Dr. Simon Lübke

Career

Since 04/2023: Research associate in the project KLIMA-MEMES, funded by the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt), LMU Munich.

10/2022: PhD in Communication. Title of the dissertation: "Authenticity in Political Communication: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Examination of a Popular Concept" (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ines Engelmann, Prof. Dr. Sven Jöckel), Friedrich Schiller University Jena.

2017-2023: Research associate at the chair Empirical Methods of Communication Science at the Institute of Communication Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena.

2014-2017: M.A. in Media and Political Communication (Free University Berlin) and in Media and Political Communication (University of Zurich).

2012-2017: Research assistant and tutor at the chair of Media Politics and Media Economy at the Institute of Media and Communication Studies, Free University Berlin. Research assistant in the DFG funded projects "The
Convergence of Television and Internet in Production and Usage" and "Media Generations: Biographical and Collective Biographical Patterns as Determinants of Media in Light of Demographic Changes”.

2011-2014: B.A. in Media and Communication Studies and Political Science, Free University Berlin.

Resarch Focus

Political Communication, Media effects, Political authenticity, Quantitative research methodology.

Awards

• 07/2023: Dissertation award of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• 12/2020: mindline media-Award (3. Price) for the paper "Wahrgenommene politische Authentizität: Skalenentwicklung und -validierung".
• 04/2018: Goldmedia Award for the paper "Erfolgsfaktoren von YouTube-Kanälen".
• 02/2018: Award for the best master thesis at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at Free University Berlin.
• 10/2017: Best Student Paper Award of the Media Economics Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), St. Pölten.

Publications, talks, and outreach