• Monographs
• Kruschinski, S., Jost, P., Fecher, H., & Scherer, T. (2025). Artificial Intelligence in Political Campaigns. Acceptance, Perception, and Impact. Frankfurt am Main. ISSN: 2365-1962.
• Dommett, K., Kefford, G., & Kruschinski, S. (2024). Data-Driven Campaigning and Political Parties: Five Advanced Democracies Compared. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978019757023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197570227.001.0001Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
• Meltzer, C. E., Jost, P. , Schemer, C., Kruschinski, S., & Maurer, M. (2025). How (Gendered) Media Portrayals of Refugees Affect Attitudes Toward Immigration. The Moderating Role of Political Ideology. Political Communication. doi: 10.1080/10584609.2025.2472765
• Bene, M. Magin, M., Haßler. J., Russmann, U., Lilleker, D., Kruschinski, S., Jackson, D., Fenoll, V., Farkas, X., Baranowski, P., & Balaban, D. (2025). 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, 30(1), 100-121. doi: 10.1177/19401612231196158
• Kruschinski, S., Bene, M., Haßler, J., Rußmann, U., Lilleker, D., Balaban, D.C., Baranowski, P., Ceron, A., Fenoll, V., & Jackson, D. (2024). Divisive, Negative, and Populist?! An Empirical Analysis of European Populist and Mainstream Parties’ Use of Digital Political Advertisements on Facebook. International Journal of Communication, 18, 5518-5539. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21509/4860
• Haßler, J., Wurst, A.-K., Pohl, K., & Kruschinski, S. (2024). A Consistent Picture? Issue-Based Campaigning on Facebook During the 2021 German Federal Election Campaign. Politics and Governance, 12. doi: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.8150
• Votta, F., Kruschinski, S., Hove, M., Helberger, N., de Vreese, C. & Dobber, T. (2024). Who does(n’t) target you? Mapping the Worldwide Usage of Online Political Microtargeting. Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 4. doi: 10.51685/jqd.2024.010
• Reinemann, C., Maurer, M., Kruschinski, S., & Jost, P. (2024). The Quality of COVID-19 Coverage: Investigating Relevance and Viewpoint Diversity in German Mainstream and Alternative Media. Journalism Studies 25(6), 681-702. doi: 10.1080/1461670X.2024.2326642
• Braun, M., Heintz L., Kruschinski, S., Trepte, S., & Scharkow, M. (2023). Gender Diversity at Academic Conferences—The Case of the International Communication Association (ICA). Journal of Communication 73(6), 601-615. doi: 10.1093/joc/jqad032
• Dogruel, L., Kruschinski, S., Jost, P., & Jürgens., P. (2023). Distribution and Reception of Conspiracy Theories and Mobilization Calls on Telegram: Combining Evidence from a Content Analysis and Survey during the Pandemic. Media & Communication Studies 71(3-4), 230-247. doi: 10.5771/1615-634X-2023-3-4-230
• Maurer, M., Jost, P., Kruschinski, S., & Haßler, J. (2023). Inconsistently One-Sided. Media Coverage of Refugees, 2015-2020. Communication Studies, 68(1), 13–35. doi: 10.1007/s11616-022-00769-1
• Jost, P., Kruschinski, S., Sülflow, M., Haßler, J., & Maurer, M. (2023). Invisible Transparency. How Different Types of Disclaimers on Facebook Affect Whether and How Digital Political Advertising is Perceived. Policy & Internet 15(2), 204-222. doi: 10.1002/poi3.333
• Kefford, G., Dommett, K., Baldwin-Philippi, J., Bannerman, S., Dobber, T., Kruschinski, S., Kruikemeier, S., & Rzepecki, E. (2023). Data-Driven Campaigning and Democratic Disruption: Evidence from Six Advanced Democracies. Party Politics, 29(3), 448-462. doi: 10.1177/13540688221084039
• Kruschinski, S., Haßler, J., Jost, P., & Sülflow, M. (2022, online first). Posting or advertising? How Political Parties adapt their Messaging Strategies to Facebook’s Organic and Paid Media Affordances. Journal of Political Marketing, 24(1), 35-55. doi: 10.1080/15377857.2022.2110352
• Baranowski, P., Kruschinski, S., Rußmann, U., Haßler, J., Magin, M., Bene, M., Ceron, A., Jackson, D., & Lilleker, D. (2022, online first). 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. doi: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2115598
• Bene, M., Ceron, A., Fenoll, V., Haßler, J., Kruschinski, S., Larsson, A.O., Magin, M., Schlosser, K., & Wurst, A.-K. (2022). Keep Them Engaged! Investigating the Effects of Self-centered Social Media Communication Style on User Engagement in 12 European Countries. Political Communication, 39(4), 429-453. doi: 10.1080/10584609.2022.2042435
• Wurst, A.-K., Fenoll, V., Haßler, J., Kruschinski, S., Magin, M., Russmann, U., & Schlosser, K. (2022). Missed opportunity to connect with European citizens? Europarties’ communication on Facebook during the 2019 European election campaign. Studies in Communication Sciences, 22(1), 165–184. doi: 10.24434/j.scoms.2022.01.3053
• Bene, M., Magin, M., Jackson, D., Lilleker, D., Balaban, D., Baranowski, P., Haßler, J., Kruschinski, S., & Russmann, U. (2022). The Polyphonic Sounds of Europe: Users’ engagement with parties’ European-focused Facebook posts during the 2019 EP Election. Politics and Governance, 10(1), 108-120. doi: 10.17645/pag.v10i1.4700
• Kruschinski, S. & Bene, M. (2022). In Varietate Concordia?! Political Parties’ Digital Political Marketing on Facebook across 28 Countries in the 2019 European Election Campaign. European Union Politics, 23(1), 43–65. doi: 10.1177/14651165211040728
• Maurer, M., Jost, P., Schaaf, M., Sülflow, M., & Kruschinski, S. (2022, online first). How right-wing populists instrumentalize news media: Deliberate provocations, scandalizing media coverage, and public awareness for the Alternative for Germany (AfD). The International Journal of Press/Politics. doi: 10.1177/19401612211072692
• Maurer, M., Haßler, J., Kruschinski, S., & Jost, P. (2022). Looking over the channel. The balance of media coverage about the “refugee crisis” in Germany and the UK. Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, 47(2), 219–240. doi: 10.1515/commun-2020-0016
• Haller, A. & Kruschinski, S. (2020). Political Microtargeting. A Normative Analysis of Data-Based Strategies for Targeted Voter Engagement. Communicatio Socialis, 53(4), 519-530. DOI: 10.5771/0010-3497-2020-4-519
• Maurer, M., Jost, P., Haßler, J., & Kruschinski, S. (2019). On the Trail of the Lying Press. On the Accuracy and Balance of Media Coverage in the “Refugee Crisis”. Communication Studies, 64(1), 15-35. doi: 10.1007/s11616-018-00466-y
• Kruschinski, S. & Haller, A. (2017). Restrictions on data-driven political micro-targeting in Germany. Internet Policy Review, 6(4). doi: 10.14763/2017.4.780
• Kruschinski, S. & Haßler, J. (2017). The Instrumentalization of Participatory Public Sphere by the AfD in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Parliament Election 2016. MedienJournal, 41(2), 97-112. doi: 10.24989/medienjournal.v41i2.1474
• Geise, S., Rössler, P., & Kruschinski, S. (2016). Automated Analysis of Media Image Content. Potentials, Limitations, Methodological-Technical Status Quo, and Future Challenges – an Inventory. Media & Communication Studies, 64(2), 244-269. doi: 10.5771/1615-634X-2016-2-244Conference Proceedings (peer-reviewed)
• Kruschinski, S., Jürgens, P., Stark, B., Maurer, M. & Schemer, C. (2019). In Search of the Known Unknows – The Methodological Challenges in Developing a Heuristic Multi-Feature Framework for Detecting Social Bot Behavior on Facebook. In P. Müller, S. Geiss, C. Schemer, T.K. Naab & C. Peter (Eds.), Methods and Research Logic of Communication Studies, Vol. 15: Dynamic Processes of Public Communication – Methodological Challenges (pp. 103-146). Cologne: Herbert von Halem Verlag. doi: 10.1453/heuristic-multi-feature-framework_9783869624044Conference Proceedings (without peer-review)
• Kruschinski, S., Jost, P., Dogruel, L., & Jürgens., P. (2024). Distribution and Reception of Conspiracy Theories and Mobilization Calls on Telegram during the Corona Pandemic. In Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Eds.), Conference Proceedings: Science conference 2023 of the Center for Analysis and Research at the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (pp. 116-129). Cologne: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. ISBN 978-3-9825171-2-4Articles in Journals (without peer-review)
• Maurer, M., Reinemann, C., & Kruschinski, S. (2022). Media on the Corona Pandemic. An Empirical Analysis. Journal for Political Education 3/2022. doi: 10.46499/1930.2469 // https://www.journal-pb.de/blog/medien-ueber-die-corona-pandemie
• Maurer, M., Jost, P., Haßler, J. & Kruschinski, S. (2019). Not Wrong, but One-Sided. Media Coverage of the So-Called Refugee Crisis. Communication Manager, 1 – 2019, 56-59.Articles in Edited Volumes (peer-reviewed)
• Baranowski, P., Kruschinski, S., Rußmann, U., Haßler, J., Magin, M., Bene, M., Ceron, A., Jackson, D., & Lilleker, D. (2024, online). Patterns of Negative Campaigning during the 2019 European Election: Political Parties’ Facebook Posts and Users’ Sharing Behaviour across Twelve Countries. In K. Koc-Michalska, D. Lilleker, C. Baden, D. Guzek, M. Bene, L. Doroshenko, M. Gregor & M. M. Skoric (Eds.), Citizens, Participation and Media in Central and Eastern European Nations. Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003517207-4
• Lilleker, D., Bene, M., Balaban, D., Fenoll, V., & Kruschinski, S. (2021). Populism, Its Prevalence, and Its Negative Influence on Democratic Institutions. In D. Palau-Sampio, G. López-García, & L. Iannelli (Eds.), Contemporary Politics, Communication, and the Impact on Democracy (pp. 153-170). IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8057-8.ch009Articles in Edited Volumes (without peer-review)
• Paulke, H., & Kruschinski, S. (2025). Digital Political Advertising in European Parliamentary Elections: Spending and Reach of Social Media Advertisements by Political Parties in 27 EU Countries. In M. Kaeding, A. Hoppe, & M. Müller (Eds.), The 2024 European Parliament Elections. A Turn to the Right in the Shadow of War (pp. 253–269). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-89455-8_24
• Kruschinski., S., Deichmann, M., Haun, D., Steinfeltz, N.A.A., & Ullmann, A.S. (2023). Empty or informative TV formats?! An empirical analysis of the topics and communication strategies of the three leading candidates in the three TV triels 2021. In C. Holtz-Bacha (Ed.), The (Mass) Media in the Election Campaign. The 2021 Federal Election (pp. 263-291). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-38967-3_10
• Haller, A., Kruschinski., S., Günther, J., Michelberger, S., Uhlich, M., & Thoß, L. (2023). Do you want to support us in the election campaign? Please confirm your email address. An empirical analysis of the use and goals of email marketing by parties in the 2021 federal election campaign. In M. Motzkau & M. Fuchs (Eds.), Digital Election Campaign in the 2021 Federal Election (pp. 101-120). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-39008-2_7
• Haller, A. & Kruschinski, S. (2021). The Future of Election Campaigns? Practice, Limitations and Normative Assessment of Data-Driven Campaigns and Microtargeting. In: H. Hasenknopf, M. Hoffmann, & C. Zagel (Eds.), FutureDesign. A degree program in regional development (pp. 208-216). Coburg.
• ISBN: 978-3-948964-05-4.
• https://www.zukunftsdesign.net/ein-studiengang-der-regionalentwicklung/
• Bene, M., & Kruschinski, S. (2021). Political Advertising on Facebook. In J. Haßler, M. Magin, U. Russmann, & V. Fenoll (Eds.), Campaigning on Facebook: Campaigning on Facebook in the 2019 European Parliament Election (pp. 283-299). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-73851-8_18
• Schlosser, K., Wurst, A.-K., Haßler, J., & Kruschinski, S. (2021). European Issues, but National Campaigning of German Parties. In J. Haßler, M. Magin, U. Russmann, & V. Fenoll (Eds.), Campaigning on Facebook: Campaigning on Facebook in the 2019 European Parliament Election (pp. 103-117). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-73851-8_7
• Maurer, M. & Kruschinski, S. (2021). Reception and Impact of Political Journalism. In M. Prinzing & R. Blum (Eds.), Handbook of Political Journalism (pp. 676-691). Cologne: Herbert von Halem Verlag.
• https://www.halem-verlag.de/handbuch-politischer-journalismus/
• Haßler, J., Magin, M., Russmann, U., Baranowski, P., Bene, M., Schlosser, K., Wurst, A.-K., Fenoll, V., Kruschinski, S., & Maurer, P. (2020). Reaching Out to the Europeans. Political Parties’ Facebook Strategies of Issue Ownership and the Second-Order Character of European Election Campaigns. In C. Holtz-Bacha (Ed.), European Election Campaign 2019 (pp. 87–113). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-31472-9_3
• Haßler, J. & Kruschinski, S. (2019). Networked Campaign?! The Connection of Offline and Online Election Campaigns in the 2017 Election Year Using the Example of the Mobilization Campaigns of CDU and SPD. In C. Holtz-Bacha (Ed.), The Mass Media in the Election Campaign. The 2017 Federal Election (pp. 73-95). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-24824-6_4
• Kruschinski, S. & Haller, A. (2018). Back to the roots?! Data-driven door-to-door campaigning in political election campaigns. In M. Oswald & M. Johann (Eds.), Strategic Political Communication in Digital Change. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on a Dynamic Research Field (pp. 289-317). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-20860-8_13
• Kruschinski, S. (2017). The data-driven door-to-door election campaign in the 2017 federal election. With data, technologies and campaign workers in direct voter contact. In M. Voigt, R. Güldenzopf & J. Böttger (Eds.), Election Analysis 2017. Strategies. Campaign. Meaning (pp. 102-110). Berlin: epubli.
• https://www.wahlanalyse2017.de/
• Articles in Encyclopedias/Handbooks
• Kruschinski, S. (2025). Canvassing. In Nai, A., Grömping, M., & Wirz, D. (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.31219/osf.io/x3e2w
• Dommett, K., & Kruschinski, S. (2024). Data-driven campaigning: Using data, analytics, technology, and personnel for a new era of campaigning? In Lilleker, D., Jackson, D., Kalsnes, B., Mellado, C., Trevisan, F., & Veneti, A. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Political Campaigning. Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003333326-18Reviews and Book Reviews
• Kruschinski, S. (2023). Löffler, Natascha: Data-based communication of parties and trust. Theoretical classification and empirical assessment at the meso and micro level. Communication Studies 68, 405-407.doi: 10.1007/s11616-023-00798-4Research Reports/Policy Reports
• Kruschinski, S., Fecher, H., & Fuchs, M. (2025). How does a party find the best campaign agency? Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. (Download)
• Votta, F., Kruschinski, S., Dobber, T., Cerroni, A., Sandberg, L., Hove, M. F., Dassonneville, R., Guinaudeau, B., Zilinsky, J., Cross, J. P., Gahn, C., & Bene, M. (2025). United in Diversity, Divided by Algorithms? Ad Delivery Algorithms in the 2024 European Parliament elections. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/RZQM6(Download)
• Maurer, M., Kruschinski, S., & Jost, P. (2024). Is something missing? Diversity of perspectives in public service news formats. Stiftung Mercator. (Download)
• Maurer, M., Reinemann, C., & Kruschinski, S. (2021). One-sided, uncritical, close to the government? An empirical study on the quality of journalistic reporting on the Corona pandemic. Rudolf Augstein Foundation. (Download)
• doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.18680.11524
• Maurer, M., Jost, P., Kruschinski, S., & Haßler, J. (2021). Five Years of Media Coverage on Flight and Migration. Stiftung Mercator. (Download)
• doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30003.96807Media Contributions and Comments
• Kruschinski, S. (2025, May 05). How do parties use artificial intelligence? AI in political communication. Podcast POLITISCH BILDET of the State Center for Political Education Baden-Württemberg (LpB).
• https://open.spotify.com/episode/13m89EWzAy3FUbPc1SwXTk?si=mVUlJbVgQSulcnwfRM9R8Q
• Kruschinski, S. (2025, April 28). Facts about AI fakes in election campaigns. politics&communication – The Podcast
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• ZDF heute Live. (2025, March 20). Five years of Corona: Balance of the pandemic | ZDFheute live with former Ethics Council chairwoman and virologist. ZDF heute Live
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• ZDF Magazin Royale (2025, February 21). Election campaign on the internet / Deep Dive Microtargeting. ZDF Magazin Royale.
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• https://www.zdf.de/comedy/zdf-magazin-royale/zdf-magazin-royale-vom-21-februar-2025-100.html
• SR Kultur (2025, February 21). Manipulation and deception? AI in election campaigns. Media – Cross and Queer.
• https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/medien-cross-und-quer/manipulation-und-taeuschung-ki-im-wahlkampf/sr-kultur/14200847/
• Metz, M (2025, February 20). How Artificial Intelligence influences the federal election. Understanding AI.
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• Huesmann, F. (2025, February 20). How artificial intelligence is changing election campaigns. Leipziger Volkszeitung.
• https://www.lvz.de/politik/wie-kuenstliche-intelligenz-den-wahlkampf-veraendert-6TFW2HRJOBCHRMXRW46KE7PHP4.html
• Grapenthin, J. (2025, February 14). Whether real or not – the message counts. Netzpolitik.org.
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• Geier, M. (2025, February 11). Fake News and AI – How do we protect ourselves from deception online? SWR Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz.
• https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/landesschau-rheinland-pfalz/fake-news-und-ki-wie-schuetzen-wir-uns-vor-taeuschung-im-netz/swr-rp/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS9hZXgvbzIxOTUxNzE
• Rombach, L. (2025, February 7). We are experiencing an Americanization of the election campaign here. Stuttgarter Zeitung.
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• Weimann, H. (2025, January 30). Parties use social networks in election campaigns. Allgemeine Zeitung.
• https://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/politik/politik-deutschland/so-nutzen-parteien-social-media-im-wahlkampf-4309168
• Burkhart, S., & Geiger, M. (2024, May 15). “Reels” against political apathy. zdf heute Nachrichten
• https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute-19-uhr/reels-gegen-politikverdrossenheit-video-100.html
• Kruschinski, S. (2024, April 25). Deepfakes and Democracy. Does AI influence the outcome of elections? Podcast “Understanding AI” from Deutschlandfunk.
• https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/deepfakes-und-demokratie-beeinflusst-kunstliche-intelligenz-wahlen-100.html
• Kruschinski, S. (2024, March 28). Politics and AI – How parties manipulate us with data and technology. Podcast “Hörsaal” from Deutschlandfunk Nova.
• https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/hoersaal-deutschlandfunk-nova/politik-und-ki-so-manipulieren-uns-parteien-mit-daten-und-technologie/deutschlandfunk-nova/13273415/
• Maurer, M., Kruschinski, S., & Jost, P. (2024). How balanced is public broadcasting? Diversity of perspectives in the news formats of public service broadcasting. AufRuhr Magazin.
• Packeiser, K. (2024, February 27). Scientist warns of risks of political online advertising. edp
• https://www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/227480/27-02-2024/wissenschaftler-warnt-vor-risiken-politischer-online-werbung
• Böttcher, M., & Würsching, H. (2024, February 17). Microtargeting cannot turn elections 180 degrees. Breitband – Deutschlandfunk Kultur
• https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/wahlbeeinflussung-durch-microtargeting-nicht-so-bedrohlich-wie-gedacht-dlf-kultur-33121ead-100.html
• Bossetta, M. (2024, February 11). Data-Driven Campaigning: How Political Campaigns use Data, Analytics, and Technology. Social Media and Politics Podcast
• https://socialmediaandpolitics.simplecast.com/episodes/data-driven-campaigning-political-parties-digital-data-analytics-technology
• Iskandar, K. (2024, February 6). German parties collect little data about their voters. FAZ.net
• https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/region-und-hessen/deutsche-parteien-sammeln-wenige-daten-ueber-ihre-waehler-19498187.html
• Borgers, M. (2023, November 29). AfD success on TikTok. @mediasres Deutschlandfunk.
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• Pagels, U. (2023, October 17). State election in Bavaria, AfD and social media. Bayern2radioWelt.
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• Sloboda, J. (2023, June 12). The city of Mainz on Instagram: “Not without risk”. Allgemeine Zeitung
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• Rischke, D. (2023, January 26). Election campaign in the digital age. Sat 1 17:30.
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• https://www.br.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/negative-campaigning-attacke-auf-den-politischen-gegner,TQvXZ7q
• Kruschinski, S. (2022, November 28, 2022). Mayoral election in Mainz: What defines the digital election campaign. Allgemeine Zeitung
• https://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/lokales/mainz/nachrichten-mainz/ob-wahl-in-mainz-das-macht-den-digitalen-wahlkampf-aus–2101044_25845072
• Kruschinski, S. (2022). Goal achieved? politics & communication N° 140
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• Metzger, J. (2022, September 29). Can microtargeting win political elections? P.M. Schneller Schlau 09/2022
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• ZDF Magazin Royale (2021, September 24). The dirty Facebook tricks of the parties. How parties use secret data for their election campaigns on Facebook.
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• Kruschinski, S. (2021, March 16). Social media election campaign: How parties campaign for votes. Expert Talk SWR Aktuell.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp7M_6mit1w&t=1s
• Bossetta, M. (2020, September 5). Data-Driven Political Campaigning in Germany.
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• https://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/lokales/mainz/authentizitat-ist-enorm-wichtig-was-moderne-wahlkampfe-ausmacht_20367987
• Weitbrecht, D. (2019, March 20). Election campaign optimization through data trading. Parties buy personal data. MDR MEDIEN360G.
• https://www.mdr.de/medien360g/medienpolitik/wahlen-datenhandel-partei-100.html
• Dursun, M., Görz, M., & Kolvenbach, M. (2019, March 13). Disinformation campaigns. A threat in the European election campaign too? SWR REPORT MAINZ.
• https://www.swr.de/report/beeinflussung-durch-fakenews-eine-bedrohung-auch-im-europawahlkampf/-/id=233454/did=23592190/nid=233454/bhbasp/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3Xww0duURKyQ2M1kvTrbttBKKtC_cHv9-bQp5X-eqD6_6SybbYJRuvhy8
• Rappen, S. (2019, January 10). How dangerous is data theft for our democracy? SWR Zur Sache Rheinland-Pfalz.
• https://swrmediathek.de/player.htm?show=289aa230-1515-11e9-9a07-005056a12b4c&fbclid=IwAR03JSmWO2NHmMfNTPEs8mg9rf4TzGRLxSlReKuoZgHtbsrCxSbHgO_vt_8
• Weber, M. (2019, January 08). “Habeck acted very reflectively out of self-preservation” SWR Aktuell
• https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/XY,habeck-kruschinski-100.html
• Fiedler, M. (2018, July 26). Can Steve Bannon influence the European election? Tagesspiegel.
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• SWR1 (2018, April 25). The EU Commission wants to investigate the political impact of fake news. SWR Zur Sache.
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• Tanriverdi, H. & Hauck, M. (2018, April 05). What data the Post sold to parties. Süddeutsche Zeitung.
• http://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/bundestagswahlkampf-welche-daten-die-post-an-parteien-verkaufte-1.3931312
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• Schlegel, K. (2018, March 21). Fear of social bots. Schweriner Volkszeitung.
• Breidenbach, R. (2018, March 21). Debate at Mainz University: Federal President Steinmeier warns of risks of digital communication. Allgemeine Zeitung.
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• Anwar, S. (2018, March 21). Social bots hardly any influence. WDR Daily Good News.
• https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/cosmo/daily-good-news/audio-social-bots-kaum-einfluss-100.html
• Weissenburger, P. (2018, March 20). “A clever advertising strategy”. taz.
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• Brause, C. (2017, September 12). That’s why the parties are ringing your doorbell. Welt.
• https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article168530398/Deshalb-klingeln-die-Parteien-ausgerechnet-an-Ihrer-Tuer.html
• Knief, M. (2017, September 11). Door-to-door campaigning. HRinfo.
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• Chase, J. (2017, August 10). German election: Parties return to door-to-door campaigning. Deutsche Welle.
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• http://www.bild.de/bild-plus/politik/inland/landtagswahlen/das-sieg-geheimnis-der-cdu-51774914
• Kruschinski, S. (2016, October 9). Disappointed expectations?! The door-to-door campaign of the parties in the Thuringian state election 2014 . Scientific guest article on the political blog “Hamburger-Wahlbeobachter”.
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• Meineck, S. (2016, September 16). Health as a political issue. BR.de
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Presentations at scientific conferences (peer reviewed)

• 2025
  • Kruschinski, S., & Votta, F. (2025). Synthetic Advantage? Generative AI as a Tool of Party Equalization or Normalization during the 2025 German Parliamentary Election.
  • Presentation at the Digital Democracy Workshop 2025 from November 13-14, 2025 in Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Kruschinski, S., Maurer, M., Beck, T., Yazdani, S., & Gurevych, I. (2025). Are opinions on Twitter/X an indicator of public opinion? An investigation using the example of the evaluation of measures to combat the Covid19 pandemic.
  • Presentation at the annual conference of the Communication Studies Methods subject group from September 17 to 19, 2025 in Salzgitter, Germany.
  • Votta, F., Kruschinski, S., Hove, M. F., & Stromer-Galley, J. (2025). The Perceived Voter in Practice: When US Campaigns Mobilize or Persuade.
  • Presentation at the 121st Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) from September 11-14, 2025 in Vancouver, Canada.
  • Gahn, C., & Kruschinski, S. (2025). Parties’ (missed) opportunities for targeting issue messages in campaigns.
  • Presentation at the 121st Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) from September 11-14, 2025 in Vancouver, Canada.
  • Kruschinski, S., Beck, T., Yazdani, S., Maurer, M., & Gurevych, I. (2025). Consensus and Conflict in Crisis: Opinion Dynamics on COVID-19 Measures Across Societal Groups on X.
  • Presentation at the ECREA Political Communication Section Conference on September 4 and 5, 2025 in Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Paulke, H., Kruschinski, S., Maurer, M., Renz, R., & Trepte, S. (2025). Uncovering Exposure to Political Online Microtargeting: Which users were reached during the 2024 European Election on Facebook and Instagram?
  • Presentation at the ECREA Political Communication Section Conference on September 4 and 5, 2025 in Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Fecher, H., Scherer, T., Jost, P., & Kruschinski, S. (2025). Navigating Innovation and Control: Public Perceptions of Risks and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in Political Communication.
  • Presentation at the ECREA Political Communication Section Conference on September 4 and 5, 2025 in Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Magin, M., Haßler, J., Lappas, G., Kruschinski, S., Marcos García, S., Novotná, M., Freiherr von Nostitz, F., Machado, S., Russmann, U., Moritz-Wurst, A.-K., Balaban, D., Baranowski, P., Linaa Jensen, J., Kruschinski, S., Petridis, I., Rožukalne, A., & Sebestyén, A. (2025). Weaponizing wedge issues: A comparative content analysis of political parties’ populist and illiberal communication strategies on Facebook during the 2024 European election.
  • Presentation at the ECREA Political Communication Section Conference on September 4 and 5, 2025 in Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Bene, M., Baranowski, P., Bos, L., Casero‐Ripollés, A., Ceron, A., Dutceac Segesten, A., Grechanaya, T., Hassler, J., Jensen, A., Kruschinski, S., Linaa, J., Larsson, A. O., & Russmann, U. (2025). Constructing representation: A comparative analysis of political actors’ claims on Facebook during European and national election campaign.
  • Presentation at the General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) from August 26 to 29, 2025 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Bene, M., Baranowski, P., Bos, L., Casero‐Ripollés, A., Ceron, A., Dutceac Segesten, A., Grechanaya, T., Hassler, J., Jensen, A., Kruschinski, S., Linaa, J., Larsson, A. O., & Russmann, U. (2025). Constructing representation: A comparative analysis of political actors’ claims on Facebook during European and national election campaign.
  • Paper presented at the 28th World Congress of Political Science of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) from July 13 to 16, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea.
  • Bene, M., Macková, A. P., Gërguri, D., Kruschinski, S., Larsson, A. O., Machado, S., Fenoll, V., Jackson, D., & Wall, M. (2025). Call to Action: Engaging Voters Across Eight Countries.
  • Paper presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from June 12 to 16, 2025 in Denver, USA.
  • Kruschinski, S., Russmann, U., Gërguri, D., Gonçalves, I., Peña Vicuña, P., Rodriguez Sanchez, A., Novotná, M., Jensen, J. L., Bene, M., David, Y., Ceron, A., Grechanaya, T., Muniz, C., Gross, E. C., Magin, M., Lilleker, D., Fenoll, V., Baranowski, P., Machado, S., & Krewel, M. (2025). Visual communication in 25 countries: The influence of symbols and visual gestures on user engagement.
  • Paper presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from June 12 to 16, 2025 in Denver, USA.
  • Votta, F., Kruschinski, S., Dobber, T., Cerroni, A., Sandberg, L., Hove, M. F., Dassonneville, R., Guinaudeau, B., Zilinsky, J., Cross, J.P., Gahn, C., Bene, M., & de Vreese, C. (2025). Examining Ad Delivery Algorithms in the 2024 EP elections. United in Diversity, Divided by Algorithms: Ad Delivery Algorithms in the 2024 European Parliament Elections.
  • Paper presented at the Joint Sessions of Workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) from May 20-23, 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Haßler, J., Wurst, A.-K., & Kruschinski, S. (2025). A Substantive Alternative?! An analysis of the effectiveness of the issue stealing strategy in digital election campaign communication.
  • Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Subject Groups “Communication and Politics” (DGPuK), “Working Group Politics and Communication” (DVPW) and “Political Communication” (SGKM) from February 26-28, 2025 in Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Votta, F., Kruschinski, S., Dobber, T., Cerroni, A., Sandberg, L., Hove, M. F., Dassonneville, R., Guinaudeau, B., Zilinsky, J., Cross, J.P., Gahn, C., Bene, M., & de Vreese, C. (2025). Examining Ad Delivery Algorithms in the 2024 EP elections. United in Diversity, Divided by Algorithms: Ad Delivery Algorithms in the 2024 European Parliament Elections.
  • Paper presented at the Etmaal Conference from February 3-4, 2025 in Bruges, Belgium.
• 2024
  • Votta, F., Kruschinski, S., Hove, M., de Vreese, C., Dobber, T., & Helberger, N. (2024). Who does(n’t) target you? Mapping the Worldwide Usage of Online Political Microtargeting.
  • Paper presented at the 10th Annual Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) from September 24 to 27, 2024 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Kruschinski, S., Paulke, H., Renz, R., Maurer, M., & Trepte, S. (2024). A combination of methods including mobile (in-app) tracking, panel survey, and content analysis for measuring the perception and effects of online microtargeting.
  • Paper presented at the conference of the Subject Groups “Digital Communication” and “Methods of Communication Studies” of the DGPuK from September 18 to 20, 2024 in Hamburg, Germany.
  • Renz, R., Kruschinski, S., Paulke, H., Trepte, S., & Maurer, M. (2024). Think Aloud, Speak About – A new combinatorial approach to qualitative data collection in the context of political microtargeting.
  • Paper presented at the conference of the Subject Groups “Digital Communication” and “Methods of Communication Studies” of the DGPuK from September 18 to 20, 2024 in Hamburg, Germany.
  • Votta, F., Kruschinski, S., Hove, M., de Vreese, C., Dobber, T., & Helberger, N. (2024). Who does(n’t) target you? Mapping the Worldwide Usage of Online Political Microtargeting.
  • Paper presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from June 20 to 24, 2024 in Broadbeach, Australia.
  • Barclay, A., Gibson, R., Dommett, K., & Kruschinski, S. (2024). The Regulatory Ecosystem of Data-driven campaigns: Evidence from Three European Countries.
  • Paper presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association (PSA) from March 25 to 27, 2024 in Strathclyde, Scotland.
  • Kruschinski, S., Jost, P., Maurer, M., & Reinemann, C. (2024). Pandemic user engagement. Exploring content characteristics of news media articles triggering user engagement on Facebook during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Paper presented at the 69th Annual Conference of the German Association for Communication Studies (DGPuK) from March 13 to 15, 2024 in Erfurt.
  • Kruschinski., S., Votta, F., Hove, M., Helberger, N., de Vreese, C. & Dobber, T. (2024). Who Does(n’t) Target You? Mapping the Worldwide Usage of Online Political Microtargeting.
  • Paper presented at the 69th Annual Conference of the German Association for Communication Studies (DGPuK) from March 13 to 15, 2024 in Erfurt.
  • Maurer, M., Jost, P., & Kruschinski, S. (2024). Self-alignment in journalism? On the dynamics of diversity and consonance in media coverage during three crises.
  • Paper presented at the 69th Annual Conference of the German Association for Communication Studies (DGPuK) from March 13 to 15, 2024 in Erfurt.
• 2023
  • Kruschinski, S., Beck, T., Maurer, M., & Gurevych, I. (2023). Consensus and Polarization during the COVID-19 Pandemic (KoPoCoV). An automated analysis of opinion dynamics on Twitter.
  • Paper presented at the kick-off event “Societal Impacts of the Corona Pandemic. Research for Integration, Participation and Renewal” of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) on November 16 and 17, 2023 in Bonn.
  • Barclay, A., Kruschinski, S., Dommett, K., & Kefford, G. (2023). Mapping Public Attitudes Towards Data-Driven Campaigning and its regulation in five advanced democracies.
  • Panel presentation at the 17th General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) from September 04-08, 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Kruschinski, S., Jost, P., Dogruel, L., & Jürgens, P. (2023). Dissemination and reception of conspiracy theories and calls for mobilization on Telegram.
  • Paper presented at the 2023 science conference of the “Center for Analysis and Research” of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution on the topic of “Opinion Formation 2.0 – Strategies in the Struggle for Interpretive Authority in the Digital Age” on September 5 and 6, 2023 in Berlin.
  • Gahn, C., & Kruschinski, S., & Haßler, J. (2023). Political Targeting on Social Media: A Study of Tailored Messages and Ad Success in the German 2021 General Election.
  • Paper presented at the ECREA Political Communication Section Conference on August 31 and September 1 at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society and Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
  • Meltzer, C., Jost, P., Kruschinski, S., Schemer, C., & Maurer, M. (2023). The Impact of Media Contact with Refugee Women and Men in the News on Immigration-Related Attitudes and Emotions.
  • Paper presented at the ECREA Political Communication Section Conference on August 31 and September 1 at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society and Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
  • Pohl, K., Haßler. J., Wurst, A.-K., Jost, P., Bene, M., & Kruschinski, S. (2023). The Potentially Dangerous Connection Between Populist Parties, Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric and Angry Reactions.
  • Paper presented at the ECREA Political Communication Section Conference on August 31 and September 1 at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society and Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
  • Gahn, C., Kruschinski, S., & Haßler, J. (2023). Are highly tailored advertisements more successful in election campaigns? An empirical analysis of the content and impressions of parties’ Instagram and Facebook Ads in the 2021 German election campaign.
  • Paper presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association (EPSA) from June 22 to 24, 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Kruschinski, S., Jost, P., & Maurer, M. (2023). The effects of Door-to-Door Canvassing on voter turnout and vote intention. Evidence from a quasi-experiment with repeated measurements using mobile surveys.
  • Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 25 to 29, 2023 in Toronto, Canada.
  • Kruschinski, S., Russmann, U., Haßler, J., Lilleker, D., Balaban, D.C., Baranowski, P., Ceron, A., Fenoll, V., & Jackson, D. (2023). Divisive, negative, and populist digital advertising?! Comparing populist and mainstream parties’ communication strategies in Facebook campaign messages in 10 European countries.
  • Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 25 to 29, 2023 in Toronto, Canada.
  • Braun, M., Heintz, L., Kruschinski, S., Trepte, S., & Scharkow, M. (2023). Gender Diversity at Academic Conferences—The case of the International Communication Association (ICA).
  • Poster presentation at the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 25 to 29, 2023 in Toronto, Canada.
  • Reinemann, C., Maurer, M., Kruschinski, S., & Jost, P. (2023). Consonance or diversity in COVID-19 coverage? How German mainstream journalism and alternative media covered the pandemic 2020-20 21.
  • Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 25 to 29, 2023 in Toronto, Canada.
  • Braun, M., Heintz, L., Kruschinski, S., Trepte, S., & Scharkow, M. (2023). Gender diversity at academic conferences – Development and influencing factors using the example of ICA conferences from 2005 to 2022.
  • Paper presented at the 68th Annual Conference of the German Association for Communication Studies (DGPuK) from May 18 to 20, 2023 in Bremen.
  • Gahn. C., Kruschinski, S., & Haßler, J. (2023). Political Targeting on Social Media: A Study of Tailored Messages and Ad Success in the German 2021 General Election.
  • Paper presented at the Joint Sessions of Workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) from April 25 to 28, 2023 at Sciences Po in Toulouse, France.
• 2022
  • Wurst, A.K., Kruschinski, S., Haßler, J., & Schlosser, K. (2022). A consistent picture? Issue-based campaigning on Facebook in Germany.
  • Paper presented at the 9th Annual Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) from October 19 to 22, 2022 in Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Haller, A., & Kruschinski, S. (2022). How do campaign strategists perceive Facebook targeting? An empirical analysis of the relevance, implementation, and evaluation of Facebook targeting.
  • Paper presented at the Pre-Conference “Digital Campaigning Worldwide” prior to the 9th Annual Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) on October 19, 2022 in Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Rußmann, U., Lilleker, D., Bene, M., Farkas, X., Haßler, J., Jackson, D., Kruschinski, S., Larsson, A. O., Magin, M., & Veneti, A. (2022). Liking, sharing or commenting – how different imagery evoke different audience responses on Facebook during election campaigns.
  • Paper presented at the 9th Annual Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) from October 19 to 22, 2022 in Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Bene, M., Magin, M, Hassler, J., Rußmann, U., Lilleker, D., Kruschinski, S., Jackson, D., Fenoll, V., Farkas, X., Baranowski, P., & Balaban, D. (2022). Populism in context. A cross-country investigation of the Facebook usage of populist appeals during the 2019 European Parliament elections.
  • Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) from November 02 to 05, 2022 in Dublin, Ireland.
  • Deichmann, M., Steinfeltz, N.A.A., Kruschinski., S., & Haun, D. (2022). Empty or informative TV formats?! An empirical analysis of the topics and communication strategies of the three leading candidates in the three TV debates 2021.
  • Paper presented at the joint annual conference of the DGPuK Subject Group Journalism/Journalism Research, the DGPuK Subject Group Communication and Politics, the Working Group Politics and Communication (DVPW) and the Subject Group Political Communication (SGKM) from September 28 to 30, 2022 in Trier.
  • Bene, M., Magin, M, Hassler, J., Rußmann, U., Lilleker, D., Kruschinski, S., Jackson, D., Fenoll, V., Farkas, X., Baranowski, P., & Balaban, D. (2022). Populism in context. A cross-country investigation of the Facebook usage of populist appeals during the 2019 European Parliament elections.
  • Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 26 to 30, 2022 in Paris, France.
  • Kruschinski, S., Haßler, J., Jost, P., & Sülflow, M. (2022). To regulate or not to regulate?! The evaluation of regulatory measures for political targeting using empirical findings from German digital campaigning.
  • Paper presented in the DGPuK-Panel “Political Targeting during the German Federal Election” at the 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 26 to 30, 2022 in Paris, France.
  • Kefford, G., Dommett, K., & Kruschinski, S. (2022). Perspectives on Regulation & Data-Driven Campaigning: Evidence from Five Advanced Democracies.
  • Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association from April 11-13, 2022 in York, UK.
• 2021
  • Baranowski, P., Kruschinski, S. & Rußmann, U. (2021). Putting lipstick on a pig? Going negative in the 2019 European Election Campaign.
  • Paper presented in the panel “Campaigning on Facebook. Political Parties’ Digital Communication Strategies in the 2019 European Elections” at the 8th Annual Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) from September 6 to 9, 2021 in Braga, Portugal.
  • Sülflow, M., Jost, P., Kruschinski, S. & Haßler, J. (2021).Sponsoring political microtargeting’s transparency?! How ad disclaimers affect the perception and evaluation of Facebook ads.
  • Paper presented at the 8th Annual Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) from September 6 to 9, 2021 in Braga, Portugal.
  • Lilleker, D., Haßler, J., Baranowski, P., Bene, M., Ceron, A., Fenoll, V., Jackson, D., Kruschinski, S., Larsson, A.O., Magin, M., Maurer, P., Russmann, U., Schlosser, K. & Veneti, A. (2021). Populist election campaigning: assessing the spread and impact across 12 EU nations.
  • Paper presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) from July 10-14, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Kruschinski, S., Haßler, J., Bene, M., Ceron, A., Fenoll, V., Larsson, A.O., Magin, M., Schlosser, K. & Wurst, A.-K. (2021). Keep them engaged! A 12-country investigation of content features provoking user engagement on parties’ Facebook posts in the 2019 European Elections.
  • Virtual paper presented at the 71st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 27 to 31, 2021 in Denver, USA.
  • Kruschinski, S., Baranowski, P., Rußmann, U., Haßler, J., Magin, M., Bene, M., Ceron, A., Lilleker, D. & Jackson, D. (2021). Patterns of Negative Campaigning during the 2019 European Election: Political Parties’ Facebook Posts and Users’ Sharing Behavior across Twelve Countries.
  • Virtual paper presented at the 71st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 27 to 31, 2021 in Denver, USA.
  • Schlosser, K., Wurst, A.-K., Haßler, J., Fenoll, V., Kruschinski, S., Magin, M., & Russmann, U. (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.
  • Paper presented at the Tri-national Conference for Communication Studies – DACH 21 from April 7 to 9, 2021 in Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Jost, P., Kruschinski, S., Sülflow, M., Haßler, J., & Maurer, M. (2021). Understanding the effects of political online targeting. Two studies on the impact of party preference and the mediating role of message perception.
  • Paper presented at the Tri-national Conference for Communication Studies – DACH 21 from April 7 to 9, 2021 in Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Magin, M., Baranowski, P., Bene, M., Ceron, A., Farkas, X., Fenoll, V., Haßler, J., Jackson, D., Kruschinski, S., Larsson, A. O., Lilleker, D., Maurer, P., Russmann, U., Schlosser, K., Veneti, A., & Wurst, A.-K. (2021). Populism in context. A cross-country investigation of the Facebook usage of populist appeals during the 2019 EP elections.
  • Paper presented at the ECREA Political Communication Conference “Communicating crisis: Political communication in the age of uncertainty” from March 25-26, 2021 in Bucharest, Romania.
  • Russmann, U., Magin, M., Haßler, J., Baranowski, P., Bene, M., Ceron, A., Farkas, X., Fenoll, V., Jackson, D., Kruschinski, S., Larsson, A. O., Lilleker, D., Maurer, P., Schlosser, K., Veneti, A., & Wurst, A.-K. (2021). Populists’ communication on Facebook during the 2019 EP Elections.
  • Virtual paper presented at the Protagoras symposium “Europe facing populists in power: communication strategies and practices.” from 14. -15. January 2021 in Brussels, Belgium.
• 2020
  • Bene, M., Ceron, A., Fenoll, V., Larsson, A. O.,Kruschinski, S., Magin, M., Haßler, J., Schlosser, & Wurst, A.-K. (2020). A Cross-country Investigation of User Engagement during the 2019 EP Election.
  • Virtual paper presented at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) from September 10-13, 2020 in San Francisco, USA.
  • Maurer, P., Magin, M. Bene, M., Kruschinski, S., Haßler, J., Schlosser, K. & Wurst, A.-K. (2020). Engaging users through information or critique? “Likes” and “shares” for parties on Facebook during the 2019 European Election campaign.
  • Virtual paper presented at the 3rd Weizenbaum Conference “Democracy in Flux – Order, Dynamics and Voices in Digital Public Spheres” from October 19 to 20, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
  • Russmann, U., Baranowski, P., Kruschinski, S., Ceron, A., Jackson, D., Lilleker, D., Magin, M., & Marton, B. (2020). European Patterns of Negative Campaigning? Going Negative in the 2019 European Election Campaign.
  • Virtual panel presentation at the 14th General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) from August 26-28, 2020 in Innsbruck, Austria.
  • Sülflow, M., Jost, P., Kruschinski, S. & Haßler, J. (2020). On the perception and effect of political microtargeting on Facebook. An eye-tracking experiment.
  • Paper presented at the 65th Annual Conference of the DGPuK from March 10 to 12, 2020 in Munich.
  • Haßler, J., Kruschinski, S., Sülflow, M., & Jost, P. (2020). (P)Reaching to the audience?! An empirical analysis of the reach of Facebook posts in election campaigns using Facebook Insight data.
  • Paper presented at the 65th Annual Conference of the DGPuK from March 10 to 12, 2020 in Munich.
  • Haßler, J., Schlosser, K., Wurst, A.-K., Kruschinski, S. (2020). Facebook as an alternative public sphere for Germany. How the AfD used Facebook in the European election campaign.
  • Poster presentation at the joint annual conference 2020 of the subject group “Communication and Politics” of the German Society for Communication Studies and Communication Science (DGPuK), the working group “Politics and Communication” of the German Association for Political Science (DVPW) and the subject group “Political Communication” of the Swiss Society for Communication and Media Science (SGKM) from February 5 to 7, 2020 in Mainz.
  • Kruschinski, S., Haßler, J., Bene, M, Baranowski, P., Ceron, A., Fenoll, V., Jackson, D., Larsson, A. O., Lilleker, D., Magin, M., Maurer, P., Russmann, U., Schlosser, K., Veneti, A., & Wurst, A.-K. (2020). Really a European Populist Zeitgeist? How populists used Facebook posts and ads for campaigning across 11 countries in the European Election Campaign 2019.
  • Presentation at the workshop “European Elections 2019” of the “Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES)” on January 30 and 31, 2020 in Amsterdam.
• 2019
  • Magin, M., Baranowski, P., Bene, M., Ceron, A., Fenoll, V., Haßler, J., Jackson, D., Kruschinski, S., Larsson, A. O., Lilleker, D., Maurer, P., Rußmann, U. & Schlosser, K., Veneti, A. & Wurst, A.-K. (2019). How political parties tried to produce participation in the European Election Campaign 2019 – a comparative content analysis of parties’ Facebook campaigns in 11 countries. Workshop on The Production of Participation in the Digital World, Trondheim, December 12 to 13, 2019.
  • Haßler, J., Baranowski, P., Bene, M., Ceron, A., Fenoll, V., Jackson, D., Kruschinski, S., Larsson A. O., Lilleker D., Magin, M., Maurer, P., Rußmann, U., Schlosser, K. (2019). Campaigning for Strasbourg (CamforS) – a Cross-National Comparison of Campaign Mobilization in Social Media.
  • Presentation at the conference “European Elections 2019: Populism & Euroscepticism” from November 20 to 22, 2019 in Valencia.
  • Kruschinski, S., Haßler, J., Jost, P. & Sülflow, M. (2019). Opening Facebook’s black box: Using Facebook insight data for mapping the reach of sponsored posts on Facebook.
  • Presentation at the workshop “Removing Barriers to Digital Platform Transparency across Europe” of “The European Advisory Group of Social Science One”, European Commission (DG Connect) and “Social Observatory for Disinformation and Social Media Analysis” (SOMA) on October 18, 2019 in Brussels.
  • Kruschinski, S. & Haller, A. (2019). The Will of Voter Data. A normative and democratic-theoretical consideration of political targeting.
  • Presentation at the Bookmaking Conference “Democracy and Democratic Theory in the Field of Tension between Digitization and Digital Transformation” from September 2 to 3, 2019 at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) in Bochum.
  • Maurer, M., Kruschinski, S., Jost, P. & Haßler, J. (2019). We can’t do it, but we still have to. On the (In-)Consistency of Refugee Reporting in German Media.
  • Presentation at the conference “Flight, Migration and Integration in the Media” from July 11 to 13, 2019 at the House of the University of Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2019). Let the data speak for itself. The evolution, understanding, organization and conduct of political micro-targeting in Germany.
  • Presentation at the conference “”Scraping the Demos”: Political Epistemologies of Big Data” of the Research Group Quantification and Social Regulation (Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society) and DVPW Thematic Group “Internet and Politics. Electronic Governance” from July 8 to 9, 2019 at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center in Berlin.
  • Kruschinski, S. & Haßler, J. (2019). Toward the digital movement party? How German parties use technological innovations for campaigning and how it shapes their organization.
  • Presentation at the symposium “Social Movements and Parties in a Fractured Media Landscape” under the direction of the journal ‘Information, Communication & Society’ (iCS) from July 1 to 2, 2019 at the Centre on Social Movement Studies (Cosmos) of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2019). Data, Technology and Volunteers: An empirical analysis of German parties’ door-to-door canvassing organization.
  • Presentation at the 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 24 to 28, 2019 in Washington, USA.
  • Kruschinski, S. & Voigt, M. (2019). Data-Driven Campaigning in Germany: The evolution and conduct of data-driven canvassing and Facebook targeting in a parliamentary democracy with strict data protection laws.
  • Presentation within the framework of the 47th ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops “The New ‘Data Science‘ of Election Campaigning in Comparative Perspective” from April 8 to 12, 2019 at the Université catholique de Louvain, Mons, Belgium.
• 2018
  • Jürgens, P. & Kruschinski, S. (2018). A Different Bot Hunt: Platform-Agnostic Bot Detection Using Approximative Clustering.
  • Presentation at the iCS Symposium on Challenges to Studying Disinformation from October 27 to 28, 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Haller, A. & Kruschinski, S. (2018).“Data!data!data! Campaigns can’t make bricks without clay.” A normative and democratic-theoretical evaluation of political micro-targeting.
  • Presentation at the 7th Annual Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) from October 31 to November 3, 2018 in Lugano, Switzerland.
  • Kruschinski, S., Jürgens, P., Maurer, M., Schemer, C. & Stark, B. (2018). A multi-feature framework for detecting Social Bots on Facebook.
  • Presentation at the 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 24 to 28, 2018 in Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Kruschinski, S. & Haller, A. (2018). Data-Driven Discrimination? An empirical analysis of political micro-targeting’s promises and concerns for political parties, the electorate and public discourse.
  • Presentation at the “Internet, Policy & Politics Conference” of the Oxford Internet Institute from September 20 to 21, 2018 at St Anne’s College of the University of Oxford.
  • Jost, P., Haßler, J., Kruschinski, S. & Maurer, M. (2018). Looking over the canal. Comparing the objectivity of media coverage on the so-called refugee crisis in Germany and the UK .
  • Presentation at the pre-conference “Refugees, Religious Threats, and Political Radicalization: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives” of the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) on May 23, 2018 in Prague.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2018). The data-driven door-to-door campaign in the 2017 federal election. With data, technologies, and campaign assistants in direct voter contact.
  • Presentation at the joint conference “The 2017 Federal Election” of the DVPW working groups “Politics and Communication” and “Elections and Political Attitudes” from May 24 to 25, 2018 in Berlin.
  • Jost, P., Haßler, J., Kruschinski, S. & Maurer, M. (2018). On the Trail of the Lying Press. On the Objectivity of Media Coverage in the “Refugee Crisis”.
  • Presentation at the 63rd Annual Conference of the DGPuK from May 9 to 11, 2018 in Mannheim.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2018). Facts & Fiction: The Myth of German Microtargeting.
  • Presentation at re:publica 2018 “POP – Power of the People” from May 2 to 4, 2018 in Berlin.
• 2017
  • Kruschinski, S. & Haller, A. (2017). “What is predictive modeling?!” – Potentials and limitations of data-driven political micro-targeting in Germany.
  • Presentation at the Amsterdam symposium on political micro-targeting of the Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam on 2017-09-22 in Amsterdam.
  • Kruschinski, S. & Jürgens, P. (2017). The Research of Political Discussion Content in Algorithmic Public Spheres – Methodological Challenges and Solutions Based on the Example of the Project “The Influence of Social Bots and Fake News on the 2017 Federal Election”.
  • Workshop “Limits and Perspectives of Method Development in Communication Studies” in advance of the annual conference of the DGPuK Methods subject group on 2017-09-20 in Mainz.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2017). To mobilize and/or persuade?! An empirical analysis of campaign initiated interpersonal political communication’s effects on turnout, vote intention and vote choice.
  • Presentation at the ICA Political Communication PhD Student PreConference 2017 on 2017-05-25 in San Diego.
• 2016
  • Kruschinski, S. (2016). Door-to-door canvassing in the U.S. and Germany. An empirical comparison of canvassing in the U.S. and Germany using the example of the 2014 Thuringian and 2016 Rhineland-Palatinate federal state elections.
  • Presentation at the 6th European Communication Conference of ECREA from November 9-12, 2016 in Prague.
  • Kruschinski, S. & Haßler, J. (2016). Social Networking Sites in the Election Campaigns of Populist Parties. An empirical analysis using the example of the AfD state parliament election campaign in Rhineland-Palatinate 2016.
  • Presentation at the Dresden Symposium “Digital Revolution in Democracy” from September 8-10, 2016 in Dresden.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2016). Porting the successful campaign?! An empirical comparison of door-to-door campaigning in the U.S. and Germany using the example of the 2014 Thuringian federal state election.
  • Presentation within the panel “New strategies and techniques to reach voters: insights from recent election campaigns” at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) from July 27 – 31, 2016 in Leicester/United Kingdom.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2016). The Postmodern Door-to-Door Campaign. An empirical analysis using the example of the door-to-door campaign of the 2014 Thuringian state parliament election.
  • Presentation at the 11th Düsseldorf Forum for Political Communication (DFPK) from April 14-16, 2016 in Düsseldorf.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2016). Porting the successful campaign?! An empirical analysis on the diffusion of campaign instruments using the example of the door-to-door campaign of the 2014 Thuringian state parliament election.
  • Short Presentation and Poster at the 61st Annual Conference of the DGPuK from March 30 to April 1, 2016 in Leipzig.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2016). Does fear influence political information behavior and political judgment formation? An empirical analysis of the Affective Intelligence Model using the example of the 2011 state parliament election in Baden-Württemberg .
  • Presentation at the annual conference of the Political Communication subject group of the DGPuK from February 11-14, 2016 in Munich.
• 2015
  • Kruschinski, S. (2015). Porting the successful campaign?! An empirical analysis of door-to-door campaigning in Germany using the example of the 2014 Thuringian federal state election .
  • Presentation at the workshop “Campaigning and voting in Europe: New challenges, new perspectives”, December 14-16, 2015 in Paris.
  • Podschuweit, N., Roessing, T., Schmidt, D., Kruschinski, S. & Weber, W. (2015). Political Campaigning in Social Network Sites: Do Campaign Aids Appear to be Opinion Leaders Online?
  • Presentation at the 65th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 21-25, 2015 in Puerto Rico.
  • Bell, P., Geise, S., Kruschinski, S. & Rössler, P. (2015). Automated Analysis of Media Image Content: Potentials, Limitations, Methodological-Technical Status Quo and Future Challenges.
  • Pre-conference to the annual conference of the German Society for Communication Studies and Communication Science (DGPuK) from May 13-15, 2015 in Darmstadt.
• Organization of Scientific Conferences, Workshops & Pre-conferences
  • Jost, P., Kruschinski, S., Sülflow, M. & Maurer, M. (2020). Disinformation, Populism, “Lying Press”: Trust and Credibility in Political Communication. Joint Annual Conference 2020 of the subject group “Communication and Politics” of the German Society for Communication Studies and Communication Science (DGPuK), the working group “Politics and Communication” of the German Association for Political Science (DVPW) and the subject group “Political Communication” of the Swiss Society for Communication and Media Science (SGKM), 2020-02-05 – 2020-02-07, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • https://polkomm2020.uni-mainz.de/
  • Egelhofer, J. L., Riedl, A., Kruschinski, S., & Esau, K. (2019). Colloquium of the Young Researchers’ Network Political Communication of the DGPuK. 2019-11-27 – 2019-11-29, University of Vienna and Austrian Academy of Sciences.
  • http://napoko.de/napoko-kolloquium-2019-in-wien/
  • Kruschinski, S., Haßler, J. & Fitzpatrick, J. (2018). Colloquium of the Young Researchers’ Network Political Communication of the DGPuK. 2018-09-15 – 2018-09-17, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
  • http://napoko.de/napoko-kolloquium-podiumsdiskussion/
• Invited Presentations & Panel Discussions
  • Kruschinski, S. (2025). Diversity of Perspectives in Public Service News Formats.
  • Keynote speech at the exam meeting of ZDF Television Council members on 2025-05-10 in Mainz, Germany.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2025). AI for Bad: Risks of Generative AI in the Context of Elections.
  • Panel discussion at the Weizenbaum Institute on 2025-05-19 in Berlin, Germany.
  • https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/veranstaltungen/detailseite/ai-for-bad-risiken-von-generativer-ki-im-kontext-von-wahlen/
  • Kruschinski, S. (2025). AI in Political Campaigns: Acceptance, Perception, and Impact.
  • Presentation within the lecture series “All Media, or What?” on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Institute for Communication Studies on 2025-05-13 in Mainz, Germany
  • Kruschinski, S. & Votta, F. (2024). Political AI Content Tracker. Development of a monitoring tool for AI-generated campaign messages on social media platforms.
  • Presentation and development of a project at the hackathon of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation and AI4Democracy on December 14 and 15, 2024 at the state representation of Baden-Württemberg in Berlin
  • Kruschinski, S., Paulke, H., Renz, R., Maurer, M., & Trepte, S. (2024). A method combination of mobile (in-app)tracking, content analysis and panel survey to measure the perception and effects of political microtargeting.
  • Presentation at the GESIS workshop “User-centered longitudinal collection of digital behavioral and survey data” on 2024-11-25 in Mannheim, Germany.
  • https://gesisbox.gesis.org/index.php/s/3N7f3N9FQTYTNti?dir=undefined&openfile=9633135
  • Kruschinski, S. (2024). Using Digital Political Advertising for Disruptive Communication.
  • Presentation at the workshop “Contextualizing Misinformation Research: theoretical, empirical, and legal frameworks” at the Weizenbaum Institute on 2024-11-07 and 2024-11-08 in Berlin, Germany.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2024). Use and Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Political Campaigns.
  • Workshop at the speakers’ meeting of the State Center for Political Education Baden-Württemberg on 2024-10-18 in Bad Urach.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2024). Trolls, Bots, and Algorithms – How does opinion formation work online?
  • Panel discussion within the discussion series “Dialogue on Deck” of the German Research Foundation (DFG) on the MS Wissenschaft in Bonn.
  • https://www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles/digitale-formate/exkurs-gespraech/240822-dialog-an-deck
  • Kruschinski, S. (2023). Social Media, Big Data & Artificial Intelligence. How Parties Manipulate Us with Data and Technologies.
  • Presentation within the Colloquium Fundamentale of the Center for Applied Cultural Studies (ZAK) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) on December 14, 2023 in Karlsruhe.
  • (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cat6SHlrqlc; https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/hoersaal-deutschlandfunk-nova/politik-und-ki-so-manipulieren-uns-parteien-mit-daten-und-technologie/deutschlandfunk-nova/13273415/)
  • Kruschinski, S. (2023). How can/should data be used in Political Campaigns?
  • Workshop at the 21st International Conference for Political Communication from November 19-20, 2023 at the Academy of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Berlin.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2023). How to succeed in door-to-door campaigning?
  • Digital workshop for the Demoscopy Lunch by Civey on 2023-06-30.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2023). The promises and perils of Data-Driven Campaigning for representative democracy. Presentation at the workshop “As good as it gets? Promises and perils of representative democracy” of the Mainz Center for Empirical Democracy Research (MZfeD). 2023-03-29 – 2023-03-30, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2023). Expert discussion on the research program “Empirical Social Research in the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation”.
  • Participation on January 16, 2023 at the Academy of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Berlin.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2023). Opportunities and Risks of Political Microtargeting for Students.
  • Short interview for the On-Demand Digitalization Training of the “Learning by Engagement Foundation”.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2021). Negative Campaigning: What’s behind the “new” trend?
  • Presentation at the 19th International Conference for Political Communication from November 14-15, 2021 at the Academy of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Berlin.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2021). The Digital Federal Election Campaign 2021 in Review.
  • Digital Presentation and Discussion within the webtalk “Democracy in Discussion” of the Bavarian Adult Education Association e.V. and the Bavarian State Center for Political Education on October 13, 2021.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2021). Use, potential, and challenges of negative campaigning in Germany.
  • Digital lecture in the “Science” series of the communication agency Ressourcenmangel on June 17, 2021.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2021). Data-driven Political Targeting: Use and Effects using the example of German election campaigns.
  • Digital lecture in the seminar “Steering Communication & Strategic Planning” on June 7, 2021 at Quadriga University in Berlin.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2021). Hacking the Electorate?! Mapping the use and effects of data-driven campaigning in Germany.
  • Digital lecture at the international lecture series “CRiSS – Contemporary Research in Social Sciences” on April 28, 2021 at the University of Mainz.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2019). Strategies, Content, and Impact of Facebook Targeting in the 2018 state parliament election in Hesse.
  • Lecture at the lecture series “Digital Campaigns in the Field of Tension between Technology and Democracy” on December 11, 2019 at the University of Hamburg.
  • Kruschinski, S. & Jürgens. P. (2019). Challenges and possibilities of political communication research in algorithmic public spheres using the example of social bots and microtargeting.
  • Lecture as part of a research stay at the Graduate Institute of Journalism of National Taiwan University from December 1 to 7, 2019.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2019). Hacking Politics: How Data and Technologies are Changing Political Communication.
  • Lecture at the meeting of the VDI Working Group “Internet Security” on November 6, 2019 at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2019). Between ‘networked’ and ‘entangled’ – regional communication in web 4.0.
  • Panel discussion at the SWR Studio Action Day “REGION MEETS SWR” on October 30, 2019 at the SWR Studio Kaiserslautern.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2019). Many Faces – Little Content. On Personalization in Election Campaigns.
  • Panel discussion at the 45th OPEN OHR Festival on June 9, 2019 in Mainz.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2018). Microtargeting in the 2017 Federal Election Campaign: Targeted Voter Contact with Data and Technologies?!
  • Lecture at the lecture series “Digitalization of Democracy” on November 28, 2018 at the University of Hamburg.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2018). “Fake News” & Alternative Facts: Disinformation in the Age of Social Media.
  • Lecture at the meeting of the Marketing Club Mainz-Wiesbaden e.V. on November 12, 2018 at VRM Mainz.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2018). Digital Demos – Big Data in Political Campaigns.
  • Discussant at the abida-evaluator conference on the evaluation “The Public Negotiation of Big Data in Political Campaigns” by Christian Pentzold and Lena Fölsche on September 17, 2018 at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center in Berlin.
  • Kruschinski, S. & Jürgens, P. (2018). Social Bots and Fake News in the 2017 Federal Election.
  • Academic Input during the visit of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate Malu Dreyer at the Institute for Communication Studies of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) on March 20, 2018 in Mainz.
  • Kruschinski, S. & Jürgens, P. (2018). Election Campaign of Algorithms?! The Influence of Social Bots and Fake News on the 2017 Federal Election.
  • Lecture as part of the Lecturer Meeting of Johannes Gutenberg University on January 16, 2018 in Mainz.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2017). Fake News and Lying Press – We want to discuss.
  • Discussant at the panel discussion of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Correctiv.org on November 28, 2017 at Kulturcafe in Mainz.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2017). Mobilization in 2017: Tools and Strategies in the campaigns of the state parliament elections and the federal election.
  • Lecture at the 15th International Conference on Political Communication from October 15-16, 2017 at the Academy of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Berlin.
  • Kruschinski, S. & Hohmann, D. (2016). The 2016 American Presidential Elections – a report with an academic side note.
  • Lecture as part of the Political Science lecture series on December 14, 2016 at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2016). High Tech and High Touch. The Revival of Door-to-Door!?
  • Panel at the 14th International Conference on Political Communication from October 9-10, 2016 at the Academy of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Berlin.
• Lectures & Workshops in adult education / in schools
  • Kruschinski, S. (2024). How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Social Media and Thus Politics.
  • Lecture at the continuing education seminar “Do Social Media Threaten Our Democracy?!” of the Gustav Heinemann Educational Center on October 15, 2024 in Bad Malente-Gremsmühlen.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2024). TikTok, who should I vote for? – How Personal Data Influences Decisions. Webinar as part of the EU project #DigitalRoleModels of the Hamburg Commissioner for
  • Data Protection and Freedom of Information on 2024-08-20 in Hamburg.
  • https://datenschutz-hamburg.de/digitalevorbilder/themen-details/tiktok-wen-soll-ich-waehlen-wie-persoenliche-daten-entscheidungen-beeinflussen
  • Kruschinski, S. (2023). The 2023 Hessian State Parliament Election. Review of the Election Results and Communication Strategies on Social Media.
  • Digital lecture in the funding program “Campaign Management” for scholarship students of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on 2023-10-12.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2023). Posting and (Micro-)Targeting on Facebook and Instagram in the 2023 state parliament election in Bavaria.
  • Digital lecture as part of the webtalks “Digital Election Campaign” from the Bavarian State Agency for Civic Education on 2023-09-20.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2023). Election Campaign in the Digital Age: How do (Social) Media Influence Our Political Decisions?
  • Workshop as part of the 2023 Summer Academy of the Evangelical Study Foundation Villigst on 2023-08-28 in Schwerte-Villigst.
  • Kruschinski, S. & Sülflow, M. (2021). “Digital Election Campaign vs. Civic Education”. Strategies and Mechanisms of Action of Parties’ Online Activities in the State Parliament Election Campaign.
  • Leading an e-session for teachers for the Pedagogical State Institute Rhineland-Palatinate on 2021-02-01.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2020). We need to talk about digital journalism! Challenges and Solutions for Good Political Journalism in the Digital Age.
  • Leading a session at the barcamp on political communication of the Federal Press Office on 2020-01-21 at artloft in Berlin.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2019). Hate, Populism, and Incitement?! How Political Communication Takes Place in Social Networks.
  • Lecture at the seminar “The Power of Words – How Language Influences Political Discourses” of the Fridtjof Nansen Academy and the Rhineland-Palatinate State Agency for Civic Education on March 23, 2019 at the Fridtjof Nansen House in Ingelheim.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2019). Bots & Trolls – Digital Transatlantic Challenges.
  • Lecture at the Youth Expert Seminar “Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and America” of the Atlantic Academy and the Hessian State Agency for Civic Education on March 1, 2019 at the Speyer Youth Hostel.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2018). A Social Generation?! Challenges in Digital Media and Politics in an era of algorithms
  • Lecture at the Youth Expert Seminar “Reinventing the American Dream?” of the Atlantic Academy and the Hessian State Agency for Civic Education on November 24, 2018 at the Wiesbaden Youth Hostel.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2018). “And that during prime time!” Media and Right-Wing Populism – A Love-Hate Relationship
  • Lecture as part of the event series “Hamburg Shows Its Colors. For Democracy, Tolerance, and Diversity” and on behalf of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Hamburg on June 19, 2018 at the Fabrique in Gängeviertel Hamburg.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2018). Fake News, Microtargeting, Hate Speech: Solutions for Political Manipulation in Social Media.
  • Lecture on behalf of the research unit for civic education of the General Students’ Committee (AStA) on June 12, 2018 at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2018). Algorithms that Shape Public Opinion. The Influence of Social Bots on Recent Elections.
  • Lecture as part of the Federal Meeting of the Christian Academic Association (CAV) from May 31 to June 3, 2018 in Kaub.
  • Haßler, J. & Kruschinski, S. (2018). Populism in the Digital Age.
  • Lecture as part of the event series “Digitized Democracy – Curse or Blessing?” and on behalf of the association “Gegen Vergessen Für Demokratie e.V.” on May 15, 2018 in Darmstadt.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2018). Clickbait for Europe? – Election Campaign in the Digital Age”
  • Workshop as part of the DACH Seminar 2018 “Next Stop: European Election 2019 – The Path to Europe 2.0” of the Young European Federalists from April 27 to 29, 2018 in Bregenz, Austria.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2017). Spread and Impact of Fake News in the Digital Age – and How to Protect Oneself from It.
  • Lecture for the Catholic Educational Institute Mainz on October 4, 2017 at Sankt Remigiusheim in Wöllstein.
  • Kruschinski, S. (2017). What is True? How Fake News Can Influence Our Opinion .
  • Lecture of the event series Politics-Local of the CDU Alzey on 2017-08-17.
  • Haßler, J. & Kruschinski, S. (2017). Digital Strategies of Populists. How the Political Online Discourse is Instrumentalized.
  • Lecture as part of the Darmstadt Democracy Series 2017 and on behalf of the association “Gegen Vergessen Für Demokratie e.V.” on August 31, 2017.

• Winter Semester 2024
  • BA Content Analysis
    • Mobile Political Information Use on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok during the 2024 European Election Campaign
• Winter Semester 2023
  • MA Advanced Seminar “Current Research Questions in Communication Studies”: Consensus and Polarization in Times of Crisis / AI in Political Communication
    • Course concept available upon request
• Summer Semester 2023
  • MA Hauptseminar & Übung „Aktuelle Forschungsfragen der Kommunikationswissenschaft“: Konsens und Polarisierung in Krisenzeiten / KI in der politischen Kommunikation
    • Course concept available upon request
• Winter Semester 2022
  • BA Concepts & Theories of Communication Studies Course H
  • BA Begriffe & Theorien der Publizistikwissenschaft Kurs G
    • Course concept available upon request
• Winter Semester 2021:
  • MA Medialization:
    • Medialization of Election Campaigns: The Super Election Year 2021 in Germany
    • Digital Course Concept and Lectures available upon request
  • BA Begriffe & Theorien der Publizistikwissenschaft
    • Digital Course Concept and Lectures available upon request
• Summer Semester 2021:
  • BA Befragung: Mediennutzung & -effekte
    • Quantitative Election Campaign Survey of Campaign Workers, Candidates, Strategists, and Consulting Agencies
    • Digital Course Concept and Lectures available upon request
• Winter Semester 2020:
  • BA Content Analysis
    • Digital Political Marketing on Facebook in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
    • Digital Course Concept and Lectures available upon request
• Summer Semester 2020:
  • Seminarplan: BA Befragung: Mediennutzung & -effekte
    • Reception and Impact of Conspiracy Theories in Private Communication Spaces
    • Digital Course Concept and Lectures available upon request
• Winter Semester 2019:
  • Political Communication – Seminar KF/BF
    • Data-driven Procedures of Voter Outreach in the 2017 Federal Election
  • Current questions of Media history, media right and media politics – Course KF/BF
    • Campaigning in the digital age: The use of political advertisements on Facebook during the European Parliamentary Election 2019 [Syllabus]
• Summer Semester 2019:
  • New Media / Online Communication – Seminar KF/BF
    • Understanding Digital Campaigning using Computational Communication Science: Facebook Communication and Ad Targeting in the European Parliamentary Election 2019 [Syllabus]
  • Media Use Research – Seminar KF/BF
    • Online Harassment and Computational Propaganda on Information Intermediaries in Light of Media Use Research
• Winter Semester 2018
  • Political Communication – Seminar KF/BF
    • Myth or Wonder Weapon?! Data-driven Procedures of Voter Outreach using the example of the Hessian and Bavarian state parliament elections 2018
• Summer Semester 2018:
  • New Media / Online Communication KF/BF
    • The public sphere in an era of algorithms – Political communication in the light of Disinformation and Social Bots [Syllabus]