SCM Studies in Communication and Media

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the German population has become polarised and distrust in social institutions has grown. Despite generally high levels of trust in sci- ence, we have witnessed the emergence of science and COVID-19 sceptics, who are...

The paper investigates whether watching legal series leads to law school enroll- ment. First, the study analyses if series consumption is related to enrolling at law school. This is achieved by analyzing data of 1,353 students from Münster,...

“Suspense is when it’s suspenseful.” For many years this sentence coined the (German) empirical research on suspense. Post-receptive measurement instruments usually understood suspense as one-dimensional or as a subdimension of other...

Political social media influencers (PSMI), who as personal brands regularly dis- seminate self-produced political content on platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, can influence the political public and opinion formation beyond their...

Young adults with cancer are particularly challenged to manage their disease. On the one hand, they have to consider the various (long-term) side effects of the therapy, and on the other hand – because their problem is not typical for their age...