Prof. Dr. Christiane Eilders and Henri Mütschele – Researchers from the CAIS research program “Social Cohesion in Digital Media Environments” – will be presenting at the 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). The team’s latest research projects will be presented in four lectures.
The ICA, which will take place from June 12 to 16, 2025, in Denver, USA, is the world’s largest communication science conference, with an average of 3,000 scientists participating and giving over 400 presentations on the latest advances in communication science. This year’s conference theme is “Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research.”
Contributions by CAIS researchers
The following conference contributions involving Prof. Dr. Christiane Eilders and Henri Mütschele will be presented at the ICA:
- “Making a Case or Making Noise? Frames and Arguments in Press Releases by Fridays for Future and The Last Generation” [Environmental Communication PhD Mentoring Workshop]
Author: Henri Mütschele (CAIS, HHU)
At the ICA Pre-Conference 2025: Thursday, June 12, 2025 | 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM - “Fake Interactions With Fake Influencers?: Effects of a Human and a Virtual Influencer on Parasocial Interactions and the Mediating Effect of Attractiveness” [Information Systems]
Authors: Katharina Frehmann (HHU), Laurena Leuders (HHU), Marc Ziegele (HHU), Henri Mütschele (CAIS, HHU)
At the ICA 2025: Saturday, June 14, 2025 | 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM - “Multimodal Argumentative Functions in Climate Movements’ Public-Strategic Communication on TikTok” [Activism, Communication and Social Justice Interest Group]
Author: Henri Mütschele (CAIS, HHU)
At the ICA 2025: Sunday, June 15, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM - “Ideological polarization between politically and culturally diverse groups in Germany. An analysis of party affinity and attitudes towards migration and climate change” [Global Communication and Social Change Division]
Authors: Prof. Dr. Olaf Jandura (HS Düsseldorf), Prof. Dr. Christiane Eilders (CAIS)
At the ICA 2025: Monday, June 16, 2025 | 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM