Charlotte Knorr
Postdoctoral Researcher
NameDr. Charlotte Knorr
Cluster of Excellence REC²
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Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft
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- Technology Communication (especially affordances on journalistic platforms; affordances of topic framing)
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Mediation of scientific topics (particularly in science journalism, citizen science, and science governance)
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Qualitative and quantitative methods, (semi-)automated and manual (primarily content and discourse analysis, framing analysis, participatory formats)
| 2023–2026 | Postdoctoral Researcher in the BMFTR project: “CoPaDiSC – Copy and Paste in (Digital) Science Communication”; Coordination and implementation of the content analysis work modules; methods: manual and semi-automated coding, primarily (cosine) similarity tests; qualitative: cultural framing analyses |
| 2021–2024 |
Postdoctoral researcher in the DFG project “Framing Big Data,” principal investigator: Prof. Christian Pentzold, University of Leipzig; coordination and implementation of all work modules; methods: manual and semi-automated content analysis (primarily classification models), CDA, and framing analyses |
| 2019 | Ph.D. in Communication Science and Empirical Media Research at the University of Leipzig; thesis title: “Social Affordances of Thematization on Media Platforms—From Knowing to Being Able to Wanting in the Setting and Shaping of Topics”; advisors and reviewers: Prof. Dr. Patrick Donges, Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Stiehler; Theory: affordances, developmental psychology, agency, media studies; Empirical methods: artifact analysis, network analysis, content analysis (SSI) according to W. Früh |
| 2017–2018 | Training as a mediator, zwischenraeume, Berlin and Leipzig; Mediator Training (200 hours, certificate): Focus: Civil and Political Conflicts |
| 2016–2020 | Research Associate in research and teaching in the Department of Communication Studies, teaching load: 4–6 SWS, University of Leipzig |
| 2014–2016 | Research Associate in the field of media studies, teaching load of 4–6 SWS, University of Leipzig. |
| 2014 | Master’s thesis on “Networked Framing Cycles in the Sharing Economy” |
| 2011–2014 | Master of Arts: Empirical Media Research, University of Leipzig, including a study abroad program at ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary (winter semester 2013–2014) |
| 2009–2013 | Student Assistant to Prof. Stiehler, providing academic support, conducting content analyses, and developing teaching formats for the BA program in Communication and Media Studies; tutor, University of Leipzig. |
| 2008–2011 |
Bachelor of Arts: Communication and Media Studies, University of Leipzig; BA thesis: A content analysis of the topics in NORDICOM REVIEW (2000–2010) with study abroad stays in Oslo and Rondane National Park, Norway |
| 2007–2008 | Bachelor of Arts: Communication Studies, University of Passau; Major: Media Linguistics and Critical Media Theory |
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Selected Publications 2025/2026
- Knorr, C., Niekler, A., & Pentzold, C. (2026). Cultural Motifs of Big Data in User-Generated Content: A Semiautomated Analysis of 10 Years of Discourse. International Journal of Communication, 20, 456–480.
- Knorr, C., & Pentzold, C. (2026). Big Data Discourses: Introduction to the Special Section. International Journal of Communication, 20, 235–239.
- Knorr, C., & Pentzold, C. (2025). Making Sense of “Big Data”: Ten Years of Discourse Around Datafication. Big Data & Society, 12(2), 1–15. DOI: 10.1177/20539517251330181
2023–2026: Research Associate (Postdoc) in the BMFTR project: CoPaDiSC—Copy and Paste in (Digital) Science Communication
- Coordination and implementation of the content analysis work modules
- Methods: manual and semi-automated coding, primarily (cosine) similarity tests; qualitative: cultural framing analyses
2021–2024: Research Associate (Postdoc) in the DFG project Framing Big Data, Principal Investigator: Prof. Christian Pentzold, University of Leipzig
- Coordination and implementation of all research modules
- Methods: manual and semi-automated content analysis (primarily classification models), CDA and framing analyses
2019–2021: Coordinator at the Center for Communication for Social Change, University of Leipzig
- Establishment, management, and networking of the mediation program area
- Mentoring students, moderating and organizing conferences
2019–2022: Project coordination and data analysis for international journalism networks from 1998 to 2022
- Development and global networking of investigative journalism networks from 2008 to 2018; September 2019: conference presentation at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Hamburg.
2020–2022: Research collaboration with MDR on diversity in MDR news programs (TV):
- An annual program analysis of gender representation among experts in MDR news programs in summer 2019, winter 2020, and spring 2021; commissioned by the MDR Editorial Board.
- Knorr, C., & Donges, P. (Oct. 2020 – Feb. 2022). Diversity in Media: Experts in MDR Information Programs: Program Analysis of Experts in the MDR Departments: MDR aktuell, MDR am Nachmittag, Politische Magazin, Wirtschaft Ratgeber, and Brisant.
| 2020 | Recipient of the 2020 Dissertation Award from the Research Group on Sociology of Media Communication (DGPuK) and Springer Publishing |