1. Research area

    The public arena

    Public sphere · Platforms · News media

    Platforms, search engines, and AI-enabled services now shape what topics become visible and who gets heard. I map how this changes the relationships between people, news media, and politicians, and how they adapt.

    For journalists and policymakers: why outsiders break through, why legacy media lose reach, and who gains and loses power.

Selected publications

  • Digital Transformations of the Public Arena

    How have digital media changed the public arena? What stays the same? The United States, Germany, and China compared.

    Book · Cambridge University Press · 2022 · with Ralph Schroeder
  • Artificial Intelligence and the Public Arena

    Platforms increasingly rely on AI to shape what people see, to generate content, and to communicate with people. This is likely to strengthen the intermediaries that control the public arena and threatens to push challenges to the political status quo out of sight.

    Communication Theory · 2023 · with Ralph Schroeder
  • Discursive Power in Contemporary Media Systems

    Hybrid media systems are often treated as a black box. The concept of discursive power, the ability to introduce, amplify, and maintain topics, frames, and speakers, makes it possible to identify who shapes public debate.

    The International Journal of Press/Politics · 2019 · with Oliver Posegga and Jisun An

Recent publications 18

Work in progress 2

  1. Digital Media in Politics and SocietyAndreas JungherrCambridge University Press · Book under contract
  2. The Politics of AI: Delegation, Automation, and ChangeAndreas JungherrCambridge University Press · Book under contract

2026 3

  1. AI and the Future of DemocracyAndreas Jungherr, Giulia Sandri, Mykola Makhortykh, Gemma Galdón-Clavell, and Armin RabitschJoint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission · Report
  2. Soziale Medien als politische Bühne – Parteien, Wahlkämpfe und neue ÖffentlichkeitenAndreas JungherrDeutschland und Europa 92
  3. Systemische Risiken digitaler Medien für die Demokratie und Öffentlichkeit: Begriff, Regulierung und empirische BewertungAndreas JungherrIn Systemische Risiken im digitalen Zeitalter, edited by A. von Ungern-Sternberg, B. Raue, L. K. Kumkar, and T. Rüfner, pp. 79–102 · Institut für Recht und Digitalisierung Trier (IRDT) · Chapter

2025 3

  1. Artificial Intelligence in Deliberation: The AI Penalty and the Emergence of a New Deliberative DivideAndreas Jungherr and Adrian RauchfleischGovernment Information Quarterly 42(4): 102079 · Peer-reviewed article
  2. Wahlkampf digital: Öffentlichkeit, Koordination und künstliche IntelligenzAndreas JungherrAus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (APuZ) 75(6–7): 19–24
  3. Winning and Losing with Artificial Intelligence: What Public Discourse about ChatGPT Tells Us about How Societies Make Sense of Technological ChangeAdrian Rauchfleisch, Joshua Philip Suarez, Nikka Marie Sales, and Andreas JungherrTelematics and Informatics 103: 102344 · Peer-reviewed article

2024 1

  1. Digitaler Wandel im Kaleidoskop der SozialwissenschaftAndreas JungherrIn Politischer Journalismus: Konstellationen – Muster – Dynamiken, edited by Christian Nuernbergk, Nina Fabiola Schumacher, Jörg Haßler, and Jonas Schützeneder, pp. 23–42 · Nomos · Chapter

2023 4

  1. Artificial Intelligence and Democracy: A Conceptual FrameworkAndreas JungherrSocial Media + Society 9(3): 1–14 · Peer-reviewed article
  2. Artificial Intelligence and the Public ArenaAndreas Jungherr and Ralph SchroederCommunication Theory 33(2–3): 164–173 · Peer-reviewed article
  3. Digitale Informationsumgebungen: Echokammern, Filterblasen, Fake News und AlgorithmenAndreas JungherrIn Handbuch Digitalisierung und politische Beteiligung, edited by Norbert Kersting, Jörg Radtke, and Sigrid Baringhorst, pp. 1–17 · Springer VS · Chapter
  4. Künstliche Intelligenz und DemokratieAndreas JungherrEinsichten und Perspektiven: Bayerische Zeitschrift für Politik und Geschichte 4, pp. 14–21

2022 5

  1. Digital Transformations of the Public ArenaAndreas Jungherr and Ralph SchroederCambridge University Press · Book
  2. Populist Supporters on Reddit: A Comparison of Content and Behavioral Patterns within Publics of Supporters of Donald Trump and Hillary ClintonAndreas Jungherr, Oliver Posegga, and Jisun AnSocial Science Computer Review 40(3): 809–830 · Peer-reviewed article
  3. Review of Cristian Vaccari and Augusto Valeriani (2021): Outside the Bubble: Social Media and Political Participation in Western DemocraciesAndreas JungherrJournal of Information Technology & Politics 20(4): 503–504 · Book review
  4. The Extended Reach of Game Engine Companies: How Companies like Epic Games and Unity Technologies Provide Platforms for Extended Reality Applications and the MetaverseAndreas Jungherr and Damien B. SchlarbSocial Media + Society 8(2): 1–12 · Peer-reviewed article
  5. The Role of Flag Emoji in Online Political CommunicationAnkit Kariryaa, Simon Rundé, Hendrik Heuer, Andreas Jungherr, and Johannes SchöningSocial Science Computer Review 40(2): 367–387 · Peer-reviewed article

All 49 publications on the public arena