Tobias Rothmund

Tobias Rothmund is a Professor for Psychology in Communication and Media Use at the Institute of Communication Science at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, where Rothmund has served since 2018. Rothmund's research examines psychological mechanisms underlying political attitudes, trust, and engagement with misinformation and disinformation across digital and traditional media contexts. Drawing on signal detection theory, social identity frameworks, and personality psychology, Rothmund investigates how ideological positioning, moral judgments, and affective dynamics shape public responses to polarized issues including climate change, pandemic-related claims, and geopolitical conflicts. Rothmund's work extends to applied domains such as inoculation strategies against disinformation, fairness perceptions in environmental policy, and the stability of political trust across democratic societies.