Media Use Research Group

Tobias Schrimpf, M.A.

Research Assistant

Tobias Schrimpf is a research assistant at the Department of Media Research and Media Use, University of Hohenheim (Germany) and works on the BMBF-Project "AIDAHO – AI & Data Science Certificate Hohenheim".

As a Master's student, he studied communication management and analysis at the University of Hohenheim. Here, he investigated various factors influencing the belief in conspiracy theories in his Master's thesis. Before that, he completed his Bachelor's degree in Media Studies and German Studies at the University of Tübingen. He wrote his Bachelor's thesis on the continued influence of misinformation even after it has been efffectively corrected.

He is currently focusing on topics like fake news, conspiracy theories and digital protest communication.

Contact

University of Hohenheim 
Department of Communication Science, i.p. Media Research and Media Use (540 A) 
D-70593 Stuttgart 

Fruwirthstraße 49 - Room 0.15
70599 Stuttgart
Germany Tel: 0711/ 459-23162
E-Mail: tobias.schrimpf@uni-hohenheim.de
Consultation hours: upon agreement, registration via e-mail

Publications

Schrimpf, T., Dvorak, J., Reich, A., & Vogelgesang, J. (2023). Aus dem Channel, auf die Straße! Wie die Querdenken-Bewegung ihren Protest auf Telegram organisiert - eine quantitative Netzwerkanalyse. M&K, 71(3-4), 285-308. https://doi.org/10.5771/1615-634X-2023-3-4-285

Conferences

Hetzel, N., & Schrimpf, T. (2024, 13.-15. March). Ein (medien-)systematisches Problem? Der Zusammenhang zwischen Pressefreiheit und COVID-19-Verschwörungsglaube in 49 Ländern [Presentation]. 69. Jahrestagung der DGPuK, Erfurt.

Schrimpf, T., & Hetzel, N. (2023, 9.-13. July). Only a personal thing? The Role of Individual Factors and Media System Characteristics on Conspiracy Mentality [Presentation]. IAMCR / OCP 23, Lyon.

Hetzel, N., Schrimpf, T., Dreher, V., & Schäwel, J. (2022, 26.-30. May). Let me educate you! An experimental online survey on the entertaining nature and format of knowledge communication [Presentation]. International Communication Association 72nd Annual ICA Conference, Paris.

Schrimpf, T. (2022, 22.-23. April). The usual suspects? Analysing the influences of conspiracy beliefs during the corona pandemic [Presentation]. 18. Düsseldorfer Forum Politische Kommunikation, Düsseldorf.

Awards

  • Germany Scholarship (Deutschlandstipendium)
  • Particularly committed project supervisor in a Humboldt reloaded project – October 2021 University of Hohenheim

Teaching

  • Tools for AI & Data Science: Introduction to Python, R & SQL (AIDAHO certificate)
  • Computational Social Sciences
  • Social Network Analysis (SNA)