{"id":2736,"date":"2024-07-03T16:06:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T14:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-employee&#038;p=2736"},"modified":"2025-11-12T09:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T08:34:49","slug":"jan-rau","status":"publish","type":"hbi-employee","link":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/jan-rau\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan Rau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since August 2020, Jan Rau is a Junior Researcher in the\u00a0Media Research Methods Lab\u00a0at the Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI), working on its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/projects\/social-media-observatory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/projects\/social-media-observatory\">(Social) Media Observatory<\/a>, a project for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/projects\/research-institute-social-cohesion-fgz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/projects\/research-institute-social-cohesion-fgz\">Research Institute Social Cohesion<\/a> (RISC).<\/p>\n<p>His research focuses on the question of how the internet shapes and changes the media public sphere. 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