Vom 04. bis 08. Juni 2026 findet die 76. Jahrestagung der International Communication Association (ICA) in Kapstadt/Südafrika statt. Die Konferenz behandelt dieses Jahr das Thema "Communication and Inequalities in Context"?und das imwk ist auch dieses Jahr mit zahlreichen Beitr?gen vertreten.

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• A. Kalch; M. Schug; H. Bilandzic; S. Kinnebrock; M. Paul (2026). Understanding social resilience in socio-scientific crises: The role of science perceptions and media use.

• A.M. Wurm; M.F. Grub; J. Wimmer (2026). Talking Play or Politics? How German Twitch Users Navigate Political Content and Disinformation on the Platform.

• Akdemir, M., Neuendorf, N. L., Angermayr, K., & Scherr, S. (2026). Beyond the human touch: Exploring AI-based communication in telemedicine for primary healthcare.

• Angermayr, K., Neuendorf, N. L., & Scherr, S. (2026). Understanding me and my symptoms: Evidence of preferred communication features of AI mental-health chatbots from two pre-registered studies in the U.S.

• Hanitzsch, T., Hovden, J. F., Grünewald, M., Hanusch, F., Henkel, I., Lauerer, C., Loosen, W., Seungahn, N., Neiger, M., Novais, R., Ramaprasad, J., Riedl, A., & Slavtcheva-Petkova, V. (2026, June). From Journalistic Roles to Discursive Repertoires: Journalists’ Professional Milieus across 74 Countries.

• Jiang, L. C., Jia, P., Scherr, S., Kobayashi, T., & Cao, B. (2026, June). Talking freely to machines: Dual psychological mechanisms and cross-cultural dynamics of disinhibited self-disclosure

• Laufer, L., Selzer, F., Stockwald, J., Schleithoff, A., Neuendorf, N. L., Sacher, A.-L., & Reinemann, C. (2026, June). Free speech on campus? The impact of political congruence and fear of sanctions on perceptions of freedom of speech and willingness to speak out among German university students.

• Leonhard, L., Riedl, A., & Obermaier, M. (2026, June). Formative Media Experiences as Part of Social Identity Formation for Members of Marginalized Groups.

• Schneiders, P., Riedl, A., & Stark, B. (2026, June). The Matthew Effect of Algorithmic Curation? On the Ambivalent Relationship Between Preferences for Diversity-Oriented News Recommender Systems and Ideological News Exposure Diversity.

• Wilfert, A., Neuendorf, N. L., Leiner, D. J., Angermayr, K., & Scherr, S. (2026). Beyond elaboration likelihood: A longitudinal experiment on information seeking, information scanning, and mental health attitudes.