PhD students and doctoral projects
In the spring of 2021, the department has 13 current doctoral student projects. Here you can read more about our doctoral students and their dissertation work.
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Dennis Andersson
His dissertation focuses on how media effects affect people's perceptions of societal problems and is related to JMG's research project Variations of Media Effects (VARME).
Salma Bouchafra
Her dissertation project focuses on the visual representations of (in)security and the discursive construction of threat and fear in right-wing populist communication on social media.
Read more about Salma Bouchafra here.
Elena Broda
Her research interests include misinformation (and related concepts such as disinformation and fake news), political knowledge, attitude formation, audience studies, media effects and mixed methods.
Read more about Elena Broda here.
Sherwin Chua
His dissertation project investigates the development and implementation of digital reader-revenue innovations among news publishers. Read more about Sherwin Chuas project here.
Read more about Sherwin Chua here.
Sara Ivarsson
This dissertation project focuses on how communication is interpreted, negotiated and understood as an idea in the process of constructing a new Government Agency in Sweden, as well as how these ideas impact the organization at large. Read more about Communication as idea and practice in a Swedish Government Agency.
Read more about Sara Ivarsson here.
Johannes Johansson
Information will be published.
Sofia Johansson
Her research interest centers around crisis communication and disinformation. She is specifically interested in how the socio-technological structures of social media platforms can amplify disinformation messages during a crisis, the narrative techniques used to spread disinformation during a crisis and the potential effects of such techniques on beliefs and attitudes.
Md Nabil
His PhD thesis investigates news representation of online misogyny.
Read more about Md Nabil here.
Amanda Ramsälv
Her doctoral project approaches journalism with its news reporting as an authorative knowledge-producing institution. It investigates what form of knowledge news is. Read more about Amanda Ramsälv's dissertation work News as knowledge.
Read more about Amanda Ramsälv here.
Gregor Retteneger
His thesis is looking into conspiracy theories and political dogwhistles in social media and it is part of the GRIPES project and WASP-HS.
Read more about Gregor Retteneger here.
Pavel Rodin
In his dissertation, he examines communication about health issues on social media.
Read more about Pavel Rodin here.
Maria Sjögren
Her dissertation regards citizen dialogues as communicative and social practices. Read more about Maria Sjögren's project Discursive dimensions of public participation.
Read more about Maria Sjögren here.
Nora Theorin
Her dissertation project focuses on media effects on attitudes toward migration in Europe. Read more about Nora Theorin's project Media impact on public perceptions of migration.
Read more about Nora Theorin here.