since 02/2025: Research assistant in the DFG project “Self- and feedback effects in social media: What effects do political statements have on the expressing users?” under direction of PD Dr. habil. Anna Schnauber-Stockmann and Prof. Dr. Teresa Naab

since 09/2021: Research associate
at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Department of Communication

10/2018-09/2021: Master’s degree in communication science (M.A.) at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (graduated with distinction, 1,0). Thesis title: Countering incivility – a question of deliberative formulation? An experimental online study on cognitive, affective, and conative effects of varying deliberative formulation in users’ counter speech in political discussions in the comment section on social media

10/2014-09/2017: Bachelors’s degree (B.A.) in communication science (major) and psychology (minor) at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (graduated with distinction, 1,0). Thesis title: A question of gender? An eye tracking study of the influence of social gender, internet skills and diligence on search behavior for political information on the Internet

Various activities as a student assistant at the FSU Jena (Department of Communication), e.g. research assistance under PD Dr. Tino Meitz (Media Psychology), tutor for methods and statistics, as well as at the WWU Münster (Department of Online Communication), e.g. student assistant of Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt , including work for the research project “Detection, evidence and combating hidden propaganda attacks via online media (Propstop)” under the direction of Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt.

  • emotions and democratically dysfunctional online communication
  • dynamics and effects of emotions on social media (e.g. outrage dynamics, social media hypes)
  • incivility and hate speech in online discussions
  • quantitative research methods & advanced statistical analysis (e.g., physiological measurements, time series analysis, specification curve analysis)
  • Media psychology & Political psychology
  • Political Communication
  • Media Effects Research
  • Schemer, C., Langmann, K., Weeks, B., & Hasell, A. (2026). Does the method affect the outcome? How measures of partisan slant of media outlets and affective polarization drive results about polarization in the United States. Political Communication. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2026.2699105
  • Andersen, K., Hopmann, D. N., Langmann, K., Schemer, C., & Skovsgaard, M. (in press). Is news avoidance a democratic problem or a healthy audience behavior? How different understandings relate to knowledge, efficacy, and life satisfaction. Mass Communication and Society.
  • Schemer, C., Langmann, K., & Gehle, L. (2024). Urteils- und Bewertungsprozesse in der Medienrezeption.[Judgment and evaluation processes in media reception]. In Gehrau, V., Bilandzic, H., Schramm, H., & Wünsch, C. (Eds.), Medienrezeption [Media reception]. Nomos.
  • Engelmann, I., Marzinkowski, H., & Langmann, K. (2024). Salient deliberative norm types in comment sections on news sites. New Media & Society, 26(2), 921-940. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211068104
  • Wintterlin, F., Langmann, K., Boberg, S., Frischlich, L., Schatto-Eckrodt, T., & Quandt, T. (2021). Lost in the stream? Professional efficacy perceptions of journalists in the context of dark participation. Journalism, 23(9), 1846-1863. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849211016984
  • Kessler, S. H., & Langmann, K. (2021). Online research and selection processes concerning political knowledge formation: An eye-tracking study of online information search for party positions. In M. Seifert & S. Jöckel (eds.), Education, knowledge and competence(s) in digital media. Digital Communication Research.
  • Krämer, B., & Langmann, K. (2020). Professionalism as a response to right- wing populism? An analysis of a meta-journalistic discourse. International Journal of Communication, 14, 5643-5662. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/arti- cle/view/14146/3266
  • Kessler, S. H., & Langmann, K. (2020). The role of sex and gender on search behavior for political information on the Internet. Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.1515/commun- 2019-0137


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2026

  • Langmann, K., Schnauber-Stockmann, A., Huld, A. S., Heinbach, D. & Naab, T. (2026). Short but Valid? Validity Testing of Single-Item Measures in Experience-Sampling Studies [Kurz und doch valide? Validitätsprüfung von Single-Item-Messungen in Experience-Sampling-Studien]. Annual Conference of the DGPuK’s Section on Methods in Journalism and Communication Science, 29.September – 02. October, Cologne, Germany.
  • Heinbach, D., Hocker, P., Freudenthaler, R., Gelovani, S., Naab, T., Schnauber-Stockmann, Langmann, K. (2026). Validating gLLM-generated stimuli for experimental studies: Practical guide and case study. Annual Conference of the DGPuK’s Section on Methods in Journalism and Communication Science, 29. September – 2. October, Cologne, Germany.

2025

  • Langmann, K. (2025). We need to specify what they are feeling! Object-specific measurement of distinct emotions and their effects in reaction to uncivil online discussions.
    74th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 12. – 16. Juni, Denver, CO.
  • Heinbach, D., & Langmann, K. (2025). Does incivility ruin everything? The impact of different quality dimensions on users’ quality perception of comment sections and news posts.
    74th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 12. – 16. Juni, Denver, CO.
  • Schemer, C., Langmann, K., Hasell, A., & Weeks, B. (2015). Does the method affect the outcome? How the method of determining partisan slant of media outlets and affective polarization drive results about affective polarization in the United States .
    74th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 12. – 16. Juni, Denver, CO.
  • Langmann, K., & Schemer, C. (2025). Object-specific measurement of distinct emotions and their effects in response to online civil discussions [Objektspezifische Messung distinkter Emotionen und ihre Effekte in Reaktion auf inzivile Online-Diskussionen]. Annual Conference of the Media Reception and Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), 22. – 24. January, Bamberg, Germany.
  • Langmann, K., Steiger Salvador, E., Weintz, J., & Degenhardt, J. (2025). AI-generated images in the context of political disinformation and their influence on epistemic emotions, credibility and information-seeking intentions [KI-generierte Bilder im Kontext politischer Desinformationen und ihr Einfluss auf epistemische Emotionen, Glaubwürdigkeit und Informationssuche-Intentionen]. Annual Conference of the Media Reception and Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), 22. – 24. January, Bamberg, Germany.

2024

  • Steiger Salvador, E., Weintz, J., Degenhardt, J. K., & Langmann, K. (2024). AI-generated pictures and their influence on epistemic emotions, perception and online engagement on X (Twitter). 10th conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), 24 – 27 Sept, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

2023

  • Langmann, K., Stecker, M., Arnold, C., Waldherr, A. (2023). Issue- and emotion-specific dynamics of social media hypes. 73rd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 25. – 29. May, Toronto, Canada.
  • Langmann, K., Andersen, K., Gehle, L., Hopmann, D. N., Schemer, C., & Skovsgaard, M. (2023). The effect of news avoidance assessment on the effects of news avoidance on political knowledge: A specification curve analysis. 73rd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 25. – 29. May, Toronto, Canada.
  • Strippel, C., Ziegele, M., Schindler, M., Laugwitz, L., Domahidi, E., Bormann, M., Reiners, L., Langmann, K., Frischlich, L., Naab, T., Rieger, D., Puschmann, C., Schemer, C., B., Ross (2023). Hate speech, incivility and related concepts of disrespectful language on the Internet: A scoping review. 73rd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 25. – 29. May, Toronto, Canada.

2022

  • Langmann, K. (2022). Countering incivility – a question of deliberative quality? The effects of varying deliberative quality in users’ counterspeech. 10th conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), 19. – 22. October, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Arnold, C., Langmann, K., Stecker, M., & Waldherr, A. (2022). Issue-specific dynamics of social media hypes. Investigating the influence of Tweets’ topics on user participation and the issue dynamics of bursting online discussions on Twitter. 10th conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), 19. – 22. October, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Langmann, K. (2022). Fighting fire with fire? The affective, cognitive and conative effect of (un-)civil counter speech from users . Paper presentation at the 72st annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 26. – 30. May, Paris, France.
  • Langmann, K. (2022). Countering incivility – a question of deliberative formulation? The effect of varying deliberative counter speech from users. . Paper presentation at the annual Conference of the Media Reception and Effects Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), 7. – 9. June, Düsseldorf, Germany.

2021

  • Langmann, K., Wintterlin, F., Boberg, S., Frischlich, L., Schatto-Eckrodt, T., &, Quandt, T. (2021, September). Lost in the stream? Professional efficacy perceptions of journalists in the context of dark participation. Paper presentation at the 8th conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), 6. – 9. September, virtual conference.
  • Engelmann, I., Marzinkowski, H., & Langmann, K. (2021, May). Salient norm types and deliberative quality in discussion sections on news sites. Paper presentation at the 71st annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 27. – 31. May, virtual conference.

2020

  • Engelmann, I., Marzinkowski, H., & Langmann, K. (2020, September). Norm types on news sites and deliberative quality in comment sections. Paper presentation at the annual conference of the Journalism/ Journalistic Research division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), 23. – 25. September, virtual conference.

2019

  • Meitz, T., Kohler, S., & Langmann, K. (2019, May). An experimental revision of heuristic and systematic information processing of search engine-based health information. Paper presentation at the 69th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 24. – 28. May, Washington, D.C.
  • Krämer, B., & Langmann, K. (2019, May). Professionalism as a response to right- wing populism? An analysis of a meta-journalistic discourse. Paper presentation at the 69th annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), 24. – 28. May, Washington, D.C.
  • Langmann, K., & Engelmann, I. (2019, May). Visibility of (un-)civil user comments: An explanatory model of possible reactions due to labeling and norm application. Paper presentation at the 64th annual conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), 09. – 11. May, Münster, Germany.

2018

  • Kessler, S. H., & Langmann, K. (2018, November). Gender gap in online information seeking behavior and its effects on political knowledge. Paper presentation at the 7th conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), 31. October – 03. November, Lugano, Switzerland.

2017

  • Kessler, S. H., & Langmann, K. (2017). Content analysis of eye tracking data – A methodological discussion for researching personalized online searches for political information. Paper presentation at the 2nd Dresden Symposium “Digital revolution in democracy – Algorithms and the role of intermediaries: How Google, Facebook and co. are changing democracy”, 29. 29. – 30. September, Dresden, DE.
  • since 10/2022: YECREA representative der Temporary Working Group “Affect, Emotion and Media” der European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
  1. BA Medienwirkungsforschung (mit Anwesenheitspflicht) KF/BF
    Instructor: Prof. Bernd-Peter Arnold; Prof. Dr. Simone Christine Ehmig; Hannah Fecher; Luisa Gehle; Dr. Pablo Jost; Klara Leslie Marei Langmann; Prof. Dr. Marcus Maurer; Prof. Dr. Oliver Quiring; Tanya Zilberstein

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