Jonathan Schwenzer

Biographic Data

ID9719643
NAMEJonathan Schwenzer
GIVEN NAMESJonathan
FAMILY NAMESchwenzer
SIGNATURESCHWENZER J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Mannheim
ORCID0009-0008-9860-2574
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Gender-Inclusive Language Shapes News Evaluations

    Open AccessAnnabell Halfmann, Jonathan Schwenzer et al.ARTICLEJournalism Studies2026

    Gender-inclusive language (GIL) is increasingly used in journalism in many countries worldwide, yet its effects on news evaluations are largely unexplored. We conducted a preregistered online experiment with a sample representative of the adult German population (N = 812), manipulating linguistic form in two news articles on topics unrelated to gender: masculine-only form (e.g., “Bürger”), pair form (e.g., “Bürger und Bürgerinnen”), or star form …

  • Small Word Change, Large Effect on News Users? How the Use of Gender-Inclusive Language in News Articles Influences News Selection and News Engagement

    Open AccessAnnabell Halfmann, Jonathan Schwenzer et al.ARTICLEMedia Psychology2025

    Gender-inclusive language (GIL) has been increasingly used in recent years (e.g., in journalistic news), but the effects are largely unexplored. We conducted two preregistered studies with samples representative of the German adult population to explore how GIL (i.e., gender star and pair forms in German) influences the selection of and engagement with news articles compared to the use of the masculine-only form. Study 1 (N = 1,040) showed that p…