Nico Spreen, M.A.

Vitae

  • Born 1995 in Osnabrück
  • 2014-2018 Bachelor studies in Media Management at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover
  • 2015 Freelancer at INVISIO Hanover
    2016-2022 Assistant at Trump & Wedemeyer Attorneys at Law & Mediator
  • 2017 Internship in the field of corporate publishing and film production at TVN Corporate Media GmbH & Co. KG
  • 2017 Internship in the field of corporate communications at MADSACK Mediengruppe
  • 2018-2022 Master studies in Communication and Media Research at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover
  • 2020 Visiting Scholar at the College of Communication & Information at Florida State University (FSU), Tallahassee, FL
  • 2020-2021 Student Assistant/tutorial for the seminar Introduction Into Communication Research and Working Scientifically at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover
  • 2021 Student Assistant at the Hanover Center for Health Communication (Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover) as well as in the peer coaching of new master's students
  • Since February 2022 Research Assistant and Doctoral Student at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover

Major teaching and research interests

  • Political communication, especially political information behavior, public & public opinion, electoral research
  • Science communication
  • Environmental communication
  • Reception and effects research

Activities

  • Member of the alumni organization KommunikationsKultur e.V. (KKeV)

Papers

2022

Spreen, N., Link, E. & Scherer, H. (2022, October). Turning to information about populism – Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management to political information seeking. Paper presented at the 9th European Communication Conference (ECREA), October 19-22, 2022, Aarhus, Denmark.

Freytag, A., Possler, D., Spreen, N., Raney, A. A. & Klimmt, C. (2022, May). Explaining the rich entertainment appeal of nature documentaries and its (partially) pro-environmental consequences. Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 26-30, 2022, Paris, France.

2020

Freytag, A., Klimmt, C., Possler, D., Spreen, N. & Goslar, J. (2020, January). Naturetainment: Hedonisches und eudaimonisches Unterhaltungserleben von Naturdokumentationen als medial-simulierte Naturerfahrung [Naturetainment: Hedonic and eudaimonic entertainment experience of nature documentaries as media-simulated nature experience]. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the German Society of Mass Communication's Expert Group Reception and Effects Research, January 24, Würzburg.

 

Contact

Nico Spreen, M.A.
Telephone: 0511-3100-472
Room: 2E.3.28

Last modified: 2023-01-23

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