Michael Johann
Biographic Data
| ID | 4169010 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Johann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Johann |
| SIGNATURE | JOHANN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Augsburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5243-9168 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Doctors in Demand
General practitioners (GPs) are central to primary healthcare, yet their representation in local news remains underexamined. Addressing this gap, this study investigates how GPs are framed in German local newspapers between 2018 and 2023. Drawing on a quantitative content analysis of 576 articles from 112 local newspapers, the study reconstructs frames and examines their development before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings sh…
Can political internet memes influence information selection of young adults? Examining the mediating roles of issue-specific interest, perceived issue importance, and humor
Effects and perception of multimodal recontextualization in political Internet memes. Evidence from two online experiments in Austria
Internet memes are an integral part of social media communication and a popular genre for humorous engagement in online political discourses. A meme is a collective of multimodal signs that refer to each other through shared formal, content-related, and/or stance-related characteristics and can be recontextualized on different levels: (1) language, (2) mode of presentation, and (3) humor. In this paper, we examine the perceptions and effects of r…
Fridays for Future and Mondays for Memes
Modern protest movements rely on digital activism on social media, which serves as a conduit for mobilization. In the social media landscape, internet memes have emerged as a popular practice of expressing political protest. Although it is known that social media facilitates mobilization, researchers have neglected how distinct types of content affect mobilization. Moreover, research regarding users’ perspectives on mobilization through memes is …
Joanna Nowotny & Julian Reidy. Memes – Formen und Folgen eines Internetphänomens
Memes – Formen und Folgen eines Internetphänomens [Memes – Forms and Consequences of an Internet Phenomenon] is a monograph in the German language authored by Joanna Nowotny and Julian Reidy. In the introduction, five main chapters, and a conclusion, the authors tackle a relatively young, but booming phenomenon of digital culture and communication: Internet memes. The book provides valuable insights and perspectives on the ever-evolving dynamics …
Mass Media's Role in Terrorism
The propaganda videos of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) became a widespread issue throughout the Western world between 2014 and 2017. The problem was not that the videos went viral on social media but that people learned about them and their content through the news. Each ISIL video posted on social media provoked some kind of media reaction that generated public attention. Given that a common framing effect leads people to think thr…
Political participation in transition
Internet memes have become a popular format for expressing individual political opinions in social media. Based on a quantitative online survey of political Internet meme users from fringe web communities and sharing platforms (n = 482), this study examines the factors related to political expression in Internet memes. The analysis reveals that political Internet meme usage depends on users’ political interest and the intensity of social media pr…
Dialogorientierte Unternehmenskommunikation in den sozialen Medien
Dialogorientierte Unternehmenskommunikation
Strategische Politische Kommunikation im digitalen Wandel
Political participation in transition
Internet memes have become a popular format for expressing individual political opinions in social media. Based on a quantitative online survey of political Internet meme users from fringe web communities and sharing platforms (n = 482), this study examines the factors related to political expression in Internet memes. The analysis reveals that political Internet meme usage depends on users’ political interest and the intensity of social media pr…
Strategische Politische Kommunikation im digitalen Wandel
Dialogorientierte Unternehmenskommunikation in den sozialen Medien
Dialogorientierte Unternehmenskommunikation
Political participation in transition
Internet memes have become a popular format for expressing individual political opinions in social media. Based on a quantitative online survey of political Internet meme users from fringe web communities and sharing platforms (n = 482), this study examines the factors related to political expression in Internet memes. The analysis reveals that political Internet meme usage depends on users’ political interest and the intensity of social media pr…
Effects and perception of multimodal recontextualization in political Internet memes. Evidence from two online experiments in Austria
Internet memes are an integral part of social media communication and a popular genre for humorous engagement in online political discourses. A meme is a collective of multimodal signs that refer to each other through shared formal, content-related, and/or stance-related characteristics and can be recontextualized on different levels: (1) language, (2) mode of presentation, and (3) humor. In this paper, we examine the perceptions and effects of r…
Fridays for Future and Mondays for Memes
Modern protest movements rely on digital activism on social media, which serves as a conduit for mobilization. In the social media landscape, internet memes have emerged as a popular practice of expressing political protest. Although it is known that social media facilitates mobilization, researchers have neglected how distinct types of content affect mobilization. Moreover, research regarding users’ perspectives on mobilization through memes is …
Joanna Nowotny & Julian Reidy. Memes – Formen und Folgen eines Internetphänomens
Memes – Formen und Folgen eines Internetphänomens [Memes – Forms and Consequences of an Internet Phenomenon] is a monograph in the German language authored by Joanna Nowotny and Julian Reidy. In the introduction, five main chapters, and a conclusion, the authors tackle a relatively young, but booming phenomenon of digital culture and communication: Internet memes. The book provides valuable insights and perspectives on the ever-evolving dynamics …
Mass Media's Role in Terrorism
The propaganda videos of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) became a widespread issue throughout the Western world between 2014 and 2017. The problem was not that the videos went viral on social media but that people learned about them and their content through the news. Each ISIL video posted on social media provoked some kind of media reaction that generated public attention. Given that a common framing effect leads people to think thr…
Doctors in Demand
General practitioners (GPs) are central to primary healthcare, yet their representation in local news remains underexamined. Addressing this gap, this study investigates how GPs are framed in German local newspapers between 2018 and 2023. Drawing on a quantitative content analysis of 576 articles from 112 local newspapers, the study reconstructs frames and examines their development before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings sh…
Can political internet memes influence information selection of young adults? Examining the mediating roles of issue-specific interest, perceived issue importance, and humor
Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · The Internet (4 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social media (3 works) · World Wide Web (3 works)