Mede, Niels G., Howell, Emily L., Schäfer, Mike S., Metag, Julia, Beets, Becca, Brossard, Dominique. 2026. Measuring science literacy in a digital world: Development and validation of a multi-dimensional survey scale. Vol.: 48. (pp. 93-127). DOI: 10.1177/10755470251317379
Zils, Lars, Metag, Julia, Mede, Niels G., Schäfer, Mike S.. 2026. Long-term media effects on public attitudes toward science in Switzerland: A panel survey of the Swiss population. Vol.: 35. (pp. 421-433). DOI: 10.1177/09636625251400658
Zils, Lars, Wintterlin, Florian, Metag, Julia, Mede, Niels G., Schäfer, Mike S.. 2025. Literate and critical? Characterizing users of alternative scientific media. DOI: 10.1177/10755470251323525
Mede, Niels G.. 2024. Variations of science-related populism in comparative perspective: A multilevel segmentation analysis of supporters and opponents of populist demands toward science. Vol.: 65. (pp. 636-663). DOI: 10.1177/00207152231200188
Mede, Niels G., Rauchfleisch, Adrian, Metag, Julia, Schäfer, Mike S.. 2024. The interplay of knowledge overestimation, social media use, and populist ideas: Cross-sectional and experimental evidence from Germany and Taiwan. DOI: 10.1177/00936502241230203
Mede, Niels G., Schäfer, Mike S., Metag, Julia. 2024. Cognitio populi – Vox populi: Implications of science-related populism for communication behavior. Vol.: 49. (pp. 645-668). DOI: 10.1515/commun-2022-0059
Klinger, Kira, Metag, Julia, Schäfer, Mike S., Füchslin, Tobias, Mede, Niels G.. 2022. Are science communication audiences becoming more critical? Reconstructing migration between audience segments based on Swiss panel data. Vol.: 31. (pp. 553-562). DOI: 10.1177/09636625211057379
Mede, Niels G., Schäfer, Mike S.. 2022. Science-related populism declining during the COVID-19 pandemic: A panel survey of the Swiss population before and after the Coronavirus outbreak. Vol.: 31. (pp. 211-222). DOI: 10.1177/09636625211056871
Mede, Niels G., Schäfer, Mike S., Metag, Julia, Klinger, Kira. 2022. Who supports science-related populism? A nationally representative survey on the prevalence and explanatory factors of populist attitudes toward science in Switzerland. Vol.: 17. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271204
Wintterlin, Florian, Hendriks, Friederike, Mede, Niels G., Bromme, Rainer, Metag, Julia, Schäfer, Mike S.. 2022. Predicting public trust in science: The role of basic orientations toward science, perceived trustworthiness of scientists, and experiences with science. Vol.: 6. DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2021.822757
Mede, Niels G., Schäfer, Mike S., Füchslin, Tobias. 2021. The SciPop scale for measuring science-related populist attitudes in surveys: Development, test, and validation. Vol.: 33. (pp. 273-293). DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edaa026
Koch, Christian, Saner, Mike, Schäfer, Mike S., Herrmann-Giovanelli, Ingrid, Metag, Julia. 2020. "Space means science, unless it's about Star Wars": A qualitative assessment of science communication audience segments. Vol.: 29. (pp. 157-175). DOI: 10.1177/0963662519881938
Metag, Julia. 2020. What drives science media use? Predictors of media use for information about science and research in digital information environments. Vol.: 29. (pp. 561-578). DOI: 10.1177/0963662520935062
Füchslin, Tobias, Schäfer, Mike S., Metag, Julia. 2019. Who wants to be a citizen scientist? Identifying the potential of citizen science and target segments in Switzerland. Vol.: 28. (pp. 652-668). DOI: 10.1177/0963662519852020
Füchslin, Tobias, Schäfer, Mike S., Metag, Julia. 2018. A short survey instrument to segment populations according to their attitudes toward science: Scale development, optimization and assessment. Vol.: 12. (pp. 1095-1108). DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2018.1461673
Metag, Julia, Maier, Michaela, Füchslin, Tobias, Bromme, Laurens, Schäfer, Mike S.. 2018. Between active seekers and non-users: Segments of science-related media usage in Switzerland and Germany. Vol.: 12. (pp. 1077-1094). DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2018.1463924
Schäfer, Mike S., Füchslin, Tobias, Metag, Julia, Kristiansen, Silje, Rauchfleisch, Adrian. 2018. The different audiences of science communication: A segmentation analysis of the Swiss population's perceptions of science and their information and media use patterns. Vol.: 27. (pp. 836-856). DOI: 10.1177/0963662517752886
Book chapter
Schäfer, Mike S., Metag, Julia. 2021. Audiences of science communication between pluralisation, fragmentation and polarisation. (pp. 291-304). DOI: 10.4324/9781003039242-16
Unpublished documents
Thesis/Dissertation
Mede, Niels G.. 2022. Science-related populism: Conceptualization, empirical investigation, and implications for science communication. DOI: 10.5167/uzh-219776
Füchslin, Tobias. 2019. Science communication research from an audience perspective: Benefits and empirical insights for science communication in Switzerland and beyond.
