Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

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Ruediger.Schmitt-Beck [at] mzes.uni-mannheim.de
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Postal Address
University Mannheim, MZES
68131  Mannheim
Germany
Visiting Address
University Mannheim, MZES
A5, 6
Building A
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68159  Mannheim

Research Interests

  • Internationally comparative election and attitude research
  • Political communication
  • Public opinion
  • Political participation and political culture
  • Political campaigns

Profile/Career

Professor of Political Science - Political Sociology -, University of Mannheim

Projects

B1 Conditions of Democratic Governance: Behaviour and Orientations of Citizens

B1.1822
(GLES) Campaign Dynamics of Media Coverage and Public Opinion
B1.1824
The Conversations of Democracy. Citizens' Everyday Communication in the Deliberative System
B1.1857
Democracy Monitoring

RP9 B1 Conditions of Democratic Governance: Behaviour and Orientations of Citizens

RP9
Referendum 'Stuttgart 21'

RP9 B2 Contexts for Democratic Governance: Political Institutions

RP9
Participation and Representation. A Comparative Study of Linkage Mechanisms between Citizens and the Political System in Contemporary Democracies (PartiRep-2)

RP9 BI Associated Projects

RP9
Citizens in the European Public Sphere: An Empirical Analysis of European Union News

RP7 B1 Conditions of Democratic Governance

Campaign Dynamics 2005. Mobilizing and Persuading Effects of Television News on Voters during the 2005 German General Election Campaign

RP4 B3 Development of a European Regional System

Intermediation Environments of Voters: An International Comparison

RP1-3 Department II: Development Trends and Problems of Democratic Government Systems

Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP)

Publications

Monographs

Roßteutscher, Sigrid, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Harald Schoen, Bernhard Weßels and Christof Wolf (2019): Zwischen Polarisierung und Beharrung: Die Bundestagswahl 2017. 1st ed., Baden-Baden: Nomos. [Wahlen in Deutschland; 3] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Bernhard Weßels and Christof Wolf (2014): Zwischen Fragmentierung und Konzentration : Die Bundestagswahl 2013. Baden-Baden: Nomos. [Wahlen in Deutschland; 2] more
Rattinger, Hans, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Bernhard Weßels (2011): Zwischen Langeweile und Extremen: Die Bundestagswahl 2009. Baden-Baden: Nomos. [Wahlen in Deutschland; 1] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2000): Politische Kommunikation und Wählerverhalten: ein internationaler Vergleich. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag. more

Editions

Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Harald Schoen, Bernhard Weßels and Christof Wolf (Eds.) (2022): The Changing German Voter. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Rohrschneider, Robert, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (Eds.) (2018): Parties and Voters at the 2013 German Federal Election. New York: Routledge. more
Rohrschneider, Robert, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (Eds.) (2017): Parties and Voters at the 2013 German Federal Election. Philadelphia, PA; Ilford: Routledge, Taylor & Francis. [German Politics; 26,1 Special Issue] more
Schoen, Harald, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Bernhard Weßels and Christof Wolf (Eds.) (2017): Voters and Voting in Context: Multiple Contexts and the Heterogeneous German Electorate. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Poguntke, Thomas, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Sonja Zmerli (Eds.) (2015): Citizenship and Democracy in an Era of Crisis: Essays in honour of Jan W. van Deth. London, New York: Routledge. [Routledge Research in Comparative Politics; 64] more
Weßels, Bernhard, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (Eds.) (2014): Voters on the Move or on the Run?. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (Ed.) (2012): Wählen in Deutschland. Baden-Baden: Nomos-Verlag. [PVS Sonderheft; 45] more

Journal Articles

Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Manuel Neumann (2023): Do People like to Discuss Politics? A Study of Citizens' Political Talk Culture. European Political Science Review, 15, issue 3, pp. 373–392. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Christian Schnaudt (2023): Everyday Political Talk with Strangers: Evidence on a Neglected Arena of the Deliberative System. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 64, issue 3, pp. 499–523 . more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Christian Schnaudt (2023): Political Talk and the Triad of Democratic Citizenship. Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 19, issue 1, pp. 1-17. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2022): Asymmetric Communication and Internal Exclusion in Everyday Political Talk. Frontiers in Political Science, 4, (article no. 798128), pp. 1-20. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2022): Prerequisites of Deliberative Democracy: Inclusivity, Publicity, and Heterogeneity of German Citizens’ Everyday Political Talk. Studies in Communication and Media, 11, issue 1, pp. 7-72. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2021): Wahlpolitische Achterbahnfahrt. Wer wählte wen bei der Bundestagswahl 2021?. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 71, issue 47-49, pp. 10-16. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Christiane Grill (2020): From the Living Room to the Meeting Hall: Citizens’ Political Talk in the Deliberative System. Political Communication, 37, issue 6, pp. 832-851. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Robert Rohrschneider (2020): Inept: Voter perceptions of party incompetence in German Federal Elections. Party Politics, 26, issue 4, pp. 390-401. more
Barnidge, Matthew, Hernando Rojas, Paul A. Beck and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2019): Comparative Corrective Action: Perceived Media Bias and Political Action in 17 Countries. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, (e-only). more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2019): Political Systems and Electoral Behavior: a Review of Internationally Comparative Multilevel Research. Cross-national Comparative Research (Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Special Issue), 71, issue Suppl. 1, pp. 343-373. more
Rohrschneider, Robert, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2017): Introduction: Parties and Voters at the 2013 German Federal Election. German Politics, 26, issue 1, pp. 1-11. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Jan W. van Deth and Alexander Staudt (2017): Die AfD nach der rechtspopulistischen Wende. Wählerunterstützung am Beispiel Baden-Württembergs. Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 27, issue 3, pp. 273-303. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2017): The ‘Alternative für Deutschland’ in the Electorate: Between Single-Issue and Right-Wing Populist Party. German Politics, 26, issue 1, pp. 124-148. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2017): Wähler und Parteien bei der Bundestagswahl 2017: Eine Analyse des Entscheidungsverhaltens auf der Basis von Paneldaten der German Longitudinal Election Study. Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften, 15, issue 4, pp. 627-656. more
Boomgaarden, Hajo G., and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2016): Media and campaign effects on vote choice at national elections in Europe: A review of a multilingual research landscape. Studies in Communication | Media, 5, issue 2, pp. 129-172. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Julia Partheymüller (2016): A Two-Stage Theory of Discussant Influence on Vote Choice in Multiparty Systems. British Journal of Political Science, 46, issue 2, pp. 321-348. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2016): Die German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES): Die deutsche nationale Wahlstudie zu den Bundestagswahlen 2009, 2013 und 2017. Stadtforschung und Statistik, 29, issue 2, pp. 2-7. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2016): Struggling up the hill: Short-term effects of parties' contacting, political news and everyday talks on turnout. Party Politics, 22, issue 2, pp. 227-240. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2014): Euro-Kritik, Wirtschaftspessimismus und Einwanderungsskepsis: Hintergründe des Beinah-Wahlerfolges der Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) bei der Bundestagswahl 2013. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 45, issue 1, pp. 94-112. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Oana Lup (2013): Seeking the Soul of Democracy: A Review of Recent Research into Citizens’ Political Talk Culture. Swiss Political Science Review, 19, issue 4, pp. 513-538. more
Partheymüller, Julia, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2012): A “Social Logic” of Demobilization: The Influence of Political Discussants on Electoral Participation at the 2009 German Federal Election. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties, 22, issue 2, pp. 457-478. more
Rohrschneider, Robert, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Franziska Jung (2012): Short-term factors versus long-term values: Explaining the 2009 election results. Electoral Studies, 31, issue 1, pp. 20–34. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Julia Partheymüller (2012): Why Voters Decide Late: A Simultaneous Test of Old and New Hypotheses at the 2005 and 2009 German Federal Elections. German Politics, 21, issue 3, pp. 299-316. more
Krewel, Mona, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Ansgar Wolsing (2011): The Campaign and its Dynamics at the 2009 German General Election. German Politics, 20, issue 1, pp. 28-50. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Thorsten Faas and Ansgar Wolsing (2010): Dynamische Analyse von Wahlkampfprozessen. Rolling Cross-Section Survey. Stadtforschung und Statistik, 2, pp. 32 - 44. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Ansgar Wolsing (2010): European TV environments and citizens' social trust: Evidence from multilevel analyses. Communications, 35, issue 4, pp. 461–483. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Christian Mackenrodt (2010): Social networks and mass media as mobilizers and demobilizers: A study of turnout at a German local election. Electoral Studies, 29, issue 3, pp. 392-404. more
Faas, Thorsten, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2009): Die Politische Vierteljahresschrift im Urteil der Profession: Ergebnisse einer Umfrage unter den Mitgliedern der DVPW. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, issue 50, pp. 627–645. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Thorsten Faas (2009): Die hessische Landtagswahl vom 18. Januar 2009: der 'ewige Koch'. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 40, issue 2, pp. 358-370. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Thorsten Faas (2009): Die hessische Landtagswahl vom 27. Januar 2008: Wiederkehr der "hessischen Verhältnisse". Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 40, issue 1, pp. 16-34. more
Faas, Thorsten, Christian Mackenrodt and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2008): Polls that Mattered: Effects of Media Polls on Voters’ Coalition Expectations and Party Preferences in the 2005 German Parliamentary Election. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 20, issue 3, pp. 299-325. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Christian Mackenrodt and Thorsten Faas (2008): Hintergründe kommunaler Wahlbeteiligung: Eine Fallstudie zur Kommunalwahl 2004 in Duisburg. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, issue 39, pp. 561–580. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Stefan Weick and Bernhard Christoph (2006): Shaky attachments: Individual-level stability and change of partisanship among West German voters, 1984-2001. European Journal of Political Research, 45, issue 4, pp. 581-608. more
Poguntke, Thomas, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (1994): Still the Same with a New Name? Bündnis 90/Die Grünen after the Fusion. German Politics, 3, pp. 91-113. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (1994): Wählerpotentiale von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. Forschungsjournal Neue soziale Bewegungen, 7, pp. 88-90. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (1994): Wählerpotentiale von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen im Ost-West-Vergleich: Umfang, Struktur, politische Orientierungen. Journal für Sozialforschung, 34, pp. 45-70. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (1992): Satellitenfernsehen in Deutschland. Eine Bestandsaufnahme von Angebot, Empfangswegen und Reichweiten der neuen Satellitenprogramme. Media Perspektiven, issue 8, pp. 470-497. more

Book Chapters

Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2024): Bandwagon Effect. Oxford Bibliographies in Communication. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Alexander Staudt (2024): Voters, Media Biases, and Rolling Cross-Sections: Persuasive Effects of TV News on Party Evaluations in the 2005 to 2017 German Federal Elections. Pp. 232-247 in: Amanda Bittner, J. Scott Matthews, Stuart Soroka (Eds.) Foundations of Canadian Political Behaviour. Stability and Change in the Twenty-First Century. Toronto: Toronto University Press. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Harald Schoen, Bernhard Weßels and Christof Wolf (2022): A New Era of Electoral Instability. Pp. 3-24 in: Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Harald Schoen, Bernhard Weßels, Christof Wolf (Eds.) The Changing German Voter. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Alexander Staudt (2022): Media Biases and Voter Attitudes during the 2009, 2013, and 2017 Federal Election Campaigns. Pp. 257-281 in: Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Harald Schoen, Bernhard Weßels, Christof Wolf (Eds.) The Changing German Voter. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Harald Schoen, Bernhard Weßels and Christof Wolf (2022): The Changing German Voter. Pp. 313-336 in: The Changing German Voter. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Thorsten Faas (2021): Wie frei und fair war die Bundestagswahl 2017? Elektorale Integrität aus Sicht der Bürgerinnen und Bürger. Pp. 139-161 in: Bernhard Weßels, Harald Schoen (Eds.) Wahlen und Wähler. Analysen aus Anlass der Bundestagswahl 2017. Wiesbaden: Springer. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Anne Schäfer (2020): Interpersonale Kommunikation. Pp. 121 - 140 in: Thorsten Faas, Oscar W. Gabriel, Jürgen Maier (Eds.) Politikwissenschaftliche Einstellungs- und Verhaltensforschung. Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2020): Wie "AfD-bewegt" sind die Gewerkschafter?. Pp. 401-423 in: Romana Careja, Patrick Emmenegger, Nathalie Giger (Eds.) The European Social Model under Pressure: Liber Amicorum in Honour of Klaus Armingeon. Wiesbaden: Springer. more
Roßteutscher, Sigrid, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Harald Schoen, Bernhard Weßels and Christof Wolf (2019): Einleitung. Pp. 11-14 in: Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Harald Schoen, Bernhard Weßels, Christof Wolf (Eds.) Zwischen Polarisierung und Beharrung: Die Bundestagswahl 2017. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Roßteutscher, Sigrid, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Harald Schoen, Bernhard Weßels and Christof Wolf (2019): Fazit und Ausblick. Pp. 375-383 in: Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Harald Schoen, Bernhard Weßels, Christof Wolf (Eds.) Zwischen Polarisierung und Beharrung: Die Bundestagswahl 2017. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2019): Die Parteiwahl und ihre Hintergründe: Einleitung. Pp. 181-188 in: Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Harald Schoen, Bernhard Weßels, Christof Wolf (Eds.) Zwischen Polarisierung und Beharrung: Die Bundestagswahl 2017. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Staudt, Alexander, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2019): Nutzung traditioneller und neuer politischer Informationsquellen im Bundestagswahlkampf 2017. Pp. 63-79 in: Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Harald Schoen, Bernhard Weßels, Christof Wolf (Eds.) Zwischen Polarisierung und Beharrung: Die Bundestagswahl 2017. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Dassonneville, Ruth, Pierre Baudewyns, Marc Debus and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2018): The time of the vote. Causes and consequences of late deciding. Pp. 201-225 in: Kris Deschouwer (Ed.) Mind the Gap. Political Participation and Representation in Belgium. London: Rowman & Littlefield. more
Rohrschneider, Robert, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2018): Introduction: Parties and Voters at the 2013 German Federal Election. Pp. 1-11 in: Robert Rohrschneider, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (Eds.) Parties and Voters at the 2013 German Federal Election. New York: Routledge. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2018): The ‘Alternative für Deutschland’ in the Electorate: Between Single-Issue and Right-Wing Populist Party. Pp. 124-148 in: Robert Rohrschneider, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (Eds.) Parties and Voters at the 2013 German Federal Election. New York: Routledge. more
Schäfer, Anne, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2017): A Vicious Circle of Demobilization? Context Effects on Turnout at the 2009 and 2013 German Federal Election. Pp. 109-128 in: Harald Schoen, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Bernhard Weßels, Christof Wolf (Eds.) Voters and Voting in Context: Multiple Contexts and the Heterogeneous German Electorate. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Schoen, Harald, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Bernhard Weßels and Christof Wolf (2017): Conclusion. Pp. 249-256 in: Harald Schoen, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Bernhard Weßels, Christof Wolf (Eds.) Voters and Voting in Context: Multiple Contexts and the Heterogeneous German Electorate. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Schoen, Harald, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Bernhard Weßels and Christof Wolf (2017): Voters and Voting in Context: An Introduction. Pp. 1-12 in: Harald Schoen, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Bernhard Weßels, Christof Wolf (Eds.) Voters and Voting in Context: Multiple Contexts and the Heterogeneous German Electorate. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Huber, Sascha, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2016): Expressive Wähler bei der Bundestagswahl 2013. Pp. 295-325 in: Harald Schoen, Bernhard Weßels (Eds.) Wahlen und Wähler: Analysen aus Anlass der Bundestagswahl 2013. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2016): Bandwagon Effect. Pp. 57-61 in: Gianpietro Mazzoleni (Ed.) The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2016): Underdog Effect. Pp. 1627-1631 in: Gianpietro Mazzoleni (Ed.) The International Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. more
Perry, Sarah, Jan W. van Deth, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Thorsten Faas (2015): Bürger und Demokratie in Baden-Württemberg. Pp. 37-150 in: Baden-Württemberg Stiftung (Ed.) Demokratie-Monitoring Baden-Württemberg 2013/2014. Studien zu Demokratie und Partizipation. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Poguntke, Thomas, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Sonja Zmerli (2015): Democratic citizenship under challenge. Pp. 241-249 in: Thomas Poguntke, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Sonja Zmerli (Eds.) Citizenship and Democracy in an Era of Crisis: Essays in honour of Jan W. van Deth. London, New York: Routledge. more
Poguntke, Thomas, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Sonja Zmerli (2015): Introduction: Citizenship, participation and democracy in an era of crisis. Pp. 1-11 in: Thomas Poguntke, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Sonja Zmerli (Eds.) Citizenship and Democracy in an Era of Crisis: Essays in honour of Jan W. van Deth. London, New York: Routledge. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2015): Data Bases and Statistical Systems: Political Behavior and Elections. Pp. 824-829 in: James D. Wright (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. 2nd ed., Oxford: Elsevier. more
Zmerli, Sonja, Kenneth Newton and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2015): Mass media and political trust in Europe: Testing for ‘rainmaker’ effects. Pp. 75-92 in: Thomas Poguntke, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Sonja Zmerli (Eds.) Citizenship and Democracy in an Era of Crisis. Essays in honour of Jan W. van Deth. London, New York: Routledge. more
Johnston, Richard, Julia Partheymüller and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2014): Activation of Fundamentals in German Campaigns. Pp. 217-237 in: Bernhard Weßels, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (Eds.) Voters on the Move or on the Run?. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Schäfer, Anne, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2014): Parteibindungen. Pp. 203-211 in: Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Bernhard Weßels, Christof Wolf (Eds.) Zwischen Fragmentierung und Konzentration: Die Bundestagswahl 2013. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2014): Die Parteiwahl und ihre Hintergründe: Einleitung. Pp. 179-186 in: Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Bernhard Weßels, Christof Wolf (Eds.) Zwischen Fragmentierung und Konzentration: Die Bundestagswahl 2013. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Bernhard Weßels and Christof Wolf (2014): Einleitung. Pp. 13-18 in: Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Bernhard Weßels, Christof Wolf (Eds.) Zwischen Fragmentierung und Konzentration: Die Bundestagswahl 2013. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Bernhard Weßels and Christof Wolf (2014): Fazit und Ausblick: Langeweile und Extreme, Fragmentierung und Konzentration. Pp. 355-364 in: Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Bernhard Weßels, Christof Wolf (Eds.) Zwischen Fragmentierung und Konzentration: Die Bundestagswahl 2013. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2014): Max Kaase. Pp. 391-404 in: Eckhard Jesse, Sebastian Liebold (Eds.) Deutsche Politikwissenschaftler - Leben und Werk: Von Abendroth bis Zellentin. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Patrick Kraft (2014): Political Information Flows and Constistent Voting: Personal Conversations, Mass Media, Party Campaigns, and the Quality of Voting Decisions at the 2009 German Federal Election. Pp. 193-216 in: Bernhard Weßels, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (Eds.) Voters on the Move or on the Run?. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2014): Wie informieren sich die Bürger über die Politik ihrer Stadt?. Pp. 51-80 in: Jan W. van Deth (Ed.) Demokratie in der Großstadt: Ergebnisse des ersten Mannheimer Demokratie Audit. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Weßels, Bernhard, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2014): The Changing Context and Outlook of Voting. Pp. 3-14 in: Bernhard Weßels, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (Eds.) Voters on the Move or on the Run?. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Weßels, Bernhard, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2014): Voters on the Move or on the Run?. Pp. 311-317 in: Bernhard Weßels, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (Eds.) Voters on the Move or on the Run?. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Kraft, Patrick, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2013): Helfen politische Gespräche, "korrekt" zu wählen? Eine Analyse zur Bundestagswahl 2009. Pp. 117-138 in: Silke I. Keil, S. Isabell Thaidigsmann (Eds.) Zivile Bürgergesellschaft und Demokratie. Aktuelle Ergebnisse der empirischen Politikforschung. Festschrift für Oscar W. Gabriel zum 65. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Partheymüller, Julia, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2013): Eine "soziale Logik" der Demobilisierung: Einflüsse politischer Gesprächspartner auf Wahlbeteiligung und -enthaltung bei der Bundestagswahl 2009. Pp. 496-513 in: Bernhard Weßels, Harald Schoen, Oscar W. Gabriel (Eds.) Wahlen und Wähler: Analysen aus Anlass der Bundestagswahl 2009. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Rohrschneider, Robert, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Franziska Jung (2013): Vereint, doch immer noch verschieden: ost- und westdeutsche Wähler bei der Bundestagswahl 2009 im Vergleich?. Pp. 360-379 in: Bernhard Weßels, Harald Schoen, Oscar W. Gabriel (Eds.) Wahlen und Wähler: Analysen aus Anlass der Bundestagswahl 2009. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2013): Of readers, viewers, and cat-dogs. Pp. 222-246 in: Jan W. van Deth (Ed.) Comparative politics: The problem of equivalence. Colchester: ECPR Press. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2012): Comparing Effects of Political Communication. Pp. 400-409 in: Frank Esser, Thomas Hanitzsch (Eds.) Handbook of comparative communication research. New York/London: Routledge. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Julia Partheymüller and Thorsten Faas (2012): Einflüsse politischer Gesprächspartner auf Parteipräferenzen: Zur 'sozialen Logik' des politischen Verhaltens bei der Bundestagswahl 2009. Pp. 465 - 488 in: Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (Ed.) Wählen in Deutschland. Baden-Baden: Nomos-Verlag. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2012): Empirische Wahlforschung in Deutschland: Stand und Perspektiven zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts. Pp. 2 -39 in: Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (Ed.) Wählen in Deutschland. Baden-Baden: Nomos-Verlag. more
Krewel, Mona, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Ansgar Wolsing (2011): Geringe Polarisierung, unklare Mehrheiten und starke Personalisierung: Parteien und Wähler im Wahlkampf. Pp. 33-57 in: Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Bernhard Weßels (Eds.) Zwischen Langeweile und Extremen: Die Bundestagswahl 2009. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Rattinger, Hans, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Bernhard Weßels (2011): Einleitung. Pp. 9-16 in: Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Bernhard Weßels (Eds.) Zwischen Langeweile und Extremen: Die Bundestagswahl 2009. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2011): Parteibindungen. Pp. 155-164 in: Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Bernhard Weßels (Eds.) Zwischen Langeweile und Extremen: Die Bundestagswahl 2009. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2011): Political Participation - National Election Study. Pp. 1123-1137 in: Building on Progress: Expanding the Research Infrastructure for the Social, Economic and Behavioral Sciences. Opladen/Farmington Hills: Budrich UniPress. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2011): Spitzenkandidaten. Pp. 205-221 in: Hans Rattinger, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Bernhard Weßels (Eds.) Zwischen Langeweile und Extremen: Die Bundestagswahl 2009. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Weßels, Bernhard, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2011): Fazit und Ausblick. Pp. 281-288 in: Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Bernhard Weßels (Eds.) Zwischen Langeweile und Extremen: Die Bundestagswahl 2009. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Faas, Thorsten, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2010): Voters' political conversations during the 2005 German parliamentary election campaign. Pp. 99 - 116 in: Michael R. Wolf, Laura Morales (Eds.) Political Discussions in Modern Democracies. A Comparative Perspective. London/New York: Routledge. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Ansgar Wolsing (2010): Der Wähler begegnet den Parteien: Direkte Kontakte mit der Kampagnenkommunikation der Parteien und ihr Einfluss auf das Wählerverhalten bei der Bundestagswahl 2009. Pp. 48-68 in: Karl-Rudolf Korte (Ed.) Die Bundestagswahl 2009: Analysen der Wahl-, Parteien-, Kommunikations- und Regierungsforschung. Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher and Bernhard Weßels (2010): Die deutsche Wahlforschung und die German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES). Pp. 141-172 in: Frank Faulbaum, Christof Wolf (Eds.) Gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen im Spiegel der empirischen Sozialforschung. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2009): Kampagnendynamik im Bundestagswahlkampf 2005. Pp. 146-176 in: Jürgen W. Falter, Oscar W. Gabriel, Bernhard Weßels (Eds.) Wahlen und Wähler. Analysen aus Anlass der Bundestagswahl 2005. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Christian Mackenrodt (2009): Politikvermittlung durch Massenmedien bei der Bundestagswahl 2005: Nutzungsintensität und Einflüsse auf Einstellungen und Wahlverhalten. Pp. 415-446 in: Frank Marcinkowski, Barbara Pfetsch (Eds.) Politik in der Mediendemokratie (Sonderheft 42 der Politischen Vierteljahresschrift). Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Christian Mackenrodt (2009): Politische Informationsquellen und ihre Effekte bei der Bundestagswahl 2005. Pp. 415-446 in: Frank Marcinkowski, Barbara Pfetsch (Eds.) Politik in der Mediendemokratie (PVS-Sonderheft 42/2009). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Jens Tenscher (2008): Divided We March, Divided We Fight: Trade Unions, Social Democrats, and Voters at the 2005 German General Election. Pp. 151-182 in: David M. Farrell, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (Eds.) Non-Party Actors in Electoral Politics: The Role of Interest Groups and Independent Citizens in Contemporary Election Campaigns. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2008): Election Campaigns and Political Culture: Evidence from the 2005 German General Election. Pp. 75-103 in: Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Tobias Debiel, Karl-Rudolf Korte (Eds.) Governance and Legitimacy in a Globalized World. Baden-Baden: Nomos. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Thorsten Faas (2008): The Campaign and its Dynamics at the 2005 German General Election. Pp. 59–85 in: Clayton Clemens, Thomas Saalfeld (Eds.) The German Election of 2005: Voters, Parties and Grand Coalition Politics. London: Routledge. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (1998): Kommunikation (Neuer) Sozialer Bewegungen. Pp. 473-481 in: Otfried Jarren, Ulrich Sarcinelli, Ulrich Saxer (Eds.) Politische Kommunikation in der demokratischen Gesellschaft. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (1998): Lexikon-Stichwort 'Wahlumfragen'. Pp. 737-738 in: Ottfried Jarren, Ulrich Sarcinelli, Ulrich Saxer (Eds.) Politische Kommunikation in der demokratischen Gesellschaft. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Cornelia Weins (1997): Gone with the wind (of change). Neue soziale Bewegungen und politischer Protest im Osten Deutschlands. Pp. 321-351 in: Oscar W. Gabriel (Ed.) Politische Orientierungen und Verhaltensweisen im vereinigten Deutschland. Opladen: Leske + Budrich. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (1997): Medieneinflüsse auf Kandidatenbewertungen. Eine vergleichende Analyse deutscher und spanischer Wähler. Max Kaase, Hans-Dieter Klingemann (Eds.) Wahlen und Wähler. Analysen aus Anlaß der Bundestagswahl 1994. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. more
Pfetsch, Barbara, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Jürgen Hofrichter (1994): Abkehr vom Fernsehen als Quelle aktueller politischer Information? Eine Längsschnittanalyse der Nachrichtennutzung. Pp. 289-304 in: Otfried Jarren (Ed.) Medienwandel - Gesellschaftswandel? 10 Jahre dualer Rundfunk in Deutschland - eine Bilanz. Berlin. more
Pfetsch, Barbara, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (1994): Amerikanisierung von Wahlkämpfen? Kommunikationsstrategien und Massenmedien im politischen Mobilisierungsprozeß. Pp. 231-252 in: Michael Jäckel, Peter Winterhoff-Spurk (Eds.) Politik und Medien. Analysen zur Entwicklung der politischen Kommunikation. Berlin. more
Raschke, Joachim, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (1994): Die Grünen. Stabilisierung nur durch den Niedergang der Etablierten?. Pp. 160-184 in: Wilhelm Bürklin, Dieter Roth (Eds.) Das Superwahljahr. Deutschland vor unkalkulierbaren Regierungsmehrheiten?. Köln. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Peter R. Schrott (1994): Dealignment durch Massenmedien? Zur These der Abschwächung von Parteibindungen als Folge der Medienexpansion. Pp. 543-572 in: Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Max Kaase (Eds.) Wahlen und Wähler. Analysen aus Anlaß der Bundestagswahl 1990. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (1994): Eine "vierte Gewalt"? Medieneinfluß im Wahljahr 1994. Pp. 266-292 in: Wilhelm Bürklin, Dieter Roth (Eds.) Das Superwahljahr. Deutschland vor unkalkulierbaren Regierungsmehrheiten?. Köln. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (1994): Politikvermittlung durch Massenkommunikation und interpersonale Kommunikation: Anmerkungen zur Theorieentwicklung und ein empirischer Vergleich. Pp. 159-180 in: Michael Jäckel, Peter Winterhoff-Spurk (Eds.) Politik und Medien. Analysen zur Entwicklung der politischen Kommunikation. Berlin. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Barbara Pfetsch (1994): Politische Akteure und die Medien der Massenkommunikation. Zur Generierung von Öffentlichkeit in Wahlkämpfen. Pp. 106-138 in: Friedhelm Neidhardt (Ed.) Öffentlichkeit, öffentliche Meinung, soziale Bewegungen. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (1994): Vermittlungsumwelten westdeutscher und ostdeutscher Wähler: Interpersonale Kommunikation, Massenkommunikation und Parteipräferenzen vor der Bundestagswahl 1990. Pp. 189-234 in: Hans Rattinger, Oscar W. Gabriel, Wolfgang Jagodzinski (Eds.) Wahlen und politische Einstellungen im vereinigten Deutschland. Frankfurt a. Main. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (1994): Zwei Seelen in einer Brust - sozialdemokratischer Postmaterialismus. Pp. 102-110 in: Thomas Leif, Joachim Raschke (Eds.) Rudolf Scharping, die SPD und die Macht. Eine Partei wird besichtigt. Reinbek. more

MZES Working Papers

Beck, Paul A., Thorsten Faas, Richard Gunther, Anthony Mughan, Erik Nisbet, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Paolo Segatti (2021): Populism, Nativism and Vote Choices in Five Western Democracies. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 177] more
Grill, Christiane, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Manon Metz (2018): Studying the ‘Conversations of Democracy’: Research Design and Data Collection. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 173] more
Staudt, Alexander, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2018): Kampagnendynamik bei der Bundestagswahl 2017: Die Rolling Cross-Section-Studie im Rahmen der „German Longitudinal Election Study“ 2017. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 172] more
Partheymüller, Julia, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Christian Hoops (2013): Kampagnendynamik bei der Bundestagswahl 2013: Die Rolling Cross-Section-Studie im Rahmen der „German Longitudinal Election Study“ 2013. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 154] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Thorsten Faas and Ansgar Wolsing (2010): Kampagnendynamik bei der Bundestagswahl 2009: die Rolling Cross-Section-Studie im Rahmen der „German Longitudinal Election Study“ 2009. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 134] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (1998): Alle reden davon - doch ist was dran? Medieneinflüsse auf Wahlentscheidungen im internationalen Vergleich. Mannheim [Arbeitsbereich II; 22] more

Thesis

Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (1999): Wähler unter Einfluss: Gesellschaftliche Informationsflüsse und Wählerverhalten in Deutschland, Großbritannien, Spanien und der USA. Mannheim: Universität Mannheim. more

Papers / Reports

Odrakiewicz, Sarah, Jan W. van Deth, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Thorsten Faas (2014): Demokratie-Monitoring Baden-Württemberg. Teilprojekt 1 - Bürger und Demokratie in Baden-Württemberg: Erste Ergebnisse. Mannheim more
van Deth, Jan W., and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2013): Demokratie in Mannheim - Ergebnisse des ersten Demokratie Audits Mannheim (DAMA). Mannheim more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Cornelia Weins (1995): Neue soziale Bewegungen. Mannheim more

Web Publications

Boomgaarden, Hajo G., and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2019): The Media and Political Behavior, Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Politics more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2016): Bandwagon Effect, Oxford Bibliography in Communication (28 June 2016) more

Conference Presentations

Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Christian Schnaudt (2023): Everyday Political Talk with Strangers: The Missing Link in the Deliberative System. [80th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 13th to April 16th, 2023] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Christian Schnaudt (2023): Wie deliberativ ist die politische Alltagskommunikation?. [Invited Talk at the Institut für Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Stuttgart - Abt. für Politische Theorie und Empirische Demokratieforschung, Stuttgart, June 04th, 2023] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2022): Citizens in the Deliberative System: Asymmetry in Everyday Political Talk. [Seminar GEPOP Morning Meeting, Göteborg, October 21st, 2022] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Manuel Neumann (2022): Do People Like to Discuss Politics? The Role of Social and Political Motives. [118th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Montréal, September 15th to September 18th, 2022] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Christian Schnaudt (2022): The Missing Link in the Deliberative System: Everyday Political Talk with Strangers. [118th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Montréal, September 15th to September 18th, 2022] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2021): Die Wähler:innen der SPD: Mannheim in Perspektive. [Vortrag beim SPD-OV Neckarstadt Ost und Kreisverband Mannheim, Mannheim, October 13th, 2021] more
Grill, Christiane, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2019): Personality Traits and Citizens’ Conversations about Politics: An Integrative Approach to the Study on How Citizens Discuss Politics. [69th Annual ICA Conference, Washington DC, May 24th to May 28th, 2019] more
Rohrschneider, Robert, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2019): Unfit to Serve: Perceptions of Party System Incompetence & its Undermining Effect. [115th American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Washington, DC, August 29th to September 01st, 2019] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2019): Citizens in the Deliberative System. [Talk given to Department of Political Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, October 04th, 2019] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Thorsten Faas (2019): How CNEP Respondents Assessed the Integrity of the 2017 German Federal Election, and Why. [Conference of the Cross-National Elections Project, Bali, August 07th to August 09th, 2019] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2019): Politische Kommunikation im Alltag der Bürger/innen Mannheims. Einblicke in das „Mannheimer Stadtgespräch“. [Begrüßungstag für Senioren- und Gaststudierende der Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, February 08th, 2019] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2019): Politische Kommunikation im Alltag der Bürger/innen Mannheims: Einblicke in das „Mannheimer Stadtgespräch“. [Vortrag bei "Freunde der Universität Mannheim", Mannheim, May 20th, 2019] more
Beck, Paul A., Richard Gunther, Erik Nisbet, Thorsten Faas and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2018): The Populist Moment? Populism and Nativism in the Leading Western Democracies. [Conference of the Cross-National Election Project (CNEP), Bogotá, September 21st to September 22nd, 2018] more
Grill, Christiane, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2018): Do political discussion networks empower citizens for discursive participation in the public sphere?. [114th APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Boston, MA, August 30th to September 02nd, 2018] more
Grill, Christiane, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2018): Does everyday political communication in discussant networks empower citizens for discursive participation in the public sphere?. [XXVIII Sunbelt Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, Utrecht, June 26th to July 01st, 2018] more
Grill, Christiane, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2018): Ordinary people’s everyday talk about politics. [Towards New Frameworks of Media and Communication Studies “Beyond the West” Conference, Hong Kong, November 04th, 2018] more
Grill, Christiane, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2018): Politische Gespräche und demokratische Politik. Die Alltagskommunikation der BürgerInnen Mannheims. [Vortrag bei der Stadtverwaltung, Mannheim, December 14th, 2018] more
Grill, Christiane, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2018): The deliberativeness of citizens’ everyday talk about politics. [76th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 05th to April 08th, 2018] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2018): Effects of Election Campaigns: The Role of Citizens’ Interpersonal Communication. [Lecture at the International ICA Summer School in Political Communication and Electoral Behavior, Università degli Studi di Milano, July 13th, 2018] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Christiane Grill (2018): From the living room to the meeting hall: Does informal everyday talk empower citizens for public political discussions?. [76th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 05th to April 08th, 2018] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Alexander Staudt (2018): Media Bias and Voter Preferences at the 2009 to 2017 German Federal Elections. [Invited talk at Koç University, Istanbul, December 18th, 2018] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Alexander Staudt (2018): What's in Yesterday's News: Media Bias and Voter Preferences at the 2009 and 2013 German Federal Elections. [GLES-Projekttreffen, Berlin, November 16th, 2018] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Alexander Staudt (2018): What’s in Yesterday’s News: Media Bias and Voter Preferences at the 2009 and 2013 German Federal Elections. [Canada’s Electoral Future in Comparative Perspective, Vancouver, October 27th to October 28th, 2018] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2017): (Re-)Claiming the Reichstag: Right-wing Populism at the 2017 German Federal Election. [Global Headline Series: European Elections in the Age of Populism, University of Kansas, Lawrence, October 23rd, 2017] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2017): Die AfD vor der Bundestagswahl 2017: eine wahlsoziologische Perspektive. [16.Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie (FGSP), Ulm, September 04th to September 06th, 2017] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2017): Die Bundestagswahl 2017: Kampagnendynamik und Hintergründe der Parteiwahl. [Doktoranden- und Masterkolloquium Vergleichende Politik und Politisches System der EU, Institut für Politikwissenschaft der Universität Bern, December 18th, 2017] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2017): Die Bundestagswahl 2017: Parteipräferenzen und ihre Hintergründe - die Wahl der AfD. [Schlossfest, Universität Mannheim, September 09th, 2017] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Robert Rohrschneider (2017): Inept: Voter perceptions of party incompetence in German Federal Elections. [Sciences Po/CEVIPOF, Paris, May 11th, 2017] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2017): Political Systems and Electoral Behavior. [Conference on International Comparative Social Research, Institute for Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Cologne, December 07th to December 09th, 2017] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2017): Rechtspopulistische Parteien in Deutschland und Europa. [Präsentation für die CDU-Landtagsfraktion Baden-Württemberg, Crowne-Plaza Hotel Heidelberg, January 11th, 2017] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2017): Sneaking a peek at the 2017 German Federal Election (or is it the 2013 one?). [Conference "The 2017 German elections: Business as usual or earthquake elections?", Universiteit van Amsterdam, September 14th, 2017] more
Rohrschneider, Robert, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Sara Gouge (2016): "You are Fired": How Voters Come to Believe that Party Systems are Incompetent. [APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, August 31st to September 04th, 2016] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Mariano Torcal and Alexander Staudt (2016): Discussant Influence on Vote Choice in Multiparty Systems. [Cross-National Elections Project (CNEP) Project Conference, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, October 02nd to October 03rd, 2016] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2016): General Election Campaigns in Comparative Perspektive: How Do They Matter?. [Lecture at the Department of Government, Cornell University, Ithaca, May 02nd, 2016] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2016): General Election Campaigns in Europe: Reflections on Their ‘Manifest’ and ‘Latent’ Functions. [International ICA Summer School 'Political Communication and Electoral Behavior', Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, July 18th to July 23rd, 2016] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2016): Opening Doors for Right-Wing Populism in the Electoral Arena? 'German Voters' New Mobility?. [Talk given at joint seminar of Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, May 11th, 2016] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Mariano Torcal and Alexander Staudt (2016): Political Discussions and Vote Choice in Germany and Spain: Testing the Two-Stage Theory of Discussant Influence in Multiparty Systems. [WAPOR VII Congreso Latinoamericano, Panel 'Electoral Behavior and Political Intermediation: The Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP), Monterrey, October 12th to October 14th, 2016] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Robert Rohrschneider (2016): Unfähig! Wählerwahrnehmungen von Parteieninkompetenz und ihre Hintergründe. [Sozialwissenschaftliches Kolloquium, Universität Kaiserslautern, December 07th, 2016] more
Barisione, Mauro, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2015): Late deciders and campaign effects in a comparative perspective: The cases of Germany and Italy in 2013. [9th ECPR General Conference, Université de Montréal, August 26th to August 29th, 2015] more
Schäfer, Anne, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2015): Socio-spatial Contexts, Discussant Networks and Turnout. [111th Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, September 03rd to September 06th, 2015] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Julia Partheymüller (2015): A Theory of Discussant Influence on Vote Choice in Multiparty Systems. [Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, October 22nd, 2015] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2015): General Election Campaigns in Europe: How Do They Matter? (Keynote). [Workshop „Campaigning and Voting in Europe: New Challenges, New Perspectives“, Sciences Po, Paris, December 14th to December 16th, 2015] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2014): Stealth Democrats and Presidential Leaders, or: Has Angela Merkel Won the 2013 German Federal Election by Not Campaigning?. [Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago/Ill., April 03rd to April 06th, 2014] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2014): The 2013 German Federal Election. [COST/The True European Voter: 5th Winterschool on Methodological Issues in Comparative Electoral Analysis, MZES, Mannheim, March 05th to March 09th, 2014] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2014): The 2013 German Federal Election Campaign and Its Effects. [International Summer School in Political Communication and Electoral Behavior, International Communication Association (ICA) and Università degli Studi di Milano, July 07th to July 11th, 2014] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2014): The Design of the German Longitudinal Election Study. [Workshop on National Election Studies, Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, Montréal, March 25th, 2014] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2014): The German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES). [Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) Conference, WZB Berlin, October 09th to October 11th, 2014] more
Boomgaarden, Hajo G., and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2013): European Research into Media and Campaign Effects on Voting at National Elections: More Gaps than Substance, but the Substance Is Sound. [Meeting of the COST Action "The True European Voter", Dublin, October 10th to October 12th, 2013] more
Schäfer, Anne, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Julia Partheymüller (2013): Wählerkommunikation im Bundestagswahlkampf 2013. [Tagung "Medienkonvergenz im Bundestagswahlkampf 2013", Landeszentrale für Politische Bildung, Mainz, November 21st to November 22nd, 2013] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2013): Calm in the Eye of the Storm: Parties and Voters Facing the 2013 German Federal Election. [Roundtable '2013 German Federal Election' of the Minda De Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge/MA, September 19th, 2013] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Julia Partheymüller (2013): Degrees of Disagreement: Discussant Influence on Vote Choice in the German Multi-Party System. [MPSA Annual Conference, Chicago/Ill., April 11th to April 14th, 2013] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2013): The German Election Campaign in Times of Crisis. [EUDO Dissemination Conference "Elections in Europe in Times of Crisis", European University Institute, Florence, November 28th to November 29th, 2013] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2013): Voter Mobilization at European Elections. [Workshop ‚Voter Mobilization in Context‘, University of Manchester, Manchester, November 08th, 2013] more
Johnston, Richard, Julia Partheymüller and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2012): Activation of fundamentals in German campaigns. [Authors’ conference of "Voters on the move or on the run?", Berlin, July 23rd to July 24th, 2012] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2012): From an idea to a submitted article. [GLES Young Researchers’ Network Annual Meeting, Mannheim, November 29th to November 30th, 2012] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Patrick Kraft (2012): Political Information Flows and Consistent Voting: Political Conversations, Mass Media, Party Campaigns and the Quality of Voting Decisions at the 2009 German Federal Election. [Authors’ conference of "Voters on the move or on the run?", Berlin, July 23rd to July 24th, 2012] more
Partheymüller, Julia, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2011): The "Social Logic" of Demobilization: Political Discussant Influence on Turnout and Abstention at the 2009 German General Election. [6th ECPR General Conference, Reykjavik, August 25th to August 27th, 2011] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2011): Better late than never: campaign deciders at the 2005 German Parliamentary Election. [Annual National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago/Ill., March 31st to April 03rd, 2011] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Julia Partheymüller (2011): Conditions for dyadic partisan agreement and disagreement: An analysis of voters' social networks at the 2009 German Federal Election. [69th Annual National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago/Ill., March 31st to April 03rd, 2011] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Julia Partheymüller (2011): Conditions for dyadic partisan agreement and disagreement: An analysis of voters' social networks at the 2009 German Federal Election. [2011 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Seattle/WA, September 01st to September 02nd, 2011] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Julia Partheymüller, Thorsten Faas and Samuel Beuttler (2011): Partisan agreement and disagreement in voters' social networks at the 2009 German Federal Election. [ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops 2011, Universität St. Gallen, April 11th to April 17th, 2011] more
Krewel, Mona, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2010): Massenkommunikation in der German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES). [Empirisches Kolloquium des Instituts für Publizistik, Mainz, October 26th, 2010] more
Krewel, Mona, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Ansgar Wolsing (2010): The Campaign and its Dynamics at the 2009 German General Election. [International Conference of Europeanist der Council for European Studies (CES), Montreal, April 15th to April 17th, 2010] more
Rohrschneider, Robert, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Franziska Jung (2010): Short-Term Factors versus Long-Term Values: Testing Competing Explanations of Electoral Choice. [German 2009 election conference, Lawrence, April 26th, 2010] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2010): Die German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES). [Workshop Wahlstudien in Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Lausanne, October 18th to October 19th, 2010] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Robert Rohrschneider and Franziska Jung (2010): How Unified is Germany´s Electorate? Testing Competing Explanations of Electoral Choice in Eastern and Western Germany. [2010 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September 02nd to September 05th, 2010] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2010): Politische Informationsquellen der Wähler bei der Bundestagswahl 2009. [Tagung "Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit" der Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Berlin, October 30th, 2010] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2009): 60 Jahre Empirische Wahlforschung in der BRD. [Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Institute (ASI), Berlin, November 20th to November 21st, 2009] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2009): Better late than never: Campaign Deciders at the 2005 German Parliamentary Election. [ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, September 10th to September 12th, 2009] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger (2009): Einstellungsänderungen im Verlauf von Wahlkampagnen. [Statistische Woche 2009, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, October 05th to October 08th, 2009] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, Evelyn Bytzek, Hans Rattinger, Sigrid Roßteutscher and Bernhard Weßels (2009): The German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES). [Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Chicago, IL, May 21st to May 25th, 2009] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Robert Rohrschneider (2009): Understanding the 2009 Election Outcome. [Conference: German Unification: Expectations and Outcomes, Rice University Houston, October 30th to October 31st, 2009] more
Faas, Thorsten, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (2008): Voters? Political Conversations during the 2005 German Parliamentary Election Campaign: Causes and Consequences. [Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) Annual Conference, Manchester, September 12th to September 14th, 2008] more