Thorsten Quandt

Thorsten Quandt
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Bochum
OccupationProfessor
Known forOnline communication, journalism research, dark participation

Thorsten Quandt is the professor of online communication at the University of Münster, Germany.[1] He has a particular interest in online communication, (online) journalism and digital media. He (co)authored more than 200 scientific articles and several books,[2] including Participatory Journalism,[3] which was influential in establishing the citizen journalism model. He has edited numerous books, primarily in the field of online communication and digital media, including The Video Game Debate.[4] His work was awarded with several scientific prizes, including international Top Paper Awards,[5] the dissertation award of the German Communication Association,[6] and an ERC grant (European Excellency Programme).[7]

  1. ^ Uni-muenster.de
  2. ^ "Thorsten Quandt - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  3. ^ Singer, J., Hermida, A., Domingo, D., Heinonen, A., Paulussen, S., Quandt, T., Reich, Z., & Vujnovic, M. (2011). Participatory journalism: Guarding open gates at online newspapers. Malden, Oxford, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
  4. ^ Kowert, R. & Quandt, T. (Eds.) (2015). The video game debate. Unravelling the physical, social, and psychological effects of digital games. New York, London: Routledge
  5. ^ Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft. "Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt Lebenslauf". uni-muenster.de.
  6. ^ "DGPuK » Dissertationsförderpreis". dgpuk.de. Archived from the original on 2015-09-27.
  7. ^ "European Commission : CORDIS : Projects & Results Service : The social fabric of virtual life: A longitudinal multi-method study on the social foundations of online gaming". europa.eu.