Carolin-Theresa Ziemer

Carolin-Theresa Ziemer is a researcher at the Institute of Communication Science at Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany. Ziemer's research focuses on disinformation, misinformation, and media exposure, with particular attention to psychological mechanisms underlying public responses to false information and expert disagreement. Recent work by Ziemer has examined signal detection theory as a framework for understanding zone-flooding and public confusion, the role of social identity and inoculation strategies in protecting vulnerable populations against pro-Kremlin disinformation, and the psychological underpinnings of pandemic denial during the COVID-19 pandemic.