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Rosanna Planer

Rosanna Planer

Research Fellow

Empirical Communication and Media Research with a Focus on Reception and Effects Research
Zeppelinhaus
Nikolaistraße 27-29, Room 4.17
04109 Leipzig

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Abstract

Rosanna Planer is research associate and PhD candidate of the chair for empirical communication and media research II. Her research interests include multimedia storytelling, digital longform stories, virtual reality and trends in online journalism. She studied the double degree master’s program Global Mass Communication/Journalism (M.A./M.Sc.) at Leipzig University and Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, as well as communication and media studies (B.A.) at Leipzig University. Her dissertation aims at uncovering different clusters of multimedia stories and their production routines. She is spokesperson for the young academics network "NaJoFo" of the DGPuK section Journalism/Journalism Studies. Next to her scientific work she coordinates the double degree master’s program Global Mass Communication/Journalism which is offered together with Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

Professional career

  • since 09/2020
    Spokesperson for the young academics network "NaJoFo" of the DGPuK section Journalism/Journalism Studies
  • since 07/2018
    Research Associate and PhD Candidate at the Institute of Communication and Media Studies, Leipzig University
  • since 07/2018
    Program coordinator Global Mass Communication, M.A., Leipzig University
  • 06/2014 - 06/2017
    student trainee at communications department, Sparkasse Leipzig

Education

  • 10/2016 - 09/2018
    Global Mass Communication, M.A., Leipzig University
  • 08/2017 - 12/2017
    Journalism, M.Sc., Ohio University, Athens (OH), USA
  • 10/2013 - 09/2016
    Communication and Media Studies, B.A., Leipzig University

Multimedia Stories in Media Houses in the USA and Germany in Changing Times: Characteristics of Development and Perspectives for the Future


Within the framework of a dissertation project, an international stocktaking of journalistic multimedia stories is being sought with reference to digital trends (such as augmented reality, news games, robots, drones, Big Data). A preceding systematizing literature study of international publications on the topic of digital storytelling forms the basis for a subsequent quantitative content analysis of German and US-American multimedia stories. The goal is to identify clusters that will be discussed and classified by experts from the field in a third step. 


Storytelling in journalistic podcasts, on Instagram and in Internet memes.


Another research focus is on the journalistic use of new formats and platforms, such as the production of journalistic podcasts or various strategies of Instagram use by media companies. In addition, internet memes as multimodal narrative formats are exploratively analyzed in an interdisciplinary and international research team. 


Photojournalism using the example of World Press Photo.


In qualitative as well as quantitative studies, prize winners and their award-winning photos of the World Press Photo Contest are analyzed. 

  • Digital Storytelling: Production in International Newsrooms
    Planer, Rosanna
    Duration: 07/2018 – ongoing
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Empirische Kommunikations- und Medienforschung II
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more projects

  • Planer, R.; Godulla, A.; Wolf, C.
    Normative Legitimation of Digital Longforms in Journalism: Three Arguments for Complex Digital Storytelling
    In: Schützeneder, J.; Meier, K.; Springer, N. (Eds.)
    Neujustierung der Journalistik/Journalismusforschung in der digitalen Gesellschaft. SSOAR Social Science Open Access Repository. 2020.
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  • Planer, R.; Godulla, A.
    Longform Journalism in the USA and Germany: Patterns in Award-Winning Digital Storytelling Productions
    Journalism Practice. 2020.
    DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2020.1742771
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  • Godulla, A.; Planer, R.; Wolf, C.; Lück, A.; Vaaßen, F.
    An Immersive Journey through Flawed Technology: Users’ Perceptions of VR in Journalism
    Journalism and Media. 2021. 2 (3). pp. 454–468.
    DOI: 10.3390/journalmedia2030027
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  • Planer, R.; Godulla, A.; Wolf, C.; Bürzle, L.; Grobb, J.; Henke, A.; Ötting, H. L.; Reitler, M.
    Storys Told, Storys Linked: Die Instagram-Nutzung deutscher, britischer und US-amerikanischer Medienunternehmen
    In: Schützeneder, J.; Graßl, M. (Eds.)
    Journalismus und Instagram. Analysen, Strategien, Perspektiven aus Wissenschaft und Praxis. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien. 2022. pp. 163–185.
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  • Planer, R.; Godulla, A.; Wolf, C.
    Changing the focus in multimedia story production: Experiences from high budget and low budget production settings.
    Studies in Communication Sciences (SComS). 2022. 22 (1).
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more publications

  • Journalistic Storytelling in Podcasts

    Seminar M.A. Global Mass Communication and M. A. Communication and Media Studies, Leipzig University, Winter Semester 2021/2022

  • Journalistic Project

    Seminar M.A. Global Mass Communication, Leipzig University, Winter Semester 2021/2022

  • Seminar Quantitative Content Analysis: Instagram

    Seminar M.Sc. Journalism, Summer Semester 2021

  • Research Transfer Project

    Seminar M.A. Communication Management, Winter Semester 2020/2021

  • International Media Systems

    Seminar M.A. Global Mass Communication, M.Sc. Journalism, M.A. Communication and Media Studies, Leipzig University, Winter Semester 2020/2021

  • Digital Storytelling on Instagram

    Seminar M.A. Global Mass Communication, Leipzig University, Winter Semester 2020/2021

  • Quantitative Survey

    Seminar M.Sc. Journalism, Leipzig University, Summer Semester 2020

  • Strategic Online Communication

    Seminar M.A. Communication Management, Leipzig University, Summer Semester 2020

  • Digital Storytelling: Technology in Online Newsrooms

    Seminar M.A. Global Mass Communication, Leipzig University, Winter Semester 2019/2020

  • Datenanalyse

    Seminar M.A. Communication Management and M.A. Global Mass Communication, Leipzig University, Winter Semester 2019/2020

  • International Media Systems

    Seminar M.A. Global Mass Communication, M.Sc. Journalism, M.A. Communication and Media Studies, Leipzig University, Winter Semester 2019/2020

  • Writing a Thesis Proposal

    Seminar M.A. Global Mass Communication, Leipzig University, Winter Semester 2019/2020

  • Theories of Strategic Communication and PR

    Seminar B.A. Communication and Media Studies, Leipzig University, Summer Semester 2019

  • Digital Storytelling in Practice

    Seminar B.A. Communication and Media Studies, Leipzig University, Summer Semester 2019

  • Digital Storytelling in an International Context

    Seminar M.A. Global Mass Communication, Leipzig University, Winter Semester 2018/2019