this issue reveal diverse approaches to issue-based political communication on social media, emphasizing the significance of comparative research in this field.

Campaigning on Facebook in the 2019 European Parliament Election. Informing, Interacting with, and Mobilising Voters

This book investigates how political parties from 12 European countries used Facebook to inform, interact with and mobilise voters at the 2019 European Parliament election.

Demokratie braucht Medien [Democracy Needs Media]

Free and independent media are the foundation of the functioning of democracy. The volume critically examines the changing role of the media in the political system and the relationship between media and politics.

Social Media’s Role in Political and Societal Mobilization

In the recent past, social media has become a central channel and means for political and societal mobilization. The thematic issue highlights the multifaceted nature and scholarly fruitfulness of mobilization as an independent concept.

Media Performance in Times of Media Change

Media performance is constitutive for functioning democracies. The thematic issue critically discusses the situation regarding media performance in the age of digitalisation from different perspectives.

Are Algorithms a Threat to Democracy? The Rise of Intermediaries: A Challenge for Public Discourse

A healthy democracy needs informed citizens. A diversity of viewpoints is considered a core democratic value. With the increasing importance of intermediaries, the question arises whether algorithmic news curation is a threat to democracy.

In press:

Geiß, S. & Magin, M. (in press). The Mediatization Experience. An experiential learning simulation on mediatization of politics. In K. Coe & D. Zulli (Eds.), Teaching Political Communication. Elgar Guides to Teaching. Edward Elgar.

Haßler, J. & Magin, M. (in press). Online Campaigning in Modern Democracies. In M. Wheeler, P. Iosifidis & D. G. Lilleker (Eds.), The De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Political Communications. De Gruyter.

Magin, M. (in press). News Media Quality. In A. Nai, M. Grömping & D. Wirz (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Edward Elgar Publishing LTD.

Publications since 2017 displayed below.

Google Scholar (including publications until 2017)

2025

Magin, Melanie Andrea; Kösters, Raphael; Jandura, Olaf; Weiß, Ralph; Stark, Birgit; Udris, Linards. (2025) Viewpoint Diversity, Balance, Deliberativeness: Assessing the Media Performance of Migration Coverage Multi-Dimensionally Based on Deliberative Democratic Theories. Mass Communication & Society
Academic article

2024

Stegmann, Daniel; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2024) On the relationship between political campaigning and echo chambers. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2024) Student ownership of learning through course design: The example of an undergraduate political communication course. Communication Teacher
Academic article
Magin, Melanie. (2024) Bursting the belief in filter bubbles: A single-class activity to enhance critical thinking on algorithmic personalization. Communication Teacher
Academic article
Hakel, Katja; Magin, Melanie. (2024) The impact of professional development training on faculty’s integration of universal design for learning in daily teaching practices. International Journal of Inclusive Education
Academic article
Magin, Melanie Andrea; Haßler, Jörg; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli. (2024) Walking the line of the double bind - A cross-country comparison on women and men politicians’ self-presentations on social media. Nordic Journal of Media Studies
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli; Tønnesen, Hedvig. (2024) Tapestries of Topics: Factors Affecting the Issue Diversity of Political Parties’ Social Media Campaigns. Politics and Governance
Academic article
Larsson, Anders Olof; Tønnesen, Hedvig; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Skogerbø, Eli. (2024) Calls to (what kind of?) action: A framework for comparing political actors’ campaign strategies across social media platforms. New Media & Society
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli; Tønnesen, Hedvig. (2024) What makes the difference? Social media platforms and party characteristics as contextual factors for political parties’ use of populist political communication. Nordicom Review
Academic article
Baranowski, Paweł; Kruschinski, Simon; Russmann, Uta; Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Bene, Márton. (2024) Patterns of negative campaigning during the 2019 European election: Political parties' Facebook posts and users' sharing behaviour across twelve countries. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Haßler, Jörg. (2024) Political Issues in Social Media Campaigns for National Elections: A Plea for Comparative Research. Politics and Governance
Academic article

2023

Klein, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Riedl, Andreas; Udris, Linards; Stark, Birgit. (2023) From News Softening to Social News Softening: Comparing Patterns of Political News Coverage on Different (Social) Media Channels in Germany and Switzerland. Digital Journalism
Academic article
Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Rußmann, Uta. (2023) Why We Should Distinguish Between Mobilization and Participation When Investigating Social Media. Media and Communication
Academic article
Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Haßler, Jörg; Rußmann, Uta; Lilleker, Darren; Kruschinski, Simon. (2023) Populism in Context: A Cross-Country Investigation of the Facebook Usage of Populist Appeals During the 2019 European Parliament Elections. The International Journal of Press/Politics
Academic article
Magin, Melanie Andrea. (2023) Review of F. Oehmer-Pedrazzi, S. H. Kessler, E. Humprecht, K. Sommer & L. Castro Herrero (Eds.), Standardisierte Inhaltsanalyse in der Kommunikationswissenschaft – Standardized Content Analysis in Communication Research. Publizistik (2023). Published online ahead of print. Publizistik
Book review
Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta. (2023) Social Media’s Role in Political and Societal Mobilization. Media and Communication (3)
Report
Magin, Melanie Andrea. (2023) Tre spørsmål om metodeutvikling. Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT)
Feature article
Magin, Melanie Andrea; Stark, Birgit; Jandura, Olaf; Udris, Linards; Riedl, Andreas; Klein, Miriam. (2023) Seeing the Whole Picture. Towards a Multi-perspective Approach to News Content Diversity based on Liberal and Deliberative Models of Democracy. Journalism Studies
Academic article
Udris, Linards; Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Jandura, Olaf; Riedl, Andreas; Klein, Miriam. (2023) Diversity in the News. A Comparison of Digital and Analog Channels of Public Service Media and Daily Newspapers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft
Academic article
Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie. (2023) “Many shades of red”: Trondheim etter Ottervik-epoken.
Website (informational material)
Karlberg, Anne-Maren; Magin, Melanie. (2023) Health vs privacy. How Norwegian public authorities and news media framed the newly developed digital contact tracing app “Smittestopp” under the Covid-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Communication
Academic article
Tønnesen, Hedvig; Bene, Márton; Haßler, Jörg; Larsson, Anders Olof; Magin, Melanie; Skogerbø, Eli. (2023) Between anger and love: A multi-level study on the impact of policy issues on user reactions in national election campaigns on Facebook in Germany, Hungary, and Norway. New Media & Society
Academic article

2022

Pröll, Franziska; Magin, Melanie. (2022) Framing Feminicides—A Quantitative Content Analysis of News Stories in Four Colombian Newspapers. Journalism and Media
Academic article
Magin, Melanie. (2022) (Non-)Representativeness of Social Media Data. Edward Elgar Publishing
Encyclopedia article
Stegmann, Daniel; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2022) Filter Bubbles. Edward Elgar Publishing
Encyclopedia article
Baranowski, Paweł; Kruschinski, Simon; Russmann, Uta; Haβler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Márton, Bene. (2022) Patterns of Negative Campaigning during the 2019 European Election: Political Parties’ Facebook Posts and Users’ Sharing Behaviour across Twelve Countries. Journal of Information Technology & Politics (JITP)
Academic article
Wurst, Anna-Katharina; Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg; Kruschinski, Simon; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta. (2022) Missed opportunity to connect with European citizens? Europarties’ communication on Facebook during the 2019 European election campaign. Studies in Communication Sciences (SComS)
Academic article
Stegmann, Daniel; Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie. (2022) Echo Chambers. Edward Elgar Publishing
Encyclopedia article
Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Jackson, Daniel; Lilleker, Darren; Balaban, Delia; Baranowski, Paweł. (2022) The Polyphonic Sounds of Europe: Users’ Engagement With Parties’ European‐Focused Facebook Posts. Politics and Governance
Academic article
Bene, Márton; Ceron, Andrea; Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg; Kruschinski, Simon; Larsson, Anders Olof. (2022) Keep Them Engaged! Investigating the Effects of Self-centered Social Media Communication Style on User Engagement in 12 European Countries. Political Communication
Academic article

2021

Geise, Stephanie; Klinger, Ulrike; Magin, Melanie; Müller, Kathrin Friederike; Nitsch, Cordula; Riesmeyer, Claudia. (2021) The Normativity of Communication Research: A Content Analysis of Normative Claims in Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (1970–2014). Mass Communication & Society
Academic article
Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit. (2021) Loopholes in the Echo Chambers: How the Echo Chamber Metaphor Oversimplifies the Effects of Information Gateways on Opinion Expression. Digital Journalism
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Vigen, Marius Grefstad. (2021) When Nothing Happened but Much Changed: How Political Parties in Ireland Used Facebook in the 2019 EP Election Campaign. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Russmann, Uta; Fenoll, Vicente. (2021) Campaigning on Facebook in the 2019 European Parliament Election. Palgrave Macmillan Political Campaigning and Communication (—)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan; Stark, Birgit; Jürgens, Pascal. (2021) Common Core in Danger? Personalized Information and the Fragmentation of the Public Agenda. The International Journal of Press/Politics
Academic article
Geise, Stephanie; Klinger, Ulrike; Magin, Melanie; Müller, Kathrin Friederike; Nitsch, Cordula; Riesmeyer, Claudia. (2021) Wie normativ ist die Kommunikationswissenschaft? Ein inhaltsanalytischer Vergleich deutscher und US-amerikanischer Fachzeitschriftenaufsätze. Publizistik
Academic article
Tønnesen, Hedvig; Reutter, Lisa Marie; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Når alt vi gjør registreres og systematiseres: Stordata i hverdagen. .
Popular scientific chapter/article
Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta; Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg. (2021) Information Greater than Mobilisation Greater than Interaction. Contours of a Pan-European Style of Social Media Campaigning. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Steiner, Miriam; Häuptli, Andrea; Stark, Birgit; Udris, Linards. (2021) Is Facebook driving tabloidization? A cross-channel comparison of two German newspapers. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2021) Hva skjer når algoritmene personaliseres: Fanges vi av filterbobler og ekkokamre?.
Popular scientific chapter/article
Stark, Birgit; Rußmann, Uta; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Warum die Demokratie die Medien braucht. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2021) Maßlos überschätzt. Ein Überblick über theoretische Annahmen und empirische Befunde zu Filterblasen und Echokammern. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Rußmann, Uta; Haßler, Jörg; Fenoll, Vicente; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Social media as a campaigning tool in European Parliament elections. Theoretical considerations and state of research. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta; Baranowski, Pawel; Bene, Márton; Schlosser, Katharina. (2021) Reaching out to the Europeans. Political parties’ Facebook strategies of issue ownership and the second-order character of European Election campaigns. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Åm, Heidrun; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Bruk av andres forskning. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
Chapter
Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta; Stark, Birgit. (2021) Demokratie braucht Medien. Springer Springer
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta. (2021) Campaigning for Strasbourg on Facebook. Introduction to a 12-country Comparison on Parties’ Facebook Campaigns in the 2019 European Parliament Election. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan. (2021) Kvantitativ innholdsanalyse: fra problemstilling til gjennomført analyse. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2021) Politischer Parallelismus. Herbert von Halem Verlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Hopmann, David Nicolas. (2021) A day off during the 2019 Folketing election campaign. Political parties’ use of Facebook in the European Parliament election in Denmark. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2021) Wahlberichterstattung. Herbert von Halem Verlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2020

Grøtan, Tor Olav; Fiskvik, Jannicke; Haro, Peter Halland; Auran, Per Gunnar; Mathisen, Bjørn Magnus; Karlsen, Geir Hågen. (2020) På leting etter utenlandsk informasjonspåvirkning En analyse av det norske kommunestyre- og fylkestingsvalget 2019 (Rapport på oppdrag fra Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet). SINTEF
Report
Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2020) Media Performance in Times of Media Change. Thematic Issue. Media and Communication (3)
Report
Steiner, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Geiss, Stefan. (2020) Seek and you shall find? A content analysis on the diversity of five search engines’ results on political queries. Information, Communication & Society
Academic article
Stark, Birgit; Stegmann, Daniel; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2020) Are Algorithms a Threat to Democracy? The Rise of Intermediaries: A Challenge for Public Discourse. . AlgorithmWatch
Report
Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2020) More Relevant Today Than Ever: Past, Present and Future of Media Performance Research. . Media and Communication
Editorial
Magin, Melanie. (2020) Boulevardisierung. Springer
Chapter
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan. (2020) Meinungsbildung in und mit sozialen Medien. Springer
Chapter

2019

Steiner, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Jürgens, Pascal. (2019) Aus Versehen informiert? Facebooks Bedeutung für die Nachrichtennutzung nebenbei – eine Mehrmethoden-Analyse. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan; Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit. (2019) Schweigespirale oder Echokammer? Zum Einfluss sozialer Medien auf die Artikulationsbereitschaft in der Migrationsdebatte. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie. (2019) Two Half-Truths Make a Whole? On Bias in Self-reports and Tracking Data. Social science computer review
Academic article
Magin, Melanie. (2019) Elite versus Popular Press. Wiley-Blackwell
Encyclopedia article
Steiner, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2019) Uneasy Bedfellows. Comparing the Diversity of German Public Service News on Television and on Facebook. Digital Journalism
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Maurer, Peter. (2019) Beat Journalism and Reporting . Oxford University Press
Encyclopedia article
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan. (2019) Beyond Time and Space: The Impact of Autonomy from Politics and Commercialization Pressure on Mediatization in German and Austrian Newspapers—A Multilevel Approach. Political Communication
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Steiner, Miriam; Stark, Birgit. (2019) Suche im Netz – einseitige oder vielfältige Informationsquelle? Eine Inhaltsanalyse der politischen Informationsvielfalt von Suchmaschinenergebnissen. . Media Perspektiven
Academic article
Bil-Jaruzelska, Anna; de Wilde, Pieter; Magin, Melanie; Maurer, Peter; Özdemir, Sina Furkan; Rasch, Astrid. (2019) Blog "@realSocialMedia by Trondheim Analytica".
Website (informational material)
Magin, Melanie. (2019) Review of D. Bertel, J. Himmelsbach, C. Krakovsky, B. Metzler, A. Riedl & L. Möller (Eds.), Junge Perspektiven auf Partizipation in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Beiträge zur ersten under-docs-Fachtagung zu Kommunikation. . Medien Journal
Book review
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie. (2019) Neuer Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit durch Informationsintermediäre: Wie Google, Facebook & Co. Medien und Politik verändern. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Grøtan, Tor Olav; Fiskvik, Jannicke; Haro, Peter Halland; Auran, Per Gunnar; Mathisen, Bjørn Magnus; Magin, Melanie. (2019) På leting etter utenlandsk informasjonspåvirkning. En analyse av det norske kommunestyre- og fylkestingsvalget 2019. SINTEF rapport 2019:01292 . SINTEF Rapport (2019:01292)
Report
Magin, Melanie. (2019) Review of D. Bertel, J. Himmelsbach, C. Krakovsky, B. Metzler, A. Riedl & L. Möller (Eds.), Junge Perspektiven auf Partizipation in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Beiträge zur ersten under-docs-Fachtagung zu Kommunikation. [Young Perspectives on Participation in History and Present. Contributions to the first under-docs Conference on Communication.] (danzig & unfried, 2016). Medien Journal
Book review

2018

Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Jürgens, Pascal. (2018) ["Common Meeting Ground"? Selection Logics of Political Information Sources and Their Influence on Individual-Level Issue Fragmentation]. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft
Academic article
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2018) Politische Meinungsbildung im Netz: Die Rolle der Informationsintermediäre. UFITA - Archiv für Medienrecht und Medienwissenschaft
Academic article
Magin, Melanie. (2018) Review of M. B. von Rimscha, S. Studer & M. Puppis (eds.), Methodische Zugänge zur Erforschung von Medienstrukturen, Medienorganisationen und Medienstrategien. Publizistik
Book review

2017

Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2017) Ganz meine Meinung? Informationsintermediäre und Meinungsbildung – Eine Mehrmethodenstudie am Beispiel von Facebook. Landesanstalt für Medien Nordrhein-Westalen (LfM)
Academic monograph

Journal publications

Magin, Melanie Andrea; Kösters, Raphael; Jandura, Olaf; Weiß, Ralph; Stark, Birgit; Udris, Linards. (2025) Viewpoint Diversity, Balance, Deliberativeness: Assessing the Media Performance of Migration Coverage Multi-Dimensionally Based on Deliberative Democratic Theories. Mass Communication & Society
Academic article
Magin, Melanie. (2024) Student ownership of learning through course design: The example of an undergraduate political communication course. Communication Teacher
Academic article
Magin, Melanie. (2024) Bursting the belief in filter bubbles: A single-class activity to enhance critical thinking on algorithmic personalization. Communication Teacher
Academic article
Hakel, Katja; Magin, Melanie. (2024) The impact of professional development training on faculty’s integration of universal design for learning in daily teaching practices. International Journal of Inclusive Education
Academic article
Magin, Melanie Andrea; Haßler, Jörg; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli. (2024) Walking the line of the double bind - A cross-country comparison on women and men politicians’ self-presentations on social media. Nordic Journal of Media Studies
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli; Tønnesen, Hedvig. (2024) Tapestries of Topics: Factors Affecting the Issue Diversity of Political Parties’ Social Media Campaigns. Politics and Governance
Academic article
Larsson, Anders Olof; Tønnesen, Hedvig; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Skogerbø, Eli. (2024) Calls to (what kind of?) action: A framework for comparing political actors’ campaign strategies across social media platforms. New Media & Society
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli; Tønnesen, Hedvig. (2024) What makes the difference? Social media platforms and party characteristics as contextual factors for political parties’ use of populist political communication. Nordicom Review
Academic article
Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Haßler, Jörg. (2024) Political Issues in Social Media Campaigns for National Elections: A Plea for Comparative Research. Politics and Governance
Academic article
Klein, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Riedl, Andreas; Udris, Linards; Stark, Birgit. (2023) From News Softening to Social News Softening: Comparing Patterns of Political News Coverage on Different (Social) Media Channels in Germany and Switzerland. Digital Journalism
Academic article
Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Rußmann, Uta. (2023) Why We Should Distinguish Between Mobilization and Participation When Investigating Social Media. Media and Communication
Academic article
Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Haßler, Jörg; Rußmann, Uta; Lilleker, Darren; Kruschinski, Simon. (2023) Populism in Context: A Cross-Country Investigation of the Facebook Usage of Populist Appeals During the 2019 European Parliament Elections. The International Journal of Press/Politics
Academic article
Magin, Melanie Andrea. (2023) Review of F. Oehmer-Pedrazzi, S. H. Kessler, E. Humprecht, K. Sommer & L. Castro Herrero (Eds.), Standardisierte Inhaltsanalyse in der Kommunikationswissenschaft – Standardized Content Analysis in Communication Research. Publizistik (2023). Published online ahead of print. Publizistik
Book review
Magin, Melanie Andrea. (2023) Tre spørsmål om metodeutvikling. Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT)
Feature article
Magin, Melanie Andrea; Stark, Birgit; Jandura, Olaf; Udris, Linards; Riedl, Andreas; Klein, Miriam. (2023) Seeing the Whole Picture. Towards a Multi-perspective Approach to News Content Diversity based on Liberal and Deliberative Models of Democracy. Journalism Studies
Academic article
Udris, Linards; Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Jandura, Olaf; Riedl, Andreas; Klein, Miriam. (2023) Diversity in the News. A Comparison of Digital and Analog Channels of Public Service Media and Daily Newspapers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft
Academic article
Karlberg, Anne-Maren; Magin, Melanie. (2023) Health vs privacy. How Norwegian public authorities and news media framed the newly developed digital contact tracing app “Smittestopp” under the Covid-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Communication
Academic article
Tønnesen, Hedvig; Bene, Márton; Haßler, Jörg; Larsson, Anders Olof; Magin, Melanie; Skogerbø, Eli. (2023) Between anger and love: A multi-level study on the impact of policy issues on user reactions in national election campaigns on Facebook in Germany, Hungary, and Norway. New Media & Society
Academic article
Pröll, Franziska; Magin, Melanie. (2022) Framing Feminicides—A Quantitative Content Analysis of News Stories in Four Colombian Newspapers. Journalism and Media
Academic article
Baranowski, Paweł; Kruschinski, Simon; Russmann, Uta; Haβler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Márton, Bene. (2022) Patterns of Negative Campaigning during the 2019 European Election: Political Parties’ Facebook Posts and Users’ Sharing Behaviour across Twelve Countries. Journal of Information Technology & Politics (JITP)
Academic article
Wurst, Anna-Katharina; Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg; Kruschinski, Simon; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta. (2022) Missed opportunity to connect with European citizens? Europarties’ communication on Facebook during the 2019 European election campaign. Studies in Communication Sciences (SComS)
Academic article
Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Jackson, Daniel; Lilleker, Darren; Balaban, Delia; Baranowski, Paweł. (2022) The Polyphonic Sounds of Europe: Users’ Engagement With Parties’ European‐Focused Facebook Posts. Politics and Governance
Academic article
Bene, Márton; Ceron, Andrea; Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg; Kruschinski, Simon; Larsson, Anders Olof. (2022) Keep Them Engaged! Investigating the Effects of Self-centered Social Media Communication Style on User Engagement in 12 European Countries. Political Communication
Academic article
Geise, Stephanie; Klinger, Ulrike; Magin, Melanie; Müller, Kathrin Friederike; Nitsch, Cordula; Riesmeyer, Claudia. (2021) The Normativity of Communication Research: A Content Analysis of Normative Claims in Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (1970–2014). Mass Communication & Society
Academic article
Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit. (2021) Loopholes in the Echo Chambers: How the Echo Chamber Metaphor Oversimplifies the Effects of Information Gateways on Opinion Expression. Digital Journalism
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan; Stark, Birgit; Jürgens, Pascal. (2021) Common Core in Danger? Personalized Information and the Fragmentation of the Public Agenda. The International Journal of Press/Politics
Academic article
Geise, Stephanie; Klinger, Ulrike; Magin, Melanie; Müller, Kathrin Friederike; Nitsch, Cordula; Riesmeyer, Claudia. (2021) Wie normativ ist die Kommunikationswissenschaft? Ein inhaltsanalytischer Vergleich deutscher und US-amerikanischer Fachzeitschriftenaufsätze. Publizistik
Academic article
Steiner, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Geiss, Stefan. (2020) Seek and you shall find? A content analysis on the diversity of five search engines’ results on political queries. Information, Communication & Society
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2020) More Relevant Today Than Ever: Past, Present and Future of Media Performance Research. . Media and Communication
Editorial
Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie. (2019) Two Half-Truths Make a Whole? On Bias in Self-reports and Tracking Data. Social science computer review
Academic article
Steiner, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2019) Uneasy Bedfellows. Comparing the Diversity of German Public Service News on Television and on Facebook. Digital Journalism
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan. (2019) Beyond Time and Space: The Impact of Autonomy from Politics and Commercialization Pressure on Mediatization in German and Austrian Newspapers—A Multilevel Approach. Political Communication
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Steiner, Miriam; Stark, Birgit. (2019) Suche im Netz – einseitige oder vielfältige Informationsquelle? Eine Inhaltsanalyse der politischen Informationsvielfalt von Suchmaschinenergebnissen. . Media Perspektiven
Academic article
Magin, Melanie. (2019) Review of D. Bertel, J. Himmelsbach, C. Krakovsky, B. Metzler, A. Riedl & L. Möller (Eds.), Junge Perspektiven auf Partizipation in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Beiträge zur ersten under-docs-Fachtagung zu Kommunikation. . Medien Journal
Book review
Magin, Melanie. (2019) Review of D. Bertel, J. Himmelsbach, C. Krakovsky, B. Metzler, A. Riedl & L. Möller (Eds.), Junge Perspektiven auf Partizipation in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Beiträge zur ersten under-docs-Fachtagung zu Kommunikation. [Young Perspectives on Participation in History and Present. Contributions to the first under-docs Conference on Communication.] (danzig & unfried, 2016). Medien Journal
Book review
Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Jürgens, Pascal. (2018) ["Common Meeting Ground"? Selection Logics of Political Information Sources and Their Influence on Individual-Level Issue Fragmentation]. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft
Academic article
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2018) Politische Meinungsbildung im Netz: Die Rolle der Informationsintermediäre. UFITA - Archiv für Medienrecht und Medienwissenschaft
Academic article
Magin, Melanie. (2018) Review of M. B. von Rimscha, S. Studer & M. Puppis (eds.), Methodische Zugänge zur Erforschung von Medienstrukturen, Medienorganisationen und Medienstrategien. Publizistik
Book review

Books

Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Russmann, Uta; Fenoll, Vicente. (2021) Campaigning on Facebook in the 2019 European Parliament Election. Palgrave Macmillan Political Campaigning and Communication (—)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta; Stark, Birgit. (2021) Demokratie braucht Medien. Springer Springer
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2017) Ganz meine Meinung? Informationsintermediäre und Meinungsbildung – Eine Mehrmethodenstudie am Beispiel von Facebook. Landesanstalt für Medien Nordrhein-Westalen (LfM)
Academic monograph

Part of book/report

Stegmann, Daniel; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2024) On the relationship between political campaigning and echo chambers. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Baranowski, Paweł; Kruschinski, Simon; Russmann, Uta; Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Bene, Márton. (2024) Patterns of negative campaigning during the 2019 European election: Political parties' Facebook posts and users' sharing behaviour across twelve countries. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2022) (Non-)Representativeness of Social Media Data. Edward Elgar Publishing
Encyclopedia article
Stegmann, Daniel; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2022) Filter Bubbles. Edward Elgar Publishing
Encyclopedia article
Stegmann, Daniel; Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie. (2022) Echo Chambers. Edward Elgar Publishing
Encyclopedia article
Magin, Melanie; Vigen, Marius Grefstad. (2021) When Nothing Happened but Much Changed: How Political Parties in Ireland Used Facebook in the 2019 EP Election Campaign. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Tønnesen, Hedvig; Reutter, Lisa Marie; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Når alt vi gjør registreres og systematiseres: Stordata i hverdagen. .
Popular scientific chapter/article
Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta; Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg. (2021) Information Greater than Mobilisation Greater than Interaction. Contours of a Pan-European Style of Social Media Campaigning. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Steiner, Miriam; Häuptli, Andrea; Stark, Birgit; Udris, Linards. (2021) Is Facebook driving tabloidization? A cross-channel comparison of two German newspapers. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2021) Hva skjer når algoritmene personaliseres: Fanges vi av filterbobler og ekkokamre?.
Popular scientific chapter/article
Stark, Birgit; Rußmann, Uta; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Warum die Demokratie die Medien braucht. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2021) Maßlos überschätzt. Ein Überblick über theoretische Annahmen und empirische Befunde zu Filterblasen und Echokammern. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Rußmann, Uta; Haßler, Jörg; Fenoll, Vicente; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Social media as a campaigning tool in European Parliament elections. Theoretical considerations and state of research. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta; Baranowski, Pawel; Bene, Márton; Schlosser, Katharina. (2021) Reaching out to the Europeans. Political parties’ Facebook strategies of issue ownership and the second-order character of European Election campaigns. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Åm, Heidrun; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Bruk av andres forskning. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
Chapter
Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta. (2021) Campaigning for Strasbourg on Facebook. Introduction to a 12-country Comparison on Parties’ Facebook Campaigns in the 2019 European Parliament Election. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan. (2021) Kvantitativ innholdsanalyse: fra problemstilling til gjennomført analyse. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2021) Politischer Parallelismus. Herbert von Halem Verlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Hopmann, David Nicolas. (2021) A day off during the 2019 Folketing election campaign. Political parties’ use of Facebook in the European Parliament election in Denmark. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2021) Wahlberichterstattung. Herbert von Halem Verlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2020) Boulevardisierung. Springer
Chapter
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan. (2020) Meinungsbildung in und mit sozialen Medien. Springer
Chapter
Steiner, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Jürgens, Pascal. (2019) Aus Versehen informiert? Facebooks Bedeutung für die Nachrichtennutzung nebenbei – eine Mehrmethoden-Analyse. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan; Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit. (2019) Schweigespirale oder Echokammer? Zum Einfluss sozialer Medien auf die Artikulationsbereitschaft in der Migrationsdebatte. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2019) Elite versus Popular Press. Wiley-Blackwell
Encyclopedia article
Magin, Melanie; Maurer, Peter. (2019) Beat Journalism and Reporting . Oxford University Press
Encyclopedia article
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie. (2019) Neuer Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit durch Informationsintermediäre: Wie Google, Facebook & Co. Medien und Politik verändern. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta. (2023) Social Media’s Role in Political and Societal Mobilization. Media and Communication (3)
Report
Grøtan, Tor Olav; Fiskvik, Jannicke; Haro, Peter Halland; Auran, Per Gunnar; Mathisen, Bjørn Magnus; Karlsen, Geir Hågen. (2020) På leting etter utenlandsk informasjonspåvirkning En analyse av det norske kommunestyre- og fylkestingsvalget 2019 (Rapport på oppdrag fra Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet). SINTEF
Report
Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2020) Media Performance in Times of Media Change. Thematic Issue. Media and Communication (3)
Report
Stark, Birgit; Stegmann, Daniel; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2020) Are Algorithms a Threat to Democracy? The Rise of Intermediaries: A Challenge for Public Discourse. . AlgorithmWatch
Report
Grøtan, Tor Olav; Fiskvik, Jannicke; Haro, Peter Halland; Auran, Per Gunnar; Mathisen, Bjørn Magnus; Magin, Melanie. (2019) På leting etter utenlandsk informasjonspåvirkning. En analyse av det norske kommunestyre- og fylkestingsvalget 2019. SINTEF rapport 2019:01292 . SINTEF Rapport (2019:01292)
Report

INFORMASJONSMATR

Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie. (2023) “Many shades of red”: Trondheim etter Ottervik-epoken.
Website (informational material)
Bil-Jaruzelska, Anna; de Wilde, Pieter; Magin, Melanie; Maurer, Peter; Özdemir, Sina Furkan; Rasch, Astrid. (2019) Blog "@realSocialMedia by Trondheim Analytica".
Website (informational material)

Teaching

Courses

Since 2024 excellent teaching practitioner at NTNU.

Main teaching areas

Political communication – media sociology – online communication and digitalization – comparative research – communication history – media systems and media structures – methods (with a special focus on content analysis)

Major institutional responsibilities related to teaching (selection)

2023- Member of the National Academic Council for Media Studies, Norway
2021-25 Head of the master program in Media, Communication and Information Technology, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Sociology and Political Science
2021-25 Member of the education committee, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Sociology and Political Science
2019- Member of the program advice committee on the bachelor program in Media Science, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Art and Media Studies
2018, 2020 Substitute head of the master program in Media, Communication and Information Technology (6 months each), NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Sociology and Political Science
2019-23 Deputy member of the National Academic Council for Media Studies, Norway

Training in Higher Education Pedagogy

2024

Uniped module "Writing and learning: How to support students' writing development?", NTNU
Uniped module "AI in teaching and learning in higher education", NTNU
MOOC "An Introduction to Accessibility and Inclusive Design", University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/Coursera
MOOC "Assessment in Higher Education: Professional Development for Teachers" Erasmus University Rotterdam/Coursera

2023

Uniped module "Groups and group dynamics in teaching", NTNU
Uniped module "Entrepreneurship for better teaching", NTNU
MOOC "Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Planning for Teaching and Learning", Commonwealth Education Trust/Coursera
MOOC "Diversity and Inclusion in Education", University of Glasgow/Coursera
MOOC "Innovative Teaching with ChatGPT", Vanderbilt University/Coursera

Until 2022

PhD Supervisor Seminar, NTNU
Educational Program for New Academic Staff, Uniped, NTNU.
Specialization modules: "Creating meaning by involving students in research"; "ICT in learning"; "Supervision"; "Utvikling av pedagogisk mappe [Development of a pedagogical portfolio]"
Own project: "Facilitating active learning in a large undergraduate course"
Workshop "Klasse trotz Masse: Vorlesungen auf dem Weg vom Teaching zum Learning" ["First-class teaching at the mass university: lectures on the way from teaching to learning"], LMU Munich, Germany
NapoKo-Workshop in Higher Education Pedagogy, University of Landau, Germany

Courses taught so far

BA level

SOS1006 - Media Sociology (NTNU)
SOS2009 - Media and Society (NTNU)
Political Communication (JGU Mainz)
New Media/Online Communication (JGU Mainz)
Selected Questions on Media Structures, Media History and Media Law (JGU Mainz)
Media Policy (JGU Mainz)
Journalism Studies (JGU Mainz)

MA level

SOS3520 - Modern Media and Digitalization (NTNU)
MKI3001 - Media and Communication Theory (NTNU)
MKI3901 - Master's Thesis in Media, Communication and Information Technology (NTNU)
SOS3606 - Social Media (NTNU)
POL3802 - Experts in Teamwork (EiT): "Mediatization of Society" (NTNU)
Media and Internationalization (JGU Mainz)
Current Research Questions in Communication Studies (JGU Mainz)
Thematic Master Seminar: "Comparing Campaign Communication" (JGU Mainz)

PhD level

SOS8533 - Social Media and Digitalization (NTNU)
SOS8527 - Social Media (NTNU)

Higher Education Pedagogy

UNIPED Module: “Læringsverktøy i utforskende undervisning / Educational Tools in Inquiry-based Teaching” (NTNU, with D. Matre & G. Apjok, to be taught from spring 2025)

Supervision

Information for master students

I can supervise master theses on a broad range of topics within and beyond my own research areas. Methodologically, I have a focus on quantitative research, but I’m also experienced with qualitative research and have supervised a lot of bachelor and master theses which used qualitative methods. I can supervise theses written in English as well as in Norwegian.

My supervision of master theses combines individual supervision meetings with group supervision. In group supervision (about every third week), we discuss common problems and questions that the master candidates are facing, and the master candidates provide feedback to each other (e.g. on texts they have written, on their measuring instruments…) and get feedback from me. I expect that the students whom I supervise take part in the group supervision meetings.

If you are interested in having me as your master supervisor, please take contact.

PhD candidates currently supervised
Hedvig Tønnesen (NTNU, as main supervisor)
Sina Özdemir (NTNU, as co-supervisor; successfully completed 2024)
Elizabeth Jean Solverson (Nord University, as co-supervisor)

MA theses supervised until 2025 (at NTNU, JGU Mainz, and FU Berlin): 40

BA theses supervised until 2025 (at NTNU and JGU Mainz): 40

Outreach

Hva er splittelsen og konspirasjonsteoriene i ferd med å gjøre med USA? En podcast med J. L. Bailey, A. Dyrendal og M. Magin

Med stadig større forskjell på fattig og rik, gror konspirasjonsteoriene godt. Hva er splittelsen og konspirasjonsteoriene i ferd med å gjøre med USA? NTNU podcast "De store spørsmålene".

Webinar: Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media

This webinar analyzed the main findings of the issue "Analyzing Citizen Engagement with European Politics Through Social Media", published in the journal Politics and Governance.

Hva synes studentene? Et nytt spørreskjema som metode for studentevalueringer

Presentasjon ved NTNU Læringsfestivalen 2024, Trondheim.

“Many shades of red”: Trondheim etter Ottervik-epoken

Vil lokalvalget i 2023 endelig føre til et politisk skifte i Trondheim?

Flått er ikke flott. Hva er propaganda og hvordan påvirker det oss?

NRK pønsj (NRK P3) fra 25.2.2025: I krigen mellom Russland og Ukraina er det propaganda på begge sider, så hvordan skiller vi løgn fra virkelighet?

2025

Interview

Magin, Melanie; Salem, Saladin. (2025) Ein Tweet von Musk entscheidet noch keine Wahl. Süddeutsche Zeitung Süddeutsche Zeitung [Newspaper] 2025-01-10
Academic lecture

Riedl, Andreas; Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Stark, Birgit; Jandura, Olaf. (2025) Left-Leaning, Left-Lensed? Effects of Journalists' Political Orientation on Bias in News Reporting. International Communication Association (ICA) 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association , Denver, Colorado (USA) 2025-06-12 - 2025-06-16
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Henning, Bang; Sindre, Reinholt. (2025) Flått er ikke flott. Hva er propaganda og hvordan påvirker det oss?. NRK Radio (P3) / NRK Pønsj NRK Radio (P3) / NRK Pønsj [Radio] 2025-02-25
Lecture

Magin, Melanie Andrea. (2025) The Power of Expression: Free Speech and Media Power. The International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT) ISFiT 2025: Power , Trondheim 2025-03-13 - 2025-03-23
Interview

Løvland, Elena Bulai; Magin, Melanie. (2025) Vil gjøre som på TV. nrk.no nrk.no [Internet] 2025-04-13

2024

Interview

Magin, Melanie; NTB, Norsk telegrambyrå. (2024) Flere leser saker om Ukraina enn Gaza. NRK NRK [TV] 2024-01-05
Interview

Aasmundssen, Jakob Semb; Magin, Melanie. (2024) Palestina var vinneren under årets viktigste influenserkåring. En trend, ifølge professor. Aftenposten Aftenposten [Newspaper] 2024-02-10
Lecture

Magin, Melanie; Goldberg, Andreas Christian; Geiss, Stefan. (2024) Hva synes studentene? Et nytt spørreskjema som metode for studentevalueringer. NTNU NTNU Læringsfestivalen 2024 , Trondheim 2024-05-27 - 2024-05-28
Academic lecture

Rivas-de-Roca, Rubén; Magin, Melanie; Jandura, Olaf; Bröckerbaum, Henrik. (2024) Reporting speakers in local media: A comparative study of the news content diversity in Norway, Spain and the UK. SEP, Spanish Association of Journalism Studies XXX Congreso Internacional de la Sociedad Española de Periodística , Aranjuez 2024-06-06 - 2024-06-07
Interview

Opheim, Aagot; Hågensen, Ingeborg; Magin, Melanie. (2024) Aldersgrense på sosiale medier: - Høyere enn 13 år blir å dra det for langt. Adresseavisen Adresseavisen [Newspaper] 2024-07-03
Academic lecture

Larsson, Anders Olof; Tønnesen, Hedvig; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Skogerbø, Eli. (2024) Calls to (What Kind of?) Action: Political Actors’ Strategies on Three Social Media Platforms. International Communication Association (ICA) 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) , Gold Coast, Australia 2024-06-20 - 2024-06-24
Interview

Saue, Ole Alexander; Magin, Melanie. (2024) Ukraina-saker leses langt mer enn Gaza-saker: - Overraskende. Aftenposten Aftenposten [Newspaper] 2024-01-04
Lecture

Magin, Melanie Andrea. (2024) Fremme studentenes eierskap til læring ved å gi dem medansvar for emnedesign. NTNU NTNU Læringsfestivalen digital 2024 , Trondheim 2024-09-19 - 2024-09-20
Academic lecture

Riedl, Andreas; Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie; Jandura, Olaf; Stark, Birgit. (2024) Do journalists’ ideologies translate into partisan reporting? The limits of bias and the limits of countermechanisms. European Communication Research and Education Association ECREA 2024 - 10th European Communication Conference "Communication & social (dis)order" , Ljubljana 2024-09-24 - 2024-09-27
Poster

Magin, Melanie. (2024) “The spiral of inquiry” – et praktisk verktøy for systematisk, langsiktig utvikling av studieprogram. NTNU NTNU Læringsfestivalen 2024 , Trondheim 2024-05-27 - 2024-05-28
Interview

Magin, Melanie; NTB, Journalist. (2024) Flere leser saker om Ukraina enn Gaza. abc nyheter abc nyheter [Internet] 2024-01-05
Programme participation

Magin, Melanie. (2024) Interview at NRK news. NRK NRK [TV] 2024-05-30
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli; Tønnesen, Hedvig. (2024) Tapestries of topics: Factors affecting the issue diversity of political parties’ social media campaigns. POLKOM-senteret POLKOM-mandag , Oslo 2024-03-18 -
Lecture

Magin, Melanie; Moe, Erling; Moen, Jostein; Tunstad, Hege. (2024) Paneldebatt: "Politisk kommunikasjon i et polarisert samfunn". Kommunikasjonsforeningen Trøndelag Fagdag , Trondheim 2024-11-06 - 2024-11-06
Academic lecture

Larsson, Anders Olof; Magin, Melanie; Skogerbø, Eli. (2024) Preaching Through the Converted? Assessing the drivers of political engagement across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Høgskulen i Volda Norsk medieforskarkonferanse , Ålesund 2024-10-17 - 2024-10-18
Academic lecture

Skogerbø, Eli; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Hassler, Jörg; Larsson, Anders Olof. (2024) Walking the Line of the Double Bind: Women and Men Politicians’ Gendered Self-Presentations on Social Media – A Comparison Between Germany and Norway. International Communication Association (ICA) 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) , Gold Coast, Australia 2024-06-20 - 2024-06-24

2023

Interview

Hunnestad, Maja; Magin, Melanie. (2023) Krever våpenhvile på sosiale medier: – Det er bedre å si noe, enn ikke å si noe. NRK NRK [Internet] 2023-11-18
Lecture

Hakel, Katja; Magin, Melanie. (2023) Inkluderende læringsmiljø. Hva skal til for en systematisk implementering i fagmiljøer ved NTNU?. NTNU Læringsnettverk NTNU Læringsnettverk , Trondheim 2023-10-19 -
Interview

Vigerust, Christian Hayes; Magin, Melanie. (2023) Nyheter på Tiktok – manipulert eller opplyst?. Under Dusken Under Dusken [Journal] 2023-10-17
Interview

Flatjord, Nora Garnes; Magin, Melanie. (2023) Synnøve er redd for at sensur av ord vil føre til tabu. NRK NRK [Internet] 2023-12-30
Lecture

Magin, Melanie Andrea. (2023) Hvordan stimulere studentenes forståelse av forholdet mellom teori og empiri?. NTNU Læringsfestivalen 2023 , Trondheim 2023-05-08 - 2023-05-09
Lecture

Magin, Melanie Andrea; Vestberg, Nina Elisabeth Lager. (2023) Rundebord: Hva betyr arbeidslivsrelevans i disiplinfagene i humaniora og samfunnsvitenskap?. NTNU Læringsfestivalen 2023 , Trondheim 2023-05-08 - 2023-05-09
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Sætaberget, Astrid Lie; Ekern, Ingrid; Rye, Johan Fredrik. (2023) Kunstig intelligens fører til at eksamen må endres: – Vi trenger en ny diskusjon om vurderingsformer. Under Dusken Under Dusken [Journal] 2023-04-18
Lecture

Magin, Melanie; Hakel, Katja. (2023) Universell utforming av undervisning og vurdering – hva skal til for å få det realisert?. NTNU Læringsfestivalen digital , Trondheim 2023-11-28 - 2023-11-29
Academic lecture

Tønnesen, Hedvig; Bene, Márton; Haßler, Jörg; Larsson, Anders Olof; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Skogerbø, Eli. (2023) Between Anger and Love. A Multi-Level Study on the Impact of Policy Issues on User Reactions in National Election Campaigns on Facebook in Germany, Hungary, and Norway. International Communication Association ICA 2023 , Toronto 2023-05-24 - 2023-05-29
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie Andrea; Tønnesen, Hedvig; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli. (2023) Who’s afraid of populism? The strategic use of populist communication by Norwegian parties on social media during the 2021 election campaign. ECREA Political Communication Section / Weizenbaum Institute ECREA Political Communication Conference 2023 “Navigating the Noise: Effective Communication for Solving Political Problems” , Berlin 2023-08-31 - 2023-09-01
Academic lecture

Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli. (2023) Shaped by gender stereotypes? Comparing the election campaigns on Facebook and Instagram by female and male top politicians in Norway and Germany. ECREA Political Communication Section / Weizenbaum Institute ECREA Political Communication Conference 2023 “Navigating the Noise: Effective Communication for Solving Political Problems” , Berlin 2023-08-31 - 2023-09-01
Academic lecture

Larsson, Anders Olof; Tønnesen, Hedvig; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Skogerbø, Eli. (2023) Informing, mobilizing and interacting – A cross-platform study of parties on social media during the 2021 Norwegian elections. ECREA Political Communication Section / Weizenbaum Institute ECREA Political Communication Conference 2023 “Navigating the Noise: Effective Communication for Solving Political Problems” , Berlin 2023-08-31 - 2023-09-01
Academic lecture

Tønnesen, Hedvig; Bene, Márton; Haßler, Jörg; Larsson, Anders Olof; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Skogerbø, Eli. (2023) A Three-Country Study on the Impact of Policy Issues on Facebook Reactions. APSA - American Political Science Association APSA - American Political Science Association , Los Angeles 2023-08-31 - 2023-09-03
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie Andrea; Skogerbø, Eli; Larsson, Anders Olof; Hassler, Jörg. (2023) Shaped by gender stereotypes? Comparing the election campaigns on Facebook and Instagram by female and male top politicians in Norway and Germany. Universitetet i Bergen NordMedia Conference 2023 , Bergen 2023-08-16 - 2023-08-18
Interview

Wildermuth, Janina; Magin, Melanie. (2023) A look into tomorrow’s media landscape: – I remember thinking the fax machine was changing the world. TekLab.no TekLab.no [Internet] 2023-10-04
Academic lecture

Riedl, Andreas; Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Jandura, Olaf. (2023) Leftist Coverage From Leftist Journalists? Effects of journalists' political orientation on neutrality, partisan source selection and value frames. POLKOM-senteret POLKOM-konferansen 2023 , Oslo 2023-12-05 -
Interview

Gaustad, Dina Stieng; Magin, Melanie. (2023) På Tiktok bruker titusenvis en gammel svensk sang for å vise støtte til Palestina. Aftenposten Aftenposten [Newspaper] 2023-11-03
Interview

Johnsen, Nora; Magin, Melanie. (2023) Israel går i strupen på supermodell: – Vi ser deg. TV2 TV2 [Internet] 2023-10-23

2022

Interview

Magin, Melanie; Opheim, B.. (2022) Har hatt en «magisk sommer» uten sosiale medier. Dagen Dagen [Newspaper] 2022-07-19
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Musjél, E.. (2022) Sensurerer sosiale medier: – Mer utfordrende å holde seg oppdatert. Stavanger Aftenblad Stavanger Aftenblad [Newspaper] 2022-03-23
Interview

Jakobsen, Amalie Nygård; Magin, Melanie. (2022) Fikk fire millioner nye følgere på ett døgn: – Som en naturkatastrofe. TV2 TV2 [Internet] 2022-06-02
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Andersen, Elise Rønnevig. (2022) Disse bildene provoserer russiske militær-influensere: Kaller egne soldater idioter. Verdens Gang Verdens Gang [Newspaper] 2022-05-15
Academic lecture

Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Haßler, Jörg; Rußmann, Uta; Lilleker, Darren; Kruschinski, Simon. (2022) Populism in context. A cross-country investigation of the Facebook usage of populist appeals during the 2019 European Parliament elections. Association of Internet Researchers #AoIR2022 Conference “De-colonising the Internet” , Dublin 2022-11-02 - 2022-11-05
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Nesset, Jørgen Bae. (2022) «Ukrainian Reaper» og «Ghost of Kyiv»: Har fått legendestatus på få dager. TV2 TV2 [Internet] 2022-03-06
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Johansen-Desjardin, Anette. (2022) Deler oppskrifter på molotovcocktailer i sosiale medier: – Problematisk, sier some-ekspert. KOM24 KOM24 [Journal] 2022-03-04
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Nodland, Sondre Andreas Wedøe. (2022) Krigen i Ukraina: Advarer foreldre: - Skremmende enkel tilgang. Dagbladet Dagbladet [Newspaper] 2022-03-03
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Engvik, Inga Vinje. (2022) Slik kan sosiale medier påvirke krigen i Ukraina. ABC Nyheter ABC Nyheter [Newspaper] 2022-02-28
Programme participation

Bailey, Jennifer L.; Dyrendal, Asbjørn; Magin, Melanie. (2022) Hva er splittelsen og konspirasjonsteoriene i ferd med å gjøre med USA? En podcast med J. L. Bailey, A. Dyrendal og M. Magin. NTNU, De store spørsmålene (podcast) NTNU, De store spørsmålene (podcast) [Internet] 2022-01-12
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie; Tønnesen, Hedvig; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli. (2022) Norwegian parties’ and party leaders’ issue ownership on Facebook and Instagram in the 2021 Norwegian parliamentary election campaign. Universitet i Stavanger Norsk medieforskerkonferanse 2022 , Stavanger 2022-10-13 - 2022-10-14
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Nævdal, Even. (2022) Hanna skjønte ikke hvorfor alle ville ha varen. Så kjøpte hun det selv: – Genialt. Nidaros Nidaros [Newspaper] 2022-12-03
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Meldal, Ida Roald. (2022) Etter ny TikTok-trend strømmer ungdommer til butikken: – Folk er desperate etter å få tak i det. Nidaros Nidaros [Newspaper] 2022-08-05
Programme participation

de Wilde, Pieter; Seibicke, Helena; Magin, Melanie; Moylan, Tom. (2022) Webinar: Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media. Cogitatio Press, Youtube Cogitatio Press, Youtube [Internet] 2022-03-22
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Nilsen, Maja Mathilde. (2022) Hacket på Instagram: − Alt ble borte. Verdens Gang Verdens Gang [Newspaper] 2022-08-05
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie; Kösters, Raphael; Jandura, Olaf; Stark, Birgit; Udris, Linards; Klein, Miriam. (2022) Diverse Core, Unbalanced Fringes: Assessing the Performance of German News Media when Covering Migration. International Communication Accociation (ICA) 2nd Annual ICA Conference “One World, One Network” , Paris 2022-05-26 - 2022-05-30
Academic lecture

Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Haßler, Jörg; Rußmann, Uta; Lilleker, Darren; Kruschinski, Simon. (2022) Populism in context. A cross-country investigation of the Facebook usage of populist appeals during the 2019 European Parliament elections. International Communication Accociation (ICA) 72nd Annual ICA Conference “One World, One Network” , Paris 2022-05-26 - 2022-05-30
Academic lecture

Larsson, Anders Olof; Tønnesen, Hedvig; Magin, Melanie; Skogerbø, Eli. (2022) Parties, platforms and prioritizations – Party use of social media during the 2021 Norwegian elections. Norsk Medieforskerlag Norsk medieforskerkonferanse 2022 , Stavanger 2022-10-13 - 2022-10-14
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie; Tønnesen, Hedvig; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli. (2022) Issue ownership in the 2021 Norwegian election: parties and candidates on Facebook and Instagram. Århus universitet ECREA 2022 - 9th European Communication Conference , Århus 2022-10-19 - 2022-10-23
Academic lecture

Larsson, Anders Olof; Tønnesen, Hedvig; Magin, Melanie; Skogerbø, Eli. (2022) Prioritizing platforms – detailing party engagement efforts during the 2021 Norwegian elections. Århus universitet ECREA 2022 - 9th European Communication Conference, Preconference on “Digital Election Campaigning Worldwide” , Århus 2022-10-19 - 2022-10-23
Academic lecture

Russmann, Uta; Lilleker, Darren; Bene, Márton; Farkas, Xenia; Haßler, Jörg; Jackson, Daniel. (2022) Liking, sharing or commenting – how different imagery evoke different audience responses on Facebook during elections. Århus universitet ECREA 2022 - 9th European Communication Conference , Århus 2022-10-19 - 2022-10-23
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie; Larsson, Anders Olof; Tønnesen, Hedvig; Skogerbø, Eli. (2022) Who’s afraid of populism? The use of populist communication by parties and politicians on Facebook and Instagram during the 2021 Norwegian election campaign. Stockholm University Symposium "Democracy and Digital Disintegration: Actors, Platforms, Citizens" , Stockholm 2022-11-10 - 2022-11-10
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Aarvåg, Kari-Anne. (2022) Krig på Tiktok: – Noen i klassen forteller at de har sett ting de angrer på at de har sett. Adresseavisen Adresseavisen [Newspaper] 2022-03-09
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Drægni, Ingvill. (2022) Særlig ett tankemønster preger nordmenn nå. Her er ekspertenes råd. TV2 TV2 [Internet] 2022-03-07
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Onstad, Martine. (2022) Kjendiskatt fikk familien i trygghet. TV2 TV2 [Internet] 2022-03-19
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Bjørkeng, Per Kristian; Støyva, Andreas Brattåker. (2022) Nå blir Facebook-feeden din helt ny: – Kopierer Tiktok. Aftenposten Aftenposten [Newspaper] 2022-07-28
Academic lecture

Tønnesen, Hedvig; Bene, Márton; Haßler, Jörg; Larsson, Anders Olof; Magin, Melanie; Skogerbø, Eli. (2022) Between anger and love: Comparing citizen engagement with party posts during election campaigns across three countries. Loughborough University The 8th conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics , Loughborough 2022-09-22 - 2022-09-23

2021

Academic lecture

Kruschinski, Simon; Haßler, Jörg; Bene, Márton; Ceron, Andrea; Fenoll, Vicente; Larsson, Anders Olof. (2021) Keep them engaged! A 12-country investigation of content features provoking user engagement on parties’ Facebook posts in the 2019 European Elections. ICA The virtual 71st Annual ICA Conference , Denver (Zoom) 2021-05-27 - 2021-05-31
Academic lecture

Udris, Linards; Eisenegger, Mark; Häuptli, Andrea; Hofstetter, Brigitte; Jandura, Olaf; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Contribution to diversity? A comparative analysis of different notions of diversity in public service media and the press in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. PMR/RIPE@2021 conference , Geneva (virtual) 2021-09-27 - 2021-09-28
Academic lecture

Bene, Márton; Haßler, Jörg; Lilleker, Darren; Kruschinski, Simon; Baranowski, Pawel; Rußmann, Uta. (2021) Populism in context. A cross-country investigation of the Facebook usage of populist appeals during the 2019 EP elections. Second Helsinki Conference on Emotions, Populism and Polarisation , Helsinki (virtual) 2021-05-05 - 2021-05-08
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie; Eisenegger, Mark; Häuptli, Andrea; Hofstetter, Brigitte; Kösters, Raphael; Riedl, Andreas. (2021) Seeing the whole picture. Dimensions of media diversity in German, Austrian, and Swiss news media. European Communication Research and Education Association 8th European Communication Conference “Communication and trust: building safe, sustainable and promising futures” , Braga (virtual) 2021-09-06 - 2021-09-09
Academic lecture

Wurst, Anna-Katharina; Haßler, Jörg; Schlosser, Katharina; Magin, Melanie. (2021) What parties and users care about. Issue ownership and shareworthiness in the EP Campaign 2019. European Communication Research and Education Association 8th European Communication Conference “Communication and trust: building safe, sustainable and promising futures” , Braga (virtual) 2021-09-06 - 2021-09-09
Academic lecture

Kruschinski, Simon; Baranowski, Pawel; Rußmann, Uta; Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Bene, Márton. (2021) Patterns of Negative Campaigning during the 2019 European Election: Political Parties’ Facebook Posts and Users’ Sharing Behavior across Twelve Countries. International Communication Accociation (ICA) 71st Annual ICA Conference “Engaging the Essential Work of Care: Communication, Connectedness, and Social Justice” , Virtual 2021-05-27 - 2021-05-31
Academic lecture

Jandura, Olaf; Riedl, Andreas; Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Udris, Linards. (2021) Wer kommt wo zu Wort? Zur gesellschaftlichen Repräsentationsleistung analoger und digitaler Medienangebote in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Austrian Academy of Sciences Workshop of the Network Media Structures “Medien und Demokratie im Zeichen der Digitalisierung” , Vienna (virtual) 2021-10-14 - 2021-10-15
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie; Steiner, Miriam; Stark, Birgit; Udris, Linards; Häuptli, Andrea. (2021) Is Facebook driving tabloidization? A comparison of two German newspapers. . German Communication Association Three-Country Conference on Communication Science “#Communication #(R)evolution. Changing Communication in a Digital Society” , Zurich (virtual) 2021-04-07 - 2021-04-09
Academic lecture

Haßler, Jörg; Wurst, Anna-katharina; Schlosser, Katharina; Magin, Melanie; Bene, Márton; Rußmann, Uta. (2021) The same tool for different tasks? Facebook campaign strategies during the 2019 European Parliament election campaign. ECREA Political Communication Section ECREA Political Communication Conference 2021 “Communicating crisis: Political communication in the age of uncertainty” , Bucharest (virtual) 2021-03-26 - 2021-03-27
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Steiner, Miriam; Riedl, Andreas; Hofstetter, Brigitte. (2021) Vielfalt ist nicht gleich Vielfalt. Ein Plädoyer für die multidimensionale Messung von Medienqualität. German Communication Association Three-Country Conference on Communication Science “#Communication #(R)evolution. Changing Communication in a Digital Society” , Zurich (virtual) 2021-04-07 - 2021-04-09
Academic lecture

Wurst, Anna-Katharina; Schlosser, Katharina; Haßler, Jörg; Kruschinski, Simon; Rußmann, Uta; Fenoll, Vicente. (2021) “I have a clear mandate from my political family”. A cross-national quantitative content analysis of Facebook posts of European and national parties in the 2019 European election campaigns. German Communication Association Three-Country Conference on Communication Science “#Communication #(R)evolution. Changing Communication in a Digital Society” , Zurich (virtual) 2021-04-07 - 2021-04-09
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie; Bene, Márton; Haßler, Jörg; Lilleker, Darren; Kruschinski, Simon; Baranowski, Pawel. (2021) Populism in context. A cross-country investigation of the Facebook usage of populist appeals during the 2019 EP elections. ECREA Political Communication Section ECREA Political Communication Conference 2021 “Communicating crisis: Political communication in the age of uncertainty” , Bucharest (virtual) 2021-03-26 - 2021-03-27
Academic lecture

Bene, Márton; Balaban, Delia; Baranowski, Pawel; Haßler, Jörg; Jackson, Daniel; Kruschinski, Simon. (2021) The Polyphonic Sounds of Europe. Users’ engagement with parties’ European-focused Facebook posts during the 2019 EP election. Trondheim Analytica Workshop “Analyzing Citizen Engagement with European Politics through Social Media” , Trondheim (virtual) 2021-04-15 - 2021-04-16
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Olsen, E. S.. (2021) Det er vanskelig å ikke like det Twitter gjør nå. Natt til torsdag ble president Donald Trump utestengt fra sine sosiale medier etter opprøret i Washington. Adresseavisen Adresseavisen [Newspaper] 2021-01-07
Academic lecture

Udris, Linards; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Riedl, Andreas; Steiner, Miriam; Hasebrink, Uwe. (2021) Contribution to diversity? A comparative analysis of different notions of diversity in public service media and the press in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. German Communication Association Three-Country Conference on Communication Science “#Communication #(R)evolution. Changing Communication in a Digital Society” , Zurich (virtual) 2021-04-07 - 2021-04-09
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan; Brandslet, Steinar. (2021) Sosiale medier betyr mindre enn fryktet. Gemini.no Gemini.no [Internet] 2021-05-20
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Hattrem, Hanne; Sævereid, Harald. (2021) Utestengt etter Kongress-opptøyene: Dette er Parler-appen. Verdens Gang Verdens Gang [Newspaper] 2021-01-10
Academic lecture

Rußmann, Uta; Magin, Melanie; Haßler, Jörg; Baranowski, Pawel; Bene, Márton; Ceron, Andrea. (2021) “Populists” communication on Facebook during the 2019 EP Elections. Protagoras symposium “Europe facing populists in power: communication strategies and practices” 2021-01-14 - 2021-01-15
Popular scientific lecture

Magin, Melanie. (2021) Participation in panel discussion on the documentary “The social dilemma”. Leviathan linjeforening Panel discussion on the documentary “The social dilemma” , Trondheim (virtual) 2021-03-17 -
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Stehle, Anja. (2021) Mal wieder die Lottozahlen ausgewürfelt?“ Im Wahljahr ringen Deutschlands Demoskopen hart um die Deutungshoheit. Neue Zürcher Zeitung Neue Zürcher Zeitung [Newspaper] 2021-04-28
Interview

Mathisen, Georg; Magin, Melanie. (2021) De som stenges ute fra sosiale medier, blir enda mer ekstreme. http://forskning.no http://forskning.no [Internet] 2021-08-25
Popular scientific lecture

Magin, Melanie. (2021) Social media and disinformation (“fake news”). ISFiT Workshop at ISFiT – The International Student Festival in Trondheim , Trondheim (virtual) 2021-02-14 -
Popular scientific lecture

Magin, Melanie. (2021) Participation in panel discussion on Polarization. Institutt for sosiologi og statsvitenskap Sosiologifestival 2021 , Trondheim 2021-10-20 -
Academic lecture

Bene, Márton; Ceron, Andrea; Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg; Kruschinski, Simon; Larsson, Anders Olof. (2021) Engaging Users Through Information or Critique? "Likes" and "shares" for parties on Facebook during the 2019 European Election campaign. Weizebaum Institute Weizenbaum Conference 2021 "Democracy in Flux: Order, Dynamics and Voices in Digital Public Spheres" , Berlin / Online 2021-06-17 - 2021-06-18

2020

Academic lecture

Haßler, Jörg; Baranowski, Pawel; Bene, Márton; Ceron, Andrea; Fenoll, Vicente; Jackson, Dan. (2020) Really a European Populist Zeitgeist? How populists used Facebook posts and ads for campaigning across 11 countries in the European Election Campaign 2019. University of Amsterdam Workshop European Elections 2019 , Amsterdam 2020-01-30 - 2020-01-31
Academic lecture

Bene, Márton; Ceron, Andrea; Haßler, Jörg; Fenoll, Vicente; Kruschinski, Simon; Larsson, Anders Olof. (2020) Likes, shares, comments. ECPR ECPR 2020 Virtual Conference 2020-08-24 - 2020-08-26
Academic lecture

Haßler, Jörg; Schlosser, Katharina; Wurst, Anna-katharina; Magin, Melanie; Kruschinski, Simon. (2020) Facebook als alternative Öffentlichkeit für Deutschland. Wie die AfD Facebook im Europawahlkampf nutzte. JGU Mainz Annual Conference of the Communication and Policy Section and the Computer Mediated Communciation Section of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), and the Political Communication Section of the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Sc. , Mainz 2020-02-05 - 2020-02-07
Academic lecture

Geise, Stephanie; Klinger, Ulrike; Magin, Melanie; Müller, Kathrin Friederike; Nitsch, Cordula; Riesmeyer, Claudia. (2020) Wie normativ ist die Kommunikationswissenschaft? Ein inhaltsanalytischer Vergleich deutscher und internationaler Fachzeitschriftenaufsätze. LMU Munich 65th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) “#Medien #Mensch #Gesellschaft” , Munich 2020-03-10 - 2020-03-12
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan; Stark, Birgit; Jürgens, Pascal. (2020) Endangering the Common Core? Personalized Information and the Fragmentation of the Public Agenda. International Journal of Press/Politics 2020 International Journal of Press/Politics Virtual Conference , Loughborough 2020-09-21 - 2020-09-24
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Aspen, Janne Grete. (2020) Jaktar på ein syndebukk. Nationen (online) Nationen (online) [Newspaper] 2020-01-15
Interview

Magin, Melanie. (2020) Sosiale medier kan gi feil inntrykk av hva de fleste i Norge mener om klimaendringer. Gemini.no Gemini.no [Internet] 2020-03-04
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Wallum, Stian. (2020) Denne gjengen med hvite konservative menn vil knekke Trump – med alle midler. Adressavisen (online) Adressavisen (online) [Newspaper] 2020-10-21
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Velo, Pål. (2020) Skaper egen domstol. Høyprofilerte kjennere skal fra nå av bestemme over Facebooks retningslinjer. Klassekampen (online) Klassekampen (online) [Newspaper] 2020-05-20
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Haeming, Anne. (2020) Was Wahlumfragen wollen, können, sollen. Welche Auswirkungen die Debatte um die Qualität der Demoskopie auf das deutsche Superwahljahr 2021 hat. Medium Magazin Medium Magazin [Business/trade/industry journal] 2020-12-01
Academic lecture

Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie; Monzer, Cristina. (2020) Strategisches Wählen im Blindflug? Stört Social Media-Nutzung die Güte subjektiver Wahlvorhersagen und was heißt das für die Wahlentscheidung?. LMU Munich 65th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) “#Medien #Mensch #Gesellschaft” , Munich 2020-03-10 - 2020-03-12
Academic lecture

Geiss, Stefan; Monzer, Cristina; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit. (2020) Opinion Formation Is More Than Persuasion – Measuring Depth of Opinion Formation and Tracking Opinion Formation Processes: Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Validation. International Communication Association 70th Annual ICA Conference “Open Communication” , Gold Coast 2020-05-21 - 2020-05-25
Academic lecture

Rußmann, Uta; Baranowski, Pawel; Kruschinski, Simon; Ceron, Andrea; Jackson, Daniel; Lilleker, Darren. (2020) European Patterns of Negative Campaigning? Going Negative in the 2019 European Election Campaign. European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) 14th ECPR General Conference , Innsbruck 2020-08-26 - 2020-08-28
Academic lecture

Geise, Stephanie; Kleinen-von Königslöw, Katharina; Klinger, Ulrike; Magin, Melanie; Müller, Kathrin Friederike; Nitsch, Cordula. (2020) The normativity of communication and its subfields: A content analysis on normative claims in peer-reviewed journal articles (1970-2014). International Communication Association 70th Annual ICA Conference “Open Communication” , Gold Coast 2020-05-21 - 2020-05-25
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Bjørnerem, Håvard. (2020) Trump vs. Corona. NRK snapchat special NRK snapchat special [Internet] 2020-04-04
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Beckhaug, Anette; Kvaale, Vegard Kristiansen. (2020) Dette er tomme trusler. Donald Trump er rasende på Twitter og truer med å stenge sosiale medier. Kan få store konsekvenser, sier norske eksperter. Dagbladet (online) Dagbladet (online) [Newspaper] 2020-05-28
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Bekkestad, Oda Karlsen. (2020) Ole Kristian (31) har jobbet i Godset i flere år – nå vet han ikke om han orker mer: – En urovekkende utvikling. Drammens tidene (online) Drammens tidene (online) [Newspaper] 2020-09-17
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Dahl, Ingvill Dybfest; Hattrem, Hanne. (2020) Eksperter om Trumps presidentordre: Ny lov vil gi flom av søksmål mot sosiale medier. Verdens Gang (online) Verdens Gang (online) [Newspaper] 2020-05-31

2019

Interview

Magin, Melanie; Sjølie, Tonje Ruud. (2019) Marielle (28) følte det var vanskelig å komme i kontakt med nye folk. Nå hjelper hun ensomme jenter i hele Norge med det samme problemet. . Romerikes Blad Romerikes Blad [Newspaper] 2019-01-14
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Aalberg, Toril; Brandslet, Steinar. (2019) Sånn forsvarer du deg mot falske nyheter . Gemini.no Gemini.no [Internet] 2019-05-30
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Ulriksen, Marit. (2019) Å slette hårreisende kommentarer om enkeltpersoner gjør meg ikke til en nazi-propagandaminister . ranablad.no ranablad.no [Newspaper] 2019-02-01
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Simonsen, May-Helen. (2019) SV-politiker mottar mye netthets. Dette er hva ekspertene sier:. nrk.no nrk.no [TV] 2019-01-27
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Aadland, Ida Johanne. (2019) Kva skjer når avisene stenger kommentarfelta sine?. https://framtida.no/ https://framtida.no/ [Newspaper] 2019-01-17
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Nøttveit, Andrea Rygg. (2019) Yngre politikarar vert mest utsette for hat og trugslar. https://framtida.no/ https://framtida.no/ [Newspaper] 2019-04-05
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Birkeland, Malene. (2019) Møt instamødrene: Likes betyr alt. https://www.vg.no/ https://www.vg.no/ [Newspaper] 2019-03-23
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Drabløs, Øystein Tronsli; Jor, Brage Lie; Moen, Ellen Karin. (2019) Roste Instagram etter å ha mistet 40.000 følgere – var en teknisk glipp. nrk.no nrk.no [TV] 2019-02-13
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Leirfall, Ingvild Eide. (2019) Vil avgrensa tidsbruken din på sosiale medium: – Det hadde vore heilt krise!. framtida.no framtida.no [Newspaper] 2019-08-18
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Kvitrud, Marie. (2019) Nå er det denne poseringen som gjelder i sosiale medier. kk.no kk.no [Journal] 2019-06-30
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Hem, Mikkel. (2019) Tvitret seg ut av alkohelvetet. VG Helg VG Helg [Newspaper] 2019-07-12
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Johansen, Martine. (2019) Iselin Guttormsen: Refser Instagram - Jeg er så forbanna. Se og Hør Se og Hør [Journal] 2019-10-14
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Lea, Mathilde. (2019) Facebook stoppet Syria-bilde. Dagbladet Dagbladet [Newspaper] 2019-10-28
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Johansen, Martine. (2019) Iselin Guttormsen: Refser Instagram – Maktmisbruk. “Bloggerne”-profilen tar et kraftig oppgjør med bildedelingstjenesten. . Dagbladet Dagbladet [Newspaper] 2019-10-12
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie; Steiner, Miriam; Stark, Birgit. (2019) A Matter of Sources. A Content Analysis of the Political Information Diversity of Search Engine Results. Adam Mickiewicz University ECREA Political Communication Conference 2017 “Transforming Communication – Old and New Borders” , Poznan 2019-09-13 -
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Knipperud, Tone. (2019) Fersk spørreundersøkelse: 6 av 10 vil ikke “like og dele”. ABC Nyheter ABC Nyheter [Newspaper] 2019-08-31
Academic lecture

Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2019) Leave the Field to the Extremes? Why Moderates Refrain from Political Discussions on Facebook. Adam Mickiewicz University ECREA Political Communication Conference 2017 “Transforming Communication – Old and New Borders” , Poznan 2019-09-12 -
Popular scientific lecture

Magin, Melanie. (2019) Fake News, Disinformation and the Role of Social Media. NTNU The Big Challenge Science Festival , Trondheim 2019-06-19 -
Interview

Magin, Melanie; Aalberg, Toril; Brandslet, Steinar. (2019) How to defend yourself against fake news. Norwegian SciTech News Norwegian SciTech News [Internet] 2019-06-17
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie. (2019) The European Election 2019 in Austria. On the influence of situational factors on the election outcome. Congress on European Elections 2019: Populism & Euroscepticism , Valencia 2019-11-20 - 2019-11-22
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie; Baranowski, Pawel; Bene, Márton; Ceron, Andrea; Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg. (2019) How political parties tried to produce participation in the European Election Campaign 2019 - A comparative content analysis of parties’ Facebook campaigns in 12 countries . NTNU The production of participation in the digital world , Trondheim 2019-12-12 - 2019-12-13

2018

Interview

Magin, Melanie. (2018) En ny mediehverdag. Under dusken Under dusken [Journal] 2018-09-04
Interview

Magin, Melanie. (2018) Ett av Sveriges mikropartier har eksplodert på Facebook. https://filternyheter.no/ett-av-sveriges-mikropartier-har-ek https://filternyheter.no/ett-av-sveriges-mikropartier-har-ek [Internet] 2018-09-08
Academic lecture

Geiss, Stefan; Jürgens, Pascal; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2018) How to Start a Spiral of Silence: Asymmetric Mobilization of Opinion Camps on Facebook. Political Communication Division of ICA Preconference to the 68th ICA Annual Conference on “Refugees, Religious Threats, and Political Radicalization: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives” , Prague 2018-05-23 - 2018-05-23
Academic lecture

Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie; Haßler, Jörg. (2018) Gender Constellations Moderate the Escalation of Conflict in Political Talk Shows. European Communication Research and Education Association 7th European Communication Conference “Centres and Peripheries: Communication, Research, Translation“ , Lugano 2018-10-31 - 2018-11-03
Academic lecture

Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2018) Nur ein Mythos? Was wir wirklich über Filterblasen und Echokammern wissen – und was nicht. Media Symposium 2017 “The Digital Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere – Historical Perspectives, Models and Consequences” , Lucerne 2018-11-29 - 2018-12-01
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan; Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit. (2018) Endangering the Common Meeting Ground? How Personalized Online Information Sources Influence the Fragmentation of the Public Agenda. European Communication Research and Education Association 7th European Communication Conference “Centres and Peripheries: Communication, Research, Translation" , Lugano 2018-10-31 - 2018-11-03
Academic lecture

Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie. (2018) News diversity between push and pull, online and offline. International Communication Association (ICA) 68th ICA Annual Conference “Voices” , Prague 2018-05-24 - 2018-05-28
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2018) How Facebook, Google & Co. Changed Journalism. A New Look at Kurt Imhof’s “New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere”. Research Group "Digitalization and Social Life" Workshop on Digitalization and Social Life: Theories, Concepts, Methods , Trondheim 2018-12-13 - 2018-12-14
Academic lecture

Geiss, Stefan; Jürgens, Pascal; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2018) Algorithmische Selektion im Meinungsbildungsprozess zur “Flüchtlingskrise“. Einflüsse auf die Artikulationsbereitschaft. . University of Hohenheim Annual Conference of the Media Reception and Effects Section of the German Communication Association , Hohenheim 2018-01-25 - 2018-01-27
Interview

Magin, Melanie. (2018) Oppførselen din i sosiale medier kan gi konsekvenser på jobb. Her er åtte «regler» du bør følge. Slik kan din oppførsel i sosiale medier gjøre at du mister respekt på jobb. https://www.aftenposten.no/karriere/Oppforselen-din-i-sosial https://www.aftenposten.no/karriere/Oppforselen-din-i-sosial [Newspaper] 2018-10-12
Interview

Magin, Melanie. (2018) Er memes helsefarlig?. http://melkoghonning.no/er-memes-helsefarlig/ http://melkoghonning.no/er-memes-helsefarlig/ [Internet] 2018-10-24
Academic lecture

Steiner, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2018) Seek and you shall find? A content analysis on the diversity of five search engines’ results on political queries. International Communication Association (ICA) 68th ICA Annual Conference “Voices” , Prague 2018-05-24 - 2018-05-28
Academic lecture

Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan; Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit. (2018) “Common meeting ground” in Gefahr? Zum Einfluss personalisierter Online-Informationsquellen auf die Fragmentierung der Publikumsagenda. German Communication Association (DGPuK) 63th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) , Mannheim 2018-05-09 - 2018-05-11
Academic lecture

Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit. (2018) A Spiral of Silence in the Echo Chamber? Symmetric and Asymmetric Mobilization of Opinion Camps in the Debate on the Refugee Crisis. Erik Knudsen, UiB The 1st Scandinavian Audience Oriented Political Communication Workshop , Bergen 2018-11-27 - 2018-11-27
Academic lecture

Riesmeyer, Claudia; Zillich, Arne; Geise, Stephanie; Kleinen-von Königslöw, Katharina; Klinger, Ulrike; Magin, Melanie. (2018) Wie normativ ist die Kommunikationswissenschaft? Sollensvorstellungen in internationalen und deutschen Fachzeitschriftenaufsätzen (1970-2014). German Communication Association (DGPuK) 63th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) , Mannheim 2018-05-09 - 2018-05-11
Academic lecture

Steiner, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Jürgens, Pascal. (2018) Aus Versehen informiert? Facebooks Bedeutung für die Nachrichtennutzung nebenbei – eine Mehrmethoden-Analyse. University of Hohenheim Annual Conference of the Media Reception and Effects Section of the German Communication Association , Hohenheim 2018-01-25 - 2018-01-27
Interview

Magin, Melanie. (2018) Derfor velger mange å slette Facebook og andre sosiale medier. https://www.kk.no/helse/derfor-velger-mange-a-slette-faceboo https://www.kk.no/helse/derfor-velger-mange-a-slette-faceboo [Internet] 2018-08-25
Interview

Magin, Melanie. (2018) Hedrer feministdrap. http://bymag.no/2018/11/hedrer-feministdrap http://bymag.no/2018/11/hedrer-feministdrap [Internet] 2018-11-13

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Melanie Magin

Melanie Magin

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The Norwegian National Election Study of 2025 & 2029 (2025-32)

Digital Election Campaigning Worldwide (DigiWorld) (2021-)

Campaigning for Strasbourg (CamforS) (2019-)

International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS)

Media Performance and Democracy (2018-22)

Continuity and Change in Campaign Communication in Austria Since 1966 (CAMPCOM) (2007-11)

Publications

How Political Issues Shape Social Media Campaigns for National Elections

Campaigning on Facebook in the 2019 European Parliament Election. Informing, Interacting with, and Mobilising Voters

Demokratie braucht Medien [Democracy Needs Media]

Social Media’s Role in Political and Societal Mobilization

Media Performance in Times of Media Change

Are Algorithms a Threat to Democracy? The Rise of Intermediaries: A Challenge for Public Discourse

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Training in Higher Education Pedagogy

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Outreach

Hva er splittelsen og konspirasjonsteoriene i ferd med å gjøre med USA? En podcast med J. L. Bailey, A. Dyrendal og M. Magin

Webinar: Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media

Hva synes studentene? Et nytt spørreskjema som metode for studentevalueringer

“Many shades of red”: Trondheim etter Ottervik-epoken

Flått er ikke flott. Hva er propaganda og hvordan påvirker det oss?

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