Mag. Andreas Riedl
Former Junior Scientist (OeAW/FWF)
Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC)
Austrian Academy of Sciences / University of Klagenfurt
1010 Wien, Bäckerstraße 13 / 1. Stock, Austria
Phone: +43-1-51581-3125
Email: Andreas.Riedl(at)oeaw.ac.at
Research Interests
Media Quality, Journalism and Democracy, (Gender) Diversity, Mediatization
Methodological Expertise
Content Analysis, Survey Research, Mixed Methods, Multivariate Statistics
Current Projects
- Media Performance and Democracy
- The Worlds of Journalism Study (WJS) – Austria
- The Development of the Austrian Media System: Market Structures, Journalistic Practices, and News Consumption Patterns
Completed Projects
- Determinants of Journalism´s Democratic Quality: The Case of Austria´s Capital Vienna
- ORF-"Sommergespräche [Summer Talks]" - Strategies, Images and Issues in Political TV Interviews, 1981-2016
Academic Education
Academic Education
Since 11.2018: Ph.D. Candidate (Communication Science), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanitzsch & Prof. Dr. Carsten Reinemann)
2014 – 2017: Mag. phil., University of Vienna (Communication Science)
Thesis: “Which Journalists for which Democracy? Journalistic Role Perceptions of Austrian Journalists from the Perspective of Democratic Theory” (in cooperation with the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (AAU))
08.2015 – 01.2016: Erasmus+ Scholarship, Karlstad University, Sweden
2011 – 2014: Bakk. phil., University of Vienna (Communication Science)
Professional Career
Professional Career
Since 03.2018: Junior Scientist, Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and the University of Klagenfurt (AAU)
03.2021-09.2021: Research Associate, Department of Communication at the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz (JGU)
11.2020 - 02.2021: Lecturer at Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) of Munich ("Applied Media and Market Research")
10.2019 – 12.2019: Lecturer at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) (“Communication Theory”, together with Sabine Funk, ORF)
03.2018 – 06.2018: Lecturer at the Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Department of Media and Communications Science ("Introduction Quantitative Methods the Media and Communication Research")
03.2017 – 02.2018: Media Researcher (Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation, BR)
11.2016 – 02.2017: Research Assistant (CMC, ÖAW/AAU)
03.2015 – 01.2017: Tutor for Media Studies and Scientific Thinking (Department of Communication Science, University of Vienna)
06.2016 – 07.2016: Project Employee (Department of Communication Science, University of Vienna)
02.2016 – 06.2016: Intern Market and Media Research (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, ORF)
06.2016 – 07.2016: Project Employee (TV Research Servus TV)
07.2014 – 04.2015: Student Research Assistant / Coder (CMC, ÖAW/AAU)
Fellowship and Awards
Fellowship and Awards
2022: Top 2 Faculty Paper Award of the Journalism Studies Division at the 72th Annual International Communication Association Conference
2022: Top 1 Student Paper Award of the Journalism Studies Division at the 72th Annual International Communication Association Conference
2019: Travel grant “International Communication” by the Austrian Research Association (ÖFG) for the 69th Annual International Communication Association Conference
2013-2017: Performance Scholarships, University of Vienna
Memberships in Professional Associations
Memberships in Professional Associations
International Communication Association (ICA)
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
German Communication Association (DGPuK)
mijofo – Network of Young Scholars in Journalism Studies
NapoKo – Network of Young Scholars in Political Communication
under.docs: Association to Support Young Researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Reviewing and Consulting Activities
Reviewing and Consulting Activities
2020-2022: Speaker of the Network of Young Scholars in Journalism Studies (mijofo)
Since 2017: Member of Advertising Standards Authority for Austria
Reviewer for “Journalism”, “Journalism Studies”, “Media and Communication”, “Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft”, “Austrian Journal for Sociology (ÖZS)”, International Communication Association (ICA), European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), German Communication Association (DGPuK)
Congress Organisation
Congress Organisation
10. Kolloquium des Nachwuchsnetzwerk politische Kommunikation (NapoKo) [10th Colloquium of the Network of Young Scholars in Political Communication (NapoKo)] (together with the University of Vienna). Vienna, 28-29 November 2019
Kategorien, Typen und Stereotypen in Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften. 2. under.docs Fachtagung zu Kommunikation [Categories, Types and Stereotypes in Humanities and Social Sciences. 2nd under.docs Conference on Communication]. Vienna, 20-22 October 2016
Third Party Projects
Third Party Projects
2020-2021: Determinanten der demokratischen Qualität des Wiener Hauptstadtjournalismus [Determinants of Journalism’s Democratic Quality: The Case of Austria's Capital Vienna] (funded by the City of Vienna), PI
Publications
Books and Monographs
Books and Monographs
- . (2017). Von der Reflexion zur Dekonstruktion? Kategorien, Typen und Stereoype als Gegenstand junger Forschung. Beiträge zur zweiten under.docs - Fachtagung zu Kommunikation. [From reflection to deconstruction? Categories, types and sterotypes as an object of young research on communication]. Wien: danzig & unfried.
- . (2016). Junge Perspektiven auf Partizipation in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Beiträge zur ersten under.docs - Fachtagung zu Kommunikation [Young perspectives on participation in the past and the present: Contributions to the first under.docs-conference on communication]. Wien: danzig & unfried.
Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters
Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters
- . (2022). Audience expectations of journalism: What’s politics got to do with it?. Journalism: Theory, Practice &Amp; Criticism, 23, 1682–1699. doi:10.1177/1464884920976422
- . (2022). "I can't just pull a woman out of a hat". A mixed methods study on journalistic drivers of women’s representation in political news. Journalism &Amp; Mass Communication Quarterly, n/a, n/a. doi:10.1177/10776990211073454
- . (2021). Why bite the hand that feeds you? Politicians’ and journalists’ perceptions of common conflicts. Journalism: Theory, Practice &Amp; Criticism, 22, 2855-2872. doi:10.1177/1464884919899304
- . (2020). Political TV Interviews in Austria 1981-2016 – Structures and Strategies through Times of Substantial Changes in Media and Politics. Communications: The European Journal Of Communication Research., 45, 131–155. doi:10.1515/commun-2018-2023
- . (2019). Which journalists for which democracy? Liberal-representative, deliberative and participatory roles among Austrian journalists. Journalism Studies, 20, 1377-1399. doi:10.1080/1461670X.2018.1519638
- . (2019). Public nuisance or an asset to democracy? Does the free press aim to provide a public service? An empirical study examining journalistic functions within the normative framework of the EU. Scoms: Studies In Communication Sciences, 18, 215–229. doi:10.24434/j.scoms.2018.02.002
- . (2018). Anpassung an die Medienlogik? Eine Untersuchung politischer Kommunikationsstrategien von AkteurInnen aus Deutschland und Österreich [Adoption of media logic? An investigation of political communication strategies of actors in Germany and Austria]. Ozp – Austrian Journal Of Political Science, 47, 1-16. doi:10.15203/ozp.2387.vol47iss1
- . (2016). Kontakt mit Andersdenkenden im Social Web: Chance oder Gefahr für die politische Partizipation? Ergebnisse einer Befragung österreichischer UserInnen [Disagreement in social media: Chance or threat for political participation? Results of a survey among Austrian users]. In D. Bertel, Himmelsbach, J., Krakovsky, C., Metzler, B., Riedl, A., & Möller, L. (Eds.), Junge Perspektiven auf Partizipation in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Beiträge zur ersten under.docs - Fachtagung zu Kommunikation [Young perspectives on participation in the past and the present] (pp. 300-323). Wien: danzig & unfried.
Other Articles and Book Chapters
Other Articles and Book Chapters
- . (2021). Qualität des Nachrichtenangebots in Deutschland. Empirische Kernbefunde aus dem ländervergleichenden Projekt „Media Performance and Democracy“ [Quality of German news coverage]. Media Perspektiven, 9, 430-449. Retrieved from https://www.ard-werbung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/media-perspektiven/pdf/2021/2109_Stark_u.a.pdf
- . (2017). Medienvertrauen und Informationsverhalten von politischen Zweiflern und Entfremdeten [Media trust and information seeking of people with high political skepticism and low political efficacy]. Media Perspektiven, 11, 438-454. Retrieved from https://www.ard-werbung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/media-perspektiven/pdf/2017/1117_vanEimeren_Simon_Riedl.pdf
Popular Articles and Book Chapters
Popular Articles and Book Chapters
- . (2021). Warum Frauen in politischer Berichterstattung kaum sichtbar sind [Why women are barely visible in political news]. Derstandard.at. Retrieved from https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000128183917/warum-frauen-in-politischer-berichterstattung-kaum-sichtbar-sind
- . (2020). Erwartungen an die Corona-Berichterstattung: Vom Wachhund zum Schoßhund? [Audience Expectations of Coronavirus Reporting: From Watchdog to Lapdog?]. Blog - Austrian Corona Panel Project / Universität Wien. Retrieved from https://viecer.univie.ac.at/corona-blog/corona-blog-beitraege/blog40/
- . (2019). Was Journalismus mit Anerkennung zu tun hat [What journalism has to do with recognition]. Derstandard.at. Retrieved from https://derstandard.at/2000105597990/Was-Journalismus-mit-Anerkennung-zu-tun-hat
- . (2016). Review of: "Die nächste Öffentlichkeit: Theorieentwurf und Szenarien" of Olaf Hoffjann & Hans-Jürgen Arlt. Medien &Amp; Zeit, 31, 70-72.
Lectures
Keynotes
Keynotes
Invited Lectures
Invited Lectures
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09/11/2022
, Wien
Riedl, A. Krakovsky, Ch. Rohrbach, T.
A long way to go: Journalistische Einflüsse auf Gender-Vielfalt in österreichischen Medien. [A long way to go: Journalistic influences on gender diversity in Austrian media.]
VERLOTTERN? VERTEUFELN? VERHUNGERN? Qualitätsjournalismus unter Druck! 24. Journalistinnenkongress -
28/09/2021
, Wien
Riedl, A., Krakovsky, C., & Rohrbach, T.
Journalistic factors influencing the representation of women in political news coverage: Results of a mixed methods study
Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series, Vienna Centre for Societal Security (VICESSE)
Other Lectures
Other Lectures
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30/05/2022
, Paris
Riedl, A. Rohrbach, T. Krakovsky, Ch.
Journalistic Drivers of Women’s Representation in Political News. A Mixed Methods Study
72nd Annual ICA Conference: One World, One Network‽ -
28/05/2022
, Paris
Kösters, R. Magin, M. Jandura, O. Stark, B. Udris, L. Klein, M. Riedl, A. Weiß, R.
Diverse Core, Unbalanced Fringes: Assessing the Performance of German News Media when Covering Migration
72nd Annual ICA Conference: One World, One Network‽ -
15/10/2021
, Florenz
Jandura, O. Riedl, A. Stark, B. Magin, M. Udris, L.
Wer kommt wo zu Wort? Zur gesellschaftlichen Repräsentationsleistung analoger und digitaler Medienangebote in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz [online]
„Medien und Demokratie im Zeichen der Digitalisierung“ -
28/09/2021
, Geneva
Udris, L., Eisenegger, M., Häuptli, A., Hofstetter, B., Jandura, O., Magin, M., Riedl, A., Stark, B. & Steiner, M.
Contribution to diversity? A comparative analysis of different notions of diversity in public service media and the press in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland [online; postponed from 2020]
Conference of the International Association of Public Media Researchers / RIPE@2020 -
22/09/2021
, Magdeburg
Riedl, A. Rohrbach, T. Krakovsky, C.
Journalistische Einflussfaktoren auf die mediale Repräsentanz von Frauen in politischer Berichterstattung. Ergebnisse einer Mixed Methods-Studie
"Medien und Ungleichheiten. (Trans-)nationale Perspektiven auf Geschlecht, Diversität und Identität" - Gemeinsame Jahrestagung 2021 der FG Internationale und Interkulturelle Kommunikation und Medien, Öffentlichkeit und Geschlecht DGPuK -
07/09/2021
, Braga
Magin, M., Eisenegger, M., Häuptli, A., Hofstetter, B., Kösters, R., Riedl, A., Stark, B., Steiner, M. Udris, L. & Weiß, R.
Seeing the whole picture: Dimensions of media diversity in German, Austrian, and Swiss news media [online; postponed from 2020]
8th European Communication Conference -
11/07/2021
, Nairobi
Riedl, A. Rohrbach, T. Krakovsky, C.
Mr. Gates and his Boy’s Club? Understanding Gender Representations in Political News Coverage [online]
Annual Conference of the IAMCR -
27/05/2021
, Washington, DC
Riedl, A.
Passion and profession: Understanding journalists’ use of emotions in political news coverage [online]
71st Annual ICA Conference -
08/04/2021
, Zürich
Riedl, Andreas Steiner, Miriam Beaufort, Maren Eisenegger, Mark Hasebrink, Uwe Hofstetter, Brigitte Hölig, Sascha Jandura, Olaf Jarren Otfried Kösters, Raphael Magin, Melanie Mahrt, Mehra Oehmer, Franziska Partilla Guix, Ricardo Seethaler, Josef Stark, Birgit Trappel, Josef Udris, Linards Weiß, Ralph
Medienqualität in Zeiten des Wandels: Eine multiperspektivische Analyse in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz [Media quality in times of change: A multi-perspective analysis in Germany, Austria and Switzerland]
Dreiländertagung für Kommunikationswissenschaft DGPuK, ÖGK und SGKM -
08/04/2021
, Zürich
Udris, Linards Magin, Melanie Stark, Birgit Riedl, Andreas Steiner, Miriam Hasebrink, Uwe Parilla, Ricardo Hofstetter, Brigitte Eisenegger, Mark Jandura, Olaf
Contribution to diversity? A comparative analysis of different notions of diversity in public service media and the press in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
Dreiländertagung für Kommunikationswissenschaft DGPuK, ÖGK und SGKM -
08/04/2021
, Zürich
Magin, Melanie Stark, Birgit Steiner, Miriam Riedl, Andreas Hofstetter, Birgitte
Vielfalt ist nicht gleich Vielfalt [Diversity does not equal diversity]
Dreiländertagung für Kommunikationswissenschaft DGPuK, ÖGK und SGKM -
11/03/2020
, München
Eberl, Jakob-Moritz Riedl, Andreas
Citizens’ Expectations Of Journalism: What’s Politics got to do with it?
65th Annual Conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) -
26/05/2019
, Washington, D.C.
Riedl, Andreas Maurer, Peter
Why bite the hand that feeds you? Politicians’ and journalists’ perceptions of common conflicts
69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) -
24/05/2019
, Washington, D.C.
Riedl, Andreas
What drives the democratic quality of journalistic news coverage?
5th ICA Journalism Studies Graduate Student Colloquium at the 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association -
15/02/2019
, Vienna
Riedl, Andreas
Media logic leads to success in agenda-control in political TV-interviews – Evidence from a long-term study
ECREA Journalism Studies Conference -
14/09/2018
, Barcelona
Riedl, Andreas
Rethinking the Role of Journalism in Changing Democratic Environments: Towards a Theoretical-Empirical Process-Model
Rethinking Theories and Concepts of Mediated Communication: Conference of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Nanyang Technological University -
24/05/2018
, Prague
Riedl, Andreas Dollsack, Sophia
Who gives whom a voice? Inter-gender interactions in 35 years of political TV-talks
ICA Preconference "Media, Gender and Sexuality in Europe" -
15/11/2017
, Malaga
Riedl, Andreas
Does adopting media logic lead to communicative success in political TV interviews? Communicative strategies in thirty yars of televised talks with Austrian party leaders
ECREA Television Studies section conference "The Future of European Television: Between Transnationalism and Euroscepticism" -
25/05/2017
, San Diego, CA
Riedl, Andreas Lauerer, Corinna
Journalistic role perceptions as an expression of democratic potentials? Comparative evidence for the democratic orientation of European journalists
Preconference "Media Performance and Democracy - The Debate Continues" to the ICA 67th Annual Conference -
01/04/2017
, Düsseldorf
Riedl, Andreas
Journalistische Selbstverständnisse als Ausdruck demokratischer Potentiale? Demokratietheoretisch fundierte Ergebnisse einer Befragung österreichischer JournalistInnen [Journalistic role perceptions as an expression of democratic potentials?]
13. Düsseldorfer Forum Politische Kommunikation -
11/11/2016
, Prague
Riedl, Andreas Lohmann, Marie-Isabell Seethaler, Josef
Changing notions of democracy – changing roles of journalism? Results of a multi-method study in Austria
6th European Communication Conference – ECREA -
11/11/2016
, Prague
Riedl, Andreas Mühl, Birgit Maurer, Peter
Comparing communication strategies of political actors between Austria and Germany: A different significance of media logic for politicians when trying to focus public attention on "Their" issues?
6th European Communication Conference – ECREA -
25/06/2016
, Kassel
Riedl, Andreas
Welche JournalistInnen für welche Demokratie? Demokratietheoretisch abgeleitete Selbstverständnisse bei österreichischen JournalistInnen im Spiegel gegenwärtiger journalistischer Wandlungsprozesse [Which journalists for which democracy? ]
8. Kolloquium des Nachwuchsnetzwerks politische Kommunikation (NapoKo) -
14/11/2015
, Wien
Riedl, Andreas
Kontakt mit Andersdenkenden im Social Web: Chance oder Gefahr für die politische Partizipation? Ergebnisse einer Befragung österreichischer UserInnen [Disagreement in Social Media: Chance or Threat for Political Participation?]
under.docs - Fachtagung junger Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
Popular Lectures
Popular Lectures
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31/07/2019
, Vienna
Riedl, Andreas
Kommunikationswissenschafter Riedl über die "Sommergespräche" [Communication Scholar Andreas Riedl about the "Sommergespräche"] [Interview mit Gaby Konrad]
Mittag in Österreich (ORF 2) -
31/07/2019
, Vienna
Riedl, Andreas
Studie über "Sommergespräche" [Study about the "Sommergespräche"] [Interview]
Zeit im Bild 1 (ORF 2) -
29/03/2019
, Wien
Riedl, Andreas Lohmann, Marie-Isabell Seethaler, Josef
Medienkonzentration in Österreich: Eine Langzeitanalyse [Media concentration in Austria: A long-term analysis]
Kulturerbe Web: Wie man Online-Medien sammelt und auch in Zukunft nutzen kann. Tagung zum 10-jährigen Jubiläum des Webarchivs der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek -
25/11/2016
, Wien
Riedl, Andreas Möller, Lara
Vorstellung der under.docs - Verein zur Förderung von NachwuchsforscherInnen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften
Tag des SOWI-Doktorats 2016 des Graduiertenzentrums der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften an der Universität Wien