Dr. Valerie Hase

Dr. Valerie Hase

Postdoctoral Scholar / Akademische Rätin a.Z.

LMU Munich

Biography

Welcome! I am a Postdoctoral Scholar (Akademische Rätin a.Z.) at the Department of Media and Communication, LMU Munich. Taking a Computational Social Science (CSS) perspective, I study digital news (use) and digital data/methods.

Related to digital news (use), I focus on the cross-platform flow of information and cross-platform news consumption. I also study crisis and conflict communication, specifically how news media cover terrorist attacks and terrorist groups, climate change, and other fear-related topics. I serve as a speaker for the Journalism Studies Division of the German Communication Association and am part of the Editorial Board of Digital Journalism.

Related to digital data/methods, my research is situated at the intersection of social science and computer science, with a focus on improving data access, text-as-data methods, digital trace data, and bias in CSS. I am a PI in the interdisciplinary DFG projectIntegrating Data Donation in Survey Infrastructure: Quantifying, Explaining, and Addressing Errors in Representation and Measurement” (2024-2027). Moreover, I give method workshops on R/Python, automated content analysis, and digital trace data.

If you want to know more, please do reach out and send me an email!

For more information, download my CV.

Interests
  • Computational Methods
  • Digital News (Use)
  • Cross-Platform Approaches
  • Crisis Communication

Skills

Automated Content Analysis

Advanced

Digital Trace Data

Advanced

APIs/Scraping

Advanced

R

Advanced

Python

Proficient

Github

Proficient

Selected Publications


For a full list of my publications, see here


Teaching

Studying Online News with Computational Methods

Studying Online News with Computational Methods

B.A. Research seminar, LMU Munich (2024-2025)

Automated Content Analysis in R

Automated Content Analysis in R

Method Workshop, University of Münster

COST Action Training School in Computational Opinion Analysis

COST Action Training School in Computational Opinion Analysis

Summer School as part of the EU COST network, University of Salamanca (2024)

Data Donation

Data Donation

Workshop, Conference Journalism/Science Communication Divison DGPuK (2023)

Advanced Text Analysis

Advanced Text Analysis

Summer Institute in CSS - Munich (2023)

News on & for Social Media

News on & for Social Media

B.A. Research seminar, LMU Munich (2023)

Cross-Platform Journalism

Cross-Platform Journalism

B.A. Research seminar, LMU Munich (2022-2023)

Your News, My News, No News

Your News, My News, No News

M.A. Research seminar, LMU Munich (2022-2023)

Text as Data Methods in R

Text as Data Methods in R

M.A. Seminar, University of Zurich (2021)

Text as Data

Text as Data

B.A. Research seminar, University of Zurich (2020-2021)

Automated Text Analysis

Automated Text Analysis

Workshop, Conference Journalism Studies Division DGPuK (2019)

Propaganda Online

Propaganda Online

B.A. Research seminar, University of Zurich (2019-2020)

Crisis & Risks in the News

Crisis & Risks in the News

B.A. Research seminar, University of Zurich (2018-2019)

Mass Media & Terrorism

Mass Media & Terrorism

B.A. Research seminar, University of Zurich (2017-2018)

Outreach

In the Media

In the Media

Press, Poadcasts & TV Appearances

(Co-)Organized Events

(Co-)Organized Events

Conferences & Workshops