Monographs

Maurer, M. (2017).  Agenda-Setting. 2nd revised edition . Baden-Baden: Nomos.

Maurer, M. (2016). Nonverbal Political Communication. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 

Reinemann, C., Maurer, M., Zerback, T., & Jandura, O. (2013).  The Late Deciders. Media Effects on Short-Term Voting Decisions.   Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

Maurer, M. (2010).  Agenda Setting.  Baden-Baden: Nomos.

Maurer, M., Reinemann, C., Maier, J., & Maier, M. (2007).  Schröder vs. Merkel. Perception and Impact of the 2005 TV Debate in East-West Comparison.   Wiesbaden: VS Verlag for Social Sciences.

Maurer, M., & Reinemann, C. (2006).  Media Content. An Introduction.   Wiesbaden: VS Verlag for Social Sciences.

Kepplinger, H. M., & Maurer, M. (2005).  Farewell to the Rational Voter. Why Elections are Decided on Television.   Freiburg i.B.: Alber.

Maurer, M., & Reinemann, C. (2003).  Schröder vs. Stoiber. Usage, Perception, and Impact of the TV Debates.   Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag.

Maurer, M. (2003).  Political Disillusionment through Media Reports. A Panel Analysis.   Konstanz: UVK.

Edited Volumes

Jackob, N., Quiring, O., & Maurer, M., Eds. (2020). Traditions and Transformations of the Public Sphere.Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 

Klimmt, C., Maurer, M., Holte, H. & Baumann, E., Eds. (2015).  Road Safety Communication. Contributions of Empirical Research to Strategic Accident Prevention.   Wiesbaden: Springer VS

Jackob, N., Maurer, M., Ehmig, S., Geiß, S., & Daschmann, G., Eds. (2013).  Realism as a Profession. Contributions on the Relationship between Media and Reality.   Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

Stark, B., Magin, M., Jandura, O., & Maurer, M., Eds. (2012).  Methodological Challenges of Comparative Research Approaches.  Cologne: Halem-Verlag.

Jackob, N., Zerback, T., Jandura, O., & Maurer. M., Eds.  (2010).  The Internet as a Research Instrument and Subject in Communication Studies.  Cologne: Halem-Verlag.

Woelke, J., Maurer, M., & Jandura, O., Eds. (2010). Research Methods for Market and Organizational Communication. Cologne: Halem-Verlag.  

Maier, J., Maier, M., Maurer, M., Reinemann, C., & Meyer V., Eds. (2009).  RTR-Measurement in the social sciences.  Frankfurt: Verlag Peter Lang.

Journal Articles (peer reviewed)

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. online first.https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2025.2472765  

Bartsch, A., Neuberger, C., Stark, B., Karnowski, V., Maurer, M., Pentzold, C., Quandt, T., Quiring, O., & Schemer, C. (2024). Epistemic authority in the digital public sphere. An integrative conceptual framework and research agenda. Communication Theory. online first.     https://doi.org/10.1093/ct/qtae020

Maurer, M., & Jost, P. (2024). Comparing Agenda-Setting Effects for the Issue of Migration Measured with Three Different Indicators of the Public Agenda. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 36(3), edae037. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edae037 

Reinemann, C., Maurer, M., Kruschinski, S., & Jost, P. (2024). Exaggerated and One-sided? Assessing the Relevance and Viewpoint Diversity of German Mainstream and Alternative Media Coverage of the COVID-19-Pandemic 2020-2021. Journalism Studies 25(6), 681-702. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2326642  

Maurer, M., Jost, P., Schaaf, M., Sülflow, M., & Kruschinski, S. (2023). How right-wing populists instrumentalize news media: Deliberate provocations, scandalizing media coverage, and public awareness for the Alternative for Germany (AfD).   International Journal of Press/Politics 28, 747-769.  https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612211072692
 

Maurer, M., Jost, P., Kruschinski, S., & Haßler, J. (2023). Inconsistently One-Sided. Media Coverage of Refugees, 2015-2020. Communication Studies, 67(1), 13-35. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/10.1002/poi3.333  

Viehmann, C., Beck, T., Maurer, M., Quiring, O. & Gurevych, I. (2023). Investigating Opinions on Public Policies in Digital Media: Setting up a Supervised Machine Learning Tool for Stance Classification. Communication Methods & Measures 17, 150-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2022.2151579 

Maurer, M., Kruschinski, S., Haßler, J. & 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, 219-240.  https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2020-0016

Beck, T., Lee, J., Viehmann, C., Maurer, M., Quiring, O., Gurevych, I. (2021). Investigating label suggestions for opinion mining in German Covid-19 social media. Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics.  

Nagel, M.-T., Schäfer, S., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Schemer, C., Maurer, M., Molerov, D., Schmidt, S., & Brückner, S. (2020). How do university students’ web search behavior, website characteristics, and the interaction of both influence students’ critical online reasoning? Frontiers in Education 5:565062.

Maurer, M. & Jost, P. (2020). The End of Debate Culture? How the AfD brings negativity and incivility into the Bundestag and how other parties react to it. Journal for Politics, 67, 474-492.  

Jost, P., Maurer, M., & Hassler, J. (2020). Populism Fuels Love and Anger: The Impact of Message Features on Users’ Reactions on Facebook. International Journal Of Communication, 14, 2081–2102. (open access) 

Maurer, M. (2019). Between Mistrust and Instrumentalization. On the Journalistic Handling of the AfD. Journalism, 2, 134-139.  

Haßler, J., Maurer, M. & Oschatz, C. (2019). What you see is what you know. The influence of involvement and eye movement on online users’ knowledge acquisition. International Journal of Communication, 13, 3739-3763.  

Oschatz, C., Maurer, M. & Haßler, J. (2019). Learning from the news about the consequences of climate change. An amendment of the cognitive mediation model. Journal of Science Communication, 18, A07.  

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". In: Communication Studies, 64, 15-35.   

Maurer, M., Jost, P., Pfoh, M., Porath, M., & Wilke, L. (2018). Motivated Doubts. How Recipients' Pre-existing Attitudes Towards the Reporting Subject Influence Their Perception of Media Credibility. In: Media & Communication Studies, 66, 302-319.   

Porten-Cheé, P., Haßler, J., Jost, P., Eilders, C., & Maurer, M. (2018). Popularity cues in online media: Theoretical and methodological perspectives in political communication research. Studies in Communication and Media, 7, 208-230. 

Maurer, M. (2016). Nonverbal influence during televised debates. Integrating CRM in experimental channel studies. In: American Behavioral Scientist, 60, 1799-1815.   

Maurer, M. & Holbach T. (2016). Taking online search queries as an indicator of the public agenda. The role of public uncertainty. In: Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 93, 572-586.   

Maurer, M. & Reinemann, C. (2016). Do uninvolved voters rely on visual message elements? A test of a central assumption of the ELM in the context of televised debates. In Politische Psychologie/Journal of Political Psychology, 4, 235-251.   

Bader, C., Fuchs, K., Güthlein, C., Kamm, O., Schunk, T., & Maurer, M. (2015).  The Election in 140 Characters. Twitter as a Communication Platform for Politics, Media, and Citizens in the 2013 Federal Election Campaign.   In: Politische Psychologie/Journal of Political Psychology, 4, 5-22.

Jost, P., Sülflow, M., & Maurer, M. (2015). "You can read that in tomorrow's newspaper" – How the Mass Media Report on the General Debates in the Bundestag and How Politics Reacts to Them. In: Communication Studies, 61, 5-20.  

Haßler, J., Maurer, M., & Holbach, T. (2014). Advantage through Technology? The Analysis of Journalistic Online Offerings with the Aid of Automated Procedures. Studies in Communication | Media, 3, 180–204.  

Maurer, M. (2014). Why we need a pragmatic view on reality and the media. In: Constructivist Foundations, 10, 213-214.  

Haßler, J., Maurer, M., & Oschatz, C. (2014). Media logic and political logic online and offline: The case of climate change communication. In: Journalism Practice, 8, 326-341.
reprinted in J. Strömbäck & F. Esser (2015), Making Sense of Mediatized Politics: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives (pp. 182–197). New York, London: Routledge.   

Oschatz, C., Maurer, M., & Haßler, J. (2014). (R)Evolution of Political Reporting in Media Change? The Political Reporting of Online and Offline News Media in Comparison. In: Media & Communication Studies, 62, 25-41.   

Holbach, T., & Maurer, M. (2014). Newsworthy Information. Agenda-Setting Effects between Media Coverage and Online Information Behavior Using the EHEC Epidemic as an Example. In: Communication Studies, 59, 65-81.   

Nagel, F., Maurer, M., & Reinemann, C. (2012). Is there a visual dominance in political communication? How verbal, visual, and vocal communication shape viewers’ impressions of political candidates. In: Journal of Communication, 62, 833-850.   

Rojas, H., Tsfati, Y., Popescu, M., Maurer, M., Reinemann, C., & Iyengar, S. (2012). Theorizing and conducting research of glocal phenomena. In: International Journal of Communication, 6, 232-240.  

Maurer, M. (2011). How Journalists Deal with Uncertainty. A Study Using the Example of Reporting on the Consequences of Climate Change. In: Media & Communication Studies, 59, 60-74.   

Maurer, M., & Schoen, H. (2010). The Media Attractiveness Bonus. How the Physical Attractiveness of Electoral District Candidates Influences Media Coverage in Election Campaigns. In: Cologne Journal of Sociology and Social Psychology, 62, 277-295.   

Luengo, O. G., & Maurer, M. (2009). A virtuous circle for all? Media exposure and political trust in Europe. In: Confines de Relaciones Internationales y Ciencia Politica, 5, 39-48.   

Maurer, M. (2009). Do Pictures Say More Than a Thousand Words? The Relevance of Verbal and Visual Information for Forming Judgments About People on Television. In: Media & Communication Studies, 57, 198-216.   

Maurer, M. (2009). Knowledge Transfer in Media Democracy. How Media and Political Actors Communicate the Contents of Election Programs. In: Political Quarterly, Special Issue 42/2009 "Politics in Media Democracy", edited by B. Pfetsch & F. Marcinkowski, 151-173.    

Maurer, M., & Reuter, T. (2008). "I think the Germans hate me." The Influence of Verbal and Visual Media Information about Kidnappings on Person Perception, Attribution of Responsibility, and Emotional Reactions. In: Communication Studies, 53, 560-577.   

Maurer, M. (2008). Why "Election Forecasts" Fail. Four Theses on the Rationality of Voting Decisions in Media Democracy. In: Political Studies, 59, 41-52.   

Maurer, M. (2007). Facts or Phrases? The Contents of Election Programs in the 2005 Federal Election Campaign in the Daily Press. In: Communication Studies, 52, 174-190.   

Maier, J., Maurer, M., Reinemann, C., & Faas, T. (2007). Reliability and Validity of Real-Time Response Measurement: A comparison of two studies of a televised debate in Germany. In: International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 18, 53-73.  

Maurer, M., & Reinemann, C. (2006). Learning versus knowing. Effects of misinformation in televised debates. In: Communication Research, 33, 489-506.   

Maurer, M. (2006). Like a Phoenix from the Ashes. Five Reasons Why Angela Merkel Has Recently Become So Popular – and Why It Might Not Last Long. In: Journal of Media Psychology, 18, 131-134.   

Reinemann, C., & Maurer, M. (2005). Unifying or polarizing? Short-term effects and post-debate consequences of different rhetorical strategies in televised political debates. In: Journal of Communication, 55, 775-794.   

Reinemann, C., Maier, J., Faas, T., & Maurer, M. (2005). Reliability and Validity of RTR Measurements. A Comparison of Two Studies on the Second TV Debate in the 2002 Federal Election Campaign. In: Communication Studies, 50, 56-73.   

Maurer, M. (2004). The Paradox of Media Effects Research. Do mass media change public opinion without influencing individuals? In: Communication Studies, 49, 405-422.
reprinted in K. Beck, C. Eilders, C. Holtz-Bacha, A, Kutsch, G. Reus (2013),     Communication Studies. Contributions to Communication and Media Research   (pp. 93-112). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 

Kleinnijenhuis, J., Maurer, M., Kepplinger, H. M., & Oegema, D. (2001). Issues and Personalities in German and Dutch Television News. Patterns and Effects. In: European Journal of Communication, 16, 337-359.   

Essays in Anthologies and Encyclopedias

Maurer, M. (2025). Agenda-Setting. In Nai, A., Grömping, M., & Wirz, D. (Eds). Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Edward Elgar Publishing.   

Maurer, M. (2024). Journalism and Agenda-Setting. In: M. Löffelholz, & L. Rothenberger (Eds.),    Handbook of Journalism Theories. 2nd Edition    (pp. 479-490). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 

Maurer, M., Jost, P. & Haßler, J. (2024).Limits of Perspective Diversity. How German News Media Reported on the War in Ukraine. In M. Löffelholz, K. Schleicher & C. F. Trippe (Eds.),  War of Narratives. Russia, Ukraine, and the West   (pp. 149-164). Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter. 

Maurer, M., Jandura, O. & Vowe, G. (2023). How we can leave the burning house without panic. Constructive climate journalism reduces fear and resignation. In J. Wolling, J. Becker & C. Schumann (Eds.),     Climate (Change) Communication. In the Field of Tension between Science, Media, and Public Opinion (pp. 167-185). Ilmenau: University Press. 

Maurer, M. (2022). The Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media by Maxwell E. McCombs and Donald L. Shaw (1972). In R. Spiller, C. Rudeloff, & T. Döbler (Eds.), Key Works - Theories (in) Communication Studies (pp. 187-199). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.  

Maurer, M. (2022). Theoretical Approaches and Hypotheses in Media Education: Agenda Setting. In U. Sander, F. von Gross, & K.-U. Hugger (Eds.), Handbook of Media Education. 2nd Edition (pp. 301-306). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

Maurer, M. (2022). How we can leave the burning house without panic. A Plea for Constructive Climate Journalism. In Klima vor acht (Eds.), Media in the Climate Crisis (pp. 143-151). Munich: oekom.    

Maurer, M. (2022). Media Effects on Attitudes towards Political Issues and Actors. In I. Borucki, K. Kleinen von Königslöw, S. Marschall, & T. Zerback (Eds.). Handbook of Political Communication (pp. 555-567). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.  

Maurer, M. (2021). Political Agenda Setting. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. https://oxfordre.com/communication/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228613-e-106.  

Maurer, M. & Jost, P. (2021). The Chancellor, the Refugees, and the AfD. How West and East German Daily Newspapers Reported on the 2017 Federal Election Campaign. In U. Münch, H. Oberreuter & J. Siegmund (Eds.),     Complex Color Theory. Perspectives on the German Party System in the Context of the 2017 Federal Election   (pp. 147-163). Frankfurt: Campus. 

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: Halem Verlag.   

Maurer, M. (2020). Agenda-Setting. In    Journalistikon. The Dictionary of Journalism . Online Publication: Agenda-Setting | Journalistikon

Maurer, M., Schemer, C., Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., & Jitomirski, J. (2020). Positive and Negative Media Effects on University Students’ Learning: Preliminary Findings and a Research Program. In O. Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia (Ed.). Frontiers and Advances in Positive Learning in the Age of Information (pp. 109-119). New York: Springer.   

Maurer, M., Oschatz, C., & Haßler, J. (2020). How People Assess Future Temperature Changes Due to Climate Change. In N. Jackob, O. Quiring, & M. Maurer (Eds.), Traditions and Transformations of the Public Sphere (pp. 205–222). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.   

Maurer, M., Daxenberger, J., Orlikowski, M. & Gurevych, I. (2019). Argument Mining. A new method for automated text analysis and its application in communication science. In P. Müller, S. Geiss, C. Schemer, T. Naab & C. Peter (Eds.),     Dynamic Processes of Public Communication. Methodological Challenges   (pp. 18-37). Cologne: Halem. 

Kruschinski, S., Jürgens, P., Stark, B., Maurer, M. & Schemer, C. (2019). In search of the known unknowns. 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. Naab & C. Peter (Eds.),     Dynamic Processes of Public Communication. Methodological Challenges   (pp. 103-146). Cologne: Halem. 

Sülflow, M. & Maurer, M. (2019). The power of smiling. How politicians’ displays of happiness affect viewers’ gaze behavior and political judgments. In A. Veneti, D. Jackson & D. Lilleker (Eds.), Visual political communication (pp. 207-224). Palgrave MacMillan.    

Maurer, M., Quiring, O. & Schemer, C. (2018). Media effects on positive and negative learning. In O. Troitschanskaia, G. Wittum & A. Dengel (Eds.):    Positive learning in the age of information. A blessing or a curse?   (pp. 197-208). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 

Maurer, M. (2017). The TV Debate. In M. Voigt, R. Güldenzopf & J. Böttger (Eds.),    Election Analysis 2017. Strategy. Competence. Significance     (pp. 61-65). Epubli. 

Maurer, M. (2017): The Significance of New Media for Populist Parties. In: State Center for Political Education Baden-Württemberg (Eds.): New Media and Political Opinion Formation (pp. 16-21). Stuttgart.  

Maurer, M. (2017). Media effects: Levels of analysis. In P. Rössler (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of media effects (pp. 984-995). New York: Wiley-Blackwell.   

Maurer, M. & Sülflow, M. (2017). Road Safety Communication. In C. Rossmann & M. Hastall (Eds.), Handbook of Health Communication. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. (online first)   

Haßler, J., Maurer, M. & Oschatz, C. (2016). As good as certain? The Representation of Uncertainty in Climate Science Findings by Science, Mass Media, and Politics. In G. Ruhrmann, S. H. Kessler & L. Guenther (Eds.), Science Communication between Risk and (Un)certainty (pp. 122-142). Cologne: Halem Verlag.    

Maurer, M. (2016). Real-Time responses to campaign communication. In W. L. Thompson (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia, Politics (online at http://politics.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-63)  

Maurer, M., & Oschatz, C. (2016). Knowledge Gap Revisited. In G. Vowe & P. Henn (Eds.),    Political communication in the online world. Theoretical approaches and research designs   (pp. 73–87). New York: Routledge. 

Haßler, J., Maurer, M. & Holbach, T. (2016). Database-Driven Content Analysis. In G. Vowe & P. Henn (Eds.),    Political communication in the online world. Theoretical approaches and research designs    (pp. 170–182). New York, London: Routledge. 

Maurer, M. (2016). Journalism and Agenda-Setting. In: M. Löffelholz, & L. Rothenberger (Eds.), Handbook of Journalism Theories (pp. 419-430). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.  

Baumann, E., Geber, S., Klimmt, C., Maurer, M., Oschatz, C. & Sülflow, M. (2015). Limits of Effectiveness of Preventive Messages Using the Example of Road Safety Campaigns. In: M. Schäfer, O. Quiring, C. Rossmann, M. H. Hastall & E. Baumann (Eds.), Health Communication in Societal Change (pp. 213-222). Baden-Baden: Nomos.   

Oschatz, C., Maurer, M., & Haßler, J. (2015). Climate Change Online. The Digitalization of Information Channels and Their Consequences for the Public Sphere. In: O. Hahn, R. Hohlfeld & T. Knieper (Eds.): Digital Public Spheres (pp. 149-163). Konstanz: UVK.    

Maurer, M. (2015). Two-step flow of communication. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The concise encyclopedia of communication (pp. 624-625). Oxford: Wiley.   

Maurer, M. & Lemke, R. (2015). Staged Key Events. The Media Response to "Step on the Gas!". In C. Klimmt, M. Maurer, H. Holte, E. Baumann (Eds.), Road Safety Communication (pp. 159-174). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.    

Klimmt, C., & Maurer, M. (2015). Reception and Impact of a Long-Term Campaign: "Step on the Gas!", 2008-2010. In: C. Klimmt, M. Maurer, H. Holte, & E. Baumann (Eds.), Road Safety Communication(117-134). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.   

Klimmt, C., Maurer, M., Holte, H., & Baumann, E. (2015). Road Safety Communication: Overview and Field Structuring. In: C. Klimmt, M. Maurer, H. Holte, & E. Baumann (Eds.), Road Safety Communication (1-10). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.   

Maurer, M., & Reinemann, C. (2014). Verbal and Non-verbal Signals in TV Debates. In: H. Girnth, & S. Michel (Eds.), Multimodal Communication in Political Talk Shows. (pp. 317-336). Stuttgart: ibidem Verlag.    

Zerback, T., & Maurer, M. (2014). Representativeness in Online Surveys. In: B. Batinic, N. Jackob, J. Schmidt, M. Taddicken, & M. Welker (Eds.), Handbook of Online Research (pp. 76-103). Cologne: Halem-Verlag.   

Maurer, M., & Pürer, H. (2014). Media Content Research. In: H. Pürer:    Communication Studies and Communication Science. A Handbook . Konstanz: UVK.

Maurer, M. (2014). Attitudinal effects in political communication. In: C. Reinemann (Ed.), Political Communication (pp. 591-607). Berlin: De Gruyter.   

Maurer, M., & Engelmann, I. (2014). Personalization and Visualization in Political Reporting. In: M. Dohle, & G. Vowe (Eds.),    Political Entertainment - Entertaining Politics. Research on Media Content, Media Reception, and Media Effects . (pp. 118-137). Cologne: Halem-Verlag. 

Maurer, M. (2013). Real-Time Response Measurement: Continuous Survey in Real Time. In: W. Möhring, & D. Schlütz (Eds.), Handbook of Standardized Survey Methods in Communication Studies. (pp. 219-234). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.    

Maurer, M. (2013). Designs and Research Logic in Media Effects Research. In: W. Schweiger, & A. Fahr (Eds.), Handbook of Effects Research. (pp. 549-563).Wiesbaden: Springer VS.  

Maurer, M., Reinemann, C., Zerback, T., & Jandura, O. (2013). Voters Under Media Influence. Reporting, Opinion Change, and Media Effects on Differently Involved Voter Groups. In: B. Weßels, O. W. Gabriel, & H. Schoen (Eds.),     Elections and Voters. Analyses on the Occasion of the 2009 Federal Election . (pp. 291-314).Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

Stark, B., Magin, M., Jandura, O., & Maurer, M. (2012). Introduction: Methodological Problems of Comparative Communication Research and Possible Solutions. In: Dies. (Eds.), Methodological Challenges of Comparative Research Approaches. (pp. 9-17). Cologne: Halem-Verlag.     

Maurer, M. (2012). How the Interplay of Media and Politics Limits Political Action: Four Theses. In: A. Drews (Ed.),    The Rediscovery of Politics!? Perspectives on the Party State, Alternatives within the Party State . (pp. 95-109). Loccum: Protestant Academy. 

Reinemann, C., Jandura, O., Maurer, M., & Zerback, T. (2011). Who are the Late Deciders? First Findings of a Mixed-Methods Study on the 2009 Federal Election. In: H. Oberreuter (Ed.),     At the End of Certainties. Voters, Parties, and Coalitions in Motion . (pp. 247-270). Munich: Olzog. 

Maurer, M. (2012). The Combination of Content Analysis and Survey Data in Media Effects Research: Theoretical Considerations and Methodological Decision Processes. In: W. Loosen/Armin Scholl (Eds.),    Method Combinations in Communication Studies. Methodological Challenges and Empirical Practice . (pp. 89-101). Cologne: Halem-Verlag. 

Maurer, M. (2011). Time-Series Studies: RTR, CRM. In: T. Petersen, & C. Schwender (Eds.),    The Deciphering of Images. Methods for Researching Visual Communication . (pp. 334-348). Cologne: Halem-Verlag. 

Maurer, M. (2011). Effects of Media from a Societal Perspective. In: Federal Agency for Civic Education (Ed.), Mass Media (Series Information on Political Education 309). (pp. 65-66). Bonn: Federal Agency for Civic Education.    

Maurer, M. (2011). Perception and Impact of TV Debates. In: R. Grünewald, R. Güldenzopf, & M. Piepenschneider (Eds.),    Political Communication. Contributions to Political Education . (pp. 251-266). Berlin: LiT 

Maurer, M. (2010). The Influence of Verbal and Visual Information on Judgment Formation about Politicians. In: C. Schemer, W. Wirth, & C. Wünsch (Eds.),    Political Communication. Perception, Processing, Impact . (pp. 53-70). Baden-Baden: Nomos. 

Reinemann, C., & Maurer, M. (2010). Gullible and Manipulable? The Reception of Persuasive Campaign Messages by Politically Interested and Disinterested Individuals. In: T. Faas, K. Arzheimer, & S. Roßteutscher (Eds.),     Information – Perception – Emotion. Political Psychology in Electoral and Attitude Research . (pp. 239-257). Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag. 

Woelke, J., Maurer, M., & Jandura, O. (2010). Research Methods for Market and Organizational Communication – Remarks on a Field of Communication Science Method Development and Application. In: J. Woelke, M. Maurer, & O. Jandura (Eds.), Research Methods for Market and Organizational Communication. (pp. 9-14). Cologne: Halem-Verlag.    

Maurer, M., & Reinemann, C. (2009). RTR measurement in the social sciences: Applications, benefits, and some open questions. In: J. Maier, M. Maier, M. Maurer, C. Reinemann, & V. Meyer (Eds.), RTR-Measurement in the social sciences. (pp. 1-13). Frankfurt: Verlag Peter Lang.    

Reinemann, C., & Maurer, M. (2009). Is RTR biased towards verbal message components? An experimental test of the external validity of RTR-measurements. In: J. Maier, M. Maier, M. Maurer, C. Reinemann, & V. Meyer (Eds.), RTR-Measurement in the social sciences. (pp. 27-44). Frankfurt: Verlag Peter Lang.     

Maurer, M., & Reinemann, C. (2009). Schröder vs. Merkel. An Analysis of Viewer Impressions During the TV Debate. In: H. Oberreuter (Ed.),     Tie – The Forced Coalition. A Review of the Election Year 2005 . (pp. 119-140). Munich: Olzog. 

Maurer, M., & Jandura, O. (2009). Quantity over Quality? Some Critical Remarks on Representativeness and Validity of Online Surveys. In: N. Jackob, H. Schoen, & T. Zerback (Eds.),     Social Research on the Internet. Methodology and Practice of Online Survey . (pp. 61-73).Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Social Sciences.

Lamp, E., Maurer, M., & Zerback, T. (2008). Context Effects in Face-to-Face and Telephone Surveys: Causes and Solutions. In: J. Matthes, W. Wirth, G. Daschmann, & A. Fahr (Eds.), The Bridge Between Theory and Empiricism: Measurement and Validation in Communication Studies. (pp. 217-235). Cologne: Halem-Verlag.    

Kepplinger, H. M., & Maurer, M. (2008). The Fragmented Self. Role Conflicts in Journalism – The Example of Berlin Correspondents. In: B. Pörksen, W. Loosen, & A. Scholl (Eds.),     Paradoxes of Journalism. Theory – Empiricism – Practice . (pp. 165-182). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Social Sciences. 

Maurer, M. (2008). Two Step-Flow of Communication. In: W. Donsbach (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication. (pp. 5189-5192). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.    

Maurer, M. (2008). News Audience. In: W. Donsbach (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication. (pp. 3236-3238). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.    

Reinemann, C., & Maurer, M. (2008). Televised Debates. In: W. Donsbach (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication. (pp. 5057-5063). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.    

Maurer, M. (2008). Knowledge Transfer in Election Campaigns – Causes and Consequences of Political acquisition of knowledge in the 2005 Federal Election Campaign. In: C. Wünsch, W. Früh, & V. Gehrau (Eds.), Integrative Models in Reception and Effects Research: Dynamic and Transactional Perspectives. (pp. 65-80). Munich: Reinhard Fischer.    

Maurer, M. (2007). Convince or Persuade? Argumentation Strategies in the Federal Parties' Election Commercials 1994 to 2005. In: A. Dörner, & C. Schicha (Eds.),     Politics in Spot Format. On the Semantics, Pragmatics, and Aesthetics of Political Advertising in Germany . (pp. 129-145). Wiesbaden: VS Publishing for Social Sciences. 

Maurer, M. (2007). Topics, Arguments, Rhetorical Strategies. The Content of the TV Debate. In: M. Maurer, C. Reinemann, J. Maier, & M. Maier (Eds.), Schröder vs. Merkel – Perception and Impact of the 2005 TV Debate in East-West Comparison. (pp. 33-52). Wiesbaden: VS Publishing for Social Sciences.     

Maurer, M., & Reinemann, C. (2007). Personalization through Priming. The Effects of the TV Debate on Voters' Judgment Criteria. In: M. Maurer, C. Reinemann, J. Maier, & M. Maier (Eds.), Schröder vs. Merkel – Perception and Impact of the 2005 TV Debate in East-West Comparison. (pp. 111-128). Wiesbaden: VS Publishing for Social Sciences.     

Maurer, M., & Reinemann, C. (2007). Why TV Debates Can Decide Elections. Findings and Consequences of the 2005 TV Debate Study. In: M. Maurer, C. Reinemann, J. Maier, & M. Maier (Eds.), Schröder vs. Merkel – Perception and Impact of the 2005 TV Debate in East-West Comparison. (pp. 229-246). Wiesbaden: VS Publishing for Social Sciences.     

Reinemann, C., & Maurer, M. (2007). Schröder vs. Merkel. The TV Debate in the 2005 Federal Election Campaign. In: M. Maurer, C. Reinemann, J. Maier, & M. Maier (Eds.), Schröder vs. Merkel – Perception and Impact of the 2005 TV Debate in East-West Comparison. (pp. 7-17). Wiesbaden: VS Publishing for Social Sciences.     

Reinemann, C., & Maurer, M. (2007). Candidate Perception in Real-Time. Design and Methods of the 2005 TV Debate Study. In: M. Maurer, C. Reinemann, J. Maier, & M. Maier (Eds.), Schröder vs. Merkel – Perception and Impact of the 2005 TV Debate in East-West Comparison. (pp. 19-31). Wiesbaden: VS Publishing for Social Sciences.     

Reinemann, C., & Maurer, M. (2007). Populist and Vague. The Immediate Perception of the TV Debate. In: M. Maurer, C. Reinemann, J. Maier, & M. Maier (Eds.), Schröder vs. Merkel – Perception and Impact of the 2005 TV Debate in East-West Comparison. (pp. 53-89). Wiesbaden: VS Publishing for Social Sciences.     

Reinemann, C., & Maurer, M. (2007). Schröder vs. Merkel. Perception and Impact of the TV Debate. In: F. Brettschneider, O. Niedermayer, & B. Weßels (Eds.),     The 2005 Federal Election. Analyses of the Campaign and Election Results . (pp. 197-217). Wiesbaden: VS Publishing for Social Sciences. 

Maurer, M., & Reinemann, C. (2007). TV Debates as Instruments of Election Campaign Communication: Myths and Facts. In: N. Jackob (Ed.),    Election Campaigns in Germany. Case Studies on Election Campaign Communication 1912-2005 . (pp. 317-331). Wiesbaden: VS Publishing for Social Sciences. 

Maurer, M. (2005). Respondent Selection in Telephone Surveys. How Reliable is the Birthday Method? In: V. Gehrau, B. Fretwurst, B. Krause, & G. Daschmann (Eds.), selection procedure in Communication Studies. (pp. 203-222). Cologne: Halem Publishing.     

Maurer, M., & Kepplinger, H. M. (2005). General Persuadability: Is there a TV-influenced voter? In: S. Schumann (Ed.),    Personality. A Forgotten Factor in Empirical social research . (pp. 209-219).Wiesbaden: VS Publishing for Social Sciences.

Kepplinger, H. M., & Maurer, M. (2004). How many votes does election fraud cost? In: H. Oberreuter (Ed.),    The Missed Change. A Review of the Election Year 2002 . (pp. 117-126). Munich: Olzog Publishing. 

Maurer, M. (2004). Causal Analyses of Long-term Media Effects – Panel Effect and Panel Mortality in Telephone Surveys. In: W. Wirth, E. Lauf, & A. Fahr (Eds.), Research Logic and Design in Communication Studies. Volume 1. (pp. 197-215). Cologne: Halem Publishing.    

Kepplinger, H. M., & Maurer, M. (2004). The Influence of Federal Parties' Press Releases on Reporting in the 2002 Federal Election Campaign. In: J. Raupp, & J. Klewes (Eds.),    Quo vadis Public Relations? Towards Communication Management: Stocktaking and Developments . (pp. 113-124). Wiesbaden: VS Publishing for Social Sciences. 

Maurer, M., & Kepplinger, H. M. (2003). Why the Power of Television Images is Growing. Verbal and Visual Information in Television News Before the 1998 and 2002 Federal Elections. In: C. Holtz-Bacha (Ed.),     Mass Media in Election Campaigns. The 2002 Federal Election . (pp. 82-97). Wiesbaden: VS Publishing for Social Sciences. 

Kepplinger, H. M., & Maurer, M. (2003). Image Optimization. An Empirical Study on the Images of Gerhard Schröder and Edmund Stoiber in the 2002 Federal Election Campaign. In: U. Sarcinelli, & J. Tenscher (Eds.),     Representation of Power and Power of Representation. Contributions to Theory and Practice of Modern Political Communication . (pp. 219-231). Baden-Baden: Nomos. 

Maurer, M. (2003). Mobilization or Malaise: How Does the Media's Portrayal of Politics Change Recipients' Judgments About Politics? In: W. Donsbach, & O. Jandura (Eds.), Opportunities and Dangers of Media Democracy. (pp. 319-332). Konstanz: UVK.    

Kepplinger, H. M., & Maurer, M. (2001). The Place of Control. On the Influence of Internal and External Factors on Voting Decisions. In: H.-D. Klingemann, & M. Kaase (Eds.),  Elections and Voters. Analyses on the Occasion of the 1998 Federal Election . (pp. 599-622). Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Publishing. 

Maurer, M., & Jandura, O. (2001). Contrast or Consistency? A Field Experiment on the Influence of Chancellor Preference on Coding Behavior in Content Analyses in Election Campaigns. In: W. Wirth, & E. Lauf (Eds.),     Content Analysis. Perspectives, Problems, Potentials . (pp. 183-198). Cologne: Halem Publishing. 

Kepplinger, H. M., & Maurer, M. (2001). Balance or Mean Value? A Provisional Answer to an Unasked Question. In: F. Marcinkowski (Ed.),     The Politics of Mass Media. Heribert Schatz on his 65th Birthday . (pp. 166-180). Cologne: Halem Publishing. 

Kepplinger, H. M., & Maurer, M. (2001). The Influence of Verbal and Visual Impressions on the Perception of Kohl and Schröder Based on Television Coverage in the 1998 Federal Election Campaign. In: T. Knieper, & M. G. Müller (Eds.),    Visual Communication. Current Research Contributions from Communication and Media Studies . (pp. 119-131). Cologne: Halem Publishing 

Kepplinger, H. M., & Maurer, M. (2000). The Two-Step Flow of Mass Communication. Notes on a Never-Proven and Long-Outdated Thesis of Electoral Research. In: M. Klein, W. Jagodzinski, E. Mochmann & D. Ohr (Eds.),     50 Years of Empirical Electoral Research in Germany. Development, Findings, Perspectives, Data n. (pp. 444-464). Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Publishing. 

Webel, D. von, Kepplinger, H. M., & Maurer, M. (1999). The SPD's Election Campaign. In: E. Noelle-Neumann, H. M. Kepplinger, & W. Donsbach (Eds.),    Kampa. Public Opinion Climate and Media Effects in the 1998 Federal Election Campaign . (pp. 13-39). Freiburg i.Br.: Alber Publishing.

Kepplinger, H. M., Maurer, M., & Roessing, T. (1999). Germany Before the Election. A Frame Analysis of Television News. In: E. Noelle-Neumann, H. M. Kepplinger, & W. Donsbach (Eds.),     Kampa. Public Opinion Climate and Media Effects in the 1998 Federal Election Campaign . (pp. 78-107). Freiburg i.Br.: Alber Publishing.

Kepplinger, H. M., Maurer, M., & Roessing, T. (1999). The Opponents in Television Coverage. Analysis of a Legend. In: E. Noelle-Neumann, H. M. Kepplinger, & W. Donsbach (Eds.), Kampa. Public Opinion Climate and Media Effects in the 1998 Federal Election Campaign. (pp. 108-140). Freiburg i.Br.: Alber Publishing.   

Kepplinger, H. M., Maurer, M., & Roessing, T. (1999). From Loss of Competence to Loss of Power. In: E. Noelle-Neumann, H. M. Kepplinger, & W. Donsbach (Eds.),    Kampa. Public Opinion Climate and Media Effects in the 1998 Federal Election Campaign . (pp. 215-236). Freiburg i.Br.: Alber Publishing.

Kepplinger, H. M., & Maurer, M. (1999). The Benefit of Successful Staging. In: C. Holtz-Bacha (Ed.),    Election Campaign in the Media – Election Campaign with the Media. A Reader on the Election Year 1998 . (pp. 24-39). Opladen: Westdeutscher Publishing. 

Maurer, M., Kruschinski, S., & Jost, P. (2024). Is Anything Missing? Diversity of Perspectives in Public Service News Formats. Mercator Foundation. (Download)

Maurer, M., Haßler, J. & Jost, P. (2023). The Quality of Media Coverage on the War in Ukraine. Final Report for the Otto Brenner Foundation.    The Quality of Media Coverage on the War in Ukraine (otto-brenner-stiftung.de)

Maurer, M., Reinemann, C. & Kruschinski, S. (2021). One-sided, Uncritical, Government-aligned? An Empirical Study on the Quality of Journalistic Reporting on the Corona Pandemic. Study-One-sided-uncritical-government-aligned?-Reinemann-Maurer-Kruschinski (rudolf-augstein-stiftung.de)  

Maurer, M., Jost, P., Kruschinski, S. & Haßler, J. (2021). Five Years of Media Coverage on Flight and Migration.   Policy_Paper_Migration.indd (stiftung-mercator.de)

Klimmt, C., Geber, S., Maurer, M., Oschatz, C., & Sülflow, M. (2017). evaluation of the Campaign Continuation 2013/2014 "Runter vom Gas!" Bremen: Specialized Publisher NW.  

Klimmt, C., Maurer, M., & Baumann, E. (2014). Process evaluation of the Campaign Continuation 2011-2012 "Runter vom Gas!" Bremen: Specialized Publisher NW.  

Klimmt, C., & Maurer, M. (2012). evaluation of the Nationwide Road Safety Campaign “Runter vom Gas!” Bremerhaven: Business Publishing NW.

Maier, J., Maier, M., Reinemann, C., & Maurer, M. (2006). Transcript of the Television Debate in the 2005 Federal Election Campaign and its Perception in East-West Comparison. A Documentation (Kaiserslautern Contributions to social research 3/2006). Kaiserlautern.   

Maurer, M., & Reinemann, C. (2005). Perimeter Advertising in Bruchweg Stadium: Reception Probabilities and Effects. Final Project Report for 1. FSV Mainz 05. Mainz.  

Maurer, M., Glaab, S. (2005). Reader Satisfaction with the employee Magazine b-intern. Final Project Report for Bilfinger-Berger AG. Mainz.   

Reviews, Conference Reports & Newspaper Articles

Maurer, Marcus (2025). review of Julia Reuchenbach & Korbinian Frenzel “Defective Debates. Why We as a Society Must Argue Better”. Portal for Political Science,    Portal for Political Science – Julia Reuschenbach, Korbinian Frenzel: Defective Debates. Why We as a Society Must Argue Better 

Maurer, M. (2024). review of Udo Michael Krüger & Christiane Müller “Reporting in Times of the Corona Crisis. A News Portrait of Tagesschau and heute”. Communication Studies, 69, 573-575.  

Maurer, M., Kruschinski, S., & Jost, P. (2024). How Balanced is Public Broadcasting? Diversity of Perspectives in the News Formats of Public Service Broadcasting.    AufRuhr Magazine.

Maurer, M., Haßler, J., & Jost, P. (2023). The Quality of Media Coverage on Russia's War Against Ukraine. Ukraine Analyses, 289, 4–11. https://doi.org/10.31205/UA.289.01 

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 on the So-Called Refugee Crisis. Communication Manager, 1 - 2019, 56-59.  

Kepplinger, H. M. & Maurer, M. (2017, September 14). Media and Welcome Culture. Who is Following the Government Line Here? Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.  

Maurer, M. (2017). review of Sünje Paasch-Colberg: The Importance of Political Topics in Election Campaigns. Communication Studies, 62(4). 

Maurer, M. (2015). review of Romy Fröhlich & Thomas Koch (Eds). “Politics – PR – Persuasion. Structures, Functions, and Effects of Political Public Relations”. Politics & Communication, Strategies and Effects of Political PR - review | politik&kommunikation  

Maurer, M. (2013). Hans Mathias Kepplinger at 70. Communication Studies, 58, 227-228. 

Maurer, M. (2011). review of Daniela Floß “The impact of mass media on political support”. Communication Studies, 56, 232-233. 

Maurer, M. (2009). review of Christiane Lesmeister: “Informal Political Communication Culture. Behind the Scenes of Political-Media Communication”. Communication Studies, 54, 460-461. 

Maurer, M. (2009). review of Ulrich Sarcinelli & Jens Tenscher (Eds.), “Political Production and Political Representation. Contributions to Political Communication”. Communication Studies, 54, 470-471. 

Maurer, M. (2008). review of Armin Scholl/Rudi Renger/Bernd Blöbaum (Eds.), “Journalism and Entertainment”. In: Message, 1/2008, 96.  

Maurer, M. (2007). review of Tanjev Schultz: “Chatter or Discourse. The Rationality of Political Talk Shows on Television”. Media & Communication Studies, 55, 108-110. 

Maier, J., Maier, M., Maurer, M., & Reinemann, C. (2005). Winner by Points. journalist 10, pp. 34-35. 

Gerhardt, R., Kepplinger, H. M., & Maurer, M. (2005, March 31). Climate Change. Internal Press Freedom is Endangered, Say Newspaper Editors. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, p. 40.  

Kepplinger, H. M., & Maurer, M. (2002, December 5). Whoever feels deceived votes for another party. Die Welt, p. 2. 

Kepplinger, H. M., & Maurer, M. (2001, January 7). Self-Responsibility or Entitlement Mentality? Mainzer Allgemeine Zeitung, p. 2. 

Maurer, M. (2001). Communication research matters – Report from the 51st Annual Conference of the ICA in Washington D.C. Communication Studies, 46, pp. 331-333. 

Presentations at Scientific Conferences (peer reviewed)

• 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.
• Mack, M., Maurer, M. & Jandura, O. (2025). The Effects of Constructive Journalism. Towards a Theoretical Framework. Presentation at the 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from June 12 to 16, 2025 in Denver, USA.
• Scherer, T., Laufer, A., Maurer, M., & Schemer, C. (2025). Incomplete, incorrect, and unbalanced? The quality of online content used by students for solving COR tasks. Presentation at the 12th conference of the Society for Empirical Educational Research from January 27 to 29 in Mannheim.
• Kruschinski, S., Paulke, H., Renz, R., Maurer, M., & Trepte, S. (2024). A method combination of mobile (in-app) tracking, panel survey, and content analysis for measuring the perception and effects of online microtargeting. Presentation 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.
• 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.
• Presentation 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.
• 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. Presentation at the 69th Annual Conference of the German Society 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. Presentation at the 69th Annual Conference of the German Society for Communication Studies (DGPuK) from March 13 to 15, 2024 in Erfurt.
• 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. Presentation at the kick-off event “Societal Impacts of the Corona Pandemic. Research for Integration, Participation, and Renewal” of the federal ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) on November 16 and 17, 2023 in Bonn.
• 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. Presentation at the ECREA Political Communication Section Conference on August 31 and September 1 at the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin.
• Maurer, M. & Jost, P. (2023). Measuring Agenda-Setting for the Issue of Migration with Three Different Indicators of the Public Agenda. Presentation at the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 25 to 29, 2023 in Toronto, Canada.
• 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.
• 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.
• Presentation at the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 25 to 29, 2023 in Toronto, Canada.
• Viehmann, C., Beck, T., Maurer, M., Quiring, O., Gurevych, I. (2022). Debating COVID-19-related policies in digital media. Setting up a supervised machine learning tool for stance classification. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) in May 2022 in Paris.
• Maurer, M., Jandura, O. & Vowe, G. (2022). How we can leave the burning house without panic. Constructive climate journalism reduces fear and resignation. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the subject group “Science Communication” of the DGPuK on February 11, 2022 (digital).
• Viehmann, C., Beck, T., Maurer, M., Quiring, O. & Gurevych, I. (2021). Real-time investigation of social dynamics in times of crisis: Learnings from setting up a supervised machine-learning model to study opinions on Covid-19 on Twitter. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the subject group “Methods” of the DGPuK in September 2021 (digital).
• Beck, T., Lee, J., Viehmann, C., Maurer, M., Quiring, O., Gurevych, I. (2021). Investigating label suggestions for opinion mining in German Covid-19 social media. Presentation at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics from August 2-4, 2021 (digital).
• 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.
• Presentation at the Tri-Country Conference – DACH 21 from April 7-9, 2021 (digital).
• Maurer, M. (2020). The end of deliberative debate culture? How the AfD is changing communication behavior in the Bundestag. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the DGPuK from March 10-12, 2020 in Munich.
• Maurer, M. (2020). Ignore, defame, or stay factual? Strategies for media handling of populist parties and their consequences. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the subject group “Communication and Politics” of the DGPuK from February 5-7, 2020 in Mainz.
• Maurer, M., Kruschinski, S., Jost, P., & Haßler, J. (2019). We can’t achieve this, but we still have to do it. On the (in)consistency of refugee reporting in the German media. Presentation at the conference “Flight, Migration, and Integration in the Media” from July 12-13, 2019 in Düsseldorf.
• Sülflow, M. & Maurer, M. (2019). The power of smiling. How politicians’ displays of happiness affect viewers’ gaze behavior and political judgments. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 24-28, 2019 in Washington D.C.
• Maurer, M., Jost, P., & Pfoh, M. (2019). Trust in the news is motivated: The influence of readers’ prior attitudes on their perceptions of media credibility. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 24-28, 2019 in Washington D.C.
• Jost, P., Maurer, M., & Haßler, J. (2019). What fuels Love and Anger? The Impact of Message
• and Profile Characteristics on Users’ Reactions on Facebook – a Multilevel Approach. Presentation
• at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 24-28, 2019
• in Washington D.C.
• Maurer, M., Jost, P., & Pfoh, M. (2019). On the relative influence of communicator characteristics and recipients’ prior attitudes on the perceived credibility of media content. Presentation at the DGPuK Pre-Conference “Communication Studies Trust Research in a Digitalized World – Positions and Perspectives” on May 9 in Münster.
• Porten-Cheé, P., Haßler, J., Jost, P., Maurer, M., & Eilders, C. (2018). A Theoretical Foundation of the Causes and Effects of Online Popularity Cues in the Realm of Political Communication Research. Presentation at the 6th European Communication Conference of the ECREA from October 31 to November 3, 2018 in Lugano.
• Jost, P., Maurer, M. Mangold, F., Jürgens, P. (2018). Reactions to news media posts on Facebook as indicators of public opinion? Presentation at the 6th European Communication Conference of the ECREA from October 31 to November 3, 2018 in Lugano.
• Haßler, J., Jost, P., 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 Preconference “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., Jürgens, P., Maurer, M., Schemer, C. & Stark, B. (2018). A multi-feature framework for detecting Social Bots on Facebook. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 24-28, 2018 in Prague.
• Haßler, J., Maurer, M., & Oschatz, C. (2018). What You See Is What You Know: The Influence of Involvement and Eye Movement on Online Users’ Knowledge Acquisition. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 24-28, 2018 in Prague.
• Maurer, M., Haßler, J., Jost, P., & Kruschinski, S. (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 9-11, 2018 in Mannheim
• Haßler, J., Jost, P. B., & Maurer, M. (2018). Recommended by friends. Facebook shares as relevance indicators. Presentation at the 63rd Annual Conference of the DGPuK from May 9-11, 2018 in Mannheim.
• Oschatz, C., Maurer, M., & Haßler, J. (2018). The influence of the number of repetitions and repetition frequency of media information on political acquisition of knowledge. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the subject group Reception and Impact Research of the DGPuK from January 25-27, 2018 in Hohenheim.
• Maurer, M., Daxenberger, J., & Gurevych, I. (2017). Argumentation Mining. A new method for automated text analysis and its application in Communication Studies. Presentation at the conference of the subject group Methods of the DGPuK from September 20-22, 2017 in Mainz.
• Adam, S., Maurer, M., Häussler, T., Haßler, J., Oschatz, C., Reber, U., & Schmid-Petri, H. (2017). Climate change communication – A divide between the online and offline world? Presentation at the Preconference “Political Communication in the Online World: Empirical Findings and Theoretical Perspectives” at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 25-29, 2017 in San Diego.
• Oschatz, C., Maurer, M., & Haßler, J. (2017). The reversed anchoring effect: How the current daily temperature influences the estimation of future temperature increase. Presentation at the 1st Annual Conference of the subject group Science Communication of the DGPuK from April 27-29, 2017 in Landau.
• Pfoh, M., Porath, M., Wilke, L., & Maurer, M. (2017). Motivated doubts. How recipients’ prior attitudes towards the subject of reporting influence their perception of media credibility. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the DGPuK from March 30 – April 1, 2017 in Düsseldorf.
• Jost, P. B., Haßler, J., & Maurer, M. (2017). No experiments? The potential of popularity cues for measuring media effects. Poster presentation at the joint annual conference of the working group “Politics and Communication” of the German Association for Political Science (DVPW), the subject group “Communication and Politics” of the German Society for Communication Studies (DGPuK) and the subject group “Political Communication” of the Swiss Society for Communication and Media Science (SGKM) from February 17-18, 2017 in Jena.
• Haßler, J., Maurer, M., & Oschatz, C. (2017). The influence of involvement and gaze behavior on the acquisition of knowledge by online users. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the subject group Reception and Impact Research of the DGPuK from January 26-28, 2017 in Erfurt.
• Haßler, J., Jost, P. B. & Maurer, M. (2016). Sharing the news – Facebook shares as relevance indicators. Presentation at the 6th European Communication Conference of the ECREA from November 9-12, 2016 in Prague.
• Maurer, M. & Jost, P. B. (2016). “In my opinion…” On the effect of argument quality in online user comments on news media websites. Contribution at the 6th European Communication Conference of the ECREA from November 9-12, 2016 in Prague.
• Jost, P. B. & Maurer, M. (2016). Online popularity indicators as indicators for persuasion success? On the innovation potential of social media for media effects research. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the subject group Reception and Impact Research in the DGPuK from January 28-30, 2016 in Amsterdam.
• Sülflow, M., Jost, P. B. & Maurer, M. (2015). Parliamentary debates in the news. Journalistic selection criteria and politicians’ reactions. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the IAMCR from July 12-16, 2015 in Montreal.
• Maurer, M., Oschatz, C. & Haßler, J. (2015). Individually received media content explains changes in knowledge on the consequences of climate change. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 21-25, 2015 in Puerto Rico.
• Jost, P. & Maurer, M. (2015): Every opinion counts? On the influence of the argument quality of user comments in online news offerings on readers’ attitudes . Presentation at the 60th Annual Conference of the DGPuK from May 13 to 15 in Darmstadt.
• Haßler J., Maurer, M. & Oschatz, C. (2015). How recipients use political online offerings. An eye-tracking and logfile-analytical examination of the reception probabilities of web page elements . Presentation at the joint annual conference of the subject group “Communication and Politics” of the DGPuK, the working group “Politics and Communication” of the DVPW and the subject group “Political Communication” of the SGKM from February 19-21, 2015 in Düsseldorf.
• Maurer, M., Oschatz, C., Haßler, J. & Schaaf, L. M. (2015). “It doesn’t cost the world to save the planet”: The representation of uncertainty of climate science findings in science, mass media, and politics. Presentation at the 2nd Annual Conference of the Ad-Hoc Group Science Communication of the DGPuK from January 30-31, 2015 in Jena.
• Baumann, E., Geber, S., Klimmt, C., Maurer, M., Oschatz, C. & Sülflow, M. (2014). Target group = health risk plus resistance to well-intentioned advice. Limits of the effectiveness of preventive messages using the example of road safety campaigns . Presentation at the conference of the Ad-Hoc Group Health Communication of the DGPuK from November 20-22, 2014 in Mainz.
• Oschatz, C., Maurer, M. & Haßler, J. (2014). Tomorrow’s Climate and Yesterday’s News. The Impact of News Media on Knowledge and Attitudes towards Climate Change . Poster presentation at the 5th European Communication Conference of the ECREA from November 12-15, 2014 in Lisbon.
• Baumann, E., Geber, S., Oschatz, C., Sowka, A., Sülflow, M., Maurer, M. & Klimmt, C. (2014). Road Safety Campaigns and Driver Attitudes towards safe driving: The Case of Germany, 2008-2013. Presentation at the 5th European Communication Conference of the ECREA from November 12-15, 2014 in Lisbon.
• Bader, C., Fuchs, K., Güthlein, C., Kamm, O., Schunk, T., & Maurer, M. (2014). The election in 140 characters. Twitter as a communication platform for politics, media, and citizens in the 2013 federal election campaign. Presentation at the conference “The 2013 Federal Election” from June 5-6, 2014 in Berlin.
• Oschatz, C., Maurer, M. & Haßler, J. (2014). Climate change online. The digitalization of information channels and its consequences for the public . Presentation at the 59th Annual Conference of the German Society for Communication Studies (DGPuK) from May 28-30, 2014 in Passau.
• Jost, P., Sülflow, M. & Maurer, M. (2014). You can read that in tomorrow’s newspaper – How the mass media report on the general debates in the Bundestag and how politics reacts to it. Presentation at the 59th Annual Conference of the DGPuK from May 28-30, 2014 in Passau.
• Maurer, M. & Reinemann, C. (2013). Do uninvolved voters rely on visual message elements? A test of a central assumption of the ELM in the context of televised debates . Presentation at the General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) from September 4-7, 2013 in Bordeaux.
• Haßler, J., Maurer, M. & Oschatz, C. (2013). Media logic and party logic in a changing media environment. Presentation at the Annual Conference of the IAMCR from June 25-29, 2013 in Dublin.
• Holbach, T. & Maurer, M. (2013). Informative news. Agenda-setting effects between media coverage and online information behavior using the example of the EHEC epidemic . Presentation at the 58th Annual Conference of the DGPuK from May 8-10, 2013 in Mainz.
• Oschatz, C., Maurer, M. & Haßler, J. (2012). Comparing political news coverage online and offline: Digital agora or more of the same? Presentation at the conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) from October 24-27, 2012 in Istanbul.
• Maurer, M., Oschatz, C. & Haßler, J. (2012). Digital knowledge gaps? A model for measuring effects of offline and online media on political knowledge . Presentation at the pre-conference “Political communication in the online world” for the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 24-28, 2012 in Phoenix.
• Reinemann, C., Maurer, M., Zerback, T. & Jandura, O. (2012). Public Opinion Polling or Journalism? Public Opinion Climate and Media Effects on Berlin Voters in the 2009 Federal Election Campaign . Presentation at the 57th Annual Conference of the DGPuK from May 18-20, 2012 in Berlin.
• Maurer, M., Reinemann, C., Zerback, T. & Jandura, O. (2012). Late Deciders under Media Influence. The Reporting of Berlin Media and Voting Behavior in the 2009 Federal Election Campaign . Presentation at the 57th Annual Conference of the DGPuK from May 18-20, 2012 in Berlin.
• Maurer, M., Oschatz, C. & Haßler, J. (2012). Digital Knowledge Gaps. Poster presentation as part of the special session of the DFG research unit “Political Communication in the Online World” at the 57th Annual Conference of the DGPuK from May 18-20, 2012 in Berlin.
• Reinemann, C., Zerback, T., Jandura, O. & Maurer, M. (2011). The Construction of Uncertainty. The Reporting on Demoscopic Findings and the Public Opinion Climate in the Run-up to the 2009 German Federal Election and their Effect on Voters . Presentation at the 3rd joint Congress for Sociology of the DGS, ÖGS and SGS from September 29 to October 01, 2011 in Innsbruck.
• Maurer, M., Reinemann, C. & Nagel, F. (2011). The Combination of Content Analyses and RTR Measurements. A New Instrument in Media Effects Research . Presentation at the conference of the DGPuK subject group “Methods” from September 29 to October 01, 2011 in Hannover.
• Nagel, F., Maurer, M. & Reinemann, C. (2011). The myth of visual dominance. How verbal and nonverbal communication shape viwers‘ impressions of politicians . Presentation at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 26-30, 2011 in Boston.
• Maurer, M., Reinemann, C., Jandura, O. & Zerback, T. (2011). Lasting of vanishing? Short and longer term priming effects of televised debates . Presentation at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 26-30, 2011 in Boston.
• Maurer, M. (2010). Priming the candidates, parties, or issues. Media effects on criteria of voting decisions among early and late-deciders in the 2009 German national election campaign . Presentation at the conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) from October 12-15, 2010 in Hamburg.
• Maurer, M. & Schoen, H. (2010). The Media Attractiveness Bonus: How the Physical Attractiveness of Constituency Candidates Influences Media Coverage in Election Campaigns. Presentation at the conference of the DGPuK subject group “Communication and Politics” and the DVPW working group “Politics and Communication” from February 11-13, 2010 in Mannheim.
• Maurer, M. (2009). Do Pictures Say More Than a Thousand Words? The Relevance of Verbal and Visual Information for Forming Judgments about Politicians on Television . Presentation at the conference of the DGPuK subject group “Reception and Effects Research” from January 22-24, 2009 in Zurich.
• Reinemann, C. & Maurer, M. (2008). Is RTR biased to verbal message components? An experimental test of the external validity of RTR-measurement . Presentation at the conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) from November 25-29, 2008 in Barcelona.
• Maurer, M. & Reinemann, C. (2008). The show must go on. How public television’s instant analysis of televised debates covers debate results and shapes voters’ opinions . Presentation at the RIPE@2008 conference from October 08-11, 2008 in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. & Reinemann, C. (2008). Gullible and Manipulable? The Reception of Persuasive Campaign Messages by Politically Interested and Disinterested Individuals . Presentation at the conference of the DVPW working group “Elections and Political Attitudes” from May 15-16, 2008 in Duisburg.
• Maurer, M. & Reuter, T. (2008). I believe the Germans hate me. The Influence of Verbal and Visual Media Information on Kidnapping Cases on Person Perception, Attribution of Responsibility, and Emotional Reactions Towards Victims . Presentation at the annual conference of the DGPuK from April 30 to May 02, 2008 in Lugano.
• Maurer, M. (2008). Content Analysis: Research Interest, Application Possibilities, Inferences. Presentation at the joint conference of the DGPuK subject group “Media Language and Media Discourses” and the “Media Communication” section of the Society for Applied Linguistics from March 06-07, 2008 in Trier.
• Maurer, M. (2007). Party Goals in Internal and External Communication. A Comparative Analysis of Election Programs and Politician Appearances in the 2005 Federal Election Campaign . Presentation at the joint conference of the DVPW working group “Politics and Communication” and the DGPuK subject group “Communication and Politics” from February 15-17, 2007 in Landau.
• Maurer, M. (2007). Knowledge Transfer in Election Campaigns. Causes and Consequences of Political Knowledge Acquisition in the 2005 Federal Election Campaign . Presentation at the conference of the DGPuK subject group “Reception Research” from January 25-27, 2007 in Leipzig.
• Lamp, E., Maurer, M. & Zerback, T. (2006). Context Effects in Oral-Personal and Telephone Surveys – Causes and Solutions. Presentation at the conference of the DGPuK subject group “Methods” from September 21-23, 2006 in Zurich.
• Reinemann, C. & Maurer, M. (2006). Schröder vs. Merkel. Perception and Impact of the TV Debate in the 2005 Federal Election Campaign . Presentation at the DVPW conference “The 2005 Federal Election” from July 19-20, 2006 in Berlin.
• Maurer, M. & Reinemann, C. (2006). Schroeder vs. Merkel: Message strategies and their success in televised debates. Presentation at the 56th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from June 19-23, 2006 in Dresden.
• Maurer, M. (2006). Facts or Phrases? The Contents of Election Programs in the 2005 Federal Election Campaign in the Daily Press . Presentation at the 51st Annual Conference of the DGPuK from June 18-19, 2006 in Dresden.
• Luengo, O. G. & Maurer, M. (2005). Exposición mediática y confianza política: siempre en circulo virtuoso? Presentation at the 7th Spanish Congress of Political Science and Administration from September 21-23, 2005 in Madrid.
• Maurer, M. & Luengo, O. G. (2005). A virtuous circle for all? Media exposure and political trust in 21 countries . Presentation at the 55th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 26-30, 2005 in New York.
• Maier, J., Reinemann, C., Maurer, M. & Faas, T. (2005). Reliability and validity of real time response measurement. Presentation at the 55th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 26-30, 2005 in New York.
• Kepplinger, H. M. & Maurer, M. (2005). Does accuracy of TV coverage count? About unconscious compliance in opinion formation . Presentation at the 55th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 26-30, 2005 in New York.
• Maurer, M. (2005). Media Content and Recipient Understanding. How Portrayals of Politicians are Perceived by Supporters and Opponents . Presentation at the 50th Annual Conference of the DGPuK from May 04-06, 2005 in Hamburg.
• Maurer, M. (2004). How Reliable is the Birthday Method? Problems in Drawing Personal Samples in Telephone Surveys . Presentation at the conference of the DGPuK subject group “Methods” from September 30 to October 02, 2004 in Berlin.
• Reinemann, C. & Maurer, M. (2004). The power of emotionally packaged commonplaces: Short-term effects and post-debate consequences of different rhetorical strategies in televised political debates. Presentation at the 54th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 27-31, 2004 in New Orleans.
• Maurer, M. & Reinemann, C. (2004). Televised debates and the public interest: Dysfunctional effects of televised debates on voters’ knowledge of the state of the country. Presentation at the 54th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 27-31, 2004 in New Orleans.
• Maurer, M. & Reinemann, C. (2003). Evidence or Emotion – What is More Convincing? A Contribution to the Integration of Quantitative and Qualitative Rhetoric Research Using the Example of the Second TV Debate in the 2002 Federal Election Campaign . Presentation at the conference of the DGPuK subject group “Methods” from September 25-27, 2003 in Münster.
• Reinemann, C. & Maurer, M. (2003). What you see is what you believe. Voters’ predispositions and short-term perceptions as causes of postdebate opinions . Presentation at the 53rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 23-27, 2003 in San Diego.
• Maurer, M. (2003). Mobilization or Media Malaise? How political media coverage changes German recipients’ satisfaction with democracy. Presentation at the 53rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 23-27, 2003 in San Diego.
• Maurer, M. & Reinemann, C. (2003). Schröder vs. Stoiber. Perceptions and Effects of the Second TV Debate in the 2002 Federal Election Campaign . Presentation at the 48th Annual Conference of the DGPuK from April 30 to May 02, 2003 in Hanover.
• Maurer, M. (2002). Differential Media Effects. On Linking Content Analysis and Survey Data in Media Effects Research . Presentation at the conference of the DGPuK subject group “Methods” from September 26-28, 2002 in Mainz.
• Reinemann, C., Maurer, M. & Fahr, A. (2004). Is the Whole More Than the Sum of its Parts? Explanations for the Results of Quantitative Surveys through RTR Measurement . Presentation at the conference of the DGPuK subject group “Methods” from September 26-28, 2002 in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2002). Mobilization or Malaise: How Does the Portrayal of Politics by Mass Media Change Recipients’ Judgments About Politics? Presentation at the 47th Annual Conference of the German Society for Communication Studies (DGPuK) from May 29-31, 2002 in Dresden.
• Kepplinger. H. M. & Maurer, M. (2002). Has Schröder Changed or Is He Just Portrayed Differently? Latent Assumptions of Reality by Television Viewers . Presentation at the 47th Annual Conference of the German Society for Communication Studies (DGPuK) from May 29-31, 2002 in Dresden.
• Maurer, M. (2001). Causal Analyses of Long-Term Media Effects – Panel Effect and Panel Mortality in Telephone Surveys. Presentation at the annual conference of the subject group “Methods of Empirical Communication Research” of the DGPuK from September 21-22, 2001 in Feldafing.
• Kleinnijenhuis, J., Kepplinger, H. M., Maurer, M. & Oegema, D. (2001). Issues and Personalities in German and Dutch Television News: Patterns and Effects. Presentation at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 24-28, 2001 in Washington D.C.
• Kepplinger, H. M. & Maurer, M. (2000). The Influence of Verbal and Visual Impressions on the Perception of Kohl and Schröder Based on Television Coverage in the 1998 Federal Election Campaign. Presentation at the annual conference of the subject group “Visual Communication” of the DGPuK from November 24-25, 2000 in Hamburg.
• Maurer, M. & Jandura, O. (2000). Contrast or Consistency? A Field Experiment on the Influence of Chancellor Preference on Coding Behavior in Content Analyses in Election Campaigns . Presentation at the annual conference of the subject group “Methods of Empirical Communication Research” of the DGPuK from September 29-30, 2000 in Loccum.
• Kepplinger, H. M. & Maurer, M. (1999). Locus of Control and Criteria for Voting Decisions. Presentation at the annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) from May 27-31, 1999 in San Francisco.
• Kleinnijenhuis, J., Kepplinger, H. M. & Maurer, M. (1999). Issues and Personalities in German and Dutch Elections 1998. Presentation at the 44th Annual Conference of the German Society for Communication Studies (DGPuK) from May 12-14, 1999 in Utrecht.
• Invited Lectures and Panel Discussions
• Maurer M. (2025). Tagesschau – Is the Broadcast Really “Adapted, Activist, and Detached”? Discussion with Alexander Teske at DJV Hessen on July 14, 2025 in Frankfurt.
• Maurer, M. (2025). Diversity of Perspectives in Public Broadcasting. Discussion with Franziska Roth (SWR) in the SWR Pop-Up Studio on July 7, 2025 in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2025). Five Years After the Start of the Corona Pandemic. Discussion with Martin Stürmer at the Frankfurt Press Club on February 4, 2025 in Frankfurt.
• Maurer, M. (2024). Is Something Missing? Diversity of Perspectives in Public Service News Formats. Lecture at the Cologne School of Journalism on December 11, 2024 in Cologne.
• Maurer, M. (2024). Media Coverage of Migration and Refugees. Lecture at the Mercator Forum Migration and Democracy (MIDEM) of TU Dresden on November 26, 2024 in Dresden.
• Maurer, M. (2024). Leftward Bias in Public Broadcasting? How Balanced is ARD and ZDF’s Reporting on Politics? Lecture at the Rotary Club Mainz-Rhenish Hesse on November 21, 2024 in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2024). Crises. Wars. Catastrophes. Why We Need More Constructive Journalism. Lecture as part of the “Socio-Ethical Dialogue” series of the KAB Bildungswerk on November 12, 2024 (online).
• Maurer, M. (2024). Do We Need to Become More Conservative? Panel discussion at the ARD Volo-Lab on September 14, 2024 in Cologne.
• Maurer, M. (2024). Diversity in ARD and ZDF News. Presentation at the 4th Media Conference of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on June 26, 2024 in Berlin.
• Maurer, M. (2024). Is Something Missing? Diversity of Perspectives in Public Service News Formats . Presentation in the LOGO editorial office on June 11, 2024 (online).
• Maurer, M. (2024). Is Something Missing? Diversity of Perspectives in Public Service News Formats. Presentation at the Mainz Media Meetup of DJV Mainz/Wiesbaden on May 28, 2024 in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2024). Is Something Missing? Results of the Study on Diversity of Perspectives in Public Service News Formats. Keynote at the SWR Diversity of Perspectives Barcamp on May 7, 2024 (online).
• Maurer, M. (2024). Is Something Missing? Diversity of Perspectives in Public Service News Formats. Study presentation to the Enquete Commission on Public Broadcasting in the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt on May 2, 2024 in Magdeburg.
• Maurer, M. (2024). Is Something Missing? Diversity of Perspectives in Public Service News Formats. Study presentation at the RBB editorial conference on March 13, 2024 (online).
• Maurer, M., Kruschinski, S. & Jost, P. (2024). Is Something Missing? Diversity of Perspectives in Public Service News Formats. Study presentation at the 1st CIVIS Media Talk on January 25, 2024 in Berlin.
• Maurer, M. (2023). Constructive Journalism. Keynote speech at the Grand Convention of the Schader Foundation on November 3, 2023 in Darmstadt.
• Maurer, M. (2023). Media Landscape in Crisis Mode? The Current Usage Behavior of Citizens. Keynote speech at the discussion group “Science and Politics in Rhineland-Palatinate” on June 28, 2023 in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2023). Diversity, Responsibility, Trust – How Do Leading Media Shape Public Opinion? Panel discussion at the Mainz Media Institute on May 4, 2023 in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2023). Communication in Times of Crisis. Keynote speech and discussion at the Science Breakfast Club of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament on February 10, 2023 (digital).
• Maurer, M. (2022). Effects of the Russian War of Aggression on the Climate at the Political Fringes and the Role of the Media. Panel discussion at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation on November 15, 2022, in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2022). One-sided, Uncritical, Government-aligned? Lecture at the workshop “Communicating Credibly in a Crisis” of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on September 13, 2022, in Dresden.
• Maurer, M. (2022). Politics in 280 Characters. Keynote speech and panel discussion in the Think Tank of the Young Academy of the Protestant Academy Frankfurt on July 12, 2022, in Frankfurt.
• Maurer, M. (2022). A Case of Great Research Communication. Keys and Tips . Lecture at the R&I Loop Training Workshop on June 21, 2022, in Madrid.
• Maurer, M. (2021). One-sided, uncritical, government-aligned? An empirical study on the quality of journalistic reporting on the Corona pandemic. Project presentation at SWR on December 15, 2021 (digital).
• Maurer, M. (2021). One-sided, uncritical, government-aligned? An empirical study on the quality of journalistic reporting on the Corona pandemic. Project presentation as part of the Webtalk Expert Circle Quality Journalism of the Rudolf Augstein Foundation on November 18, 2021 (digital).
• Maurer, M., Reinemann, C. & Kruschinski, S. (2021). One-sided, uncritical, government-aligned? An empirical study on the quality of journalistic reporting on the Corona pandemic. Project presentation as part of the public event “Follow the Science” of the Rudolf Augstein Foundation on November 8, 2021, in Berlin.
• Maurer, M., Jost, P., Kruschinski, S. & Haßler, J. (2021). Five Years of Media Coverage on Flight and Migration. Project presentation as part of the press conference of the Mercator Foundation on July 15, 2021 (digital).
• Maurer, M. (2021). Fighting for a Better Society with Positive Rage. Panel discussion at the Digital Campaigning Conference of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation on May 27, 2021 (digital).
• Maurer, M. (2020). Frames and How They Change Our Perception. Lecture at the Rotary Club Mainz on January 16, 2020.
• Maurer, M. (2019). How Fake News Spreads in Social Media: The Example of Migration. Lecture at the seminar “Media and Politics in Times of Fake News” of KAAD on October 24, 2019, in Berlin.
• Maurer, M. (2019). Panel discussion on the topic “Artificial Intelligence and the Organization of the Future” organized by the Mercator Science-Policy-Fellowship Program of the RMU universities on October 8, 2019, in Berlin.
• Maurer, M. (2019). Media and Lying Press in the Context of the “Refugee Crisis”. Lecture as part of the lecture series of the University of Augsburg Law Clinic on June 13, 2019, in Augsburg.
• Maurer M. (2019). On the Accuracy and Balance of Media Coverage in the “Refugee Crisis”. Lecture at ZDF on February 6, 2019, in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2018). Media and Survey Research in Public Opinion Formation. Lecture at the symposium “Media and Opinion Research” of the Society of Catholic Journalists on October 4, 2018, in Frankfurt/M.
• Maurer, M. (2018). Democratic Opinion Formation in the Age of the Internet. Lecture at the 62nd Lawyers’ Day of the Protestant Academy Tutzing on June 2, 2018, in Tutzing.
• Maurer, M., Schemer, C., Troitschanskaia, O., Jitormirski, J., & Quiring, O. (2018). Media Effects on Positive and Negative Learning: First Findings and a Research Program. Lecture at the 2nd PLATO Summer Conference from May 23-25, 2018, in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2018). Between Lying Press and Echo Chambers. The Influence of Public Communication on the Success of Populist Parties. Lecture at the symposium “Migration and Populism” of the Academy of Sciences on May 17, 2018, in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2017). Government Spokespersons Under Stress? Challenges Posed by Digitalization. Keynote speech for the event of the same name by IfP and DPRG on December 13, 2017, in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2017). New Communication Channels and Opinion Formation in the Federal Election. Lecture at the Interdisciplinary Conference “Making a State with 140 Characters?!” of ZKM on November 30, 2017, in Karlsruhe.
• Maurer, M. (2017). Do Media Decide Elections? Politics in the Media Society. Lecture in the University in the City Hall series on November 14, 2017, in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2017). En garde! TV debates and their function for opinion formation and voter mobilization. Lecture at the 15th International Conference on Political Communication of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation from October 15-16, 2017, in Berlin.
• Maurer, M., Quiring, O., & Schemer, C. (2017). Media effects on positive and negative learning. Lecture at the PLATO Summer Conference from June 28-30, 2017, in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2017). Do we need to talk? Parliamentary communication between citizen proximity and media logic. Keynote speech for the event “Do we need to talk!” on June 8, 2017, at the state parliament Mainz.
• Köcher, R. & Maurer, M. (2017). The reporting on migrants and its effects on trust in the media. Lecture at the symposium on the 100th birthday of Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann on April 21, 2017, in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2016). Digital knowledge gaps. Why we know so little about climate change and what consequences that has. Lecture on October 12, 2016, at the University of Zurich.
• Maurer, M. (2016). Nonverbal Political Communication. Lecture on May 10, 2016, at the University of Bonn.
• Maurer, M. (2016). Campaign Evaluation Using the Example of the Road Safety Campaign “Runter vom Gas!”. Lecture on May 31, 2016, at the German Police University Münster
• Maurer, M. (2016). How Does Opinion Work? Lecture at the Wikopreventk Symposium “Opinion and Mobilization” on June 10, 2016, in Hainburg/Donau.
• Maurer, M. (2014). Measuring nonverbal effects by using real-time response measurement. Lecture at the conference “Nonverbal communication in politics” from August 18-19, 2014, in Gothenburg.
• Maurer, M. (2014). How Do I Tell My Voter? Lecture at the workshop “Political Analysis – Political Planning” of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation from June 15-18, 2014, in Cadenabbia.
• Maurer, M. (2013). Leadership and Seduction. On Orienting Towards Leading Figures . Lecture at the Königsteiner Forum on June 3, 2013, in Königstein.
• Maurer, M. (2013). Media logic in German election coverage. Lecture at the workshop “Media logic and electoral democracy” at the Free University Amsterdam on January 31, 2013, in Amsterdam.
• Maurer, M. (2013). The Influence of Mass Media on ‘Political Disillusionment’. Lecture at the seminar “Action-Oriented Political Education Against Political Disillusionment” of the Saxon Education Institute on January 11, 2013, in Niederbobritzsch.
• Maurer, M. (2012). Information Transfer to Older People: Communication Channels and Communication Strategies. Lecture at the Federal Ministry of the Interior on May 10, 2012, in Berlin.
• Maurer, M. (2010). The Interplay of Media and Politics as a Cause of Restrictions on Political Action. Lecture at the conference “The Rediscovery of Politics!?” at the Protestant Academy Loccum on December 7, 2010, in Loccum.
• Maurer, M. (2010). Effects of verbal and visual information on the perception of candidates in televised debates. Lecture at the symposium “Transnational Connections: Challenges and Opportunities for Political Communication” from March 24-25, 2010, in Segovia.
• Reinemann, C., Maurer, M., Jandura, O. & Zerback, T. (2009). The Late Deciders. Who are they and how do they decide? Lecture at the symposium “The 2009 Federal Election” at the Academy for Political Education Tutzing on December 5, 2009, in Tutzing.
• Maurer, M. (2009). The Communication of Uncertainty in the Media. Lecture at the Munich Center for Governance Research on July 20, 2009, in Munich.
• Maurer, M. (2009). Knowledge Transfer in Political Talk Shows. Lecture at the seminar “Talk Shows and TV Debates” of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation from May 4-6, 2009, in Wesseling.
• Maurer, M. (2008). How Rational Are Voters and Consumers? Lecture at Scholz & Friends on December 1, 2008, in Berlin.
• Maurer, M. (2008). How Do the Media Work? Lecture at the Eichholzer Youth Media Meeting of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on May 30, 2008, in Wesseling.
• Maurer, M. (2007). Media, Politics, and Social Reality: Does the Berlin Republic Reach the People? The Position of Communication Studies . Lecture at the conference “No Longer Politically Reachable? Political Disillusionment and Social Milieus” of the Protestant Academy Loccum from December 12-14, 2007, in Loccum.
• Maurer, M. & Reinemann, C. (2007). The Effect of TV Debates in Political Campaigns: Myths and Facts. Lecture at the 5th International Conference on Political Communication of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and ZDF from October 24-25, 2007, in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2007). Farewell to the Rational Voter? The Determinants of Voting Behavior in Media Democracy . Lecture at the expert discussion “Possibilities and Limits of Current Electoral Research in Germany” of the Hanns Seidel Foundation from October 11-12, 2007, in Wildbad Kreuth.
• Maurer, M. (2007). Winning and Losing TV Debates. Perception and Impact of Televised Debates . Lecture at the seminar “Talk Shows and TV Debates” of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation from March 30 to April 2, 2007, in Wesseling.
• Maurer, M. & Reinemann, C. (2006). Schroeder vs. Merkel: Message strategies and their success in televised debates. Lecture at the Media Tenor Agenda Setting Conference on October 12, 2006, in Bonn.
• Maurer, M. (2006). Is Electoral Research at its End? Four Theses from the Perspective of Communication Studies . Lecture at the expert workshop “Is Electoral Research at its End?” of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation from September 3-6, 2006, in Cadenabbia.
• Reinemann, C. & Maurer, M. (2006). Measuring the Success of Political Communication: Audience Reactions to the Merkel vs. Schröder TV Debate in the 2005 Federal Election Campaign. Lecture at the symposium “Making the Quality of Communication Measurable” of the Alumni Foundation of Mainz Journalists on June 23, 2006, in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. (2005). Farewell to the Rational Voter. Lecture at the Protestant Academy Oldenburg on November 15, 2005, in Oldenburg.
• Maurer, M. & Reinemann, C. (2005). Schröder vs. Merkel: Perception and Impact of the TV Debate. Lecture at the symposium “The 2005 Federal Election” at the Academy for Political Education Tutzing on November 8, 2005, in Tutzing.
• Maurer, M. (2005). Usage, Perception, and Impact of TV Debates. Lecture at the seminar of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation “TV Debates and Their Impact” on November 6, 2005, in Wesseling.
• Maurer, M. (2005). Farewell to the Rational Voter – Why Elections Are Decided on Television. Lecture for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on August 30, 2005, in Bremen.
• Maurer, M. (2005). The Influence of Television on Voters. Lecture at the luncheon discussion of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on August 30, 2005, in Hamburg.
• Maurer, M. (2005). Farewell to the Rational Voter – Are Elections Decided on Television? Lecture for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on August 29, 2005, in Hamburg.
• Maurer, M. (2005). Influence of Mass Media on the Willingness and Ability of Citizens to Participate in New and Established Democracies. Lecture at the conference “Democratization of the Media and Information Society” from June 24-25, 2005, in Zurich.
• Maurer, M. (2005). Effects of televised debates. Short-term perceptions and long-term opinions . Lecture at the symposium “Comunicación Política en España” from 10. -March 11, 2005, in Granada.
• Reinemann, C. & Maurer, M. (2004). Real-time Response Measurements. Opportunities and Limitations . Lecture on March 9, 2004, at the University of Metz.
• Maurer, M. & Reinemann, C. (2004). What’s new and what’s special? The televised debates in the 2002 German election campaign. Lecture at the symposium of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and ZDF “Political Communication in the Global World – Know-how Transfer as a One-Way Street?” from October 30-31, 2003, in Mainz.
• Maurer, M. & Reinemann, C. (2003). Schröder vs. Stoiber: Perception and Impact of the Second TV Debate. Lecture at the Mainz-Allensbach Colloquium from January 30-31, 2003, in Allensbach.
• Maurer, M. (2001). How Does Politics Stage Itself and Who Stages It? Lecture at the seminar of the graduate student scholarship of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation “Media and Democracy” from November 28 to December 1, 2001, in Wesseling.
• Maurer, M. (2001). The Influence of Chancellor Preference on Coding Behavior in Content Analyses During Election Campaigns. Lecture at the Mainz-Allensbach Colloquium from February 2-3, 2001, in Allensbach.
• Kepplinger, H. M. & Maurer, M. (1999). The Two-Step Flow of Mass Communication. Remarks on a Never-Proven and Long-Outdated Thesis of Electoral Research . Lecture at the expert conference “50 Years of Empirical Electoral Research in Germany” from November 18-20, 1999, in Cologne.
• Maurer, M. (1998). Political Disillusionment – Model for a Causal Analysis. Lecture at the Mainz-Allensbach Colloquium from January 22-23, 1998, in Allensbach.