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Prof. Dr. Pablo Jost is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media since October 2024. Previously, he held an Interim Professorship in Empirical Communication Studies at Ludwig Maximilians Universität Munich (October 2023 to September 2024) and a Research Fellowship at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society in Berlin (September 2023). His academic career includes continuous service as a Research Assistant at the Chair of Political Communication at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz since 2014, where he earned his doctorate in February 2022 with a dissertation titled "Popularity indicators in political communication research".
His educational qualifications are:
- Bachelor of Communication and Political Science (2007-2010), Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Master of Public Communication (2010-2013), Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Doctorate (Dr. phil., 2022), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Jost's research centers on political communication with emphasis on protest movements and digital media change, particularly public user engagement on social platforms. He investigates media effects and methodological innovations in empirical communication science, including how popularity metrics influence news visibility, bias in crisis coverage, and platform-specific dynamics of incivility.
His recent publications (2023-2024) reveal a concentrated focus on social media as political battlegrounds during crises: Telegram networks amplify anti-democratic mobilization and hate speech, while Facebook shapes migration debates and politicians' communication strategies. He consistently analyzes German media's perspective diversity in Ukraine war reporting and environmental policy conflicts, pioneering approaches to measure platform affordances and user engagement.
No scientific awards or honors are documented in this source material.
Jost has no listed advisees but actively collaborates on grant-funded projects, including reports for the Otto Brenner Foundation and Stiftung Mercator on migration and Ukraine war coverage. His research is supported by foundations commissioning analyses of media quality, with recent work on the heating law debate and refugee narratives.
He co-initiated the BAG "Against Hate on the Net" in February 2022 as strategic advisor, focusing on countering online extremism. His work with the "Machine Against the Rage" project examines hate dynamics on Telegram, mapping networks behind movements like Querdenker and analyzing how turmoil becomes commercialized.
