To solve a problem, we have to
understand it first.
Media bias influences nearly every aspect of our lives—from political views and voting behavior to social opinions and the public’s trust in news outlets. The Media Bias Group is committed to addressing this widespread issue by advancing interdisciplinary research that identifies the origins, impact, and manifestations of bias in the media.
Our aim is to develop reliable methodologies and tools to detect bias, raise public awareness, and empower both users and researchers to better understand the media they consume.
Founded
2021
The Media Bias Group was founded by german researcher Dr. Timo Spinde in 2021.
Research
Network
We are an independent research network, fully relying on partnerships, collaborations, and contributions from individuals, corporations, and institutions to drive our mission forward.
Based in
Tokyo
Our team operates across various institutions worldwide, strongly remote, with our main hub being in Tokyo at Echizen-lab, and some of us working from Munich.
Who we are
To drive the mission forward, we connect a team of research experts in their respective fields. We also have a core group of scientists, tackling the problems together full-time.
We are an international network of researchers working on media bias and related research areas. We are always open to new partners or students joining us for a thesis project or Ph.D. in collaboration with any university or chair. You can read more about getting to know us or joining our mission here.
Dr. Timo Spinde
Network coordinator
NII Tokyo
Smi Hinterreiter
Ph.D. collaborator
University of Würzburg
Martin Wessel
Ph.D. collaborator
TUM Munich
Filip Kučera
Ph.D. collaborator
University of Würzburg
Christoph Mandl
Ph.D. collaborator
University of Passau
Isabella Habereder
Ph.D. collaborator
University of Göttingen
Molly Kennedy
Ph.D. collaborator
LMU Munich
Florian Braun
Ph.D. collaborator
NII Tokyo
Prof. Dr. Isao Echizen – Information and Society Research Division – National Institute of Informatics Tokyo
Prof. Dr. Bela Gipp – Scientific Information Analytics – University of Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Michael Granitzer – Data Science – University of Passau
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Gaissmaier – Social Psychology and Decision Sciences – University of Konstanz
Prof. Dr. Akiko Aizawa – Digital Content and Media Sciences Research Division Professor / Deputy Director General – National Institute of Informatics Tokyo
Prof. Dr. Karsten Donnay – Political Behavior and Digital Media – University of Zurich
Prof. Dr. Jelena Mitrovic – Computational Rhetoric and NLP / Leader of the BMBF funded CAROLL Research Group – University of Passau
Prof. Dr. Marcel Garz – Associate Professor of Economics – Jönköping International Business School
Prof. Dr. Juhi Kulshrestha – Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science – Aalto University
Prof. Steffi Hußlein – Professor Interaction Design – University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal (Institute Industrial Design)
Prof. Dr. Marc Erich Latoschik – Professor for Human-Computer Interaction – University of Würzburg
Prof. Dr. Philipp Schaer – Director of the Institute of Information Management (IIM) – Cologne University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Dr. Oliver Niebuhr – Associate Professor of Communication and Innovation, Centre for Industrial Electronics (CIE) – Süddänische Universität (SDU), Sønderborg, Dänemark
Dr. Terry Ruas – Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Göttingen – University of Göttingen
Dr. André Greiner-Petter – Postdoctoral Researcher – University of Göttingen and National Institute of Informatics Tokyo
Anastasia Zhukova – Scientific Information Analytics – University of Göttingen
Fabian Haak – Ph.D. candidate at TH Köln, Information Retrieval Research Group – TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences
Active Students
Aurora Sartoretto – University of Göttingen
Tom Klotz – University of Konstanz
Robin Aytac – University of Konstanz
Liane Strauch – University of Konstanz
Luca Baccino – Université Côte d’Azur
Leander Streun – University of Konstanz
Past Students
Tomáš Horych – NII Tokyo
Magdalena Haupt – University of Konstanz
Christin Jeggle – University of Konstanz
Lada Rudnitckaia – University of Konstanz
Kanishka Sinha – University of Passau
Jakob Speier – University of Konstanz
Daniel Färber – University of Konstanz
Jonas Ehrhardt – University of Amsterdam
Manuel Plank – University of Konstanz
Shiva Madilla – University of Passau
Jack Krueger – University of Konstanz
Christina Kreuter – University of Konstanz
Apurva Jagdale – University of Passau
Przemyslaw Joniak – National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo
Tilman Hornung – University of Konstanz
David Krieger – University of Konstanz
Kathrin Holzinger – University of Passau
Oumaima Chedly – University of Passau
Elisabeth Richter – University of Konstanz
Zeynep Fert – University of Tilburg
Jerome Würf – University of Leipzig
Anna Bahß – University of Konstanz
Jerome Wassmuth – University of Konstanz
Bao Long Vu – University of Passau
Sultan Us Zamman – University of Passau
Ann-Christin Gah – Technical University of Munich, CDTM
Ahmed Altour – University of Passau
Martin Spirit – Charles University
Tim Berninghaus – TU Dortmund
Stefan Liemawan Adji – KU Leuven
Sofia Karsaclian – University of Konstanz
Diana Sharafeeva – University of Konstanz
Frederik Rüb – University of Würzburg
Julian Dockendorf – University of Würzburg
Sofia Karsaclian – University of Konstanz
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