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Prof. Dr. Anne Bartsch

Prof. Dr. Anne Bartsch

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Empirical Communication and Media Research
Zeppelinhaus
Nikolaistraße 27-29, Room 2.07
04109 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 35741

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Abstract

Anne Bartsch is Professor for Empirical Communication and Media Research. Her research focuses on media uses and effects and on empirical research methods. Before her appointment at Leipzig University in 2017, she worked at Martin Luther University Halle, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, University of Augsburg and Ludwig Maximilians University Munich. She received her PhD from the LMU Halle in 2004 with a dissertation on emotional communication, and her habilitation in 2011 with a dissertation on media entertainment. Since 2024 she serves as spokesperson of the review board for social sciences of the German Research Foundation. Her work has been published in international journals such as Journal of Communication and Media Psychology. Her current research includes a project on "Epistemic Authorities in the Digital Public Sphere"

Professional career

  • since 04/2017
    Professor of Empirical Communication and Media Research at the Department of Communication and Media Studies of the University of Leipzig
  • 10/2013 - 03/2017
    Professor of Communication Research at the Department of Communication Studies and Media Research of the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
  • 09/2010 - 09/2013
    Academic Assistant at the Institute of Media, Knowledge and Communication of the University of Augsburg
  • 01/2010 - 08/2010
    Academic Assistant at the Department Communication and Cultural Management of the Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen
  • 08/2006 - 12/2009
    Research Associate at the Department of Media and Communication Research of the Martin Luther University Halle; research project „Emotional gratification in media use“ funded by the German Research Foundation
  • 11/2002 - 10/2004
    Research Associate at the Department of Media and Communication Research of the Martin Luther University Halle
  • 10/1999 - 04/2002
    Graduate Scholarship of the Federal State of Sachsen-Anhalt

Education

  • 06/2011
    Habilitation in Media and Communication Studies, Martin Luther University Halle
  • 12/2004
    Ph.D. in Media and Communication Studies, Martin Luther University Halle
  • 04/1999
    Master in Media and Communication Studies, French and German Literature, Martin Luther University Halle

  • An investigation of how formal features in audio-visual narratives influence audience members' empathy and prosocial behaviour
    Bartsch, Anne
    Duration: 10/2018 – 07/2022
    Funded by: DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Empirische Kommunikations- und Medienforschung
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  • Political Communication at the Interface of Entertainment and Information. The Impact of Eudaimonic Entertainment Experiences on the Processing and Effects of Political Information
    Bartsch, Anne
    Duration: 05/2017 – 08/2021
    Funded by: DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Empirische Kommunikations- und Medienforschung
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  • Entwicklung einer mehrdimensionalen Skala zur Erfassung prosozialer Gedankeninhalte bei der Rezeption medialer Gewaltdarstellungen
    Bartsch, Anne
    Duration: 05/2015 – 10/2016
    Funded by: DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Empirische Kommunikations- und Medienforschung
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more projects

  • Neuberger, C.; Bartsch, A.; Fröhlich, R.; Hanitzsch, T.; Reinemann, C.; Schindler, J.
    The digital transformation of knowledge order: A model for the analysis of the epistemic crisis.
    Annals of the International Communication Association. 2023. 47 (2). pp. 180–201.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23808985.2023.2169950
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  • Hecht, M.; Kloß, A.; Bartsch, A.
    Stopping the Stigma. How Empathy and Reflectiveness Can Help Reduce Mental Health Stigma
    Media psychology. 2022. 25 (3). pp. 367–386.
    DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2021.1963991
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  • Bartsch, A.; Mares, M.-L.; Schindler, J.; Kühn, J.; Krack, I.
    Trust but verify? A social epistemology framework of knowledge acquisition and verification practices for fictional entertainment
    Human Communication Research. 2024. 50 (2). pp. 194–207.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqad036
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  • Lankhuizen, T.; Bálint, K.; Savardi, M.; Konijn, E. A.; Bartsch, A.; Benini, S.
    Shaping film: A quantitative formal analysis of contemporary empathy-eliciting Hollywood cinema.
    Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 2022. 16 (4). pp. 704–718.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000356
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more publications

  • Wissenschaftliche Tagung
    Statistische Zugänge zu Sprache. Tagung des Zentrums für quantitative empirische Sozialforschung Leipzig (QuanteL)
    Empirische Kommunikations- und Medienforschung
    Event Organiser: Bartsch, Anne; Frey, Felix
    15/06/2018
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  • Jahrestagung
    Jahrestagung Tagung des Methodenzentrums für quantitative empirische Sozialforschung (QuanteL)
    Empirische Kommunikations- und Medienforschung
    Event Organiser: Bartsch, Anne; Frey, Felix
    15/06/2018
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Research fields

Communication and media studies

Specializations

  • Media entertainment

  • Entertainment and politics

  • Fact and fiction in entertainment media

  • Media and destigmatization

  • Emotional media effects

  • Epistemic authority and credibility in the digital public sphere

Contact for media inquiries

Phone: +49 341 97 - 35741