seit 03/2021: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Publizistik der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

03/2021 - 02/2024: Mitarbeit im NORFACE-Projekt „THREATPIE: The Threats and Potentials of a Changing Political Information Environment“

04/2023 - 06/2023: Gastwissenschaftlerin bei Prof. Dr. Peter Van Aelst an der Universität Antwerpen

03/2020 - 03/2021: Junior Consultant Brand & Corporate Communications bei Klenk & Hoursch AG

08/2019 - 01/2020: Auslandssemester an der San Diego State University

10/2017 - 01/2020: Masterstudium der Kommunikation mit Schwerpunkt Kommunikations- und Medienforschung an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

10/2014 - 02/2018: Bachelorstudium der Publizistik und Politikwissenschaft an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Während des Studiums diverse Tätigkeiten als wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft am Institut für Publizistik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, u.a. im Horizon 2020 Projekt „The Role of European Mobility and its Impacts in Narratives, Debates and EU Reforms“. Praktika und Nebentätigkeiten bei SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Commerzbank AG und HitchOn GmbH.

Politische Kommunikation
Desinformation, Nutzung und Wirkung von Nachrichten
Methoden der empirischen Kommunikationswissenschaft

2024: Beste Einreichung durch Doktorand:innen und Studierende bei der Jahrestagung 2025 der DGPuK (3. Preis)
2018: Auszeichnung der Bachelorarbeit als herausragende Abschlussarbeit am Fachbereich 02 der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Gehle, L., and Schemer, C. (2026). Gains, Limits, and Side-Effects of Disinformation Interventions: Corrective Information and Self-Affirmation Assessed With Signal Detection Theory. Communication Research. Published online. DOI

Gehle, L., Schemer, C., Tulin, M., and Hameleers, M. (2026). Biased Judgment or Lack of Skill? The Role of News Consumption in (Mis)Information Identification in the Context of Russia’s War Against Ukraine. International Journal of Communication, 20, 26-26. DOI

Tulin, M., Hameleers, M., de Vreese, C., et al. (2025). Why do Citizens Choose to Read Fact-Checks in the Context of the Russian War in Ukraine? The Role of Directional and Accuracy Motivations in Nineteen Democracies. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESS-POLITICS, 30(3), 679-704. DOI Author/Publisher URL

Zilinsky, J., Theocharis, Y., Pradel, F., et al. (2024). Justifying an Invasion: When Is Disinformation Successful?. POLITICAL COMMUNICATION, 41(6), 965-986. DOI Author/Publisher URL

Schemer, C., Stanyer, J., Meltzer, C. E., et al. (2024). The Relationship Between Political Entertainment Media Use and Political Efficacy: A Comparative Study in 18 Countries. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH, 36(4). DOI Author/Publisher URL

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2025

Gehle, L. (2025, September). Sharpening, Strengthening, and Scrutinizing – Tailoring Misinformation Interventions to Different Weaknesses. Presented at the ECREA Political Communication Section Interim Conference, Innsbruck.
Gehle, L. & Schemer, C. (2025, June). Cutting through the noise. Assessing the Effectiveness of Fact-Checks and Self-Affirmation with Signal Detection Theory. Presented at the 75^th annual conference of the ICA, Denver.
Gehle, L. (2025, March). Cutting through the noise. Assessing the Effectiveness of Fact-Checks and Self-Affirmation with Signal Detection Theory. Presented at the 70^th Annual Conference of DGPuK, Berlin.

2024

Gehle, L., Schemer, C., Tulin, M., Hameleers, M. (2024, Septermber). Biased judgment or lack of skill? Decoding Identification of (Mis)Information in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine in 19 Countries. Presented at the 10^th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Ljubljana.
Gehle, L., Van Aelst, P., Strömbäck, J., Schemer, C., Zoizner, A. (2024, June). News use and misperceptions across 18 countries. Workshop “Trust and Knowledge in a High-Choice Media Environment – International Perspectives”, Antwerp.
Gehle, L. (2024, April). Panel discussion on the role fact-checking and disinformatoin “Denkraum Hannover: Faktenchecks”, organized by foundation Spielfeld Gesellschaft (invited talk).
Gehle, L., Schemer, C., Tulin, M., Hameleers, M. (2024, February). Biased judgment or lack of skill? Measuring Susceptibility to Misinformation in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine in 19 Countries. Presented at the EDMO Scientific Conference on Disinformation, Amsterdam.
Gehle, L., van Aelst, P., Strömbäck, J., Schemer, C., Zoizner, A. (2024, February). The more you read the more you know? The relationship between news use behavior and knowledge and misperceptions in 18 democracies. Presented at the Norface Governance Final Conference, Vienna.

2023

Meltzer, C.E., Strömbäck, J., Gehle, L., Schemer, C., Hopmann, D. (2023, August). The Perception of Social Cohesion and Media Use in Society: A Comparative Study. Presented at the Political Communication Division Conference of ECREA 2023, Berlin.
Gehle, L., van Aelst, P., Strömbäck, J., Schemer, C., Zoizner, A. (2023, June). The more you read the more you know? The relationship between news use behavior and (un)contested issue knowledge in 18 democracies. Presented at the 15^th annual conference of the Comparative Agenda Project (CAP), Antwerp.
Gehle, L., Hameleers, M., Tulin, M., de Vreese, C., Aalberg, T., van Aelst, P., Cardenal, A.S., Corbu, N., Erkel, P., Esser, F., Halagiera, D., Hopmann, D. N., Koc-Michalska, K., Matthes, J., Meltzer, C., Mihelj, S., Splendore, S., Stanyer, J., Stepinska, A., Stetka, V., Strömbäck, J., Terren, L., Theocharis, Y., Zoizner, A. (2022, May). Deception Detection in the Context of the Russia-Ukraine War: Evidence from Original Survey Data Collected in 19 Democracies. Presented at the 73^th annual conference of the ICA, Toronto.
Tulin, M., Hameleers, M., de Vreese, C., Aalberg, T., Cardenal, A.S., Corbu, N., Erkel, P., Esser, F., Gehle, L., Halagiera, D., Hopmann, D. N., Koc-Michalska, K., Matthes, J., Meltzer, C., Mihelj, S., Schemer, C., Sheafer, T., Splendore, S., Stanyer, J., Stepinska, A., Stetka, V., Strömbäck, J., Terren, L., Theocharis, Y., Zoizner, A. (2022, May). Why Do People Fact-Check Mis- and Disinformation about the Russian War in Ukraine? The Role of Directional and Accuracy Motivations. Presented at the 73^th annual conference of the ICA, Toronto.
Schemer, C., Stanyer, J., Meltzer, C.E., Gehle, L., van Aelst, P., Theocharis, Y., Strömbäck, J., Stetka, V., Stepinska, A., Splendore, S., Zoizner, A., Matthes, J., Koc-Michalska, K., Hopmann, D. N., Esser, F., David, Y., Corbu, N., Castro, L., Cardenal, A., Aalberg, T., Erkel, P., Terren, L., Halagiera, D. (2022, May). The Relationship between Political Entertainment Media Use and Political Efficacy: A Comparative Study in 18 Countries. Presented at the 73^th annual conference of the ICA, Toronto.

2022

Stepinska, A., Stanyer, J., Halagiera, D., Terren, L., Gehle, L., Meltzer, C.E., Buturoiu, R. Corbu, N., Cardenal, A.S., Schemer, C. (2022, October). Elite perceptions of threats to the political information environment across five European countries. Presented at the 9^th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Aarhus.
Stepinska, A., Hopmann, D., Stanyer, J., Halagiera, D., Terren, L., Cardenal, A.S., Corbu, N., Buturoiu, R., Gehle, L., Meltzer, C.E. (2022, October). A qualitative examination of citizens’ (political) media diets across generations in five countries. Presented at the 9^th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Aarhus.
Halagiera, D., van Erkel, P., Gehle, L., Meltzer, C.E., Terren, L. (2022, October). Causes, consequences, and solutions. Findings from a qualitative study on disinformation perception across generations in five countries (Germany, Poland, Romania, Spain, and the UK). Presented at the 9^th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Aarhus.
Gehle, L. & Schemer, C. (2022, Mai). Believing in Right-wing Disinformation – Biased Judgment or Lack of Skill? Presented at the 72^th annual conference of the ICA, Paris.

2018

Gehle, L. & Meltzer, C.E. (2018, October). Neighbours welcome? The influence of media framing and stereotypes on attitudes towards intra-European mobility and migration. Presented at the 7^th European Communication Conference (ECREA), Lugano.

BA Mediennutzungsforschung (mit Anwesenheitspflicht) KF/BF
Dozent:in: Prof. Bernd-Peter Arnold; Isabella De Sousa Goncalves; Luisa Gehle; Dr. Ilka Jakobs; Dr. Pablo Jost; Matthias Mack; Tobias Scherer; Yannick Winkler
BA Medienwirkungsforschung (mit Anwesenheitspflicht) KF/BF
Dozent:in: 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
Facts and News: Wie sichern wir den Wahrheitsgehalt in der täglichen Informationsflut?
Dozent:in: Luisa Gehle; Dr. phil. Doris Lindner

SoSe 2026

Facts and News: Wie sichern wir den Wahrheitsgehalt in der täglichen Informationsflut?