Prof. Nadine Strauß, Ph.D.
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I am an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Strategic Communication and Media Management at the Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich. In my research, I study the role of communication and media for sustainable finance and strategic communication of sustainable business models of organisations (both internal and external communication).
Previously, I have completed my Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship at the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment (University of Oxford) and worked as a postdoc at the Media Innovation Lab of the Department of Communication at the University of Vienna.
In January 2018, I obtained my Ph.D., with the thesis "News media & the stock market: Assessing mutual relationships", from the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam.
My research interests include: sustainability communication, financial communication, journalism studies, media management, and news use in the digital environment.
PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEWED
Knowles, S., Strauß, N., Cinceoglu, V., & Rathnayake, C. (2024). A crisis without a context. The framing of economic inequality through the pandemic. Journal of Applied Media and Journalism Studies, 177–197.
Strauß, N. (2024). Only reflecting the industry or critical reporting? News coverage about sustainable finance in Germany. Journal of Environmental Media.
Volk, S., Schulz, A., Blassnig, S., Marschlich, S., Nguyen, M. H., Strauß, N. (2024). Selecting, avoiding, disconnecting: A focus group study of people’s strategies for dealing with information abundance in the contexts of news, entertainment, and personal communication. Information, Communication & Society.
Cinceoglu, V., & Strauß, N. (2024, online first). Unmasking greenwashing – the role of the news media in giving voice to whistleblowers in sustainable finance. Journalism.
Strauß, N., & Mpadanes, M. (2024). Tackling Societal Challenges as Opportunities: A Case Study of a Swiss Foundation’s Value-Creating Function. Journal of Communication Management, 28(2), 328-344.
Strauß, N., Krakow, J. & Chesney, M. (2023). It’s the news, stupid! The relationship between news attention, literacy, trust, greenwashing perceptions, and sustainable finance investment in Switzerland. Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, 13(4), 1480-1505.
Angst, M., & Strauß, N. (2023). Discourses about Sustainability and Digitalization in Europe over Time. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 32(1), 10–20.
Strauß, N. (2023). Framing Sustainable Finance: A Critical Analysis of Op-Eds in the Financial Times. International Journal of Business Communication, 16(4), 1427-1440.
O'Neill, S., Hayes, S., Strauß, N., Doutreix, M.-N., Steentjes, K., Ettinger, J., Westood, N., & Painter, J. (2023). Visual portrayals of fun in the sun in European news outlets misrepresent heatwave risks. The Geography Journal, 189(1), 90–103.
Strauß, N. (2022). Covering sustainable finance: Role perceptions, journalistic practices and moral dilemmas. Journalism, 23(6), 1194–1212.
Strauß, N., Painter, J., Ettinger, J., Doutreix, M.-N., Wonneberger, A., & Walton, P. (2022). Reporting on the 2019 European Heatwaves and Climate Change: Journalists’ Attitudes, Motivations and Role Perceptions. Journalism Practice, 16(2-3), 462–485.
Painter, J., Ettinger, J., Doutreix, M.-N., Strauß, N., Wonneberger, A., & Walton, P. (2021). Is it climate change? Coverage by online news sites of the 2019 European summer heatwaves in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. Climatic Change, 169, 4.
Strauß, N., Huber, B., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2021). Structural Influences on the News Finds Me Perception: Why People Believe They Don’t Have to Actively Seek News Anymore. Social Media + Society, 7(2), 1–21.
Strauß, N. (2021). Devil’s Advocate or Agenda Setter? The Role of Journalists Covering Sustainable Finance in Europe. Journalism Studies, 22(9), 1200–1218.
Strauß, N. (2021). Communicating Sustainable Responsible Investments as Financial Advisors: Engaging Private Investors with Strategic Communication. Sustainability, 13(3), 3161.
Strauß, N. Huber, B., & Gil de Zúñiga, H (2020). “Yes, I Saw It – But Didn’t Read It…” A Cross-Country Study,
Exploring Relationships between Incidental News Exposure and News Use across Platforms. Digital Journalism, 8(9), 1181–1205.
Strauß, N., Alonso-Muñoz, L., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2020). Bursting the filter bubble: The mediating effect of discussion frequency on network heterogeneity. Online Information Review, 44(6), 1161–1181.
Gil de Zúñiga, H., Strauß, N., & Huber, B. (2020). The proliferation of the "news finds me" perception across societies. International Journal of Communication, 14, 1605–1633.
Strauß, N., & Holmes Smith, C. (2019). Buying on rumors: How financial news flows affect the share price of Tesla. Corporate Communication: An International Journal, 24(4), 593–607.
Strauß, N. (2019). Using an Interdisciplinary Multi-Method Approach to Explain the Relationships between News Media and the Stock Market. SAGE Research Method Cases.
Strauß, N. (2019). Financial journalism in the post-crisis era: a recent assessment of the role of financial journalists for financial markets. Journalism, 20(2), 274–291.
Gil de Zúñiga, H., Huber, B., & Strauß, N. (2018). Social media and democracy. El Profesional de la Información, 27(1), 1172–1180.
Strauß, N. (2018). The role of trust in investor relations: Guiding strategic financial communication. Corporate Communication: An International Journal, 23(1), 2–16.
Strycharz, J., Strauß, N., & Trilling, D. (2018). The role of media coverage in explaining stock market fluctuations: Insights for strategic financial communication. International Journal of Strategic Communication, 21(1), 67–85.
Strauß, N., Vliegenthart, R. & Verhoeven, P. (2018). Intraday news trading: The reciprocal relationships between the stock market and economic news. Communication Research, 45(7), 1054–1077.
Strauß, N. & van der Meer, T. G. L. A. (2017). News media coverage and initial public offerings in Germany: Explaining flotation performance.Corporate Communication: An International Journal, 22(4), 523–541.
Strauß, N. & R. Vliegenthart, R. (2017). Reciprocal influence? Investigating implicit frames in press releases and financial newspaper coverage during the German banking crisis. Public Relations Review, 43(2), 392–405.
Strauß, N. & Jonkman, J. (2017). The benefit of issue management: anticipating crises in the digital age. Journal of Communication Management, 21(1), 34-50.
Strauß, N., Vliegenthart, R. & Verhoeven, P. (2016). Lagging behind? Emotions in newspaper articles and stock market prices in the Netherlands. Public Relations Review, 42(4), 548–555.
Strauß, N. (2015). German financial media’s responsiveness to Deutsche Bank’s cultural change. Public Relations Review, 41(5). 435-437.
Strauß, N., Kruikemeier, S., van der Meulen, H. & van Noort, G. (2015). Digital diplomacy in GCC countries: Strategic communication of Western embassies on Twitter. Governmental Information Quarterly, 32(4), 369–379.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Strauß, N. (2024). But is it Sustainable? – Exploring business journalists’ and climate change. In Weber, J. (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Business Journalism.
Strauß, N., Knowles, S.., & Cinceoglu, V. (2023). Understanding Financial Institutions – The Role of Reading Economic News in Germany and the UK. Ireneusz Miciuła (ed.), Financial Literacy in Today’s Global Market. IntechOpen.
Knowles, S., & Strauß, N. (2023). Deconstructing Discourse: Applying Interview Research in the
Economic Newsroom. In H. Silke, M. Rieder, & F. Quinn (eds.), How to Read Economic News: A Critical
Approach to Economic Journalism. Abington, UK: Taylor & Francis
Gauly, T., & Strauß, N. (2018). Über das Ethos der Medien und die Ökonomisierung der Information. Eine medienethische Betrachtung aus praktischer Sicht. Materialien zur Ethik in den Wissenschaften.
MONOGRAPH
Hoffmann, C.P., & Strauß, N. (2024). Effective Financial Communication – Key Concepts, Empirical Insights, and Implications for Practice. London, UK: Routledge.
Strauß, N. (2017). News media and the stock market: Assessing mutual relationships. An interdisciplinary multi-method study of financial journalism, news media, emotions, market events and the stock market. Amsterdam, NL: Amsterdam School of Communication Research. ISBN: 978-94-6332-288-1.
OTHER REPORTS
Bulian, J., Schäfer, M.S., Amini, A., Lam, H., Ciaramita, M., Gaiarin, B., Huebscher, M.C., Buch, C., Mede, N.,
Leippold, M., Strauß, N. (authors in random order, 2023). Assessing Large Language Models on Climate Information. arXiv, 2310.02932.
Marschlich, S., Vogler, D., & Strauß, N. (2022). Qualität und Bedeutung der Wirtschaftsberichterstattung in
Schweizer Medien. Forschungszentrum Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft (fög).
