Fenja De Silva-Schmidt, M. A.

Fenja De Silva-Schmidt is a member of the team of Prof Brüggemann at the faculty of economics and social sciences since May 2015. Her research interest lies in the transfer of knowledge through media, opinion leaders and the investigation of networks in science communication. Another concern of hers is the field of data  journalism.

Currently she works for the project "Down to Earth" (for further information please refer to http://www.climatematters.hamburg/down-to-earth/).

I. Peer Reviewed Articles

Brüggemann, Michael/De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja/Hoppe, Imke/Arlt, Dorothee/Schmitt, Josephine B. (2017): The appeasement effect of a United Nations climate summit on the German public. Nature Climate Change 7, 783-878.  https://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate3409.html

Arlt, Dorothee/Hoppe, Imke/Schmitt, Josephine B./De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja/Brüggemann, Michael (2018): Climate Engagement in a Digital Age: Exploring the Drivers of Participation in Climate Discourse Online in the Context of COP21. Environmental Communication 12(1), 84-98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2017.1394892

Loosen, Wiebke/Reimer, Julius/De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja (2017): Data-driven reporting: An on-going (r)evolution? An analysis of projects nominated for the Data Journalism Awards 2013–2016. Journalism. http://dx.doi.org./10.1177/1464884917735691

Walter, Stefanie/De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja/Brüggemann, Michael (2017): From “Knowledge Brokers” to Opinion Makers: How Physical Presence Affected Scientists’ Twitter Use During the COP21 Climate Change Conference. International Journal of Communication, 11, 570-591

Loosen, Wiebke/Reimer, Julius/Schmidt, Fenja (2015): When Data Become News: A Content Analysis of Data Journalism Pieces. Conference Paper The Future of Journalism: Risks, Threats and Opportunities, Cardiff University, UK

Schmidt, Fenja (2014): Stil und Adressatenorientierung am Beispiel des Kinderteils der Böhme-Zeitung. Studentische Zeitschrift für Medien und Kommunikation 1 (1) 2014, 12-13.

II. Chapters in Edited Books

Taddicken, Monika/De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja (2019): Ich weiß was, was Du nicht weißt!? Meinungsführer und ihr Wissen zum Klimawandel. In: Neverla, Irene/Taddicken, Monika/Lörcher, Ines/Hoppe, Imke (Hg.): Klimawandel im Kopf. Wiesbaden: Springer, pp. 129-143.

Schmidt, Fenja/Düring, Kerstin (2014): Zweifel transparent machen. Medizinjournalismus im Fokus der netzwerk recherche-Jahreskonferenz 2013. In: Lilienthal, Volker/Reineck, Dennis/Schnedler, Thomas (Hg.): Qualität im Gesundheitsjournalismus. Wiesbaden: Springer, pp. 285-297.

III. Reviews

De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja (2017): Book review: Geber, Sarah: Wie Meinungsführer Meinung kommunizieren. Medien und Kommunikation 66 (1), S. 77-78. https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/1615-634X-2018-1-75/literatur-besprechungen-jahrgang-66-2018-heft-1?page=1

IV. Other Publications

De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja/Brüggemann, Michael (2019): Klimapolitik in den Medien – das Publikum erwartet mehr. Befunde einer Befragung zu den UN-Klimagipfeln 2015 und 2018. Media Perspektiven 50 (3), pp. 107-113. https://www.ard-werbung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/media-perspektiven/pdf/2019/0319_DeSilva-Schmidt_Brueggemann.pdf

Loosen, Wiebke/Reimer, Julius/De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja (2017): Data-Driven Reporting: An On-Going (R)Evolution? A Longitudinal Analysis of Projects Nominated for the Data Journalism Awards 2013-15. Arbeitspapiere des Hans-Bredow-Instituts Nr. 41. Hamburg: Verlag Hans-Bredow-Institut. https://www.hans-bredow-institut.de/uploads/media/default/cms/media/6i913q1_41Data-Driven-Reporting.pdf

Loosen, Wiebke/Reimer, Julius/De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja (2016): Wenn aus Daten Journalismus wird. Eine Inhaltsanalyse der für die Data Journalism Awards 2013 bis 2015 nominierten Projekte. Arbeitspapiere des Hans-Bredow-Instituts Nr. 39. Hamburg: Verlag Hans-Bredow-Institut. https://www.hans-bredow-institut.de/de/publikationen/wenn-aus-daten-journalismus-wird

Schmidt, Fenja (2015): How data journalism is impacting the climate change debate. In: Brüggemann, Michael (Hg): Media Representations of Climate Change Politics at COP21: The End of the Beginning. http://www.climatematters.hamburg/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Watchblog.pdf, pp. 19-21.

Schmitt, Josephine B./Arlt, Dorothee/Hoppe, Imke/Schmidt, Fenja/Brüggemann, Michael (2015): UN-Klimakonferenz 2015 – Wissen, Einstellungen und Zweifel der Deutschen zum Thema Klimapolitik. CliSAP Working Paper. http://www.climatematters.hamburg/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Working-Paper_1.pdf

 V. Conference Presentations

De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja (2017): Wie beeinflussen Medienberichte und interpersonelle Kommunikation das Wissen über Klimapolitik? Doktorandenworkshop zur 1. Jahrestagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Wissenschaftskommunikation, Landau, 27. April 2017.

Walter, Stefanie/De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja/Brüggemann, Michael (2017): From "knowledge brokers" to opinion makers: How physical presence impacts scientists' Twitter use during the COP21 climate change conference. 62. Jahrestagung der DGPuK, Düsseldorf, 1. April 2017.

De Silva Schmidt, Fenja/Brüggemann, Michael/Hoppe, Imke/Arlt, Dorothee/Schmitt, Josephine B. (2016): From weather forecast to climate conference: Influencing factors on interpersonal communication about climate change. 6th European Communication Conference, Prague, 12. November 2016.

Schmidt, Fenja/Reimer, Julius (2015): Daten - der Stoff, aus dem Geschichten entstehen? Eine Inhaltsanalyse datenjournalistischer Produkte. Digitaler Journalismus: Disruptive Praxis eines neuen Paradigmas, Hamburg, 6. November 2015.

Loosen, Wiebke/Reimer, Julius/Schmidt, Fenja (2015): When Data Become News: A Content Analysis of Data Journalism Pieces. Future of Journalism Conference 2015: Risks, Threats and Opportunities, Cardiff, 10. September 2015.