1975 – 1980; 1984 – 1989: Dr. med. (Medicine), University of Vienna

1973 – 1974: Postdoc-Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, PA

1969 – 1971: M.A. (Theater studies), State University of New York, Binghamton

1965 – 1971: Dr. phil. (Theater studies, Logistics), University of Vienna

Since 2013: Consultant of the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Klagenfurt

2015: Lecturer at the Alpen Adria University Klagenfurt, Department of Media and Communications Science

2011 – 2013: Lecturer at the University of Salzburg, Department of Communication Science

1995 – 2010: Senior Scientist at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Commission for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (formerly: Commission for Mass Communication History)

1991 – 1994: Junior Scientist at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Commission for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (formerly: Commission for Mass Communication History)

1989 – 1990: Research Assistant in various research projects funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the Federal Ministry of Science and Research based at the Austrian Academy of Sciences

1974 – 1988: Research Assistant at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Audience Research

2009: Werner Welzig Award of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (together with Josef Seethaler)

1983; 1985; 1987: Research visits at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin (funded by the Scientists’ Exchange Program of the Austrian Academy of Sciences)

1973 – 1974: Postdoc-Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, PA (funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research)

1973 Theodor Körner Award of Sciences and Arts

1971 Fulbright Travel Grant: State University of New York, Binghamton

Since 2020: Member of the Working Group History of Medicine and Medical/Health Humanities of the Commission for the History and Philosophy of Sciences

Since 2020: Reviewer for the International Communication Association (ICA)

Since 2016: Expert for the Electoral Integrity Project, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney

Since 2013: Reviewer for the OeNB Anniversary Fund

2013: Member of the jury for the DGPuK prize for the best German journal article

Since 2011: Reviewer for the Czech Science Foundation

2010-2018: Member of the National Working Group on the Future of Austrian Democracy of the Austrian Research Association ÖFG

Since 2009: Member of the Editorial Board “Transkulturelle Forschungen an den Österreich Bibliotheken im Ausland”

2008 – 2011: Member of the Commission for the "Fackel" Text Dictionary

Since 2008: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the "Deutsche Presseforschung", University of Bremen

2007: Head of the jury for the DGPuK Prize for the best German journal article

Since 2006: Reviewer for Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research

2005-2022: Consultant for the International Cultural Policy Section of the Austrian Foreign Ministry

1998 – 2002: Member of the Commission for Culture Studies and History of Theatre at the Austrian Academy of Sciences

International Communication Association (ICA) 

European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)

German Communication Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / DGPuK)

Changing Media – Changing Democracy? Exploring the Democratic Potential of Social Media. 20 Anniversary Conference of the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies along with the 4th Research Conference of the Austrian Research Association – Working Group on Democracy and the 2014 Workshop of the “Network Media Structures”, Vienna, 6-7 November 2014

Annual Conference of the International and Intercultural Communication Section of the German Communication Association (with the Austrian Foreign Ministry and the Comenius University Bratislava), Vienna, 4-5 October 2013

Workshop on Agenda-Setting: In Honour of Professor Maxwell McCombs (with the Department of Communication at the University of Vienna), Vienna, 22 June 2011

“Hedy Lamarr-Lectures” (with Medienhaus Wien and Telekom Austria Group), Wien, 2010-2015

Wissenschaft und Medien: Ein gestörtes Verhältnis? [Science and the Media: A Disturbed relationship?] Vienna, 11 November 2010

War, Media, and the Public Sphere: An International Symposium (with the Department of Media and Communication Sciences, University of Klagenfurt), Vienna, 5-7 March 2009

Medien und Kommunikationsforschung im Vergleich [Media and Communication Research in Comparative Perspective] (with the University of Mainz), Vienna, 10-11 November 2006

2nd Roundtable on the Monitoring of the Austrian newspaper market, Vienna, 24 October 2004

1st Roundtable on the Monitoring of the Austrian newspaper market, Vienna, 23 January 2003

Wahlen und Politikvermittlung durch Massenmedien [Elections and Mass Mediated Politics] (with the Institute for Press Research of Dortmund and the Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research at the University of Hamburg), Vienna, 17-18 April 1998

Pressedokumentation – Presseauswertung [Documentation and Analysis of Newspapers] (with the Austrian Society of Communication), Vienna, 8-9 April 1994

International Conference on Cultural Indicators for the Comparative Study of Culture (with the University of Gothenburg, and the Catholic University of Nijmegen), Vienna, 16-19 February 1982 

2011 – 2012: Thematisierungsscheu der Politik? Eine quantitativ-qualitative Analyse der Themensetzungsstrategien von Parteien und Medien im Wahljahr 2008 [Avoiding Agenda-Setting? Political and Media Issues in the 2008 Austrian Election Campaign] (funded by the City of Vienna)

2008 – 2009: Vom Medienkanzler zur Mediendemokratie [From Bruno Kreisky, the "Media Chancellor", to "Media Democracy"? Media and Politics in the Seventies and Today] (co-author; funded by the Anniversary Fund of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank / OeNB)

2007 – 2012: Continuity and Change in Austrian Campaign Communication Since 1966 (funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF)

2007 – 2008: Europäische Öffentlichkeit und nationale Mediendiskurse am Beispiel der Berichterstattung der österreichischen Boulevard- und Lokalpresse über die US-Wahl 2004 [Europeanization of National Media Discourses? The Case of the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election Coverage in Austria] (co-author; funded by the City of Vienna)

2005 – 2006: Das Image der amerikanischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten in den Wiener Qualitätszeitungen “Die Presse” und “Der Standard” im europäischen Vergleich [Images of the U.S. Presidential Candidates in the Austrian Quality Press] (co-author; funded by the City of Vienna)

2004 – 2005: Erfolg und Misserfolg in der Wahlberichterstattung der Wiener Tageszeitungen am Beispiel der Nationalratswahlen 1999 und 2002 [Press Coverage of Austrian Elections, 1999-2002: Success and Failure as Common Elements] (co-author; funded by the City of Vienna)

2003 – 2004: Das inhaltliche Angebot der österreichischen Tagespresse [The Offered Content of Austrian Newspapers] (co-author; funded by the City of Vienna)

2002 – 2005: Demokratiegefährdende Tendenzen in der Politikvermittlung [Jeopardizing democracy? Press Coverage of Austrian Elections, 1927-1932] (co-author; funded by the Anniversary Fund of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank / OeNB)

2002 – 2003: Der österreichische Pressemarkt im europäischen Vergleich [The Austrian Newspaper Market in Comparison with other European Markets] (co-author; funded by the City of Vienna)

2000 – 2001: Zerfall der Öffentlichkeit [The Disintegration of Public Spheres] (co-author; funded by the City of Vienna)

1999 – 2000: Massenpresse und Urbanisierung [Popular Press and Urbanization] (co-author; funded by the City of Vienna)

1998 – 1999: Selbstdarstellungen der Wiener Tageszeitungen in der Ersten Republik [Self-Perception of Viennese Daily Papers During the First Austrian Republic] (co-author; funded by the City of Vienna)

1997 – 1998: Dokumentation der Wiener Tagespresse seit 1955 [The Viennese Daily Papers since 1955 (co-author; funded by the City of Vienna)

1996 – 1997: Die Wiener Tagespresse 1945-1955 [The Viennese Daily Newspapers, 1945-1955] (co-author; funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF)

1996 – 1997: Presse und Politikvermittlung am Beispiel der Wahlberichterstattung der Ersten Republik [Newspapers and Mediated Politics: Election Coverage During the First Republic] (co-author; funded by the City of Vienna)

1995 – 1996: Wahrnehmungs- und Bewertungsmuster der nationalsozialistischen Wahlerfolge 1930/32 [Perception and Evaluation of the NSDAP’s Electoral Success 1930-1932] (funded by the City of Vienna)

1994 – 1995: Institutionelle Struktur der Wiener Tagespresse 1918-1938 [The Institutional Structure of the Viennese Daily Newspapers Industry, 1918-1938] (co-author; funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF)

1992 – 1993: Dokumentation der Wiener Tageszeitungen 1938-1945 [Viennese Daily Newspapers 1938-1945] (with Josef Seethaler; funded by the Austrian Newspaper Association / VÖZ)

1991 – 1993: Dokumentation der Berliner Tageszeitungen 1918-1933 [The Berlin Newspapers, 1918-1938] (co-author; funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF)

1991 – 1993: Dokumentation der Wahlberichterstattung 1919 [Election Coverage of the First Austrian National Election 1919] (with Josef Seethaler; funded by the Creditanstalt-Bankverein)

1991 – 1992: Datenbankorientierte historische Pressedokumentation [Database Oriented Historic Newspaper Documentation (co-author; funded by the Anniversary Fund of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank / OeNB)

1991 – 1992: Analyse der politischen Positionen in der Kulturberichterstattung der Berliner und Wiener Tagespresse 1925 [Political Messages in the Cultural Section of the Daily Press in Berlin and Vienna, 1925] (funded by the City of Vienna)

1991: Analyse der politischen Positionen in der Kulturberichterstattung der Berliner und Wiener Tagespresse 1929/30 [Political Messages in the Cultural Section of the Daily Press in Berlin and Vienna, 1929-1930] (funded by the Austrian Federal Chancellery)

1991: Dokumentation der Berliner Tageszeitungen 1918-1933 [The Berlin Daily Press, 1918-1933] (funded by the Erste Bank)

1990: Preparing an Information and Documentation Observatory of the Austrian Press (with Josef Seethaler; funded by the Federal Ministry of Science and Research)

1989 – 1990: Vergleichende Analyse von Theaterkritik über Aufführungen unter der Regie von Max Reinhardt in Wien und Berlin 1918-1938 [Comparative Analysis of Reviews of Theater Productions Directed by Max Reinhardt in Vienna and Berlin, 1918-1938] (funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF)

1988 – 1992: Dokumentation der Wiener Tageszeitungen 1918-1938 [Viennese Daily Newspapers 1918-1938] (with Josef Seethaler; funded by the Federal Ministry of Science and Research and by the Austrian Newspaper Association / VÖZ)