M Burger
Biographic Data
| ID | 8920 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Burger |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Burger |
| SIGNATURE | BURGER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Passau |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6169-7169 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ruut Veenhoven (1942-2024): The Secret of a Happy and Productive Life
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 …
Dissonance from the Perspective of Agonistic Pluralism: A Study of Political Fragmentation on Facebook during the 2016 Austrian Presidential Election
Contemporary public debates are often characterized by structural and substantial dissonances. This paper is concerned with normative and empirical evaluations of these dissonances and makes contributions on both levels. We argue that agonistic pluralism provides an insightful, yet often dismissed, theoretical perspective on the matter of political fragmentation. On the empirical level, we exemplify these considerations against the backdrop of th…
The effect of misinformation and inoculation: Replication of an experiment on the effect of false experts in the context of climate change communication
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
Discours des réseaux sociaux: Enjeux publics, politiques et médiatiques
La communication numérique, les réseaux sociaux et leurs enjeux sur les pratiques journalistiques et politiques actuelles. Comment interagit-on dans et avec les réseaux sociaux ? Comment ceux-ci affectent-ils la politique et le journalisme ? Comment construit-on un espace et un lieu interactif ? Comment les utilisateurs de plateformes digitales se définissent-ils comme membres d’une communauté ? En dix contributions, des analystes du discours de …
Dissonance from the Perspective of Agonistic Pluralism: A Study of Political Fragmentation on Facebook during the 2016 Austrian Presidential Election
Contemporary public debates are often characterized by structural and substantial dissonances. This paper is concerned with normative and empirical evaluations of these dissonances and makes contributions on both levels. We argue that agonistic pluralism provides an insightful, yet often dismissed, theoretical perspective on the matter of political fragmentation. On the empirical level, we exemplify these considerations against the backdrop of th…
Conflict dynamics in collaborative knowledge production. A study of network gatekeeping on Wikipedia
Discours des réseaux sociaux: Enjeux publics, politiques et médiatiques
La communication numérique, les réseaux sociaux et leurs enjeux sur les pratiques journalistiques et politiques actuelles. Comment interagit-on dans et avec les réseaux sociaux ? Comment ceux-ci affectent-ils la politique et le journalisme ? Comment construit-on un espace et un lieu interactif ? Comment les utilisateurs de plateformes digitales se définissent-ils comme membres d’une communauté ? En dix contributions, des analystes du discours de …
The effect of misinformation and inoculation: Replication of an experiment on the effect of false experts in the context of climate change communication
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 …
Dissonance from the Perspective of Agonistic Pluralism: A Study of Political Fragmentation on Facebook during the 2016 Austrian Presidential Election
Contemporary public debates are often characterized by structural and substantial dissonances. This paper is concerned with normative and empirical evaluations of these dissonances and makes contributions on both levels. We argue that agonistic pluralism provides an insightful, yet often dismissed, theoretical perspective on the matter of political fragmentation. On the empirical level, we exemplify these considerations against the backdrop of th…
Ruut Veenhoven (1942-2024): The Secret of a Happy and Productive Life
Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Media and Politics (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (2 works)