Arista Beseler
Teaching and Research Assistant

Research Interests
- digital communication on social media platforms
- Participation in public discourse and user-generated content
- computational social science
Office Hours
- According to agreement
since October 2020
- Teaching and Research Assistant and Doctoral Student at the Chair of Political Communication with a focus on Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet region within the ERC Consolidator Grant Research Group: The Consequences of the Internet for Russia's Informational Influence Abroad (RUSINFORM) with Prof. Dr. Florian Töpfl at the University of Passau
- Teaching and Research Assistant at the chair of Science Communication with Prof. Dr. Hannah Schmid-Petri at the University of Passau
April 2020 to September 2020
- Research Assistant at the Chair of Political Communication with a focus on Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet region within the ERC Consolidator Grant Research Group: The Consequences of the Internet for Russia's Informational Influence Abroad (RUSINFORM) with Prof. Dr. Florian Töpfl at the University of Passau
- Research Assistant at the chair of Science Communication with Prof. Dr. Hannah Schmid-Petri at the University of Passau
June 2019 to March 2020
- Student Assistant at the chair of Science Communication with Prof. Dr. Hannah Schmid-Petri at the University of Passau
2020
- Beseler, A. & Schmid-Petri, H. (accepted). Schutz durch Impfungen versus potentielle Risiken? Die Diskussion über das Thema „Impfen und Impfungen“ in deutschsprachigen YouTube-Videos. Medien und Kommunikationswissenschaft.
2020
- Beseler, A. & Schmid-Petri, H. (2020). "Impfen, nein danke?" – Die Diskussion über das Thema "Impfen und Impfungen" auf YouTube. Vortrag im Rahmen der 65. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, 10.-12. März, München.
2018 to 2020
- Master's studies Media and Communication at the University of Passau. Degree: Master of Arts. Master's thesis: Themen und Publikumsreaktionen im russischen Auslandsmedium RT Deutsch. Eine explorative, computergestützte Analyse der Berichterstattung auf Facebook
2015 to 2018
- Bachelor's studies of Media and Communication at the University of Passau. Degree: Bachelor of Arts. Bachelor's thesis: YouTube als Kommunikationsplattform für die öffentliche Impfdiskussion. Eine quantitative Inhaltsanalyse deutschsprachiger YouTube-Videos