Main research
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Narrative Experience and Persuasion
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Environmental Communication
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Cultivation
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Qualitative and quantitative methods and methodology
Third-party fund projects
De- and restabilisation of evidence in the corona crisis (2021-2023)
DFG project, linked to the DFG research group 2448 "Practicing Evidence - Evidencing Practice", Helena Bilandzic & Susanne Kinnebrock from the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Augsburg are involved.
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The project aims to investigate how the production, communication and social negotiation of scientific evidence on COVID-19 take place under the conditions of the Corona crisis. The rapid dissemination of COVID-19 and the associated pressure to act and make decisions increase the need for trustworthy scientific knowledge: contradictory experts, frequently corrected figures, statistics and recommendations, as well as the intensive medialisation of dissent and conflicts also feed scepticism towards established sources of evidence. Against this background, this interdisciplinary project aims to investigate the de- and restabilisation of scientific evidence in the corona crisis. Four central arenas of the negotiation of evidence on COVID-19 will be examined (scientific research, medical practice, science journalism and social media). The sub-project by Helena Bilandzic and Susanne Kinnebrock is dedicated to science journalism: media coverage of scientific work and findings on COVID-19 will be examined with the help of a quantitative content analysis.
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Impact potentials of narrative evidence in reporting on genetic research (2020-2024)
DFG project, 2020-2024, Helena Bilandzic & Susanne Kinnebrock
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The project is dedicated to the design and impact of evidence practices typical of journalism on the topic of genetic research, with a focus on narration that is close to everyday life and generally understandable. The project is part of the DFG research group "Practicing Evidence - Evidencing Practice. Evidenzpraktiken in Wissenschaft, 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏izin, Technik und Gesellschaft" (Evidence Practices in Science, 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏icine, Technology and Society) and in the first phase, which ended in 2020, examined evidence practices in German print and TV reporting on genetic research with a quantitative content analysis. Three types of stories emerged: Narratives about (1) the research process and the course of the study, (2) researcher personalities and (3) the persons researched or affected. The aim of the follow-up project is to shed light on the differential effects of these narrative types. In three coordinated experiments with cross-sectional samples, the effect on the memory and understanding of scientific criteria as well as the credibility of studies and researchers will be investigated.
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Evidence-based health information for pulmonary embolism patients in the post-acute phase of treatment (2020-2023)
Helena Bilandzic & Anja Kalch
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Pulmonary embolisms rank among the third most frequent cardiovascular diseases in Germany. Nevertheless, the amount of reliable, disease-specific patient information on this topic is low. This project tests communicative strategies for patient information brochures. Different types of narratives will provide affected patients with knowledge about the disease and its consequences. The overall objective is to strengthen patients' self-efficacy beliefs about their coping skills and to improve their quality of life.
This project is funded by the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA).
It is a project cooperation between the Department of Epidemiology of UNIKA-T Augsburg, the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 Hospital Augsburg, and the Techniker Krankenkasse.
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DFG-project: Effects of narrative evidence in science news coverage of genomic research (2020-2024)
Helena Bilandzic & Susanne Kinnebrock
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This project investigates the strategies used by journalists to provide evidence for scientific claims in science news and how such ‘evidencing practices’ ultimately affect the audience.? Specifically, we consider narratives as evidencing practices as they allow an intuitive understanding of complex scientific issues.
- In the first phase of this project, print and televised German news reports on genomic research were examined for evidencing practices in a content analysis. Results show that almost half of the scientific claims reported are accompanied by narratives. In addition, narratives do not stand alone, but are most often combined with other evidencing practices (i.e. references to authorities or data). Narratives are used to support scientific claims and only rarely to contradict them. Generally, the narratives found in science coverage have a rich narrative quality (or high level of narrativity). Three types of narratives have emerged: stories of (1) the research process and the course of the study, (2) scientists conducting the research and (3) people benefitting from the research or being affected by it.
- The second phase of the project is driven by this differentiated view of narratives in science news coverage. Following theories of narrative processing and persuasion, we assume that different types of stories have different effects on audiences. Also, we expect that narrativity (the way in which the plot, the structure and the language of a story are elaborated) plays a significant role. The goal of the second phase is to explore such differential effects of narratives. Three consecutive experiments with cross-sectional samples investigate the effects of narratives on recall, understanding of scientific criteria, and the credibility of studies and researchers. We will systematically investigate the effects of the three types of narratives and of lower or higher levels of narrativity. Narrative engagement – the subjective experience of being immersed in a story – serves as a central mediator.
After having analyzed the dynamics between destabilizing and restabilizing forces on scientific evidence in the content analysis of phase one, we consider this interaction and subject it to a careful test: the second phase specifically investigates the conditions under which stabilizing effects of science narratives actually occur on an individual level. By considering the effects of?different narratives of science on audiences, this project explores a mode of communication that is relevant for communicating and negotiating between different cultures of evidencing. In doing so, the project supports a central tenet of the research group by providing insight into the way in which individuals interpret, learn about and accept scientific evidence.
The project will contribute to the fields of narrative persuasion and science communication by developing a differentiated theoretical account of media narratives, and testing specific mechanisms of effects.
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Completed Research Projects
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- Narrative as a mode of evidence in public discourse about genetic research
DFG project, 2017-2020, Susanne Kinnebrock & Helena Bilandzic
- Television stories and social reality: Moral effects and the role of emotional processes
DFG project, 2013-2016, Helena Bilandzic
- Television stories and social reality: Narrative-specific effects, their mechanisms, and interactions with personal experience
DFG project, 2013-2016, Helena Bilandzic
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Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies
Wissenschaftliches Netzwerk, F?rderung durch das europ?ische COST-Programm, Laufzeit vier Jahre?
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Entertainment-Education serial dramas for reducing inter-ethnic conflict and prejudice in former war regions
F?rderung durch Search for Common Ground, Washington, D.C.
- The effect of fictional television messages: Narrative realism and transportation as factors in the cultivation process
DFG Research Fellowship, Helena Bilandzic
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Publications
Recent publications in peer-reviewed journals
Bücher / Herausgeberschaften / selbst?ndige Publikationen
Beitr?ge in Handbüchern und Sammelb?nden
Unver?ffentlichte Forschungsberichte:
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Busselle, R. & Bilandzic, H. (2010) An evaluation of the entertainment-education series The Team in Kenya. A Study for Search for Common Ground.
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Bilandzic, H. & Busselle, R. (2009) Audience perceptions and effects of the entertainment-education drama “The Station”. A Pilot Study for Search for Common Ground.
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Sonstige Ver?ffentlichungen
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Bilandzic, H. (2007). [Rezension des Bands Qualitative Methoden der 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏ienforschung, von R. Aya? & J. Bergman (Hrsg.)]. 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏ien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 55(3), 442-443.
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Bilandzic, H. (2003). [Rezension des Bands Communication and emotion. Essays in honor of Dolf Zillmann, von? B. Jennings, D. R. Roskos-Ewoldson & J. Cantor (Hrsg.)]. Zeitschrift für 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏ienpsychologie, 15(4), 155-156.
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Bilandzic, H. (2002). Tagungsbericht von der ICA 2002 in Seoul, Korea. Zeitschrift für 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏ienpsychologie, 14(4), 162-163.
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Bilandzic, H. (1999). Neue Ans?tze in der Publikumsforschung: Tagungsbericht vom 5. Deutsch-Franz?sischen 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏iencolloquium am 12./13. November 1998 in München. Publizistik, 44(1), 101-103.
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Bilandzic, H. (1998). Wer sieht eigentlich noch richtig fern? Sage & Schreibe, 5, 40-41.
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Pr?sentationen und Vortr?ge
2019
Anja Kalch, Helena Bilandzic, Andrea Sappler und Sarah Stellinger (2019). Verantwortungszuschreibung zum Klimaschutz in den 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏ien: Der Einfluss normativer Informationen auf die wahrgenommene Verantwortung, soziale Normen und die Bereitschaft zum Klimaschutz. K3 Kongress, Karlsruhe.?
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Bilandzic, H. (2019). Nicht noch mehr Probleme! Der Einfluss individueller Bew?ltigungsstrategien auf die Selektion und Wirkung fiktionaler Klimakommunikation. Vortrag auf dem Workshop Environmental Humanities, Juli, Universit?t Augsburg.?
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Bilandzic, H. (2019).Cognitive and attitudinal models in environmental communication research. ICA preconference Environmental Communication Beyond Boundaries: Transnational, international, and comparative approaches to understanding environmental issues, Washington DC.
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Walter, N., Bilandzic, H. & Schwarz, N. (2019): Metacognitive Approach to Narrative Persuasion: The Desirable and Undesirable Consequences of Narrative Disfluency. ICA conference, May, Washington, DC.
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Klingler, L., Kinnebrock, S. & Bilandzic, H. (2019). The never-ending science story: Master plots of science in the newspaper coverage of genomic research. ICA conference, May, Washington, DC.
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Klingler, L., Kinnebrock, S. & Bilandzic, H. (2019). Journalistische Evidenzpraktiken in der Berichterstattung über Genforschung. Vortrag auf der Frühjahrstagung des Leopoldina-Zentrums für Wissenschaftsforschung (ZfW), April 2019.?
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Klingler, L., Bilandzic, H. & Kinnebrock, S. (2019). Narrationen als emotionalisierende Kommunikationsstrategie in der Wissenschaftskommunikation: Potentiale und Herausforderungen. Jahrestagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Wissenschaftskommunikation, Februar, Braunschweig.?
2018
Bilandzic, H. & Schnell, C. (2018) 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏ia narratives and moral sensitivity: Empirical evidence from two studies. Presentation at the ECREA Conference in Lugano, November 2018.?
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Klingler, L., Kinnebrock, S. & Bilandzic, H. (2018) Emerging master plots in the press coverage on genomic research. Presentation at the ECREA Conference in Lugano, November 2018.
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Wehler, M., Kalch, A., H?ndl, T. & Bilandzic, H. Gesundheitskompetenz ambulanter Notaufnahmepatienten. Jahrestagung Deutsche Gesellschaft interdisziplin?re Notfall- und Akutmedizin (DGINA), Leipzig, September 2018.
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Bilandzic, H. (2018). Wirkung von Narrationen. Pr?sentation auf dem Workshop Narrativierung und Evidenz, Augsburg, Juli 2018.
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Bilandzic, H. (2018). Complicity with media characters. Presentation at the 2018 ICA conference in Prague.?
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Cohen, J., Oliver, M.B. & Bilandzic, H. (2018). The Differential Effects of Direct Address on Para?social Experience and Identification: Empirical Support of Discriminant Validity. Presentation at the 2018 ICA conference in Prague.?
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Anja Kalch, Helena Bilandzic, Andrea Sappler & Sarah Stellinger(2018). Framing responsibility in online news about climate change. Presentation at the 2018 ICA conference in Prague.?
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Wagner, A., Bilandzic, H., & de Wit, J. (2018). All fun and games? Effects of humor in health narratives on empathy with ill people. Presentation at the 2018 ICA conference in Prague.?
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Bilandzic, H. (2018). Concepts and measures of morality in media effects research. Presentation at the?Eudaimonia and Stories Workshop at the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Würzburg, May 2018.?
2017
Bilandzic, H. (2017). Wenn die Wissenschaft in einer Winternacht...??Reflexionen und einige Literaturtipps. Festvortrag auf der zentralen Promotionsfeier der Universit?t Augsburg.
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Klingler, M., Kinnebrock, S. & Bilandzic, H. (2017). 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏iengeschichten und Evidenz. 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏iale Evidenzpraktiken in der Berichterstattung über die Genforschung. Vortrag in der Ringvorlesung der Forschergruppe ? Practicing Evidence – Evidencing Practice. Evidenzpraktiken als sozioepistemische Handlungs- und Aushandlungsprozesse“. TU Müchen.
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Klingler, M., Kalch, A., & Bilandzic, H. (2017). Pro-environmental ideologies in climate change communication: Effects of environmental ideology and message targeting on behavioral intentions. ICA-preconference ?Strategic Environmental Communication and Exploration of Research in Crisis, Risk and Disaster“, San Diego, May 2017.?
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Bilandzic, H. & Busselle, R. (2017). Narrative Engagement as Flow. ICA-Preconference “Narrative Persuasion: From Research to Practice”, Los Angeles, May 2017.
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Bilandzic, H. & Kinnebrock, S. (2017). Narratives in the media: Why they fascinate audiences and communication scholars. Invited talk at the 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏 of Lugano, May 2017.?
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Bilandzic, H. (2017). Rezeption und Wirkung von Umweltkommunikation. Eingeladener Vortrag am Landesamt für Umwelt, M?rz 2017.
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2016
Helena Bilandzic & Jens Soentgen (2016). Between climate change denial and conspiracy theory: An analysis of popular climate skeptic books. Vortrag auf der ECREA-Konferenz in Prag.
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Helena Bilandzic (2016). Wie fiktionale Filme die Energiewende unterstützen: Mechanismen und Potentiale narrativer Persuasion. Vortrag auf dem Workshop ?Regenerative Energie“, Schneeferner Haus, Zugspitze.
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Helena Bilandzic (2016). 伟德国际_伟德国际1946$娱乐app游戏iale Narrationen und Klimawandel Vortrag auf dem Workshop ?Environmental Humanities“, Universit?t Augsburg.
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Hofer, L., Wessler, H. & Bilandzic, H. (2016). Persuasive Effects of Multimodal News Frames? The Limited Power of Visual and Textual Gain and Loss Frames on Climate Change Attitudes. Vortrag auf der ICA-Konferenz in Fukuoka, Japan.
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Maleckar, B. & Bilandzic, H. (2016) Narrative as a Moral Trainer: Building Moral Character Through Stories. Vortrag auf der ICA-Konferenz in Fukuoka, Japan.
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Schnell, C. & Bilandzic, H. (2016). The Cultivation of Moral Reasoning: A Prolonged Exposure Experiment. Vortrag auf der ICA-Konferenz in Fukuoka, Japan.
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2015
Helena Bilandzic, Anja Kalch & Jens Soentgen (2015). Guilt, fear and optimism as mediators of framing effects in climate change communication. Vortrag auf der ICA-Konferenz in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Mary Beth Oliver, Drew D. Shade, Arienne Ferchaud, Erica Bailey, Chun Yang, Helena Bilandzic, & Jonathan Cohen (2015). A merry band of thieves: media-induced complicity with anti-heroes. Vortrag auf der ICA-Konferenz in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Helena Bilandzic & Rick W. Busselle (2015). Mapping Narrative Engagement: The dualism of general processing experience and perception of immediacy to story elements. Workshop “Psychological Processes of Viewing and Co-Viewing