Charlotte Knorr

Charlotte Knorr is a Communication Science researcher at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), Faculty of Social Sciences, specializing in crises and risk communication. She maintains dual affiliations as Research Assistant at both LMU Munich (since November 2023) and Leipzig University's Institute of Communication and Media Studies (since April 2021).

• PhD in Communication Science from Leipzig University (2020)
• Master of Arts in Empirical Media Science (Leipzig University, 2014)
• Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Media Science (Leipzig University, 2010)
• Additional Bachelor studies in Communication and Media (Universität Passau, 2008)
• Certified Mediator (Mediationsbüro Berlin Mitte, 2018)

Her research centers on science journalism, conflict communication, and public discourses with particular focus on framing theory, datafication, and marginalized actors. Recent work examines churnalism in journalism, cultural motifs in big data discourse, and causal attribution frameworks. Her publications demonstrate interdisciplinary reach spanning media sociology, science communication, and digital humanities.

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals consistent methodological innovation in framing analysis and discourse studies, with increasing emphasis on datafication's societal impacts. Her work bridges empirical media research with critical theory, particularly in examining how uncertainty is communicated in crisis contexts.

• Dissertationspreis 2020 'Medien – Kultur – Kommunikation' from DGPuK Fachgruppe Soziologie der Medienkommunikation

Knorr actively contributes to academic governance through memberships in International Communication Association (since 2023), European Communication Research and Education Association (since 2022), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Netzwerkforschung (since 2016), and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (since 2015). Her professional activities include organizing workshops on mediation, deliberation, and conflict management, demonstrating commitment to translating academic research into practical communication interventions.