Research Foci
- journalism research
- online communication
- alternative media
- computational methods
CV
Anna Davydova studied communication science at the University of Münster, where she worked as an academic tutor and student assistant. In her master’s thesis, she explored emotionalization in quality journalism and conducted an automated analysis of political reporting. Since October 2023, she has been a research assistant and doctoral candidate at the Online Communication Research Group led by Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt. She is working on a third-party funded research project of the Cluster of Excellence “Religion & Politics” analyzing new ideological movements in online environments. Her research focuses on journalism studies, online communication, alternative media, and patchwork spirituality in the digital space. She is writing her dissertation on the topic “Drawing Boundaries in Knowledge Production in Journalistic and Alternative Media.”
Academic Education
- PhD student at the department online-communication, Münster University
- M.A. communication science, Münster University
- B.A. communication science, Münster University
Positions
- Research assistant in the project "Conspiracy theorists, esotericists and patchwork religions: Using computational methods to analyze new ideological movements in online environments"
- student research assistant in the DFG project "The Century of Journalism"
- student assistant at the department of the Online-Communication, Münster University
- Academic tutor, Münster University
Research Article (Journal)
- Birkner, Thomas, Annika, Keute and Davydova, Anna, “The digital turn from a newsroom perspective – How German journalists from different generations reflect on the digitalization of journalism.” Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism (). doi: 10.1177/14648849231198699.
Scientific Talks
- Davydova, Anna; Unger, Saïd; Quandt, Thorsten : “Exploring Patchwork Spiritual Online Groups: Proposal for a Research Agenda”. 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Cape Town, .
- Davydova, Anna; Unger, Saïd; Quandt, Thorsten : „"Du nimmst mit, was für dich übereinstimmt und lässt stehen, was nicht zu dir passt": esoterischer Glaube auf TikTok“. 71. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK), Dortmund, .
- Davydova, Anna; Unger, Saïd : „Esoterik definiert die Grenze: Eine qualitative Inhaltsanalyse zur Rolle der esoterischen Inhalte bei der Grenzziehung zwischen Mainstream und Alternative“. Journalismus und Grenzen - Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe "Journalistik/Journalismusforschung", Münster, .
- Davydova, Anna; Unger, Saïd; Quandt, Thorsten : “Gods of Telegram: A mixed methods exploration of patchwork religious groups on Telegram”. 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Denver, .
- Davydova, Anna; Unger, Saïd; Quandt, Thorsten : “Exploring patchwork religious groups – computational analysis of new ideological movements”. 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Ljubljana , .
- Boberg, Svenja; Beisemann, Sofie; Unger, Said; Klapproth, Johanna; Davydova, Anna; Quandt, Thorsten : “Luring TikTok-Users into the right-wing rabbit hole via housekeeping and lifestyle content? Exploring #tradculture communities on TikTok”. 10th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Ljubljana, .
- Brikner, Thomas; Keute, Annika; Davydova, Anna : “"Change as Chance and Not as Crisis: How German Journalists Evaluate the Evolution From Analog to Digital Journalism"”. International Communication Association, Toronto, .
