Hannah Schmid-Petri
Biographic Data
| ID | 636046 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hannah Schmid-Petri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hannah |
| FAMILY NAME | Schmid-Petri |
| SIGNATURE | SCHMID-PETRI H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Passau |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2778-4477 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Understanding citizens’ responses to imagined future and existing onshore wind farms
This study explores citizens’ anticipations of wind turbines that may be installed in their vicinity and the experiences of those living near existing turbines – reflecting different stages of the installation process. Findings from a German online survey (N = 2664) reveal that citizens experience considerable uncertainty regarding the impacts of wind farms, both prior to and after construction. Across several dimensions, including ecological and…
Energy transition? Yes, please! The framing of the energy transition on Instagram
The second-level digital divide in Germany
Digital technologies increasingly shape the way we communicate, collaborate and participate in society. People lacking digital literacy are, therefore, prone to exclusion in today’s digital world. To identify digital divides and vulnerable groups in Germany, we first developed a comprehensive framework for the measurement of digital literacy that future research can build on. Subsequently, we used cluster analyses to create a typology of German i…
Standing up to hate
Transitionalists, traditionalists or pioneers? How German municipal energy companies are responding to the national energy transition
The Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) in Germany aims to transition the country to a sustainable energy system. This has led to a decentralization of the energy market and a shift toward community-focused energy supply systems. Municipal energy companies (MECs), deeply rooted in their communities, are crucial in facilitating this transition and promoting innovative technologies. Websites serve as important communication tools, facilitating inter…
The multilingual Twitter-discourse on vaccination in Germany during the Covid-19 pandemic
There is evidence that specific segments of the population were hit particularly hard by the Covid-19 pandemic (e.g., people with a migration background). In this context, the impact and role played by online platforms in facilitating the integration or fragmentation of public debates and social groups is a recurring topic of discussion. This is where our study ties in, we ask: How is the topic of vaccination discussed and evaluated in different …
Beyond the Freebie Mentality
Online news providers struggle to pull audiences behind their paywalls in order to complement (insufficient) advertising revenue with sales income. But what do consumers think about paying for—once freely available—online news content and how does it affect their payment behavior? The present study complements the existing research by developing a typology of attitudes and behavior toward paying for online news content based on qualitative interv…
Uploaders' perceptions of the German implementation of the EU copyright reform and their preferences for copyright regulation
While the upload filters introduced by the EU copyright reform are being transposed into national law, this study examines how uploaders perceive copyright regulation and what further demands they have
The effect of misinformation and inoculation
An important communication strategy of climate skeptics is the use of fake experts, who act as spokespersons, although they do not possess any expertise in the field. One promising approach to tackle the effect of misinformation is inoculation. Previous research focuses on the United States, and the comparably low effect sizes of previous research call for further examination and consolidation. This study aims to complement those findings with da…
Conflict dynamics in collaborative knowledge production. A study of network gatekeeping on Wikipedia
Schutz durch Impfungen versus potenzielle Risiken? Die Diskussion über das Thema „Impfen und Impfungen“ in deutschsprachigen YouTube-Videos
Obwohl Impfungen nachweislich vor potenziell lebensbedrohlichen Krankheiten schützen und schwerwiegende Nebenwirkungen nur selten eintreten, existiert eine Minderheit an Personen, die sich gegen Impfungen ausspricht. Dabei dienen alternative Kommunikationsplattformen für Impfgegner*innen als Ort, um sich an der öffentlichen Kommunikation zum Thema „Impfen“ zu beteiligen. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht mittels einer quantitativen Inhaltsanalyse…
A Dynamic Perspective on Publics and Counterpublics
Climate change was hardly debated during the 2016 US presidential campaign. Against this background and building upon Fraser's concept of counterpublics (1990), this paper examines whether climate change advocates used the English-speaking blogosphere to push their positions forward. This study uses blog data starting from the Republican nomination of Donald Trump (20 July 2016) to Election Day (8 November 2016) and applies a computerized classif…
Coalitions and counter-coalitions in online contestation
We seek to understand the role of the Internet in policy monopolies characterized by a dominant coalition in traditional political venues. In these settings, we identify coalitions and counter-coalitions on the Web and ask how these coalitions differ resource-wise and where these differences come from. To do so, we combine link tracing and quantitative content analysis in the field of climate change in Germany and the United Kingdom. Our results …
Homophily and prestige
Applying LDA Topic Modeling in Communication Research
Latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) topic models are increasingly being used in communication research. Yet, questions regarding reliability and validity of the approach have received little attention thus far. In applying LDA to textual data, researchers need to tackle at least four major challenges that affect these criteria: (a) appropriate pre-processing of the text collection; (b) adequate selection of model parameters, including the number of…
Do Conservative Media Provide a Forum for Skeptical Voices? The Link Between Ideology and the Coverage of Climate Change in British, German, and Swiss Newspapers
This study analyzes whether the ideological orientation of a newspaper has an influence on the salience of skeptical arguments (trend, attribution, impact, and response skeptics) in the coverage of climate change in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland, and examines whether certain newspaper titles act as advocates of the skeptical countermovement. A quantitative content analysis of a broad newspaper sample for each country over the course of one yea…
A changing climate of skepticism
Skepticism toward climate change has a long tradition in the United States. We focus on mass media as the conveyors of the image of climate change and ask: Is climate change skepticism still a characteristic of US print media coverage? If so, to what degree and in what form? And which factors might pave the way for skeptics entering mass media debates? We conducted a quantitative content analysis of US print media during one year (1 June 2012 to …
The climate of debate
Das Framing von Issues in Medien und Politik
Wie Themen in Medien und Politik behandelt werden ist unter gesellschafts- und demokratietheoretischen Gesichtspunkten relevant, da ein sinnvoller Diskurs zwischen Bevölkerung, Medien und Politik nur dann stattfinden kann, wenn es zumindest gewisse inhaltliche Überschneidungen gibt. Hannah Schmid-Petri vergleicht Verarbeitungs-Prozesse (Framing) für Medien und Politik auf der Grundlage system- und akteurstheoretischer Annahmen, an die Erkenntniss…
Framing Von Issues in Medien und Politik
Das Framing von Issues in Medien und Politik
Applying LDA Topic Modeling in Communication Research
Latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) topic models are increasingly being used in communication research. Yet, questions regarding reliability and validity of the approach have received little attention thus far. In applying LDA to textual data, researchers need to tackle at least four major challenges that affect these criteria: (a) appropriate pre-processing of the text collection; (b) adequate selection of model parameters, including the number of…
Coalitions and counter-coalitions in online contestation
We seek to understand the role of the Internet in policy monopolies characterized by a dominant coalition in traditional political venues. In these settings, we identify coalitions and counter-coalitions on the Web and ask how these coalitions differ resource-wise and where these differences come from. To do so, we combine link tracing and quantitative content analysis in the field of climate change in Germany and the United Kingdom. Our results …
The climate of debate
Conflict dynamics in collaborative knowledge production. A study of network gatekeeping on Wikipedia
Das Framing von Issues in Medien und Politik
Wie Themen in Medien und Politik behandelt werden ist unter gesellschafts- und demokratietheoretischen Gesichtspunkten relevant, da ein sinnvoller Diskurs zwischen Bevölkerung, Medien und Politik nur dann stattfinden kann, wenn es zumindest gewisse inhaltliche Überschneidungen gibt. Hannah Schmid-Petri vergleicht Verarbeitungs-Prozesse (Framing) für Medien und Politik auf der Grundlage system- und akteurstheoretischer Annahmen, an die Erkenntniss…
Framing Von Issues in Medien und Politik
Das Framing von Issues in Medien und Politik
The climate of debate
Do Conservative Media Provide a Forum for Skeptical Voices? The Link Between Ideology and the Coverage of Climate Change in British, German, and Swiss Newspapers
This study analyzes whether the ideological orientation of a newspaper has an influence on the salience of skeptical arguments (trend, attribution, impact, and response skeptics) in the coverage of climate change in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland, and examines whether certain newspaper titles act as advocates of the skeptical countermovement. A quantitative content analysis of a broad newspaper sample for each country over the course of one yea…
A changing climate of skepticism
Skepticism toward climate change has a long tradition in the United States. We focus on mass media as the conveyors of the image of climate change and ask: Is climate change skepticism still a characteristic of US print media coverage? If so, to what degree and in what form? And which factors might pave the way for skeptics entering mass media debates? We conducted a quantitative content analysis of US print media during one year (1 June 2012 to …
Homophily and prestige
Applying LDA Topic Modeling in Communication Research
Latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) topic models are increasingly being used in communication research. Yet, questions regarding reliability and validity of the approach have received little attention thus far. In applying LDA to textual data, researchers need to tackle at least four major challenges that affect these criteria: (a) appropriate pre-processing of the text collection; (b) adequate selection of model parameters, including the number of…
Coalitions and counter-coalitions in online contestation
We seek to understand the role of the Internet in policy monopolies characterized by a dominant coalition in traditional political venues. In these settings, we identify coalitions and counter-coalitions on the Web and ask how these coalitions differ resource-wise and where these differences come from. To do so, we combine link tracing and quantitative content analysis in the field of climate change in Germany and the United Kingdom. Our results …
Schutz durch Impfungen versus potenzielle Risiken? Die Diskussion über das Thema „Impfen und Impfungen“ in deutschsprachigen YouTube-Videos
Obwohl Impfungen nachweislich vor potenziell lebensbedrohlichen Krankheiten schützen und schwerwiegende Nebenwirkungen nur selten eintreten, existiert eine Minderheit an Personen, die sich gegen Impfungen ausspricht. Dabei dienen alternative Kommunikationsplattformen für Impfgegner*innen als Ort, um sich an der öffentlichen Kommunikation zum Thema „Impfen“ zu beteiligen. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht mittels einer quantitativen Inhaltsanalyse…
A Dynamic Perspective on Publics and Counterpublics
Climate change was hardly debated during the 2016 US presidential campaign. Against this background and building upon Fraser's concept of counterpublics (1990), this paper examines whether climate change advocates used the English-speaking blogosphere to push their positions forward. This study uses blog data starting from the Republican nomination of Donald Trump (20 July 2016) to Election Day (8 November 2016) and applies a computerized classif…
Uploaders' perceptions of the German implementation of the EU copyright reform and their preferences for copyright regulation
While the upload filters introduced by the EU copyright reform are being transposed into national law, this study examines how uploaders perceive copyright regulation and what further demands they have
The effect of misinformation and inoculation
An important communication strategy of climate skeptics is the use of fake experts, who act as spokespersons, although they do not possess any expertise in the field. One promising approach to tackle the effect of misinformation is inoculation. Previous research focuses on the United States, and the comparably low effect sizes of previous research call for further examination and consolidation. This study aims to complement those findings with da…
Conflict dynamics in collaborative knowledge production. A study of network gatekeeping on Wikipedia
The multilingual Twitter-discourse on vaccination in Germany during the Covid-19 pandemic
There is evidence that specific segments of the population were hit particularly hard by the Covid-19 pandemic (e.g., people with a migration background). In this context, the impact and role played by online platforms in facilitating the integration or fragmentation of public debates and social groups is a recurring topic of discussion. This is where our study ties in, we ask: How is the topic of vaccination discussed and evaluated in different …
Beyond the Freebie Mentality
Online news providers struggle to pull audiences behind their paywalls in order to complement (insufficient) advertising revenue with sales income. But what do consumers think about paying for—once freely available—online news content and how does it affect their payment behavior? The present study complements the existing research by developing a typology of attitudes and behavior toward paying for online news content based on qualitative interv…
Transitionalists, traditionalists or pioneers? How German municipal energy companies are responding to the national energy transition
The Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) in Germany aims to transition the country to a sustainable energy system. This has led to a decentralization of the energy market and a shift toward community-focused energy supply systems. Municipal energy companies (MECs), deeply rooted in their communities, are crucial in facilitating this transition and promoting innovative technologies. Websites serve as important communication tools, facilitating inter…
Understanding citizens’ responses to imagined future and existing onshore wind farms
This study explores citizens’ anticipations of wind turbines that may be installed in their vicinity and the experiences of those living near existing turbines – reflecting different stages of the installation process. Findings from a German online survey (N = 2664) reveal that citizens experience considerable uncertainty regarding the impacts of wind farms, both prior to and after construction. Across several dimensions, including ecological and…
Energy transition? Yes, please! The framing of the energy transition on Instagram
The second-level digital divide in Germany
Digital technologies increasingly shape the way we communicate, collaborate and participate in society. People lacking digital literacy are, therefore, prone to exclusion in today’s digital world. To identify digital divides and vulnerable groups in Germany, we first developed a comprehensive framework for the measurement of digital literacy that future research can build on. Subsequently, we used cluster analyses to create a typology of German i…
Standing up to hate
Political science (11 works) · Social Media and Politics (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (7 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Climate change (6 works) · German (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works)