Dr. Sophie Bruns
Vitae
- 1992 born in Hilden
- 2011-2016 studies of Media Management at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover
- 2012-2016 Student Assistant at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover
- 2013 studies abroad at the José State University, California
Since November 2016 Research Assistant at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover
Major teaching and research interests
Media effects research
Reception and entertainment research
Political communication
Methods of empirical social research
Activities
Member of the Alumni organization KommunikationsKultur e.V. (KKeV)
Member of International Communication Association (ICA), European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) and German Society of Mass Communication (DGPuK)
Publications
2024
Leuppert, R., Bruns, S., Rahe, V. & Scherer, H. (2024). What’s a news media brand worth? Investigating the effect of cognitive brand representations on recipients’ quality assessment of news articles. Journalism. doi.org/10.1177/14648849241285497
Link, E., Emde-Lachmund, K., Bruns, S., Dittrich, A., Stiesch, M., Haverich, A., Treue, S. & Klimmt, C. (2024). Public controversy and citizens’ attitude formation about animal research: A case for scholarship and recommendations on conflicts at the science-society interface. PLoS ONE, 19(1), e0295503. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295503
Scheper, J., Leuppert, R., Possler, D., Freytag, A., Bruns, S. & Niemann-Lenz, J. (2024). Integrating R into statistics and data analysis education: Learnings from the development and evaluation of a teaching concept for communication science. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 0(0). doi.org/10.1177/10776958241296505
2023
Bruns, S., & Knop-Huelss, K. (2023). That’s so immoral! Investigating the effects of moral violations reported in the form of (in) complete moral dyads in news articles on emotions and memory. Human Communication Research, 49, 61-74, doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac021
2019
Niemann-Lenz, J., Bruns, S., Hefner, D., Knop-Hülß, K., Possler, D., Reich, S., Reinecke, L., Scheper, J. & Klimmt, C. (2019). Crafting a strategic roadmap for computational methods in communication science: Learnings from the CCS 2018 Conference in Hanover. International Journal of Communication, 13 [Special section on Computational Communication Science, edited by E. Domahidi, J. Yang, J. Niemann-Lenz & L. Reinecke]. Retrieved from ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/10534
Possler, D., Bruns, S. & Niemann-Lenz, J. (2019). Data is the new oil – but how do we drill it? Pathways to access and acquire large data sets in communication science. International Journal Of Communication, 13 [Special section on Computational Communication Science, edited by E. Domahidi, J. Yang, J. Niemann-Lenz & L. Reinecke]. Available ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/10534
Papers
2023
Leuppert, R., Rahe, V., Scherer, H. & Bruns, S. (2023, May). Brand or quality? Investigating the relevance of media brands and journalistic quality for the quality assessment of German news articles. Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25-29, 2023, Toronto, Canada.
2022
Bruns, S., Scheper, J. & Meltzer, T. (2022, June). Schmeichelhafte Komplimente und wüste Beleidigungen – Der Einfluss medienvermittelter Intergruppenkontakte auf die Unterstützung von Minderheiten (Outgroup) unter Berücksichtigung affektiver und kognitiver Mediatoren [Flattering compliments and savage insults - The influence of mediated intergroup contact on minority (outgroup) support considering affective and cognitive mediators]. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the German Society of Mass Communciation's Expert Group Reception and Effects Research, June 7-9, 2022, Düsseldorf.
Scheper, J., Bruns, S. & Geber, S. (2022, June). Vermuteter Einfluss und wahrgenommene Normen: Zum Zusammenhang zwischen Mediennutzung, Presumed Influence und Social Distancing-Normen im Kontext der COVID-19-Pandemie [Presumed influence and perceived norms: On the relationship between media use, presumed influence, and social distancing norms in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic]. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the German Society of Mass Communciation's Expert Group Reception and Effects Research, June 7-9, 2022, Düsseldorf.
Scheper, J., Bruns, S. & Meltzer, T. (2022, May). Flattering compliments and savage insults - The influence of mediated intergroup contact on minority (outgroup) support considering affective and cognitive mediators. Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 26-30 May, 2022, Paris, France.
2021
Bruns, S. & Scheper, J. (2021, April). Social-Distancing in Zeiten von Corona: Eine Längsschnittstudie zur Rolle von (Medien-) Kommunikation für soziale Normen zum Social-Distancing-Verhalten. [Social-Distancing in times of Corona. A longitudinal study on the role of (media) communication for social distancing norms]. Paper presented at the Three-Country Conference on Communication Science - DACH21, April 7-9, 2021, Zurich, Switzerland [digitally].
Scheper, J., Bruns, S. (January, 2021). Davon will ich nichts mehr hören und sehen! Eine Längsschnittstudie zur Themenverdrossenheit in Zeiten von Corona und ihrem Zusammenhang mit Informationsvermeidung und Mediennutzung. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the DGPuK Division "Rezeptions- und Wirkungsforschung", January, 29, 2021, Munich [digitally].
2019
Knop-Hülß, K., & Bruns, S. (2019, May). The moral dyad in the news: Effects of immorality on emotional reaction, attention, and memory. Paper presented at the 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, May 24-28, 2019, Washington, D.C., USA.
Possler, D., Bruns, S. & Niemann-Lenz, J. (2019, May). Data is the new oil – but how do we drill it? Pathways to access and acquire large data sets in communication science. Paper presented at the 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 24-28, 2019, Washington D.C., USA.
Bruns, S., Dittrich, A. & Klimmt, C. (2019, February). Wenn Wissenschaftskommunikation die soziale Identität bedroht: Voreinstellungen, Social Identity Threat und Ärgeremotionen gegenüber einem Informationsportal zu Tierversuchen [When science threatens social identity: Dispositions, social identity threat and emotions of anger regarding an information portal on animal experimentations]. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Expert Group Science Communication of the German Society of Mass Communication (DGPuK), February 6-8, 2019, Braunschweig.
2018
Niemann-Lenz, J., Possler, D. & Bruns, S. (2018, September). Daten sind das neue Öl! Ok, aber wie fördern wir es? Möglichkeiten des Zugangs zu großen Kommunikationsdatensätzen [Data are the new oil! Okay, but how do we flow it? Possible access to big communication data sets]. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Expert Group Methods of the German Association of Mass Communication, September 12-14, 2018, Ilmenau.
Bruns, S. & Knop-Hülß (2018, May). Does morality make you remember? Effects of moral violations in news articles on emotional reaction and memory. Paper presentation at the 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 24-28, 2018, Prague, Czech Republic. [Best student paper award of the information systems division]
Bruns, S., Scherer, H. & Niemann-Lenz, J. (2018, May). Bad news? The role of emotions in information processing of news stories. Paper presentation at the 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 24-28, 2018, Prague, Czech Republic.
Bruns, S., Scherer, H., Niemann-Lenz, J. (2018, January). Bad news? Wenn Nachrichten Emotionen wecken [Bad news? When news arouse emotions]. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Expert Group Reception ad Effects Research of the German Society of Mass Communication, January 26-28, 2018, Hohenheim.
Bruns, S., Knop-Hülß, K. (2018, January). Lernen durch moralische Emotionen – Effekte von moralischen Verletzungen in Nachrichtenartikeln auf Emotionen und Erinnerung [Learning by moral emotions - Effects of moral injuries in news articles on emotions and memory]. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Expert Group Reception ad Effects Research of the German Society of Mass Communication, January 26-28, 2018, Hohenheim.
2017
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