Matthias Kast
| Phone: | +49 821 598 5634 |
| Email: | matthias.kast@uni-auni-a.de () |
| Room: | 5049 (D) |
| Open hours: | by appointment |
| Address: | Universit?tsstra?e 10, 86159 Augsburg |
Research Areas
- Media Reception and Effects
- Science Communication
Research Projects
Since 2025: Research associate in the project “Science Communication about and with Communicative Artificial Intelligence: Emotions, Engagement, and Effects”
Project funded by the Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR). Project coordination: Prof. Dr. Helena Bilandzic, in cooperation with Technische Universit?t Braunschweig and Technische Universit?t München.
Publications
Kast, Matthias (2025). Alternativmedientheorie im Wandel: rechtsgerichtete Medienph?nomene als Ausdruck publizistischer Gegen?ffentlichkeit.?Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen (FJSB), 38(1), 70–82. https://doi.org/10.1515/fjsb-2025-2009
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Kast, Matthias (2024).?Protestpl?tze, Partizipationsr?ume, Parallelwelten: wissenschaftliche Betrachtung und aktuelle Bewertung von Alternativmedien.?University of Bamberg Press. https://doi.org/10.20378/irb-92686
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Kast, Matthias (2021).??Heute keine Sitzung wegen zu teuren Bieres“: die Analyse des Bamberger Bierkriegs von 1907 als Thema der ?ffentlichkeit.?University of Bamberg Press. https://doi.org/10.20378/irb-50163
Teaching
Summer Semester 2026:
We have created a monster?:?The Anthropomorphization of Artificial Intelligence in Media Discourse (MA Seminar: Science Communication)
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Winter Semester 2025/26:
"Germany is opening up a coal plant every week":?Deception and falsehoods in political communication (BA Seminar: Political Communication)
My Friend ChatGPT: AI in Mass Media Discourse (MA Seminar: Science Communication)
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Summer Semester 2025:
Introduction to Data Analysis using SPSS (BA Seminar: Methodologies)
Attracted to the Different? Alternative Media and Their Audience (BA Seminar:?Media Effects and Processes)
Scientific activities and roles
Memberships:
- German Communication Association (DGPuK)
- European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
- International Communication Association (ICA)
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Roles and activities:
- Faculty-representative at the Department of Media, Knowledge, and Communication (imwk) at the University of Augsburg (since 04/2026)
Curriculum Vitae
| Seit 02/2025 |
Research Assistant and PhD Candidate at the Department of Media, Knowledge, and Communication, University of Augsburg |
| 2024 |
Research Assistant at the Institute of Communication Science, University of Hohenheim |
| 2021-2023 |
Tutor at the Institute of Communication Science, University of Bamberg |
| 2020-2022 |
Student Assistant at the State Institute for Family Research in Bamberg |
| 2020-2023 |
Master of Arts in Communication Science at the University of Bamberg |
| 2016-2020 |
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Science at the University of Bamberg |
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