Stefan Geiss
About
Research focus:
Agenda setting and agenda building: How do issue sponsors, inter media influence, and journalists‘ conceptions of the audience influence which issues move into the public’s focus? How do issues compete with one another for media and public attention? How long do issues capture the media‘s and the public‘s attention? Does the attention-span of media and the public respond to different qualities of issues such as relevance and complexity? How does the plurality of issues and viewpoints in the mass media (content-as-sent) translate to individuals (content-as-received)?
Frame setting and frame building: How do frame sponsors, inter media influence, and journalists‘ conceptions of the audience influence which frames dominate the mass media and which are held by the audience? How do frames compete with one another for media and public attention? How is the success of frames contingent on established cultural themes and memes?
Opinion formation and information seeking: Does successful agenda setting lead to increased scrutiny of the issue, heightened motivation and attention in making up one’s mind? Do levels of knowledge, and satisfaction with information and opinion-formation increase? Is there an increase in information seeking? How long do these effects endure and which aspects of media coverage sustain interest and effort for opinion formation? When do news consumers react to issues with boredom, aversion, reactance, leading to issue avoidance?
Scandals, crises, and conflicts as catalysts: Scandals, crises and major conflicts in society catalyze processes of agenda and frame building as well as agenda setting, frame setting, and opinion formation. Studying these processes is socially relevant as they often pose turning points and crossroads for society. How do news media report about actual and alleged norm violations? Do they protect the presumption of innocence? How do news consumers process messages about norm violations? How do they make inferences about the guilt or innocence of the accused public actors? However, they also provide ample opportunity to study processes of political communication and public opinion formation as they happen with increased speed and intensity.
Decision-Making in Journalism: Journalists make important decisions every day, e.g. whether to cover a particular topic, which way to approach the story, what images to use or not use. Due to large actual or anticipated media effects, there are various pressure groups -- audience, sources, colleagues and superordinates, competitors -- that can and do influence their decisions. In additional, their own ethical considerations, their self-conceptions, and their professional training shape their decisions. Studying these influences is even more interesting in times of fast technological and economical development in the media business.
Selected Publications:
Journal articles:
Schemer, C., Masur, P., Geiß, S., Müller, P., & Schäfer, S. (in press). The Impact of Internet and Social Media Use on Well-Being: A Longitudinal Analysis of Adolescents Across Nine Years. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.
Geiß, S. (2020). Self-inflicted deprivation? Quality-as-sent versus quality-as-received in German news media. Media and Communication, 8(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i3.3139
Steiner, M., Magin, M., Stark, B., & Geiß, S. (2020). Seek and you shall find? A content analysis on the diversity of five search engines’ results on political queries. Information, Communication and Society. http://dx.doi.org/10/gg6mmx
Geiß, S. (2019). The media’s conditional agenda-setting power: How baselines and spikes of issue salience affect likelihood and strength of agenda-setting. Communication Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093650219874968
Magin, M., & Geiß, S. (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, 36, 543–564. http://dx.doi.org/10/gf3ghk
Koch, T. & Geiß, S. (2019). Wie zuverlässig ist das Peer-Review-Verfahren? Eine Untersuchung der Interrater-Reliabilität von Gutachter*innen auf DGPuK-Tagungen [How reliable is peer-reviewing? A study of inter-rater reliability of referees for DGPuK conferences]. Studies in Communication and Media (SC|M), 8, 203–235. doi:10.5771/2192-4007-2019-2-203
Geiß, S., Magin, M., Stark, B., & Jürgens, P. (2018). «Common meeting ground» in Gefahr? Selektionslogiken politischer Informationsquellen und ihr Einfluss auf die Fragmentierung individueller Themenhorizonte [Endangered "common meeting ground"? Selection logics of political information sources and their influence on issue fragmentation]. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 66, 502-525.http://dx.doi.org/10/gfw9p3
Geiß, S. & Schäfer, S. (2017). Any publicity or good publicity? A competitive test of visibility- and tonality-based media effects on voting behavior. Political Communication, 34 (3), 444-467. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2016.1271068
Geiß, S., Weber, M., & Quiring, O. (2017). Frame competition after key events: A longitudinal study of media framing of economic policy after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy 2008–2009. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 29 (3), 471-496. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edw001
Geiß, S., Leidecker, M., & Roessing, T. (2016). The interplay between media-for-monitoring and media-for-searching: How news media trigger searches and edits in Wikipedia. New Media & Society, 18(11), 2740–2759. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444815600281
Geiß, S., Jackob, N., & Quiring, O. (2013). The impact of communicating digital technologies: How information and communication technology journalists conceptualize their influence on the audience and the industry. New Media and Society, 15(7), 1058–1076. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444812465597
Kepplinger, H. M., Geiß, S., & Siebert, S. (2012). Framing Scandals: Cognitive and Emotional Media Effects. Journal of Communication, 62(4), 659–681. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01653.x
Geiß, S. (2011). Patterns of relationships between issues: An analysis of German prestige newspapers. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 23(3), 265–286. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edq050
Encyclopedia and Handbook Entries
Schemer, C., & Geiß, S. (2018). Massenkommunikation [Mass Communication]. In T. Faas, O. W. Gabriel, & J. Maier (Eds.), Einstellungs- und Verhaltensforschung: Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
Geiß, S. (2017b). Scandalization. In P. Rössler, C. A. Hoffner, & L. van Zoonen (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Media Effects. Wiley-Blackwell. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118783764.wbieme0198
Schemer, C. & Geiß, S. (2017). Latent Growth Curve Modeling. In J. Matthes, C. S. Davis, & R. F. Potter (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. Wiley.
Book chapters
Geiß, S. (2018). The dynamics of media attention to issues: Towards standardizing measures, dimensions, and profiles. In P. L. M. Vasterman (Ed.), From Media Hype to Twitter Storm: News explosions and their impact on issues, crises, and public opinion (pp. 83–112). Amsterdam University Press.
Publications
2020
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Geiss, Stefan.
(2020)
Self-inflicted deprivation? Quality-as-sent versus quality-as-received in three current affairs topics.
Media and Communication.
volum 8 (3).
Academic article
-
Schemer, Christian;
Geiss, Stefan.
(2020)
Massenkommunikation.
Einstellungs- und Verhaltensforschung: Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium.
Chapter
-
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.
volum 25 (2).
Academic article
2019
-
Geiss, Stefan.
(2019)
How Content–User Data Linking Decisions Affect Media Effects Estimates: A Model Comparison Approach.
Measuring media use and exposure: recent developments and challenges.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Geiss, Stefan.
(2019)
The Media's Conditional Agenda-Setting Power: How Baselines and Spikes of Issue Salience Affect Likelihood and Strength of Agenda-Setting.
Communication Research.
Academic article
-
Koch, Thomas;
Geiss, Stefan.
(2019)
Wie zuverlässig ist das Peer-Review-Verfahren? Eine Untersuchung der Interrater-Reliabilität von Reviewern auf DGPuK-Tagungen.
SCM. Studies in Communication and Media.
volum 8 (2).
Academic literature review
-
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.
volum 36 (4).
Academic article
-
Magin, Melanie;
Geiss, Stefan;
Jürgens, Pascal;
Stark, Birgit.
(2019)
Schweigespirale oder Echokammer? Zum Einfluss sozialer Medien auf die Artikulationsbereitschaft in der Migrationsdebatte.
Meinungsbildung in der Netzöffentlichkeit: Aktuelle Studien zu Nachrichtennutzung,Meinungsaustausch und Meinungsbeeinflussung in Social Media.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Müller, Philipp;
Geiss, Stefan;
Schemer, Christian;
Naab, Teresa;
Peter, Christina.
(2019)
Die Dynamik öffentlicher Kommunikationsprozesse als Herausforderung für die empirische Forschung.
Dynamische Prozesse der öffentlichen Kommunikation Methodische Herausforderungen.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Müller, Philipp;
Geiss, Stefan;
Schemer, Christian;
Naab, Teresa;
Peter, Christina.
(2019)
Dynamische Prozesse der öffentlichen Kommunikation Methodische Herausforderungen.
Herbert von Halem Verlag. 2019. ISBN 978-3-86962-404-4. Methoden und Forschungslogik der Kommunikationswissenschaft (.).
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Schemer, Christian;
Geiss, Stefan;
Müller, Philipp.
(2019)
Applying the Reinforcing Spirals Model to Dynamic Communication Phenomena: Conceptual and Statistical Pitfalls.
Dynamische Prozesse der öffentlichen Kommunikation Methodische Herausforderungen.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2018
-
Geiss, Stefan.
(2018)
The dynamics of media attention to issues: Towards standardizing measures, dimensions, and profiles.
From Media Hype to Twitter Storm. News Explosions and Their Impact on Issues, Crises and Public Opinion.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Geiss, Stefan;
Magin, Melanie;
Stark, Birgit;
Jürgens, Pascal.
(2018)
»Common meeting ground« in Gefahr? Selektionslogiken politischer Informationsquellen und ihr Einfluss auf die Fragmentierung individueller Themenhorizonte.
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft.
volum 66 (4).
Academic article
2017
-
Geiss, Stefan;
Schemer, Christian.
(2017)
Latent Growth Curve Modeling.
The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Journal publications
-
Geiss, Stefan.
(2020)
Self-inflicted deprivation? Quality-as-sent versus quality-as-received in three current affairs topics.
Media and Communication.
volum 8 (3).
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.
volum 25 (2).
Academic article
-
Geiss, Stefan.
(2019)
The Media's Conditional Agenda-Setting Power: How Baselines and Spikes of Issue Salience Affect Likelihood and Strength of Agenda-Setting.
Communication Research.
Academic article
-
Koch, Thomas;
Geiss, Stefan.
(2019)
Wie zuverlässig ist das Peer-Review-Verfahren? Eine Untersuchung der Interrater-Reliabilität von Reviewern auf DGPuK-Tagungen.
SCM. Studies in Communication and Media.
volum 8 (2).
Academic literature review
-
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.
volum 36 (4).
Academic article
-
Geiss, Stefan;
Magin, Melanie;
Stark, Birgit;
Jürgens, Pascal.
(2018)
»Common meeting ground« in Gefahr? Selektionslogiken politischer Informationsquellen und ihr Einfluss auf die Fragmentierung individueller Themenhorizonte.
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft.
volum 66 (4).
Academic article
Books
-
Müller, Philipp;
Geiss, Stefan;
Schemer, Christian;
Naab, Teresa;
Peter, Christina.
(2019)
Dynamische Prozesse der öffentlichen Kommunikation Methodische Herausforderungen.
Herbert von Halem Verlag. 2019. ISBN 978-3-86962-404-4. Methoden und Forschungslogik der Kommunikationswissenschaft (.).
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Part of book/report
-
Schemer, Christian;
Geiss, Stefan.
(2020)
Massenkommunikation.
Einstellungs- und Verhaltensforschung: Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium.
Chapter
-
Geiss, Stefan.
(2019)
How Content–User Data Linking Decisions Affect Media Effects Estimates: A Model Comparison Approach.
Measuring media use and exposure: recent developments and challenges.
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.
Meinungsbildung in der Netzöffentlichkeit: Aktuelle Studien zu Nachrichtennutzung,Meinungsaustausch und Meinungsbeeinflussung in Social Media.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Müller, Philipp;
Geiss, Stefan;
Schemer, Christian;
Naab, Teresa;
Peter, Christina.
(2019)
Die Dynamik öffentlicher Kommunikationsprozesse als Herausforderung für die empirische Forschung.
Dynamische Prozesse der öffentlichen Kommunikation Methodische Herausforderungen.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Schemer, Christian;
Geiss, Stefan;
Müller, Philipp.
(2019)
Applying the Reinforcing Spirals Model to Dynamic Communication Phenomena: Conceptual and Statistical Pitfalls.
Dynamische Prozesse der öffentlichen Kommunikation Methodische Herausforderungen.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Geiss, Stefan.
(2018)
The dynamics of media attention to issues: Towards standardizing measures, dimensions, and profiles.
From Media Hype to Twitter Storm. News Explosions and Their Impact on Issues, Crises and Public Opinion.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Geiss, Stefan;
Schemer, Christian.
(2017)
Latent Growth Curve Modeling.
The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Teaching
Courses
Media
2019
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Academic lectureGeiss, Stefan; Granow, Viola; Schemer, Christian. (2019) Unpleasant Lessons in Trust: Effects of Exposure to Attacks and Incivilities on Trust in Politicians. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) “Communication Beyond Boundaries” . International Communication Association (ICA); Washington, D.C.. 2019-05-24 - 2019-05-28.
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PosterGeiss, Stefan; Kepplinger, Hans Mathias. (2019) Stronger Together? Interactions Between News Factors in Editorial Decisions on News Emphasis. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) “Communication Beyond Boundaries” . International Communication Association (ICA); Washington, D.C.. 2019-05-24 - 2019-05-28.