{"id":10063,"date":"2025-07-17T13:22:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de\/fb02-ifp-polkom\/?page_id=10063"},"modified":"2025-09-08T14:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:52:25","slug":"personenseite-tobias-scherer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/polkom.ifp.uni-mainz.de\/en\/personenseite-tobias-scherer\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobias Scherer&#8217;s Personal Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><jgu-base-section react-props=\"{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;light&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;wide&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;medium&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"jgu-bgsection bg bg-light\"><div class=\"content padding-medium\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\"><jgu-base-heading react-props=\"{\n    &quot;index&quot;: &quot;Research Associate&quot;,\n    &quot;tags&quot;: {\n        &quot;htmlTag&quot;: &quot;h2&quot;,\n        &quot;classTag&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n        &quot;tag&quot;: &quot;h2&quot;\n    },\n    &quot;heading&quot;: &quot;Tobias Scherer, M.A.&quot;,\n    &quot;textAlign&quot;: &quot;left&quot;,\n    &quot;anchor&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n    &quot;color&quot;: &quot;red&quot;\n}\"><\/jgu-base-heading>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>since 2023<\/strong><br\/>Research associate at the Chair of Political Communication of Prof. Dr. Marcus Maurer at the Institute for Communication Studies of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.<br\/>Involvement in the DFG project &#8220;Critical Online Reasoning in Higher Education&#8221; (CORE). (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.uni-mainz.de\/\">www.core.uni-mainz.de<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2020 to 2023<\/strong><br\/>Master&#8217;s program in Communication and Media Research at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Alpen-Adria-Universit\u00e4t Klagenfurt (Austria).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2016 to 2020<br\/><\/strong>Bachelor&#8217;s program in Communication Studies and History at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his studies, internships at Handelsverband Mitte e.V. and the Media Authority of Rhineland-Palatinate. 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Artificial Intelligence in Political Campaigns. Acceptance, Perception, and Impact. Frankfurt am Main. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.otto-brenner-stiftung.de\/generative-ki-in-politischen-kampagnen\/\">download<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scherer, T., Laufer, A., Maurer, M., &amp; Schemer, C. (in press). Assessing the information quality of online sources used by first year students for solving generic Critical Online Reasoning tasks. <em>Z Erziehungswiss<\/em>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scherer, T.<\/strong> &amp; Dogruel, L. (2024). Being prepared to distinguish fact from fake: The effect of media literacy on detecting deepfakes [Abstract]. Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM) \u2013 Book of Abstracts. M\u00fcnster: University of M\u00fcnster.   <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schemer, C., Maurer, M., Laufer, A., &amp; <strong>Scherer, T. <\/strong>(2023). B04: Analysis of the Accuracy and Comprehensibility of Media Content Used by Medical and Economics Students in Higher Education Online Learning Settings. In O. Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, J. Fischer &amp; D. Molerov (Eds.), Critical Online Reasoning in Higher Education (CORE) \u2013 overview of the research unit: Objectives, framework, structure, and research projects (CORE Working Papers, Vol. 1, pp. 21-23). Mainz: Johannes Gutenberg University. 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(2024). <em>Being prepared to distinguish fact from fake: The effect of media literacy on detecting deepfakes<\/em>. 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(<a href=\"https:\/\/core.uni-mainz.de\/files\/2023\/11\/CORE_Working_Paper_No.1_final.pdf#page=23.\">Link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column {\"width\":\"25%\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><!-- wp:jgu\/heading {\"tags\":{\"htmlTag\":\"h4\",\"classTag\":\"\",\"tag\":\"h4\"},\"heading\":\"Contact\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/idm-person {\"id\":\"307630\",\"organizationId\":639,\"roleId\":16} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p><strong>Consultation hour:<\/strong> by appointment<br\/>Georg-Forster-Building, Room 01-325<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p><strong>Postal address:<br\/><\/strong>Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz<strong><br\/><\/strong>Institute for Communication Studies<strong><br\/><\/strong>Tobias Scherer<br\/>Jakob-Welder-Weg 12<strong><br\/><\/strong>55128 Mainz<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/heading {\"tags\":{\"htmlTag\":\"h3\",\"classTag\":\"\",\"tag\":\"h3\"},\"heading\":\"Presentations\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul><!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Scherer, T., Laufer, A., Maurer, M., &amp; Schemer, C. 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