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My name is Cornelia Mothes and I'm a Professor of Journalism and Media Management at Macromedia University of Applied Sciences in Leipzig. My main research interests lie in the field of political communication, media/political psychology, and journalism in digital democracies. I'm a member of the international research project Journalistic Role Performance and an editorial board member at Media and Communication.
I am always happy to exchange ideas, so if you would like to get in touch, please feel free to email me at c.mothes[at]macromedia.de.
Latest publications
Mothes, C., & Prinzing, M. (2025). Was macht öffentlich-rechtlichen Journalismus wertvoll? Der Public Value öffentlich-rechtlicher Medien aus Sicht der Nutzerinnen und Nutzer. Media Perspektiven, 8, 1–33. https://www.ard-media.de/fileadmin/user_upload/media-perspektiven/pdf/2025/MP_8_2025_Was_macht_oeffentlich-rechtlichen_Journalismus_wertvoll.pdf
Mothes, C., Mellado, C., Boudana, S., Himma, M., Nolan, D., McIntyre, K., Kozman, C., Hallin, D. C., Amiel, P., Brin, C., Katherine Chen, Y.-N., Davydov, S., De Maio, M., Dingerkus, F., El-Ibiary, R., Frías Vázquez, M., Glück, A., Garcés-Prettel, M., Luisa Humanes, M., … Van Leuven, S. (2025). Spurring or blurring professional standards? The role of digital technology in implementing journalistic role ideals in contemporary newsrooms. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 102(1), 88–119. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990241246692
Mothes, C. (2025). Objektivität im Journalismus. In T. Hanitzsch, W. Loosen & A. Sehl (eds.), Handbuch Journalismusforschung (pp. 325–344). Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748932291
Ohme, J., & Mothes, C. (2025). News snacking and political learning: Changing opportunity structures of digital platform news use and political knowledge. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 22(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2023.219357
Upcoming presentations
Mothes, C., Hagen, L. M., & Maurer, P. (June 2025, accepted). Captivating subjectivity: ‘Opinionated sensationalism’ as a (German) media strategy in times of news avoidance. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO.
Mothes, C., & Mellado, C. (June 2025, accepted). Investigating the impact of journalistic roles on news avoidance motivation: An experimental approach. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO.
Mellado, C., & Mothes, C. (June 2025, accepted). Is it the source or the narrative? An experimental study on the effects of media source and role performance on audience assessments of political news. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Denver, CO.