Dr. Rebecca Scheffauer

Dr. Rebecca Scheffauer

Rebecca Scheffauer is a postdoc at the DIW in Berlin where she works to improve the quality of survey research. Prior to that she obtained her PhD in Political Science at the University of Salamanca where she was a member of the Democracy Research Unit (DRU). Her research interests cover different forms of political participation as well as the effects of social, online, and traditional media.

Publications

Political Research Quarterly

Clarifying the Relationship Between Political Consumerism and Political Persuasion Over Time

2024 | Rebecca Scheffauer, Lana Medina, Homero Gil de Zúñiga
Telematics and Informatics

Incidental news exposure and political consumerism – Exploring nuances

2023 | Rebecca Scheffauer, Timilehin Durotoye, Homero Gil de Zúniga
Profesional de la información

Algorithmic News versus non-algorithmic news: Towards a principle-based artificial intelligence (AI) theoretical framework of news media

2024 | Rebecca Scheffauer, Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Teresa Correa
Online Information Review

Beyond social media news use algorithms: how political discussion and network heterogeneity clarify incidental news exposure

2021 | Rebecca Scheffauer, Manuel Goyanes, Homero Gil de Zúñiga
Refereed essays Web of Science

System Justification and Democracy: Is Liberal Democracy Part of the Status Quo?

In: The British Journal of Social Psychology (2026), im Ersch. | S. Vargas Salfate, Rebecca Scheffauer, H. Gil de Zúñiga
Refereed essays Web of Science

Linking Social Media News Use, AI Interest, and Political Ideology With AI Subjective Knowledge: A Moderated Mediation Model Across Two Countries

In: Social Media + Society (2026), im Ersch. [online first: 2025-12-01] | Manuel Goyanes, Hui Min Lee, Rebecca Scheffauer, Homero Gil de Zúñiga

Lectures

Poster

Das DFG-Infrastruktur Schwerpunktprogramm "New Data Spaces for the Social Sciences"

Rebecca Scheffauer
Wiesbaden, 26.02.2026 - 27.02.2026
| 18. Workshop der Panelsurveys im deutschsprachigen Raum
Vortrag

Who Stays? Tracking Ultra-long-time Participants in the SOEP

Rebecca Scheffauer
Berlin, 29.01.2026
| Seminar: DIW Berlin
Vortrag

The Effect of Personality Traits on Panel Survey Dropout

Rebecca Scheffauer, Stefan Liebig
Venedig, Italien, 17.11.2025 - 20.11.2025
| Analytical Sociology - Theory and Empirical Applications: Workshop; LMU München and Venice International University
Vortrag

Quality Factors in (Panel) Survey Research

Rebecca Scheffauer
[Online], 14.11.2025
| New Data Spaces for the Social Science: DFG Infrastructure Priority Programme [Online]

Research Projects

Research Project

ENTAILab - Research Infrastructure and Innovation Lab

Current Project| German Socio-Economic Panel study
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