Johannes Johansson

Johannes Johansson

PhD Candidate in Media and Communication

Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG)

University of Gothenburg

Professional Summary

I am a PhD candidate in Media and Communication at the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG), University of Gothenburg. My research re-examines established theories of media effects and audience behavior as temporally contingent processes, with a focus on public opinion, news framing, agenda-setting, and selective media use, drawing on computational, experimental, and mixed-methods approaches. I did my PhD affiliated with the Varieties of Media Effects (ERC) research programme and have also worked within projects on Media Effects in Motion, long-term cultivation effects, and the activation and articulation of authoritarian attitudes. Before starting my PhD, I worked at the SOM Institute and the Laboratory of Opinion Research (LORE) as Deputy Chief Analyst.

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Interests

Political communication Long-term media effects News framing and frame dynamics Agenda-setting and issue evolution Longitudinal and computational communication research

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PhD / Doctoral Research Courses

Projects
Media Effects in Motion: Temporal Processes and Contextual Dynamics featured image

Media Effects in Motion: Temporal Processes and Contextual Dynamics

This, my PhD dissertation project, develops a process-oriented account of media effects, focusing on how media influence unfolds over time through the interaction between exposure, …

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Activation and articulation of authoritarian attitudes

A project investigating how the media agenda and news framing shape the emergence and articulation of authoritarian attitudes. The research uses a multi-method design including …

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The long-term cultivation of sociotropic beliefs

A project on whether citizens who get their news from different media sources adopt and cultivate different beliefs about society. By combining a four-year panel survey with …

Beyond research

Outside academia, I spend time on hands-on projects in audio electronics, guitar amplifiers and pedals, homelab computing, and restoration work.

I document some of these projects at The Life DIY, a personal project log that reflects my broader interest in systems, craft, and learning by building. More broadly, these projects reflect my long-standing interest in practical problem-solving, understanding how things work, and developing solutions to concrete technical challenges.