I am a PhD researcher in the Department of Communication at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I am originally from Germany, and I have a background in Media Studies. Since October 2019, I am part of an international ERC research project called “Digital Values”.

My dissertation focuses on the constructions of values on social media platforms, and specifically the roles that the interfaces (technologies, algorithms, policies) of platforms  play in this construction.

Research Interests

Critical platform studies

Algorithmic culture

Social media research

Selected Publications

Hallinan, Blake et al. 2021 (forthcoming). “Mapping the Transnational Imaginary of Social Media Genres. New Media & Society.

Ackermann, Judith et al. (2019). “Programming the Postdigital: Curation of Appropriation Processes in (Collaborative) Creative Coding Spaces” Postdigital Science and Education. DOI: 10.1007/s42438-019-00088-1

Scharlach, Rebecca (2019). Review: Digitale Medien zwischen Transparenz und Manipulation - Internet und politische Kommunikation in der repräsentativen Demokratie. TV Diskurs.

Awards and Prizes

2019 – Nomination “AI Newcomer 2019”, German Science Year “Artificial Intelligence”, German Ministry for Science & Education/ German Association of Computer Science

2019 – Award for the best Master thesis, Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Germany

2019 – PROMOS, DAAD Scholarship

2018 – PROMOS, DAAD Scholarship

2017-2018 Deutschlandstipendium (“Germany Scholarship”)