Lennart Hofeditz | Team of the Research Group Professional Communication in Electronic Media / Social Media
Lennart Hofeditz, M.Sc.
Address: Forsthausweg 2, 47057 Duisburg
Office: LE 326
Phone: +49 203 379 2436
Mail:lennart.hofeditz@uni-due.de
Research interests
- Virtual Collaboration
- Social Bots / Conversational Agents
- AI & Ethics
- Research Data Management
- Crisis Communication / Disaster Management
Academic qualification
| Since 04/2019 | PhD Candidate, University of Duisburg-Essen |
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10/2015 – 11/2018 |
M.Sc. in Applied Cognitive and Media Science, University Duisburg-Essen |
| 05/2018 – 11/2018 |
Semester abroad, The University of Sydney Business School, Australia |
| 10/2012 – 09/2015 | B.Sc. in Applied Cognitive and Media Science, University Duisburg-Essen |
Professional background
| Since 04/2019 | Research Associate, Research Group Professional Communication in Electronic Media / Social Media, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 03/2019 | Research Assistant, Research Group Professional Communication in Electronic Media / Social Media, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| Since 05/2018 | Freelancer in User Experience Consulting |
| 03/2017 - 04/2018 | Corporate Communications Assistant, ElectronicPartner Handel SE, Düsseldorf |
| Since 04/2017 | Freelancer in TV productions |
| 12/2014 – 12/2016 | Student employee TV productions Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, Duisburg |
Engagement and Fellowships
| Since 10/2019 | "Expat Pilot" for exchange students |
| Since 05/2019 | Member of the Association for Information Systems |
| 05/2018 - 11/2018 | PROMOS-Scholarship program of the DAAD |
| 01/2016 - 01/2018 | Student representative for Applied Cognitive and Media Science |
| Since 10/2013 | Unified Sports - Special Olympics Deutschland (Basketball team with disabled people) |
Publications
Conference Papers
- Brachten, F., Stieglitz, S., Hofeditz, L., Kloppenburg, K. & Reimann, A. (2017). Strategies and Influence of Social Bots in a 2017 German state election. Proceedings of the 28th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), Paper 207.
- Hofeditz, L., Ehnis, C., Bunker, D., Brachten, F., & Stieglitz, S. (2019). Meaningful Use of Social Bots? Possible Applications in Crisis Communication During Disasters. In: Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Stockholm/Uppsapa, Sweden. (forthcoming)