Florian Woschnagg, BA MA
Project Staff
Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC)
Austrian Academy of Sciences / University of Klagenfurt
Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC)
Austrian Academy of Sciences / University of Klagenfurt
1010 Wien, Bäckerstraße 13 / 1. Stock, Austria
Reserach interests
political communication, social media, media and elections, media politics, European Studies, credibility of news media
Academic Education
Academic Education
Since 10/2021: Doctorate in Philosophy, University of Klagenfurt
2017-2019: Master of Arts in Business (MA), University of Applied Sciences Burgenland (European Studies – Project management of EU projects)
Thesis: Analysis of the Austrian Council Presidency 2018: The programme priorities and the political output
2014-2017: Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Klagenfurt
(Communication Science)
Thesis: „#bpw16 – Mit welcher Intention haben die zwei Kandidaten im Vorfeld der Stichwahlwiederholung der österreichischen Bundespräsidentenwahl 2016 Facebookposts verfasst und welche Frames wurden verwendet? Wie wurde im Kommentar mit den meisten Likes auf den Post reagiert?“
(„#bpw16 – The use of social media in the federal presidential election campaign 2016”)
Professional Career
Professional Career
Since 07/2023: Project Staff CMC
Since 11/2021: University assistant at the University of Klagenfurt
2020-10/2021: PreDoc/Project Staff CMC (AG Seethaler)
2019-2020: EU project-manager (Erasmus+), Graz
2018-2019: Social media manager, Vienna
08/2018: internship citizens communication, City of Vienna
08/2017: journalistic internship, Kleine Zeitung
07/2017: journalistic internship, ORF Kärnten
03/2017-09/2017: Tutor of Dr. Kathrin Stainer-Hämmerle, course: "Basics in media economics, policy and management" at the Department for Media and Communication
Fellowship and Awards
Fellowship and Awards
05/2017: Günther-Stotz-Preis: Best Bachelor-thesis, Department for Media and Communication, University of Klagenfurt
2018: Performance Scholarship University of Applied Sciences Burgenland
2015 & 2016: Performance Scholarships University of Klagenfurt
Memberships in Professional Associations
Memberships in Professional Associations
Since 2015: OGK – Austrian Society of Communication