Theses

At the icmb, Bachelor theses can be written on communication science issues. Further information on Bachelor theses can be found in the corresponding Information sheets. If you are interested in writing a Bachelor’s thesis at our institute, please contact Prof. Silke Adam.

Suggested topics for bachelor theses

• Persuasion and resistance: Mechanisms to resist persuasive attacks and persuasive strategies to overcome resistance
   
• Motivated reasoning and biased information processing
   
• Social (and/or) protest movements on social media (organization, mobilization, representation, and other aspects)
   
• Algorithmic curation of information on online platforms (fairness, transparency, implications)
   
• How contemporary and historical wars and mass atrocities are portrayed in media
   
• How artificial intelligence is used in different societal spheres (governance, news media, heritage)
   
• News dissemination on social media: What gets shared across social network sites, by whom, for what reason, and why it all matters
   
• Media framing during elections: What media frames are most prevalent during elections and how these have an effect on the electorate
   
• Wie berichten Schweizer Medien über das (nationale) Burkaverbot und welche Rolle spielen politische und betroffene Akteure (Muslim*innen)?
   
• Euroskeptizismus - negative Medien- und Parteikommunikation in der EU