Sofie Beisemann

Current affiliations

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Focus

  • Moral toxicity, social media & well-being
  • Media attention dynamics, (social) media logics

Short CV

Bachelor’s degree at the University of Mannheim in the program Culture and Economics: Media and Communication Studies and Business Administration, followed by a Master's degree in Communication Studies at the University of Münster with a stay abroad at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Since October 2023 research associate in the DFG project "Social Issue Emergence in the Hybrid Media System" in the team of Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt.

Academic Education

2021 - 2023M.A. Communication Studies @ University of Münster
2022Summer school @ University of California. Los Angeles (UCLA)
2018 - 2021B.A. Culture and Economics: Media and communication, business administration @ University of Mannheim

Talks

Emotional Labor, Work, and Coping: The Invisible Work of Social Issue Influencers
Beisemann, Sofie; Boberg, Svenja; Quandt Thorsten (20/03/2026)
71. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Dortmund
Type of talk: scientific Talk
Journalists as social issue influencers: Negotiating (blurred) distinction lines between journalistic and activistic roles in social media discourses – A…
Beisemann, Sofie; Boberg, Svenja; Quandt, Thorsten (14/06/2025)
75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Denver, Colorado
Type of talk: scientific Talk
“[T]his lovely idea that Twitter is the marketplace of the new world [...] that's completely broken.” A qualitative interview study of politicians, journalists…
Beisemann, Sofie; Boberg, Svenja; Quandt, Thorsten (20/03/2025)
70. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Berlin
Type of talk: scientific Talk
Luring TikTok-Users into the right-wing rabbit hole via housekeeping and lifestyle content? Exploring #tradculture communities on TikTok
Boberg, Svenja; Beisemann, Sofie; Unger, Said; Klapproth, Johanna; Davydova, Anna; Quandt, Thorsten (25/09/2024)
10th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Ljubljana
Type of talk: scientific Talk
Activists or Danger to Society? A Computational Content Analysis of German Quality Newspaper Coverage of the Last Generation
Beisemann, Sofie (24/06/2024)
74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Gold Coast
Type of talk: scientific Talk