Vienna Media Change & Innovation Lab
vmci-univie.bsky.social
Vienna Media Change & Innovation Lab
@vmci-univie.bsky.social
Research group @ Department of Communication, U of Vienna.

digital media use in youth | political engagement in digital environments | media change & social relations | media innovation & autonomy
Yesterday @willembuyens.bsky.social gave an insightful talk on networked news exposure in our VMCI research colloquium showing how public figures act as online news curators who shape what we see on social media through different news curation patterns.📱 Thank you very much for your visit, Willem! 👏
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Gestern im vollen Audimax 🎓 Desiree Schmuck diskutierte mit @arminwolf.at, @klenkflorian.bsky.social und @brodnig.bsky.social über aktuelle Entwicklungen im Journalismus 🗞️ Viele Fragen, viel Interesse und richtig gute Einblicke für die Studierenden! Vielen Dank und bis nächstes Jahr! 🙌
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Our team retreat last week included the best of both worlds: after discussing our long-term goals and visions on Thursday 🎓, we spent Friday by going to Bratislava 🛳️ , enjoying the beautiful city 🏙️ and delicious food! 🌯 We all had a wonderful time! 😊
September 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🎉 Congrats to Dr. @heleendekoninck.bsky.social for obtaining her PhD in Communication Sciences at ‪KU Leuven‬! 👏 Her dissertation, supervised by @desireeschmuck.bsky.social ‬, explores how greenfluencers affect young people’s pro-environmental attitudes & behaviors. 🌱📲 Excited to see what’s next! 🎓🚀
July 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Today at #ViennaChildrensUniversity: @kleslmax.bsky.social's & @desireeschmuck.bsky.social's seminar “Politics? Social Media? Who can I believe there?” With a group of 10–12 y/o, they discussed what politics are, who posts about them on socials, and how to tell who’s trustworthy. #KinderuniWien
July 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Shortlisted for the Univie Teaching Award of Social Sciences! 🧑🏻‍🏫 The research seminar of @desireeschmuck.bsky.social, Christine Liebenwein and @kleslmax.bsky.social was voted as one of the faculty’s top three courses in the last year! We are delighted by this recognition! 🎉 🥳
June 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
During the last weeks, we hosted @lcjacobs89.bsky.social at our lab for a research stay. During this terrific time, she gave an insightful talk on authenticity in political communication! It was a pleasure hosting you and we all look forward to seeing you again soon, Laura!
May 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This week, we had two exciting presentations in our VMCI research talk series by our visiting PhD students, @puckguldemond.bsky.social and Arianna Colombo! Puck presented effects of political microtargeting, Arianna a novel classification of political influencers.

Bedankt & Grazie to you two!
April 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM