Stefan Geiß, Professor

Department of Sociology and Political Science · NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway — Professor

Research Areas

Crisis Communication
Journalism
Media and Communication History
Media Audiences
Political Communication

Highlighted publications

Geiß, S., Viehmann, C., & Kelly, C. A. (2025). Inflation of crisis coverage? Tracking and explaining the changes in crisis labeling and crisis news wave salience 1785–2020. Journal of Communication, 75(1), 27–41. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqae033

Geiß, S., & Kepplinger, H. M. (2025). Are all News Created Equal? How Event Types Change News Emphasis and Interact with News Factors. Journalism Studies, 1–22.

Geiß, S. (2023). Two Journalisms? Linear and Curvilinear Relationships Between Journalists’ Role Ideals and Degree of Democracy. Journalism Studies, 24(9), 1149–1174.

About

E-mail
stefan.geiss@ntnu.no
Website
https://www.ntnu.no/ansatte/stefan.geiss
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8978-0095

Stefan Geiß is Professor of Political Communication at the Department of Sociology and Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. His research focuses on the dynamics of opinion formation and the process of building and setting agendas and frames during scandals and crises.