Melanie Andrea Magin

About

Melanie Magin is Professor in Media Sociology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim and has a PhD in Communication Studies from JGU Mainz (Germany). She works at the intersection of political communication, online communication (particularly social media and search engines) and comparative research. Her research focuses on the societal role and impact of traditional and new media as well as the chances and risks associated with them. She is former chair and vice chair of the Political Communication Section of the European Communication Research and Education Association. Her work has been published in journals such as Political Communication, The International Journal of Press/Politics, Information, Communication & Society, and Digital Journalism. In 2024, she was awarded the status of an excellent teaching practitioner at NTNU.

Academic Education

2011 PhD (Dr. phil.), Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) Mainz, Department of Communication, Germany
Thesis: "Campaign Coverage in a Cross-National and Longitudinal Perspective. A Comparison of German and Austrian Elite Newspapers (1949-2006)"
2005 Master (Magistra Artium), JGU Mainz, Germany
Thesis: Families in German Daily Soaps
2000-05 Master studies in Communication Science, Sociology, and Book Science, JGU Mainz, Germany

Professional Career

Since 2021 Professor in Media Sociology, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU
2019-21 Associate Professor in Media Sociology, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU
2017-19 Postdoctoral Fellow in Media Sociology, Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU
2012-17 Assistant Professor (Akademische Rätin), Department of Communication, JGU Mainz
2011-12 Research Associate, Department of Communication, JGU Mainz
2006-11 Research Associate and PhD Student, Commission of Comparative Media and Communication Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna
2005-06 Research Associate, Department of Communication, JGU Mainz
2005 Internship at TNS Emnid, Political and Social Research, Bielefeld
1999-2000 Voluntary Year of Social Service at the Caritas Children’s Village St. Anton, Riedenberg

Awards

2024 Longlisted for the Bob Franklin Journal Article Award 2023-24 as one of the top 6 papers in Journalism Studies (with B. Stark, O. Jandura, L. Udris, A. Riedl, M. Klein, M. Eisenegger, R. Kösters & B. Hofstetter Furrer)
2022 Shortlisted for the 2021 Digital Journalism Outstanding Article as one of the top 6 articles (with S. Geiß, P. Jürgens & B. Stark)
2022 Top Faculty Award, received from ICA’s Journalism Studies Division (with R. Kösters, O. Jandura, B. Stark, L. Udris, M. Klein, A. Riedl & R. Weiß)
2019 Award for the Best Journal Article in a German-language journal in Communication Studies 2018 (first place), received from the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Germany (with S. Geiß, B. Stark & P. Jürgens)
2017 Best Abstract Award, received from ECREA’s Political Communication Section (with P. Jürgens & B. Stark)
2016 Award for the Best Journal Article in Communication Studies in a German-language journal 2015 (second place), received from the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Germany (with M. Steiner, D. Heinbach, S. Bosold, A. Pieper, E.-M. Felka & B. Stark)
2012 Advancement Award Media Research of the Austrian Newspaper Association (VÖZ) (Best Dissertation Award), Austria
2012 Advancement Award of the Dr Maria Schaumayer Foundation (Best Dissertation Award), Austria
2006 Award for an outstanding Master thesis, received from the Department of Communication, JGU Mainz, Germany
2006 Award for the best Master thesis combining theory and practice, received from the Alumni Foundation Mainz, Germany
2005 Scholarship for excellent master candidates, received from JGU Mainz, Germany

Membership of Scientific Associations and Networks

International Communication Association (ICA); European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA); European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR); Norwegian Sociological Association; German Communication Association (DGPuK); Austrian Communication Association (ÖGK); Section Media and Communication Sociology of the German Sociological Association; Network Media Structures; Norwegian Media Researcher Association (Norsk Medieforskerlag); POLKOM – Centre for Studies of Political Communication, Norway

Institutional Responsibilities (External), Selection

2024- Editorial Board Member, Political Communication
2023- Member of the National Academic Council for Media Studies, Norway
2023- Assessor for the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN)
2021- Board member of the Norwegian Media Researcher Association (Norsk medieforskerlag), since 2023 also treasurer
2020- Board Member of POLKOM/POLCOM (Centre for the Study of Political Communication), Norway
2019- Editorial Board Member, Media and Communication
2019-23 Deputy member of the National Academic Council for Media Studies, Norway
2021-22 Chair of ECREA's Political Communication Section
2016-22 Vice chair of ECREA's Political Communication Section
2012-16 Representative of the YECREA (Young ECREA) in ECREA’s Political Communication Section
2011-15 Representative of Young Scholars in the German Communication Association (DGPuK)
2010-11 Spokesperson of NapoKo (Network of Young Scholars in Political Communication)

Institutional Responsibilities (Internal), Selection

2021-25 Head of the master program in Media, Communication and Information Technology, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Sociology and Political Science
2021-25 Deputy representative for permanent academic staff in the Department Board, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Sociology and Political Science
2021-25 Member of the education committee, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Sociology and Political Science
Since 2019 Member of the program advice committee on the bachelor program in Media Science, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Art and Media Studies
2022 Member of the committee for periodic evaluation of the bachelor program in Media Science, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Art and Media Studies
2018, 2020 Substitute head of the master program in Media, Communication and Information Technology (6 months each), NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Sociology and Political Science
2014-17 Member of the Campus TV Board, JGU Mainz
2012-16 Vice Officer for Equal Opportunities, Faculty of Social Sciences, Media, and Sports, JGU Mainz
2012-13 Member of the Advisory Board of the Alumni Foundation Mainz

Organization of Events

2022 Co-organizer of the virtual 2 day-ECREA Early Career Scholars Workshop “Advancing Concepts and Methods in Political Communication” (with C. Monzer, E. Gagrčin, A. Stępińska & J. Ohme)
2021 Member of the Conference Committee of the ECREA Political Communication Conference 2021 “Communicating crisis: Political communication in the age of uncertainty”, Bucharest, Romania (virtual; with N. Corbu, A. Schuck & V. Štětka)
2020/21 Program chair of ECREA’s Political Communication Section for the European Communication Conference 2020/postponed to 2021, Braga, Portugal (virtual)
2019 Member of the Conference Committee of the ECREA Political Communication Conference 2019 “Transforming Communication – Old and New Borders”, Poznan, Poland (with A. Stępińska, A. Schuck & V. Štětka)
2019 Co-Organizer of an international workshop on Automated Content Analysis, NTNU, Trondheim (with T. Aalberg, K. Dyrstad & P. Maurer)
2015 Organizer of YECREA-sponsored workshop: “How to Successfully Publish in Peer-Reviewed Journals”. Odense, Denmark
2013 Member of the Conference Committee of the 58th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Mainz, Germany
2013 Organizer of a series of events for students’ information on jobs, Department of Communication, JGU Mainz (with V. Granow & P. Schneiders)
2012 Host of the 1st Bi-Annual Conference of Young Scholars of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Mainz, Germany (with S. Geiß, A. Schnauber & P. Weichselbaum, University of Mainz, & S. Engesser, University of Zurich)
2010 Host of the 12th Annual Conference of the Methods Section of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) on “Methodological challenges of comparative research”, Vienna, Austria (with B. Stark)
2010 Host of the 2nd NapoKo Colloquium for Young Scholars in Political Communication, Vienna, Austria (with O. Gruber)

Research

Research Interests

Political communication (with a special focus on political news coverage and election campaigning)
Comparative communication research (cross-national and longitudinal comparisons)
Content analysis (quantitative & qualitative)
Media performance
Media systems and media structures
Online communication (with a special focus on social media and search engines)

Research Groups at NTNU

Research Projects (Selection)

Continuity and Change in Campaign Communication in Austria Since 1966 (CAMPCOM) (2007-11)

CampCom aims to investigate continuity and change in the roles played by the news media and political parties in Austrian campaign communication in a long-term perspective.

Publications

How Political Issues Shape Social Media Campaigns for National Elections

The 10 articles in this issue reveal diverse approaches to issue-based political communication on social media, emphasizing the significance of comparative research in this field.

Campaigning on Facebook in the 2019 European Parliament Election. Informing, Interacting with, and Mobilising Voters

This book investigates how political parties from 12 European countries used Facebook to inform, interact with and mobilise voters at the 2019 European Parliament election.

Demokratie braucht Medien [Democracy Needs Media]

Free and independent media are the foundation of the functioning of democracy. The volume critically examines the changing role of the media in the political system and the relationship between media and politics.

Social Media’s Role in Political and Societal Mobilization

In the recent past, social media has become a central channel and means for political and societal mobilization. The thematic issue highlights the multifaceted nature and scholarly fruitfulness of mobilization as an independent concept.

Media Performance in Times of Media Change

Media performance is constitutive for functioning democracies. The thematic issue critically discusses the situation regarding media performance in the age of digitalisation from different perspectives.

Are Algorithms a Threat to Democracy? The Rise of Intermediaries: A Challenge for Public Discourse

A healthy democracy needs informed citizens. A diversity of viewpoints is considered a core democratic value. With the increasing importance of intermediaries, the question arises whether algorithmic news curation is a threat to democracy.

Publications since 2017 displayed below.

Google Scholar (including publications until 2017)

2025

Stegmann, Daniel; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Stark, Birgit. (2025) On the relationship between political campaigning and echo chambers. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2024

Magin, Melanie; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli; Tønnesen, Hedvig. (2024) Tapestries of Topics: Factors Affecting the Issue Diversity of Political Parties’ Social Media Campaigns. Politics and Governance
Academic article
Larsson, Anders Olof; Tønnesen, Hedvig; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Skogerbø, Eli. (2024) Calls to (what kind of?) action: A framework for comparing political actors’ campaign strategies across social media platforms. New Media & Society
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli; Tønnesen, Hedvig. (2024) What makes the difference? Social media platforms and party characteristics as contextual factors for political parties’ use of populist political communication. Nordicom Review
Academic article
Magin, Melanie Andrea; Haßler, Jörg; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli. (2024) Walking the line of the double bind - A cross-country comparison on women and men politicians’ self-presentations on social media. Nordic Journal of Media Studies
Academic article
Magin, Melanie. (2024) Bursting the belief in filter bubbles: A single-class activity to enhance critical thinking on algorithmic personalization. Communication Teacher
Academic article
Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Haßler, Jörg. (2024) Political Issues in Social Media Campaigns for National Elections: A Plea for Comparative Research. Politics and Governance
Academic article

2023

Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Rußmann, Uta. (2023) Why We Should Distinguish Between Mobilization and Participation When Investigating Social Media. Media and Communication
Academic article
Tønnesen, Hedvig; Bene, Márton; Haßler, Jörg; Larsson, Anders Olof; Magin, Melanie; Skogerbø, Eli. (2023) Between anger and love: A multi-level study on the impact of policy issues on user reactions in national election campaigns on Facebook in Germany, Hungary, and Norway. New Media & Society
Academic article
Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Haßler, Jörg; Rußmann, Uta; Lilleker, Darren; Kruschinski, Simon. (2023) Populism in Context: A Cross-Country Investigation of the Facebook Usage of Populist Appeals During the 2019 European Parliament Elections. The International Journal of Press/Politics
Academic article
Magin, Melanie Andrea. (2023) Review of F. Oehmer-Pedrazzi, S. H. Kessler, E. Humprecht, K. Sommer & L. Castro Herrero (Eds.), Standardisierte Inhaltsanalyse in der Kommunikationswissenschaft – Standardized Content Analysis in Communication Research. Publizistik (2023). Published online ahead of print. Publizistik
Book review
Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta. (2023) Social Media’s Role in Political and Societal Mobilization. Media and Communication (3)
Report
Magin, Melanie Andrea. (2023) Tre spørsmål om metodeutvikling. Norsk Medietidsskrift
Feature article
Magin, Melanie Andrea; Stark, Birgit; Jandura, Olaf; Udris, Linards; Riedl, Andreas; Klein, Miriam. (2023) Seeing the Whole Picture. Towards a Multi-perspective Approach to News Content Diversity based on Liberal and Deliberative Models of Democracy. Journalism Studies
Academic article
Udris, Linards; Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Jandura, Olaf; Riedl, Andreas; Klein, Miriam. (2023) Diversity in the News. A Comparison of Digital and Analog Channels of Public Service Media and Daily Newspapers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft
Academic article
Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie. (2023) “Many shades of red”: Trondheim etter Ottervik-epoken.
Website (informational material)
Karlberg, Anne-Maren; Magin, Melanie. (2023) Health vs privacy. How Norwegian public authorities and news media framed the newly developed digital contact tracing app “Smittestopp” under the Covid-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Communication
Academic article
Klein, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Riedl, Andreas; Udris, Linards; Stark, Birgit. (2023) From News Softening to Social News Softening: Comparing Patterns of Political News Coverage on Different (Social) Media Channels in Germany and Switzerland. Digital Journalism
Academic article

2022

Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Jackson, Daniel; Lilleker, Darren; Balaban, Delia; Baranowski, Paweł. (2022) The Polyphonic Sounds of Europe: Users’ Engagement With Parties’ European‐Focused Facebook Posts. Politics and Governance
Academic article
Bene, Márton; Ceron, Andrea; Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg; Kruschinski, Simon; Larsson, Anders Olof. (2022) Keep Them Engaged! Investigating the Effects of Self-centered Social Media Communication Style on User Engagement in 12 European Countries. Political Communication
Academic article
Pröll, Franziska; Magin, Melanie. (2022) Framing Feminicides—A Quantitative Content Analysis of News Stories in Four Colombian Newspapers. Journalism and Media
Academic article
Magin, Melanie. (2022) (Non-)Representativeness of Social Media Data. Edward Elgar Publishing
Encyclopedia article
Stegmann, Daniel; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2022) Filter Bubbles. Edward Elgar Publishing
Encyclopedia article
Baranowski, Paweł; Kruschinski, Simon; Russmann, Uta; Haβler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Márton, Bene. (2022) Patterns of Negative Campaigning during the 2019 European Election: Political Parties’ Facebook Posts and Users’ Sharing Behaviour across Twelve Countries. Journal of Information Technology & Politics (JITP)
Academic article
Wurst, Anna-Katharina; Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg; Kruschinski, Simon; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta. (2022) Missed opportunity to connect with European citizens? Europarties’ communication on Facebook during the 2019 European election campaign. Studies in Communication Sciences (SComS)
Academic article
Stegmann, Daniel; Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie. (2022) Echo Chambers. Edward Elgar Publishing
Encyclopedia article

2021

Geise, Stephanie; Klinger, Ulrike; Magin, Melanie; Müller, Kathrin Friederike; Nitsch, Cordula; Riesmeyer, Claudia. (2021) The Normativity of Communication Research: A Content Analysis of Normative Claims in Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (1970–2014). Mass Communication & Society
Academic article
Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit. (2021) Loopholes in the Echo Chambers: How the Echo Chamber Metaphor Oversimplifies the Effects of Information Gateways on Opinion Expression. Digital Journalism
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Vigen, Marius Grefstad. (2021) When Nothing Happened but Much Changed: How Political Parties in Ireland Used Facebook in the 2019 EP Election Campaign. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Russmann, Uta; Fenoll, Vicente. (2021) Campaigning on Facebook in the 2019 European Parliament Election. Palgrave Macmillan Political Campaigning and Communication (—)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan; Stark, Birgit; Jürgens, Pascal. (2021) Common Core in Danger? Personalized Information and the Fragmentation of the Public Agenda. The International Journal of Press/Politics
Academic article
Geise, Stephanie; Klinger, Ulrike; Magin, Melanie; Müller, Kathrin Friederike; Nitsch, Cordula; Riesmeyer, Claudia. (2021) Wie normativ ist die Kommunikationswissenschaft? Ein inhaltsanalytischer Vergleich deutscher und US-amerikanischer Fachzeitschriftenaufsätze. Publizistik
Academic article
Tønnesen, Hedvig; Reutter, Lisa Marie; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Når alt vi gjør registreres og systematiseres: Stordata i hverdagen. .
Popular scientific chapter/article
Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta; Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg. (2021) Information Greater than Mobilisation Greater than Interaction. Contours of a Pan-European Style of Social Media Campaigning. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Steiner, Miriam; Häuptli, Andrea; Stark, Birgit; Udris, Linards. (2021) Is Facebook driving tabloidization? A cross-channel comparison of two German newspapers. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2021) Hva skjer når algoritmene personaliseres: Fanges vi av filterbobler og ekkokamre?.
Popular scientific chapter/article
Stark, Birgit; Rußmann, Uta; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Warum die Demokratie die Medien braucht. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2021) Maßlos überschätzt. Ein Überblick über theoretische Annahmen und empirische Befunde zu Filterblasen und Echokammern. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Rußmann, Uta; Haßler, Jörg; Fenoll, Vicente; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Social media as a campaigning tool in European Parliament elections. Theoretical considerations and state of research. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta; Baranowski, Pawel; Bene, Márton; Schlosser, Katharina. (2021) Reaching out to the Europeans. Political parties’ Facebook strategies of issue ownership and the second-order character of European Election campaigns. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Åm, Heidrun; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Bruk av andres forskning. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
Chapter
Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta; Stark, Birgit. (2021) Demokratie braucht Medien. Springer Springer
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta. (2021) Campaigning for Strasbourg on Facebook. Introduction to a 12-country Comparison on Parties’ Facebook Campaigns in the 2019 European Parliament Election. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan. (2021) Kvantitativ innholdsanalyse: fra problemstilling til gjennomført analyse. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2021) Politischer Parallelismus. Herbert von Halem Verlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Hopmann, David Nicolas. (2021) A day off during the 2019 Folketing election campaign. Political parties’ use of Facebook in the European Parliament election in Denmark. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2021) Wahlberichterstattung. Herbert von Halem Verlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2020

Grøtan, Tor Olav; Fiskvik, Jannicke; Haro, Peter Halland; Auran, Per Gunnar; Mathisen, Bjørn Magnus; Karlsen, Geir Hågen. (2020) På leting etter utenlandsk informasjonspåvirkning En analyse av det norske kommunestyre- og fylkestingsvalget 2019 (Rapport på oppdrag fra Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet). SINTEF
Report
Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2020) Media Performance in Times of Media Change. Thematic Issue. Media and Communication (3)
Report
Steiner, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Geiss, Stefan. (2020) Seek and you shall find? A content analysis on the diversity of five search engines’ results on political queries. Information, Communication & Society
Academic article
Stark, Birgit; Stegmann, Daniel; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2020) Are Algorithms a Threat to Democracy? The Rise of Intermediaries: A Challenge for Public Discourse. . AlgorithmWatch
Report
Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2020) More Relevant Today Than Ever: Past, Present and Future of Media Performance Research. . Media and Communication
Editorial
Magin, Melanie. (2020) Boulevardisierung. Springer
Chapter
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan. (2020) Meinungsbildung in und mit sozialen Medien. Springer
Chapter

2019

Steiner, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Jürgens, Pascal. (2019) Aus Versehen informiert? Facebooks Bedeutung für die Nachrichtennutzung nebenbei – eine Mehrmethoden-Analyse. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan; Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit. (2019) Schweigespirale oder Echokammer? Zum Einfluss sozialer Medien auf die Artikulationsbereitschaft in der Migrationsdebatte. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie. (2019) Two Half-Truths Make a Whole? On Bias in Self-reports and Tracking Data. Social science computer review
Academic article
Magin, Melanie. (2019) Elite versus Popular Press. Wiley-Blackwell
Encyclopedia article
Steiner, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2019) Uneasy Bedfellows. Comparing the Diversity of German Public Service News on Television and on Facebook. Digital Journalism
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Maurer, Peter. (2019) Beat Journalism and Reporting . Oxford University Press
Encyclopedia article
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan. (2019) Beyond Time and Space: The Impact of Autonomy from Politics and Commercialization Pressure on Mediatization in German and Austrian Newspapers—A Multilevel Approach. Political Communication
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Steiner, Miriam; Stark, Birgit. (2019) Suche im Netz – einseitige oder vielfältige Informationsquelle? Eine Inhaltsanalyse der politischen Informationsvielfalt von Suchmaschinenergebnissen. . Media Perspektiven
Academic article
Bil-Jaruzelska, Anna; de Wilde, Pieter; Magin, Melanie; Maurer, Peter; Özdemir, Sina Furkan; Rasch, Astrid. (2019) Blog "@realSocialMedia by Trondheim Analytica".
Website (informational material)
Magin, Melanie. (2019) Review of D. Bertel, J. Himmelsbach, C. Krakovsky, B. Metzler, A. Riedl & L. Möller (Eds.), Junge Perspektiven auf Partizipation in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Beiträge zur ersten under-docs-Fachtagung zu Kommunikation. . Medien Journal
Book review
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie. (2019) Neuer Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit durch Informationsintermediäre: Wie Google, Facebook & Co. Medien und Politik verändern. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Grøtan, Tor Olav; Fiskvik, Jannicke; Haro, Peter Halland; Auran, Per Gunnar; Mathisen, Bjørn Magnus; Magin, Melanie. (2019) På leting etter utenlandsk informasjonspåvirkning. En analyse av det norske kommunestyre- og fylkestingsvalget 2019. SINTEF rapport 2019:01292 . SINTEF Rapport (2019:01292)
Report
Magin, Melanie. (2019) Review of D. Bertel, J. Himmelsbach, C. Krakovsky, B. Metzler, A. Riedl & L. Möller (Eds.), Junge Perspektiven auf Partizipation in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Beiträge zur ersten under-docs-Fachtagung zu Kommunikation. [Young Perspectives on Participation in History and Present. Contributions to the first under-docs Conference on Communication.] (danzig & unfried, 2016). Medien Journal
Book review

2018

Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Jürgens, Pascal. (2018) ["Common Meeting Ground"? Selection Logics of Political Information Sources and Their Influence on Individual-Level Issue Fragmentation]. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft
Academic article
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2018) Politische Meinungsbildung im Netz: Die Rolle der Informationsintermediäre. UFITA - Archiv für Medienrecht und Medienwissenschaft
Academic article
Magin, Melanie. (2018) Review of M. B. von Rimscha, S. Studer & M. Puppis (eds.), Methodische Zugänge zur Erforschung von Medienstrukturen, Medienorganisationen und Medienstrategien. Publizistik
Book review

2017

Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2017) Ganz meine Meinung? Informationsintermediäre und Meinungsbildung – Eine Mehrmethodenstudie am Beispiel von Facebook. Landesanstalt für Medien Nordrhein-Westalen (LfM)
Academic monograph

Journal publications

Magin, Melanie; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli; Tønnesen, Hedvig. (2024) Tapestries of Topics: Factors Affecting the Issue Diversity of Political Parties’ Social Media Campaigns. Politics and Governance
Academic article
Larsson, Anders Olof; Tønnesen, Hedvig; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Skogerbø, Eli. (2024) Calls to (what kind of?) action: A framework for comparing political actors’ campaign strategies across social media platforms. New Media & Society
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli; Tønnesen, Hedvig. (2024) What makes the difference? Social media platforms and party characteristics as contextual factors for political parties’ use of populist political communication. Nordicom Review
Academic article
Magin, Melanie Andrea; Haßler, Jörg; Larsson, Anders Olof; Skogerbø, Eli. (2024) Walking the line of the double bind - A cross-country comparison on women and men politicians’ self-presentations on social media. Nordic Journal of Media Studies
Academic article
Magin, Melanie. (2024) Bursting the belief in filter bubbles: A single-class activity to enhance critical thinking on algorithmic personalization. Communication Teacher
Academic article
Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Haßler, Jörg. (2024) Political Issues in Social Media Campaigns for National Elections: A Plea for Comparative Research. Politics and Governance
Academic article
Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Rußmann, Uta. (2023) Why We Should Distinguish Between Mobilization and Participation When Investigating Social Media. Media and Communication
Academic article
Tønnesen, Hedvig; Bene, Márton; Haßler, Jörg; Larsson, Anders Olof; Magin, Melanie; Skogerbø, Eli. (2023) Between anger and love: A multi-level study on the impact of policy issues on user reactions in national election campaigns on Facebook in Germany, Hungary, and Norway. New Media & Society
Academic article
Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Haßler, Jörg; Rußmann, Uta; Lilleker, Darren; Kruschinski, Simon. (2023) Populism in Context: A Cross-Country Investigation of the Facebook Usage of Populist Appeals During the 2019 European Parliament Elections. The International Journal of Press/Politics
Academic article
Magin, Melanie Andrea. (2023) Review of F. Oehmer-Pedrazzi, S. H. Kessler, E. Humprecht, K. Sommer & L. Castro Herrero (Eds.), Standardisierte Inhaltsanalyse in der Kommunikationswissenschaft – Standardized Content Analysis in Communication Research. Publizistik (2023). Published online ahead of print. Publizistik
Book review
Magin, Melanie Andrea. (2023) Tre spørsmål om metodeutvikling. Norsk Medietidsskrift
Feature article
Magin, Melanie Andrea; Stark, Birgit; Jandura, Olaf; Udris, Linards; Riedl, Andreas; Klein, Miriam. (2023) Seeing the Whole Picture. Towards a Multi-perspective Approach to News Content Diversity based on Liberal and Deliberative Models of Democracy. Journalism Studies
Academic article
Udris, Linards; Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Jandura, Olaf; Riedl, Andreas; Klein, Miriam. (2023) Diversity in the News. A Comparison of Digital and Analog Channels of Public Service Media and Daily Newspapers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft
Academic article
Karlberg, Anne-Maren; Magin, Melanie. (2023) Health vs privacy. How Norwegian public authorities and news media framed the newly developed digital contact tracing app “Smittestopp” under the Covid-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Communication
Academic article
Klein, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Riedl, Andreas; Udris, Linards; Stark, Birgit. (2023) From News Softening to Social News Softening: Comparing Patterns of Political News Coverage on Different (Social) Media Channels in Germany and Switzerland. Digital Journalism
Academic article
Bene, Márton; Magin, Melanie; Jackson, Daniel; Lilleker, Darren; Balaban, Delia; Baranowski, Paweł. (2022) The Polyphonic Sounds of Europe: Users’ Engagement With Parties’ European‐Focused Facebook Posts. Politics and Governance
Academic article
Bene, Márton; Ceron, Andrea; Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg; Kruschinski, Simon; Larsson, Anders Olof. (2022) Keep Them Engaged! Investigating the Effects of Self-centered Social Media Communication Style on User Engagement in 12 European Countries. Political Communication
Academic article
Pröll, Franziska; Magin, Melanie. (2022) Framing Feminicides—A Quantitative Content Analysis of News Stories in Four Colombian Newspapers. Journalism and Media
Academic article
Baranowski, Paweł; Kruschinski, Simon; Russmann, Uta; Haβler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Márton, Bene. (2022) Patterns of Negative Campaigning during the 2019 European Election: Political Parties’ Facebook Posts and Users’ Sharing Behaviour across Twelve Countries. Journal of Information Technology & Politics (JITP)
Academic article
Wurst, Anna-Katharina; Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg; Kruschinski, Simon; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta. (2022) Missed opportunity to connect with European citizens? Europarties’ communication on Facebook during the 2019 European election campaign. Studies in Communication Sciences (SComS)
Academic article
Geise, Stephanie; Klinger, Ulrike; Magin, Melanie; Müller, Kathrin Friederike; Nitsch, Cordula; Riesmeyer, Claudia. (2021) The Normativity of Communication Research: A Content Analysis of Normative Claims in Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (1970–2014). Mass Communication & Society
Academic article
Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit. (2021) Loopholes in the Echo Chambers: How the Echo Chamber Metaphor Oversimplifies the Effects of Information Gateways on Opinion Expression. Digital Journalism
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan; Stark, Birgit; Jürgens, Pascal. (2021) Common Core in Danger? Personalized Information and the Fragmentation of the Public Agenda. The International Journal of Press/Politics
Academic article
Geise, Stephanie; Klinger, Ulrike; Magin, Melanie; Müller, Kathrin Friederike; Nitsch, Cordula; Riesmeyer, Claudia. (2021) Wie normativ ist die Kommunikationswissenschaft? Ein inhaltsanalytischer Vergleich deutscher und US-amerikanischer Fachzeitschriftenaufsätze. Publizistik
Academic article
Steiner, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Geiss, Stefan. (2020) Seek and you shall find? A content analysis on the diversity of five search engines’ results on political queries. Information, Communication & Society
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2020) More Relevant Today Than Ever: Past, Present and Future of Media Performance Research. . Media and Communication
Editorial
Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie. (2019) Two Half-Truths Make a Whole? On Bias in Self-reports and Tracking Data. Social science computer review
Academic article
Steiner, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2019) Uneasy Bedfellows. Comparing the Diversity of German Public Service News on Television and on Facebook. Digital Journalism
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan. (2019) Beyond Time and Space: The Impact of Autonomy from Politics and Commercialization Pressure on Mediatization in German and Austrian Newspapers—A Multilevel Approach. Political Communication
Academic article
Magin, Melanie; Steiner, Miriam; Stark, Birgit. (2019) Suche im Netz – einseitige oder vielfältige Informationsquelle? Eine Inhaltsanalyse der politischen Informationsvielfalt von Suchmaschinenergebnissen. . Media Perspektiven
Academic article
Magin, Melanie. (2019) Review of D. Bertel, J. Himmelsbach, C. Krakovsky, B. Metzler, A. Riedl & L. Möller (Eds.), Junge Perspektiven auf Partizipation in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Beiträge zur ersten under-docs-Fachtagung zu Kommunikation. . Medien Journal
Book review
Magin, Melanie. (2019) Review of D. Bertel, J. Himmelsbach, C. Krakovsky, B. Metzler, A. Riedl & L. Möller (Eds.), Junge Perspektiven auf Partizipation in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Beiträge zur ersten under-docs-Fachtagung zu Kommunikation. [Young Perspectives on Participation in History and Present. Contributions to the first under-docs Conference on Communication.] (danzig & unfried, 2016). Medien Journal
Book review
Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Jürgens, Pascal. (2018) ["Common Meeting Ground"? Selection Logics of Political Information Sources and Their Influence on Individual-Level Issue Fragmentation]. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft
Academic article
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2018) Politische Meinungsbildung im Netz: Die Rolle der Informationsintermediäre. UFITA - Archiv für Medienrecht und Medienwissenschaft
Academic article
Magin, Melanie. (2018) Review of M. B. von Rimscha, S. Studer & M. Puppis (eds.), Methodische Zugänge zur Erforschung von Medienstrukturen, Medienorganisationen und Medienstrategien. Publizistik
Book review

Books

Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Russmann, Uta; Fenoll, Vicente. (2021) Campaigning on Facebook in the 2019 European Parliament Election. Palgrave Macmillan Political Campaigning and Communication (—)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta; Stark, Birgit. (2021) Demokratie braucht Medien. Springer Springer
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2017) Ganz meine Meinung? Informationsintermediäre und Meinungsbildung – Eine Mehrmethodenstudie am Beispiel von Facebook. Landesanstalt für Medien Nordrhein-Westalen (LfM)
Academic monograph

Part of book/report

Stegmann, Daniel; Magin, Melanie Andrea; Stark, Birgit. (2025) On the relationship between political campaigning and echo chambers. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2022) (Non-)Representativeness of Social Media Data. Edward Elgar Publishing
Encyclopedia article
Stegmann, Daniel; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2022) Filter Bubbles. Edward Elgar Publishing
Encyclopedia article
Stegmann, Daniel; Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie. (2022) Echo Chambers. Edward Elgar Publishing
Encyclopedia article
Magin, Melanie; Vigen, Marius Grefstad. (2021) When Nothing Happened but Much Changed: How Political Parties in Ireland Used Facebook in the 2019 EP Election Campaign. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Tønnesen, Hedvig; Reutter, Lisa Marie; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Når alt vi gjør registreres og systematiseres: Stordata i hverdagen. .
Popular scientific chapter/article
Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta; Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg. (2021) Information Greater than Mobilisation Greater than Interaction. Contours of a Pan-European Style of Social Media Campaigning. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Steiner, Miriam; Häuptli, Andrea; Stark, Birgit; Udris, Linards. (2021) Is Facebook driving tabloidization? A cross-channel comparison of two German newspapers. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2021) Hva skjer når algoritmene personaliseres: Fanges vi av filterbobler og ekkokamre?.
Popular scientific chapter/article
Stark, Birgit; Rußmann, Uta; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Warum die Demokratie die Medien braucht. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2021) Maßlos überschätzt. Ein Überblick über theoretische Annahmen und empirische Befunde zu Filterblasen und Echokammern. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Rußmann, Uta; Haßler, Jörg; Fenoll, Vicente; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Social media as a campaigning tool in European Parliament elections. Theoretical considerations and state of research. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta; Baranowski, Pawel; Bene, Márton; Schlosser, Katharina. (2021) Reaching out to the Europeans. Political parties’ Facebook strategies of issue ownership and the second-order character of European Election campaigns. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Åm, Heidrun; Magin, Melanie. (2021) Bruk av andres forskning. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
Chapter
Fenoll, Vicente; Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta. (2021) Campaigning for Strasbourg on Facebook. Introduction to a 12-country Comparison on Parties’ Facebook Campaigns in the 2019 European Parliament Election. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan. (2021) Kvantitativ innholdsanalyse: fra problemstilling til gjennomført analyse. Cappelen Damm Akademisk
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2021) Politischer Parallelismus. Herbert von Halem Verlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Hopmann, David Nicolas. (2021) A day off during the 2019 Folketing election campaign. Political parties’ use of Facebook in the European Parliament election in Denmark. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2021) Wahlberichterstattung. Herbert von Halem Verlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2020) Boulevardisierung. Springer
Chapter
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan. (2020) Meinungsbildung in und mit sozialen Medien. Springer
Chapter
Steiner, Miriam; Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit; Jürgens, Pascal. (2019) Aus Versehen informiert? Facebooks Bedeutung für die Nachrichtennutzung nebenbei – eine Mehrmethoden-Analyse. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie; Geiss, Stefan; Jürgens, Pascal; Stark, Birgit. (2019) Schweigespirale oder Echokammer? Zum Einfluss sozialer Medien auf die Artikulationsbereitschaft in der Migrationsdebatte. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Magin, Melanie. (2019) Elite versus Popular Press. Wiley-Blackwell
Encyclopedia article
Magin, Melanie; Maurer, Peter. (2019) Beat Journalism and Reporting . Oxford University Press
Encyclopedia article
Stark, Birgit; Magin, Melanie. (2019) Neuer Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit durch Informationsintermediäre: Wie Google, Facebook & Co. Medien und Politik verändern. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

Haßler, Jörg; Magin, Melanie; Rußmann, Uta. (2023) Social Media’s Role in Political and Societal Mobilization. Media and Communication (3)
Report
Grøtan, Tor Olav; Fiskvik, Jannicke; Haro, Peter Halland; Auran, Per Gunnar; Mathisen, Bjørn Magnus; Karlsen, Geir Hågen. (2020) På leting etter utenlandsk informasjonspåvirkning En analyse av det norske kommunestyre- og fylkestingsvalget 2019 (Rapport på oppdrag fra Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet). SINTEF
Report
Magin, Melanie; Stark, Birgit. (2020) Media Performance in Times of Media Change. Thematic Issue. Media and Communication (3)
Report
Stark, Birgit; Stegmann, Daniel; Magin, Melanie; Jürgens, Pascal. (2020) Are Algorithms a Threat to Democracy? The Rise of Intermediaries: A Challenge for Public Discourse. . AlgorithmWatch
Report
Grøtan, Tor Olav; Fiskvik, Jannicke; Haro, Peter Halland; Auran, Per Gunnar; Mathisen, Bjørn Magnus; Magin, Melanie. (2019) På leting etter utenlandsk informasjonspåvirkning. En analyse av det norske kommunestyre- og fylkestingsvalget 2019. SINTEF rapport 2019:01292 . SINTEF Rapport (2019:01292)
Report

INFORMASJONSMATR

Geiss, Stefan; Magin, Melanie. (2023) “Many shades of red”: Trondheim etter Ottervik-epoken.
Website (informational material)
Bil-Jaruzelska, Anna; de Wilde, Pieter; Magin, Melanie; Maurer, Peter; Özdemir, Sina Furkan; Rasch, Astrid. (2019) Blog "@realSocialMedia by Trondheim Analytica".
Website (informational material)

Teaching

Courses

Since 2024 excellent teaching practitioner at NTNU.

Main teaching areas

Political communication – media sociology – online communication and digitalization – comparative research – communication history – media systems and media structures – methods (with a special focus on content analysis)

Major institutional responsibilities related to teaching (selection)

2023- Member of the National Academic Council for Media Studies, Norway
2021-25 Head of the master program in Media, Communication and Information Technology, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Sociology and Political Science
2021-25 Member of the education committee, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Sociology and Political Science
2019- Member of the program advice committee on the bachelor program in Media Science, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Art and Media Studies
2018, 2020 Substitute head of the master program in Media, Communication and Information Technology (6 months each), NTNU, Trondheim, Department of Sociology and Political Science
2019-23 Deputy member of the National Academic Council for Media Studies, Norway

Training in Higher Education Pedagogy

2024

Uniped module "Writing and learning: How to support students' writing development?", NTNU
Uniped module "AI in teaching and learning in higher education", NTNU
MOOC "An Introduction to Accessibility and Inclusive Design", University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/Coursera
MOOC "Assessment in Higher Education: Professional Development for Teachers" Erasmus University Rotterdam/Coursera

2023

Uniped module "Groups and group dynamics in teaching", NTNU
Uniped module "Entrepreneurship for better teaching", NTNU
MOOC "Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Planning for Teaching and Learning", Commonwealth Education Trust/Coursera
MOOC "Diversity and Inclusion in Education", University of Glasgow/Coursera
MOOC "Innovative Teaching with ChatGPT", Vanderbilt University/Coursera

Until 2022

PhD Supervisor Seminar, NTNU
Educational Program for New Academic Staff, Uniped, NTNU.
Specialization modules: "Creating meaning by involving students in research"; "ICT in learning"; "Supervision"; "Utvikling av pedagogisk mappe [Development of a pedagogical portfolio]"
Own project: "Facilitating active learning in a large undergraduate course"
Workshop "Klasse trotz Masse: Vorlesungen auf dem Weg vom Teaching zum Learning" ["First-class teaching at the mass university: lectures on the way from teaching to learning"], LMU Munich, Germany
NapoKo-Workshop in Higher Education Pedagogy, University of Landau, Germany

Courses taught so far

BA level

SOS1006 - Media Sociology (NTNU)
SOS2009 - Media and Society (NTNU)
Political Communication (JGU Mainz)
New Media/Online Communication (JGU Mainz)
Selected Questions on Media Structures, Media History and Media Law (JGU Mainz)
Media Policy (JGU Mainz)
Journalism Studies (JGU Mainz)

MA level

SOS3520 - Modern Media and Digitalization (NTNU)
MKI3001 - Media and Communication Theory (NTNU)
MKI3901 - Master's Thesis in Media, Communication and Information Technology (NTNU)
SOS3606 - Social Media (NTNU)
POL3802 - Experts in Teamwork (EiT): "Mediatization of Society" (NTNU)
Media and Internationalization (JGU Mainz)
Current Research Questions in Communication Studies (JGU Mainz)
Thematic Master Seminar: "Comparing Campaign Communication" (JGU Mainz)

PhD level

SOS8533 - Social Media and Digitalization (NTNU)
SOS8527 - Social Media (NTNU)

Higher Education Pedagogy

UNIPED Module: “Læringsverktøy i utforskende undervisning / Educational Tools in Inquiry-based Teaching” (NTNU, with D. Matre & G. Apjok, to be taught from spring 2025)

Supervision

Information for master students

I can supervise master theses on a broad range of topics within and beyond my own research areas. Methodologically, I have a focus on quantitative research, but I’m also experienced with qualitative research and have supervised a lot of bachelor and master theses which used qualitative methods. I can supervise theses written in English as well as in Norwegian.

My supervision of master theses combines individual supervision meetings with group supervision. In group supervision (about every third week), we discuss common problems and questions that the master candidates are facing, and the master candidates provide feedback to each other (e.g. on texts they have written, on their measuring instruments…) and get feedback from me. I expect that the students whom I supervise take part in the group supervision meetings.

If you are interested in having me as your master supervisor, please take contact.

PhD candidates currently supervised
Hedvig Tønnesen (NTNU, as main supervisor)
Sina Özdemir (NTNU, as co-supervisor)
Elizabeth Jean Solverson (Nord University, as co-supervisor)

MA theses supervised until 2023 (at NTNU, JGU Mainz, and FU Berlin): 33

BA theses supervised until 2023 (at NTNU and JGU Mainz): 35

Knowledge Transfer

Hva er splittelsen og konspirasjonsteoriene i ferd med å gjøre med USA? En podcast med J. L. Bailey, A. Dyrendal og M. Magin

Med stadig større forskjell på fattig og rik, gror konspirasjonsteoriene godt. Hva er splittelsen og konspirasjonsteoriene i ferd med å gjøre med USA? NTNU podcast "De store spørsmålene".

Webinar: Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media

This webinar analyzed the main findings of the issue "Analyzing Citizen Engagement with European Politics Through Social Media", published in the journal Politics and Governance.

Hva synes studentene? Et nytt spørreskjema som metode for studentevalueringer

Presentasjon ved NTNU Læringsfestivalen 2024, Trondheim.

“Many shades of red”: Trondheim etter Ottervik-epoken

Vil lokalvalget i 2023 endelig føre til et politisk skifte i Trondheim?