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Jens Seiffert-Brockmann
Univ.Prof. Dr.phil. Jens Seiffert-Brockmann, M.A.
Professor for Business Communication
Head of the Department of Business Communication
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About
Jens Seiffert-Brockmann is Professor of Business Communication at the Department of Foreign Language Business Communication at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). Between 2015 and 2020, he was a post-doctoral researcher with the Corporate Communication Research Group, Department of Communication at the University of Vienna. He received his doctorate in communication science in 2014 from the University of Leipzig, where he also graduated in communication science and political science. Jens has spent several periods abroad, including a semester at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, the George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, United States and as a guest researcher at Lund University, Sweden.
He is currently the chair of the Public Relations and Organizational Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Co-Editor of the Medien Journal, the Austrian Journal for Media and Communication Research, and he is member of the board of the Austrian Communication Association (ÖGK). As head of the Institute for Communication Management and Media, he is also responsible for the new master’s program in Business Communication at the WU.
Research Interests
Jens Seiffert-Brockmann’s research is focused on three areas of interest. First, he is concerned with trust in organizational communication and public trust in society. Second, he researches the impact of digital communication on business, especially with regard to content management, gamification and internet memes. Finally yet importantly, strategic communication with a focus on evolutionary psychology is the third area of interest. He has published numerous articles and chapters on these issues, as well as further papers on other branches of the academic field of Public Relations and Strategic Communication. Jens Seiffert-Brockmann is reviewer for the respective international academic journals in the field.
A full list of publications and research activities can be found in PURE.
Book (monograph)
| 2015 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens. 2015. Vertrauen in der Mediengesellschaft: Eine theoretische und empirische Analyse. Read more |
Journal article
| 2023 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Wiggins, Bradley, Nothhaft, Howard. 2023. The Meme’s-Eye View of Strategic Communication: A Case Study of Social Movements from a Memetic Perspective. Read more |
| 2023 | Nothhaft, Howard, Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens. 2023. Peacocks, Penknives and Power. Read more |
| 2023 | Nothhaft, Howard, Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens. 2023. From Costly Signals and Competitive Niches to Reciprocity, Memes, and Memory Traces: Evolutionary Psychology and Strategic Communication. Read more |
| 2023 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Hackl, Laura, Ihlen, Oyvind. 2023. Between progress and struggle: young PR-scholars’ contribution to theory building and progress in public relations research. Read more |
| 2021 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Einwiller, Sabine, Ninova-Solovykh, Neda, Wolfgruber, Daniel. 2021. Agile Content Management: Strategic Communication in Corporate Newsrooms. Read more |
| 2020 | Naderer, Brigitte, Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Matthes, Jörg, Einwiller, Sabine. 2020. Native and embedded advertising formats: Tensions between a lucrative marketing strategy and consumer fairness. Read more |
| 2020 | Weitzl, Wolfgang, Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Einwiller, Sabine. 2020. Investigating the effects of sponsorship and forewarning disclosures on recipients’ reactance. Read more |
| 2019 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens. 2019. Kommunikation an der Grenze: Krisen, Wandel und Herausforderungen. Read more |
| 2019 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Ruppel, Christopher, Einwiller, Sabine. 2019. Gives you wings or not? Exploring the impact of viewers' responsibility attribution and surprise on their attitude, identification and trust. Read more |
| 2019 | Schultz, Christian, Einwiller, Sabine, Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Weitzl, Wolfgang. 2019. When Reputation Influences Trust in Nonprofit Organizations. The Role of Value Attachment as Moderator. Read more |
| 2019 | Thummes, Kerstin, Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens. 2019. Smart, friendly, biased liars? Exploring motivated reasoning and ethical decision-making in public relations. Read more |
| 2018 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Diehl, Trevor, Dobusch, Leonhard. 2018. Memes as games: The evolution of a digital discourse online. Read more |
| 2018 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Einwiller, Sabine, Stranzl, Julia. 2018. Character assassination of CEOs in crises – Questioning CEOs’ character and values in corporate crises. Read more |
| 2018 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Weitzl, Wolfgang, Henriks, Magdalena. 2018. Stakeholder engagement through gamification: effects of user motivation on psychological and behavioral stakeholder reactions. Read more |
| 2018 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens. 2018. Evolutionary Psychology: A Framework for Strategic Communication Research. Read more |
| 2017 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Thummes, Kerstin. 2017. Self-deception in public relations. A psychological and sociological approach to the challenge of conflicting expectations. Read more |
| 2015 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Nothhaft, Howard. 2015. The missing media. Read more |
Chapter in edited volume
| 2023 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Neureiter, Ariadne. 2023. Digital Corporate Communication and Gamification In: Handbook on Digital Corporate Communication. Hrsg. Luoma-aho, Vilma, Badham, Mark. Read more |
| 2022 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Einwiller, Sabine, Ninova-Solovykh, Neda, Weitzl, Wolfgang. 2022. Content Marketing In: Wert- und Interessenkonflikte in der strategischen Kommunikation . Read more |
| 2022 | Einwiller, Sabine, Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Ninova-Solovykh, Neda. 2022. Agile integrated communication In: Research Handbook on Strategic Communication. Hrsg. Falkheimer, Jesper, Heide, Mats. Read more |
| 2022 | Nothhaft, Howard, Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens. 2022. Das wicked problem der systemischen Heuchelei: Public Relations und Virtue-Signalling In: Wicked Problems. Read more |
| 2021 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens. 2021. Gamification in der Mitarbeiterkommunikation In: Handbuch Mitarbeiterkommunikation. Hrsg. Einwiller, Sabine; Sackmann, Sonja A.; Zerfaß, Ansgar. Read more |
| 2021 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Thummes, Kerstin. 2021. Schlüsselbegriffe der Public Relations In: Handbuch der Public Relations. Read more |
| 2020 | Melzer, Anne, Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Zerfaß, Ansgar. 2020. Strategische Kommunikation: Begriffliche und konzeptionelle Grundlagen aus interdisziplinärer Sicht In: Militär und Sozialwissenschaften. Anwendungsgebiete und Grundlagen von Strategischer Kommunikation. Hrsg. Holenweger, M. Read more |
| 2020 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Einwiller, Sabine. 2020. Content-Strategien in der Unternehmenskommunikation: Themensetzung, Storytelling und Newsrooms In: Handbuch Unternehmenskommunikation. Hrsg. Zerfaß, Ansgar; Piwinger, Manfred; Röttger, Ulrike. Read more |
| 2019 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens. 2019. Character Assassination by Memes In: Routledge handbook of character assassination and reputation management. Hrsg. Samoilenko, Sergei A.; Icks, Martijn; Keohane, Jennifer; Shiraev, Eric. Read more |
| 2019 | Krüger, Uwe, Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens. 2019. Die Komplexitätsreduktion der Ohnmächtigen? In: Komplexität im Journalismus. Hrsg. Beatrice Dernbach, Alexander Godulla, Annika Sehl. Read more |
| 2019 | Winkler, Peter, Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens. 2019. Organizing from Disorder: Internet Memes as Subversive Style. In: Dis/organization as communication: Studying tensions, ambiguities and disordering. Hrsg. Vásquez, Consuelo; Kuhn, Timothy. Read more |
| 2017 | Krüger, Uwe, Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens. 2017. „Lügenpresse“ – Eine Verschwörungstheorie? Hintergründe, Ursachen, Auswege In: Nachrichten und Aufklärung. Hrsg. Hektor Haarkötter, Jörg-Uwe Nieland. Read more |
| 2017 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens. 2017. Beyond Boundaries: Dualism, Non-Dualism And Creative Research In: Pathways Of Creative Research: Towards A Festival Of Dialogues. Hrsg. Ananta Kumar Giri. Read more |
Entry in encyclopedia
| 2017 | Seiffert-Brockmann, Jens, Jarolimek, Stefan. 2017. Real-Time Ratings In: The Wiley Blackwell-ICA international encyclopedias of communication. The international encyclopedia of communication research methods. Hrsg. Matthes, J. Read more |