Research Project AlterPublics - Alternative Media and Ideological Counterpublics

Contact

Eva Mayerhöffer // project leader // associate professor // evamay@ruc.dk
 

Researchers

Eva Mayerhöffer, Project leader

In AlterPublics, I particularly focus on aspects relating to public sphere theory, mainstream-fringe-divides, as well as on the journalistic aspects of alternative media’s networked relations in the digital realm.

I hold a PhD in Political Communication from Freie Universität Berlin. I have been affiliated with Roskilde University since 2017, first as an Assistant Professor and since 2020 as an Associate Professor. My research focuses on the role of elites and anti-elites in journalism and political communication, primarily in comparative perspective.

Jakob Bæk Kristensen, Postdoc researcher

Participating in the AlterPublics project I focus on designing the technical infrastruktures and computational methods necessary for large-scale quantitative analysis of complex systems of networked communication across many different digital platforms.

I hold a Ph.D in Media and Communication from University of Canterbury in New Zealand and have previously worked as a consultant at Analyse & Tal, Denmark. In my previous research I have studied patterns of political polarization in large scale behavioral data from Facebook.

Frederik Henriksen, Ph.D. Fellow

In AlterPublics, I investigate network structures, language patterns, and various forms of power and elite critique presented by left- and right-wing alternative news. With this I seek to understand and describe the potentially polarizing and fragmenting effects of alternative media, and their role in electoral and public-formation processes.

I hold a BA in Philosophy and a BA/MA in Sociology from University of Copenhagen. My research interests lie within political sociology and computational methods.

Leif Pedersen, Research assistant

As a part of AlterPublics, I arrange, conduct, and analyze research interviews with news editors and other stakeholders in the Danish media environment about the relationship and boundaries between alternative online media and legacy media outlets.

I hold a BA/MA in Journalism from Roskilde University, from which I will also finish a PhD dissertation in 2023 and have previously been part of several media and communication research projects as a research assistant.

Silke Adam, University of Bern

Tina Askanius, Malmö University

Tine Ustad Figenschou, OsloMet

Annett Heft, Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society

Karoline Andrea Ihlebæk, OsloMet

Thorsten Quandt, University of Münster

Annie Waldherr, University of Vienna