Annkathrin Sproeßer is a research associate on the DFG project “Moral Panic as a Communicative Frame: Dynamics of Opinion Formation Regarding Social Media Regulation.”

She previously earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communication studies at the University of Hohenheim. In her master’s thesis, she examined digital health activism on TikTok and the selective reception of activist content. During her master’s program, she also received the ICA Top Student Paper Award in the Communication and Technology Division.