Dr des. Fenja De Silva-Schmidt
Research Associate
Communication Studies, Climate and Science Communication
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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, media portrayals of climate change and climate futures, and science communication in general. Another concern of hers is the field of data journalism.
Currently she works for the projects "Climate futures" in the cluster of excellence CLICCS, and "Down to Earth" (for further information please refer to http://www.climatematters.hamburg/down-to-earth/).
Curriculum Vitae
| since 05/2015 |
Research Associate at the Institute of Journalism and Communication Studies (especially Climate and Science Communication) |
| since 10/2013 |
free lance journalist, in particular for the journal "Spektrum der Wissenschaft" |
| 11/2013 - 03/2015 |
Student Assistant at the Hans-Bredow-Institute for Media Research - Project "When 'Data" Becomes 'News'" |
| 02 - 05/2013 |
Student Assistant at the Institute of German philology I (UHH) - Project "The Language of Climate Change / Die Sprache des Klimawandels" |
| 2012-2014 |
M.A. Journalism and Communication Science, UHH |
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2009-2012 |
B.A. Media and Communication Science / French, UHH |
Publications and Conference Presentations
I. Peer Reviewed Articles
Guenther, Lars/Mahl, Daniela/De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja & Brüggemann, Michael (2020): Klimawandel und Klimapolitik: Vom Nischenthema auf die öffentliche Agenda. Ergebnisse von Befragungen zu den UN-Klimagipfeln 2015, 2018 und 2019. Media Perspektiven 51 (5), S. 287-296. https://www.ard-werbung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/media-perspektiven/pdf/2020/052020_Guenther_Mahl_De_Silva-Schmidt_Brueggemann.pdf
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), S. 107-113. https://www.ard-werbung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/media-perspektiven/pdf/2019/0319_DeSilva-Schmidt_Brueggemann.pdf
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
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
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
Hoppe, Imke/De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja (2020): Differences in sense making of COP21 among rural and city residents: the role of spatial characteristics for the reception and interpretation of climate change. In: Brüggemann, Michael / Rödder, Simone (Hg.): Global Warming in Local Discourses: How Communities around the World Make Sense of Climate Change. Global Communications vol. 1. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers.
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/Hoppe, Imke/Arlt, Dorothee (2020): Limited Learning Under Low Ceilings: Explaining influences on learning about climate politics from media use and interpersonal communication. Down to Earth Working Paper. Hamburg. https://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.956
Mahl, Daniela/Brüggemann, Michael/Guenther, Lars/De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja (2020): Public opinion at a tipping point: Germany’s path to engaging with climate protection. Down to Earth Working Paper. Hamburg. https://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.905
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.