Prof. Dr. Edda Humprecht

• Since 09/2023 - Professor of Communication Research with a Focus on Digitalization and the Public Sphere, Department of Communication Science, University of Jena, Germany
• 2022–2023 - Associate Professor of Digitalization, Information Technology and Societal Change Department of Political Science and Sociology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
• 2015 – 2022 - Senior Research and Teaching Associate, Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich (IKMZ)
• 2014 - PhD in Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich. Dissertation: Shaping News Performance: Comparing Online News in Six Western Democracies. 
• 2013 – 2014 - Department of Media, Culture and Communication, Steinhardt School, New York University, USA
• 2010 – 2015 - Research and Teaching Associate, Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich (IKMZ)

Journal articles

Humprecht, E. (2023): The Role of Trust and Attitudes toward Democracy in the Dissemination of Disinformation—a Comparative Analysis of Six Democracies. Digital Journalism. DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2023.2200196

Kessler, S. & Humprecht, E. (2023): COVID-19 misinformation on YouTube: An analysis of its impact and subsequent online information searches for verification. Digital Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076231177131

Boulianne, S. & Humprecht, E. (2023). Perceived Exposure to Misinformation and Trust in Institutions in Four Countries Before and During a Pandemic. International Journal of Communication, 17(2023), 2024–2047. https://doi.org/1932–8036/20230005

Humprecht, E., Castro, L., Blassnig, S., Engesser, S., Brüggemann, M. (2022): Changing Media Systems in the Digital Age – A Comparison of 30 countries. Journal of Communication. DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqab054

Morosoli, S., Van Alest, P., Humprecht, E., Esser, F., Staender, A. (2022). Do issue attitudes drive the spread of disinformation? An experimental study on the interaction with disinformation on social media. American Behavioral Scientist. DOI: 10.1177/00027642221118300

Hameleers, M., Humprecht, E., Lühring, L., Möller, J. (2021): Different Degrees of Deception – The Effects of Different Types of COVID-19 Disinformation and the Effectiveness of Corrective Information in Crisis Times. Information, Communication & Society. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2021.2021270

Humprecht, E., Staender, A., Morosoli, S., Van Alest, P., Esser, F. (2021): Sharing of Disinformation in Cross-National Comparison -Analyzing Patterns of Resilience. Information, Communication & Society. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2021.2006744

Staender, A., Humprecht, E., Morosoli, S., Van Alest, P., Esser, F. (2022) Is Sensationalist Disinformation More Effective? Three Facilitating Factors at the National, Individual, and Situational Level. Digital Journalism. Digital Journalism, 10(6):976-996.

Hellmueller, L., Lischka, J. A., & Humprecht, E. (2021). Shaping (non)-discursive social media spaces: Cross-national typologies of news organizations’ heavy commenters. New Media & Society, 23(11), 3249–3267.

Humprecht, E., Esser, F., & Van Aelst, P. (2020). Resilience to Online Disinformation: A Framework for Cross-National Comparative Research. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 25(3):493-516.

Humprecht, E., Hellmueller, L., & Lischka, J. A. (2020). Hostile Emotions in News Comments: A Cross-National Analysis of Facebook Discussions. Social Media + Society, 6(1).

Humprecht, E. (2020). How Do They Debunk “Fake News”? A Cross-National Comparison of Transparency in Fact Checks. Digital Journalism, 8(3), 310–327.

Humprecht, E. (2019). Where “Fake News” Flourish: A Comparison Across Four Western Democracies. Information, Communcation & Society, 21:1-16.

Mathis, T. & Humprecht, E. (2018): Werden Leitmedien häufiger zitiert? - Eine empirische Überprüfung am Beispiel der Schweiz [Are legacy media quoted more frequently? - An empirical examination using the example of Switzerland]. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 66(1):41-57.

Humprecht, E., & Esser, F. (2018). Mapping digital journalism: Comparing 48 news websites from six countries. Journalism, 19(4):500-518.

Humprecht, E. & Esser, F. (2018): Diversity of Online News. On the importance of ownership types and media system types. Journalism Studies, 19(12):1825-1847.

Humprecht, E. & Esser, F. (2017): A Glass Ceiling in the Online Age? Explaining the Underrepresentation of Women in Online Political News. European Journal of Communication, 32(5):439-456.

Castro Herrero, L., Humprecht, E., Engesser, S., Brüggemann, M. & Büchel, F. (2017). Rethinking Hallin and Mancini (2004) beyond the West: An analysis of media systems in Central and Eastern Europe. International Journal of Communication, 11(27):4797-4823.

Büchel, F., Humprecht, E., Castro-Herrero, L., Engesser, S., Brüggemann, M. (2016). Building Empirical Typologies with QCA: Toward a Classification of Media Systems. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 21(2):209-232.

Brüggemann, M., Humprecht, E., Kleis Nielsen, R., Karppinen, K., Cornia, A., & Esser, F. (2016). Framing the Newspaper Crisis. Journalism Studies, 17(5), 533–551.

Engesser, S. & Humprecht, E. (2015): Frequency or Skillfulness: How professional news media use Twitter in five Western countries. Journalism Studies, 16(4), 513–529.

Brüggemann, M., Engesser, S., Büchel, F., Humprecht, E., & Castro, L. (2014). Hallin and Mancini (2004) Revisited: Four Empirical Types of Western Media Systems. Journal of Communication, 64(6), 1037–1065.

Humprecht, E. & Büchel, F. (2013). More of the Same or Marketplace of Opinions? A Cross-National Comparison of Diversity in Online News Reporting. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 18(4), 436–461.

Brüggemann, M., Esser, F. & Humprecht, E. (2012): The Strategic Repertoire of Publishers in the Media Crisis. Journalism Studies, 13(5-6), 742–752.

Books and edited volumes

Oehmer-Pedrazzi, F., Kessler, S. H., Humprecht, E., Sommer, K., & Castro, L. (Eds.). (2023). Standardisierte Inhaltsanalyse in der Kommunikationswissenschaft – Standardized Content Analysis in Communication Research: Ein Handbuch - A Handbook. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36179-2

Oehmer, F., Kessler, S., Humprecht, E., Sommer, K., Castro Herrero, L. (Eds.): Database of Categories for Content Analysis. Open Access Database. https://www.hope.uzh.ch/doca.

Humprecht, E. (2016). Shaping Online News Performance. Political News in Six Western Democracies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Chapters

Schwaiger, L., Vogler, D., Fürst, S., Kessler, S., Humprecht, E., Schweizer, C., Rivière, M. (2021).  Representation of Women in Swiss Media Coverage. In: Eisenegger et al. Quality of the News Media Yearbook. Zurich: Research Center Public Sphere and Society.

Oehmer, F., Kessler, S., Humprecht, E., Sommer, K. (2023): Conclusion. In: Oehmer, F., Kessler, S., Humprecht, E., Sommer, K., Castro Herrero, L. (Eds.): Handbook of Standardized Content Analysis. Wiesbaden: Springer.

Kessler, S., Humprecht, E., Oehmer, F., Sommer, K. (2023): Manual Content Analysis. In: Oehmer, F., Kessler, S., Humprecht, E., Sommer, K., Castro Herrero, L. (Eds.): Handbook of Standardized Content Analysis. Wiesbaden: Springer.

Staender, A. & Humprecht, E. (2023): Online Disinformation: In: Oehmer, F., Kessler, S., Humprecht, E., Sommer, K., Castro Herrero, L. (Eds.): Handbook of Standardized Content Analysis. Wiesbaden: Springer.

Humprecht, E.: News Performance (2023). In: Oehmer, F., Kessler, S., Humprecht, E., Sommer, K., Castro Herrero, L. (Eds.): Handbook of Standardized Content Analysis. Wiesbaden: Springer.

Humprecht, E. (2021). Actor diversity (News Performance). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis. https://doi.org/10.34778/2l

Humprecht, E. (2021). Cause/antecedents/history (News Performance). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis. https://doi.org/10.34778/2i

Humprecht, E. (2021). Change of perspectives (News Performance). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis. https://doi.org/10.34778/2j

Humprecht, E. (2021). Critical analysis and comment (News Performance). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis. https://doi.org/10.34778/2k

Staender, A., & Humprecht, E. (2021). Publishers/sources (Disinformation). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis. https://doi.org/10.34778/4c

Staender, A., & Humprecht, E. (2021). Topics (Disinformation). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis. https://doi.org/10.34778/4d

Staender, A., & Humprecht, E. (2021). Types (Disinformation). DOCA - Database of Variables for Content Analysis. https://doi.org/10.34778/4e

Humprecht, E. (2019). Ownership of News Media. In Vos, T. & Hanusch, F. (Eds.): The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies.

Humprecht, E. & Udris, L. (2019). Long-term trends in news content. In Örnebrink, H. (Eds.): Oxford Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies.

Other publications

Kessler, S., Humprecht, E., Sommer, K., Castro, L. (2023): Acht Monate DOCA. Erkenntnisse und Learnings einer Evaluationsstudie der Database of Variables for Content Analysis im November 2022. DOCA. https://www.hope.uzh.ch/doca/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/209.

Frischlich, L. & Humprecht, E. (2021). Trust, Democratic Resilience, and the Infodemic. Policy Paper Series by the Israel Public Policy Institute: “Facing up to the Infodemic: Promoting a Fact- Based Public Discourse in Times of Crisis.”

Morosoli, S., Humprecht, E., Staender, A., Van Aelst, P., & Esser, F. (2020). Perceptions of Disinformation, Media Coverage and Government Policy related to the Corona-virus – Survey Findings from Six Western Countries. COVID-19 Disinformation Press Report. University of Zurich and University of Antwerp.

Humprecht, E. (2020).

• 2021 - The International Journal of Press/Politics Jay Blumler Best Article Award for the best article published in 2020 for “Resilience to Online Disinformation: A Framework for Cross-National Comparative Research”
• 2021 - Best Article of the Year Award (Lynda Lee Kaid Award) received from the Political Communication Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) for study, “Resilience to online disinformation: A framework for cross-national comparative research”
• 2021 - Gold Young Researchers Award 2021 received from the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAHS). 
• 2019 - Best Abstract Award received from the ECREA Political Communication Section for the paper “Resilience to Online Disinformation: A Framework for Cross-National Comparative Research”, together with F. Esser and P. Van Aelst
• 2017 - Best Paper Award received from the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (SACM) for Paper "New Types of Online News Media? A Typology Approach using QCA"
• 2014 - Dissertation Award received from the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (SACM). Amount: CHF 1’250
• 2013 - Best Panel Award of the Year received from the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (SACM), together with N. Busch, B. Hofstetter, S. Studer, M. Kovic