Markus Rhomberg (*1979) is Juniorprofessor for Political Communication at the Department of Communication & Cultural Management at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Germany. From 2009 to 2010 he worked as Visiting Professor at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Rhomberg studied Political Studies, Communication Studies and Sociology at the University of Vienna, Austria, and received his PhD in 2006 with a book on Agenda-Setting and Media Democracy. His current research interests are in the field of public communication on climate change issues and, more generally, in the field of public opinion and political communication. Currently published: “Politische Kommunikation” (2009), “Risk Perceptions and Public Debates on Climate Change: A Conceptualization Based on the Theory of a Functionally-differentiated Society” (2010).
Academic Positions
2010 Juniorprofessor for Political Communication, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Germany 2009 - 2010 Visiting Professor, Empirische Kommunikationsforschung, Institut for Journalism and Communication Studies, University of Hamburg, Germany 2009 Head of Research Project: „Communication of Reforms“, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Germany 2008 - 2009 Head of Research Project: „Die Wahrnehmung der Wirtschaft in der massenmedialen Debatte“, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen 2004 - 2008 PhD Candidate and Research Associate, BBDO Chair of Media Science (Prof. Dr. Klaus Schönbach), Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen
Education
2006 Dr. phil. Political Science (ausgezeichneter Erfolg, with Honors), University of Vienna, Institute for Political Science Dissertation: "Agenda-Setting. Theorie der Mediendemokratie", Nominated for the Ph.D.-Award of "Österreichische Gesellschaft fur Politikwissenschaft" 2004 Mag. phil. Political Science (Gesamtnote: Sehr gut), University of Vienna, Institute for Political Science, MA-Thesis: "Politische Inszenierungen und Theatralität in der massenmedialen Vermittlung" 1999 - 2004 M.A. Political Studies, Communication Studies & Sociology, University of Vienna, Austria 1998 Journalism Degree, PH Weingarten und Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
