CLIMATE AND EARTH
SYSTEM SCIENCES
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9 December 2021
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We are proud to announce the successful MSc thesis presentation of our SICSS member Joana Kollert
Her thesis "Communicating a Crisis: A Comparison of the COVID-19 Coverage in the German & UK Science Media Centers" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Simone Rödder and Prof. Dr. Michael Brüggemann.
Joana investigated the frames used by the Science Media Centers to cover the pandemic. Moreover, she examined which editorial adaptations were made by the organizations to accompany the unprecedented situation. This was done using qualitative content analysis to examine the publications by both Science Media Centers, and interviews with both chief editors. Any differences in coverage were explained by the differing founding origins of the German and the UK Science Media Center.
Joana was a member of the Institute of Communication Studies, Climate and Science Communication at Universität Hamburg.
Joana's future plans?
Her future plans are to become a (science) journalist in order to improve the communication of socially relevant scientific topics.