© Susanne Lüdeling

Lars-Ole Müller M. A.

Research assistant

Department of Communication
Room: E 222a
Bispinghof 9-14
D-48143 Münster

Phone.: +49 251-83-21273

Consultation-hours

Thursday, 10.30 – 12.00 and by individual arrangement via mail

  • Research interests

    • Processes of news diffusion on Social Media
    • Digital public sphere
    • Quantitative content analysis
    • Virtual Reality
    • News on Social Media

  • Short CV

    Studies of Communication Science and Political Science at Free University of Berlin and University of Helsinki, M.A. degree in Media and Political Communication with an empirical thesis on the topic “The Identification of Frame Elements in the Coverage of Food Security in Germany: A Methodological Comparison of Cluster and Factor Analysis”. 2012-2015 student assistant at the research group Communication Theory and Media Effects Research (Prof. Barbara Pfetsch), Oct. 2016 – Aug 2017 Research Associate of Prof. Pfetsch, partly in the funded project of the German Chancellery “Scientific Analysis of the Citizen Dialog on Quality of Life – Gut leben in Deutschland”, Since Oct. 2016 Research Associate at the Institute of Communication Research Münster in the group of Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt.

  • Memberships

    • International Communication Association (ICA)

  • Teaching

    • WS 2017/18: Öffentlichkeitsplattform Social Feed: Welche Inhalte, News und Diskussionen finden sich auf Facebook, Twitter und Co.? (Seminar, B.A.)
    • SS 2017: Aufgewachsen vor Flatscreen und Smartphone: Die Kultivierungstheorie online und offline (Seminar, B.A.)
    • WS 2016/17: Medienwirkungen im Kontext von Politikern und Produkten: Effekte der aktuellen Berichterstattung auf das Publikum (Seminar, B.A.)
    • SS 2016: Einführung in die empirische Kommunikationsforschung (Seminar, B.A.)

  • Finished Projects

    Scientific Analysis of the Citizen Dialog on Quality of Life “Gut leben in Deutschland – was uns wichtig ist” [Living well in Germany- What matters to us?] – Contract research for the Chancellery of Germany (2015-2016)

    As part of the governmental strategy “Gut leben in Deutschland, was uns wichtig ist” more than 200 group discussions were conducted in the year of 2015. Moreover, citizens had the opportunity to send their ideas on quality of life to the government via an online form or a postcard. The scientific analysis of about 200 group discussion protocols, 2.500 online documents and 4.500 postcards was carried out by a team led by Prof. Barbara Pfetsch and Dr. Annie Waldherr in cooperation with the software engineering company CiD GmbH. The further team consisted of Peter Miltner, Sophia Ostner, Lars-Ole Müller and Daniela Stoltenberg. The analysis consisted of qualitative and quantitative content analysis with the help of the text mining software Topic Analyst by CiD GmbH. The results have been documented in a scientific report and formed the base of the Report on Life Quality by the German Government (2016).

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  • Publications

    • Wehden, Lars-Ole. (). Data collection from journalistic news apps without prerequired coding experience using MacroDroid smartphone automation software to simulate user interactions. Mobile Media and Communication, 12(1), 212–217. doi: 10.1177/20501579231202321.
    • Janzik, Robin; Wehden, Lars-Ole; Reer, Felix; Quandt, Thorsten. (). Die Nutzung und Wirkung von Virtual-Reality-Games: Ein Forschungsüberblick. In Biermann, Ralf; Fromme, Johannes; Kiefer, Florian (Hrsg.), Computerspielforschung: Interdisziplinäre Einblicke in das digitale Spiel und seine kulturelle Bedeutung (S. 65–89). Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich. doi: 10.3224/84742669.
    • Wehden, Lars-Ole. (). Journalistische Gatekeeper in den Sozialen Medien: Eine empirische Analyse der Nachrichtenverbreitung durch Journalist*innen anhand von Ereignis- und Meldungsmerkmalen. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-40257-0.
    • Wehden, Lars-Ole; Küpper, Lena Maria. (). Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts? Aggregation of sports events as a driver of coverage of (the) European Championships on German TV news shows. Communication & Sport, 1–20. doi: 10.1177/21674795231194030.
    • Reer Felix, Wehden Lars-Ole, Janzik Robin, Quandt Thorsten. (). Examining the Interplay of Smartphone Use Disorder, Mental Health, and Physical Symptoms. Frontiers in public health, 10, 834835. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.834835.
    • Reer Felix, Wehden Lars-Ole, Janzik Robin, Tang Wai Yen, Quandt Thorsten. (). Virtual Reality Technology and Game Enjoyment: The Contributions of Natural Mapping and Need Satisfaction. Computers in Human Behavior, 132, 107242. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2022.107242.
    • Wehden Lars-Ole, Reer Felix, Janzik Robin, Quandt Thorsten. (). Investigating the problematic use of sexually explicit Internet content: A survey study among German Internet users. Sexual Health & Compulsivity, 28(3-4), 127–151. doi: 10.1080/26929953.2022.2032514.
    • Reer Felix, Janzik Robin, Wehden Lars-Ole, Quandt Thorsten. (). Entertainment theories and media addiction. In Vorderer Peter, Klimmt Christoph (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of entertainment theory (pp. 799–818). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190072216.013.41.
    • Wehden Lars-Ole, Reer Felix, Janzik Robin, Tang Wai Yen, Quandt Thorsten. (). The Slippery Path to Total Presence: How Omnidirectional Virtual Reality Treadmills Influence the Gaming Experience. Media and Communication, 9(1), 5–16. doi: 10.17645/mac.v9i1.3170.
    • Janzik Robin, Wehden Lars-Ole, Reer Felix, Quandt Thorsten. (). Gaming Addiction – Underdefined, Overestimated? In Groen Maike, Kiel Nina, Tillmann Angela, Weßel André (Eds.), Games and Ethics: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Ethical Questions in Digital Game Cultures (pp. 47–59). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-28175-5_4.
    • Waldherr Annie, Wehden Lars-Ole, Stoltenberg Daniela, Miltner Peter, Ostner Sophia, Pfetsch Barbara. (). Induktive Kategorienbildung in der Inhaltsanalyse: Kombination automatischer und manueller Verfahren. FQS: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung, 20(1). doi: 10.17169/fqs-20.1.3058.
    • Wehden Lars-Ole, Schröer Nathalie. (). Golden news?: Analysis of summarizing coverage of the Olympic Winter Games 2018 on German TV. Medien Journal, 43(1), 101–121. doi: 10.24989/medienjournal.v43i1.1795.
    • Wehden Lars-Ole, Stoltenberg Daniela. (). So Far, Yet So Close: Examining Translocal Twitter Audiences of Regional Newspapers in Germany . Journalism Studies, 20(10), 1400–1420. doi: 10.1080/1461670X.2018.1520609.
    • Waldherr Annie, Ostner Sophia, Wehden Lars-Ole, Miltner Peter, Stoltenberg Daniela, Sona Patrick, Pfetsch Barbara. (). Wissenschaftliche Auswertung von Bürger- und Online-Dialogen zum Thema Lebensqualität in Deutschland: Abschlussbericht. Berlin/Freigericht: Freie Universität Berlin.

  • Scientific Talks

    • Wehden, Lars-Ole, Uth, Bernadette, Engelke, Kathrine M., von den Driesch, Lea, Springer, Nina (): ‘Transitioning to transparency: Footnote journalism as a novel journalistic practice’. 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Ljubljana, .
    • Reer, Felix, Küpper, Lena, Wehden, Lars-Ole, & Quandt, Thorsten (): ‘A Laboratory Experiment Examining Audience Responses to a “Meaningful” Virtual Reality Documentary’. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, .
    • Küpper, Lena Maria, Wehden, Lars-Ole, Reer, Felix, & Quandt, Thorsten (): ‘Looking at the news from every angle: On the potential of implementing Virtual Reality technology in journalistic contexts’. 74th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, .
    • Küpper, Lena Maria; Reer, Felix; Wehden, Lars-Ole; Quandt, Thorsten (): ‘Uncovering the potentials of virtual reality technology in journalism: A laboratory experiment on an immersive 360° documentary’. 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA), Toronto, .
    • Wehden, Lars-Ole; Küpper, Lena Maria (): ‘Stronger together!? Aggregation of sports events as a driver of coverage on (the) European Championships in German TV news shows’. 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA), Toronto, .
    • Wehden, Lars-Ole (): ‘Diverse news fed into the newsfeed?: Identifying article characteristics that influence the selection of news presented on journalistic fanpages in social media’. 72nd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, Frankreich, .
    • Reer, Felix; Wehden, Lars-Ole; Janzik, Robin; Tang, Wai Yen; Quandt, Thorsten (): ‘Virtual reality technology and game enjoyment. A self-determination theory perspective’. 70th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia (virtual due to COVID-19), .
    • Wehden, Lars-Ole; Reer, Felix; Janzik, Robin; Quandt, Thorsten (): ‘Addicted to cybersex? A representative study on the disordered use of sexual online content’. 70th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia (virtual due to COVID-19), .
    • Janzik, Robin; Wehden, Lars-Ole; Reer, Felix; Tang, Wai Yen; Quandt, Thorsten (): ‘To give or not to give: Examining the prosocial effect of a 360° video documentary on the refugee crisis’. 70th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia (virtual due to COVID-19), .
    • Wehden, Lars-Ole; Reer, Felix; Janzik, Robin; Quandt, Thorsten (): „Sex on the Internet – a representative survey study on the prevalence and correlates of the addiction-like use of sexual online content“. Jahrestagung der DGPuK, München, .
    • Reer, Felix; Wehden, Lars-Ole; Tang, Wai Yen; Janzik, Robin; Quandt, Thorsten (): ‘The slippery path to total presence: How using an omnidirectional VR treadmill influences the gaming experience’. Digital Games Research Section Symposium (ECREA 2019), Rotterdam, Niederlande, .
    • Hlacer, Erik; Wehden, Lars-Ole (): „Rather Poldi's wife than Gauland's swim shorts?: An experimental analysis of tabloidization of sports and political coverage as an influence factor of reciepients' evaluations“. 2. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe „Mediensport und Sportkommunikation“ in der DGPuK, Leipzig, .
    • Wehden, Lars-Ole; Schröer, Nathalie (): ‘Golden news?: Analysis of summarizing coverage of the Olympic Winter Games 2018 on German TV’. 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Washington/DC, USA, .
    • Reer, Felix; Wehden, Lars-Ole; Janzik, Robin (): ‘A representative study on prevalence rates and correlates of problematic smartphone use in Germany’. 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Washington/DC, USA, .
    • Reer, Felix; Wehden, Lars-Ole; Janzik, Robin; Quandt, Thorsten (): „Süchtig nach dem Smartphone? Eine Repräsentativbefragung zu Verbreitung und Korrelaten problematischer Smartphone-Nutzung in Deutschland“. Jahrestagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Rezeptions- und Wirkungsforschung 2019, Mainz, .
    • Wehden, Lars-Ole; Schröer, Nathalie (): „Golden News? - Examining the short coverage about the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang 2018“. 1. Jahrestagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Mediensport und Sportkommunikation, Salzburg, Österreich, .
    • Stoltenberg, Daniela; Wehden, Lars-Ole (): ‘So Far, Yet So Close: Examining Translocal Twitter Audiences of Regional Newspapers in Germany’. 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Prague, Czech Republic, .
    • Stoltenberg, Daniela; Wehden, Lars-Ole (): „Regional journalism without borders? Spatial placement of regional newspapers’ follower on Twitter“. Jahrestagung der DGPuk-Fachgruppe Digitale Kommunikation, Hochschule Macromedia, Stuttgart, Deutschland, .