Marie Rathmann, MA BA

Project Staff (OeAW/EU)

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


Email: marie.rathmann(at)oeaw.ac.at

Marie Rathmann is a pre-doctoral research fellow at the CMC since mid-2023. Her research focuses on journalism, media accountability, and diversity. She is currently involved in the Horizon Europe project “Fostering capacity building for civic resilience and participation: Dialogic communication ethics and accountability” (DIACOMET), where she is exploring the role of dialogic communication in existing ethical codes and guidelines for public communication. Her PhD thesis at the University of Klagenfurt builds on the DIACOMET vision while offering a new perspective by investigating the effectiveness of written measures against discrimination in journalism. Previously, Marie worked as a student assistant at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research in Hamburg on the project "Worlds of Journalism." She also contributed to the project "Learning and Doing for Gender Advocacy" at the University of Vienna, which focused on countering gender-based violence through the media (blog: let’s talk equal).

Research interests

Agenda-setting, digital-aged dynamics, the role of the media in times of crises, gender issues and intersectionality.

Current Projects

Polarization and the Corona crisis

Fostering capacity building for civic resilience and participation: Dialogic communication ethics and accountability (DIACOMET)

 

Academic Education

2021 – 2023: Master of Arts at University of Vienna

Journalism and Communication Studies. Master's Thesis: „We stand with Ukraine – Google trends with Ukraine - Eine Fallstudie zum Zusammenhang der medialen Berichterstattung über den Krieg in der Ukraine 2022 mit Online-Suchanfragen im D-A-CH-Raum“.

 

2017 – 2021: Bachelor of Arts at University of Vienna

Journalism and Communication Studies. Bachelor's Thesis: „Die COVID-19 Pandemie 2020 ; Zusammenhang der medialen Berichterstattung mit Online-Suchanfragen über Schutzmaßnahmen in Österreich“.

Professional Career

2023 – December 2023: Project Staff at Austrian Academy of Sciences

Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies. Team: Media Accountability & Media Change. Project: „Auseinandersetzung mit Pandemien und deren Folgen - Polarisierung in Medien und Öffentlichkeit“. Lead: Tobias Eberwein.

 

2022 – 2023: Student Assistant at Leibniz Institute for Media Research

Hans-Bredow-Institute, Hamburg. Project: "Worlds-of-Journalism - Journalism under Duress: Risk and Uncertainty in a Changing Mediascape". Lead: Prof. Dr. Wiebke Loosen and Dipl.-Germ. Univ. Anna von Garmissen.

 

2022: Project Staff at University of Vienna

Department of Communication. Project: "Learning and doing for gender advocacy - A UniTWIN European teaching partnership on ‘Countering gender-based violence in and through the media’ ". Lead: DDr. phil. et iur. Krisztina Rozgonyi, MBA.

 

2020: Internship at Austrian Broadcasting

ORF Market and Media Research Department. Lead: Mag. Eva Sassmann.

Books and Monographs

Other Articles and Book Chapters

  • Journalismus in der Krise. Eine Interviewstudie mit Medienschaffenden während der COVID-19-Pandemie [Journalism in crisis: An interview study with media practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic]. / Eberwein, T; Rathmann, M; Woschnagg, F et al.
    Nach Corona. Reflexionen für zukünftige Krisen.. Wien: Verlag der ÖAW, 2023. S. 35-43.
    DOIRISENWBIB

Popular Articles and Book Chapters

  • Dialog als Investment: Maßnahmen für Medien der Zukunft [Dialogue as an investment: Measures for the media of the future]. / Eberwein, Tobias; Rathmann, Marie.
    in: Public Value Texte, Jahrgang 30, 03.03.2026, S. 49-52.
    WebsiteRISENWBIB
  • Lehren aus der Coronakrise: Österreichs Medienschaffende blicken zurück [Lessons from the Coronavirus crisis: Austria’s media professionals look back]. / Eberwein, Tobias; Rathmann, Marie; Woschnagg, Florian.
    2025. (Verband Österreichischer Zeitungen ).
    RISENWBIB


Lectures

Invited Lectures

  • Klagenfurt

    Dialogic communication ethics and accountability: Results from a European study

    Eberwein, T. (Speaker), Förster, S. (Speaker), Krakovsky, C. (Speaker), Lindmeyr, M. S. (Speaker), Rathmann, M. (Speaker) & Braun-Rozgonyi, K. (Speaker)

    14 Jan 2026

Other Lectures

  • Salzburg

    Zukunft dialogische Öffentlichkeiten: Dialog als kommunikatives Instrument gegen polarisierende und populistische Narrative [The future of dialogical public spheres: Dialogue as a communicative tool against polarizing and populist narratives]

    Krakovsky, C. (Speaker), Rathmann, M. (Speaker), Lindmeyr, M. S. (Speaker), Förster, S. (Speaker), Braun-Rozgonyi, K. (Speaker) & Eberwein, T. (Speaker)

    6 May 2026 → 8 May 2026

  • Dortmund

    Stille Steuerung: Wie ökonomische und politische Abhängigkeiten den demokratischen Diskurs in Österreich gefährden [Silent control: How economic and political dependencies threaten democratic discourse in Austria]

    Lindmeyr, M. S. (Speaker), Krakovsky, C. (Speaker), Eberwein, T. (Speaker), Rathmann, M. (Speaker), Förster, S. (Speaker) & Braun-Rozgonyi, K. (Speaker)

    18 Mar 2026 → 20 Mar 2026

  • München

    Dialog als Dilemma: Chancen und Grenzen einer inklusiven Ethik öffentlicher Kommunikation – am Beispiel Österreich [Dialogue as a dilemma: Opportunities and limitations of an inclusive ethic of public communication – the case of Austria]

    Eberwein, T. (Speaker), Förster, S. (Speaker), Krakovsky, C. (Speaker), Lindmeyr, M. S. (Speaker), Rathmann, M. (Speaker) & Braun-Rozgonyi, K. (Speaker)

    5 Feb 2026

  • Klagenfurt

    Ambivalenzen öffentlicher Kommunikation: Exklusionsmechanismen und Partizipationspotenziale in hybriden Kommunikationsräumen [Ambivalences of public communication: Exclusion mechanisms and participation potential in hybrid communication spaces]

    Förster, S. (Speaker), Lindmeyr, M. S. (Speaker), Krakovsky, C. (Speaker), Rathmann, M. (Speaker), Braun-Rozgonyi, K. (Speaker) & Eberwein, T. (Speaker)

    22 Jan 2026

  • Tübingen

    Mitten im Schlaglicht – und doch nicht sichtbar: Öffentlichkeitsdynamiken aus Sicht marginalisierter Akteur:innen in Österreich [In the spotlight – yet invisible: Public dynamics from the perspective of marginalized actors in Austria]

    Krakovsky, C. (Speaker), Lindmeyr, M. S. (Speaker), Eberwein, T. ((Co-)Author), Rathmann, M. ((Co-)Author), Förster, S. ((Co-)Author) & Braun-Rozgonyi, K. ((Co-)Author)

    19 Nov 2025

  • Dubrovnik

    AI in public communication: Governance and accountability mechanisms in journalism, strategic communication and education

    Milosavljevic, M. (Speaker), Braun-Rozgonyi, K. ((Co-)Author), Parder, M.-L. ((Co-)Author), Porlezza, C. ((Co-)Author), Amigo, L. ((Co-)Author), Eberwein, T. ((Co-)Author) & Rathmann, M. ((Co-)Author)

    22 Oct 2025

  • Universität Münster

    Zwischen Vielfalt und Vorurteilen: Das Spannungsfeld rund um Diversität und Diskriminierung in Kodizes des öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks in Deutschland

    Rathmann, M. (Speaker)

    25 Sep 2025

  • Cardiff

    Breaking barriers: Dialogue as a tool for journalism to counter polarised and populist narratives

    Rathmann, M. (Speaker), Krakovsky, C. (Speaker), Braun-Rozgonyi, K. (Speaker) & Eberwein, T. (Speaker)

    11 Sep 2025 → 12 Sep 2025

  • San Francisco

    Tomorrow never knows: On the role of ethical codes and guidelines in journalism’s uncertain future

    Eberwein, T. (Speaker), Uszkiewicz, E. (Speaker), Amigo, L. (Speaker), Bunevičienė, I. (Speaker), Duvekot, S. (Speaker), Heikkilä, H. (Speaker), Juurik, M. (Speaker), Lauk, E. (Speaker), Kovačič, P. (Speaker), Rathmann, M. (Speaker) & Braun-Rozgonyi, K. (Speaker)

    9 Aug 2025

  • Singapore

    Many voices, shared responsibility? Principles of dialogic communication in international codes of ethics – a comparative analysis

    Eberwein, T. ((Co-)Author), Rathmann, M. (Speaker), Braun-Rozgonyi, K. ((Co-)Author) & Amigo, L. ((Co-)Author)

    14 Jul 2025

  • Vienna

    Responsible use of AI in public communication: Discourses about accountability measures and governance options – A comparative analysis in Europe

    Rathmann, M. (Speaker), Eberwein, T. ((Co-)Author), Braun-Rozgonyi, K. ((Co-)Author), Amigo, L. ((Co-)Author), Milosavljević, M. (Speaker), Parder, M.-L. ((Co-)Author) & Porlezza, C. ((Co-)Author)

    24 Jun 2025

  • Zadar

    Lessons learned? Opportunities of dialogic communication ethics in transforming media landscapes

    Rathmann, M. (Speaker), Eberwein, T. ((Co-)Author), Amigo, L. (Speaker), Biljak Gerjevič, R. (Speaker), Duvekot, S. ((Co-)Author), Juraite, K. ((Co-)Author), Juurik, M. ((Co-)Author), Lauk, E. ((Co-)Author), Braun-Rozgonyi, K. ((Co-)Author), Tolonen, E. ((Co-)Author) & Uszkiewicz, E. ((Co-)Author)

    6 Jun 2025

  • Rotterdam

    AI in public communication: Governance and accountability mechanisms for democratic control

    Braun-Rozgonyi, K. ((Co-)Author), Parder, M. ((Co-)Author), Porlezza, C. ((Co-)Author), Amigo, L. (Speaker), Eberwein, T. ((Co-)Author), Milosavljević, M. ((Co-)Author) & Rathmann, M. (Speaker)

    22 May 2025

  • Vienna

    Diverse Öffentlichkeit? [Diverse public?]

    Krakovsky, C. (Speaker), Braun-Rozgonyi, K. (Speaker), Asboth, E. T. (Speaker), Schulz-Tomancok, A. (Speaker) & Rathmann, M. (Speaker)

    23 Apr 2025

  • Berlin

    Dialogische Kommunikationsethik: Auf der Suche nach einer gemeinsamen Wertebasis für Medien und Gesellschaft [Dialogical communication ethics: In search of a common set of values for the media and society]

    Eberwein, T. (Speaker), Amigo, L. ((Co-)Author), Krakovsky, C. ((Co-)Author), Porlezza, C. ((Co-)Author), Rathmann, M. ((Co-)Author) & Braun-Rozgonyi, K. ((Co-)Author)

    20 Mar 2025

  • Prague

    Beacons in unknown territory? How codes of ethics can (and cannot) safeguard free and responsible media

    Uszkiewicz, E. (Speaker), Eberwein, T. (Speaker), Rathmann, M. (Speaker) & Braun-Rozgonyi, K. (Speaker)

    10 Feb 2025

Popular Lectures

  • Wien

    Digital Reality Check. Kleine Entscheidungen – große Wirkung?

    Schulz-Tomancok, A. (Speaker), Lindmeyr, M. S. ((Co-)Author), Rathmann, M. (Speaker), Krakovsky, C. (Speaker) & Asboth, E. T. (Speaker)

    23 Apr 2026

  • Vienna

    Digital Reality Check – Deine Entscheidungen Im Netz. [Digital Reality Check – Your decisions online]

    Krakovsky, C. (Speaker), Lindmeyr, M. S. (Speaker), Rathmann, M. (Speaker) & Buschkotte, K. (Speaker)

    25 Nov 2025

  • Wien

    Digital Reality Check – Deine Entscheidungen im Netz. [Digital Reality Check – Your decisions online]. (Vortrag im Rahmen von „Akademie im Klassenzimmer“)

    Krakovsky, C. (Speaker), Lindmeyr, M. S. (Speaker), Rathmann, M. (Speaker) & Konrad, H. (Speaker)

    27 Mar 2025