
| Since 2009 | Scientific Assistant at the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research (IPMZ) at the University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2008 | Lecturer and Researcher at the Insitute of Media and Communication at Technische Universtät Dresden, Germany; Project Manager "Web Excellence Forum" |

| 2003 - 2007 | Student Research Assistant at the Institute of Communication and Media Science, Dpt. Empirical Research at the University of Leipzig; Researcher at PMG Presse Monitor (content analysis) Berlin/Leipzig; Trainee at Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Leipzig, Dpt. Market and Media Research. |
| Education | |
| 2007 | Magister Artium at the University of Leipzig |
| 2000 - 2007 | Studies in Communication Science, Psychology and Sociology at the University of Leipzig, Germany |
persuasion research, advertising effects, media choice and effects, online research, prediction of media content patterns
Weber, P. (2012). Nachrichtenfaktoren & User Generated Content: Die Bedeutung von Nachrichtenfaktoren für Kommentierungen der politischen Berichterstattung auf Nachrichtenwebsites. Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 60(2), 218–239.
Weber, P. (2010). No News from the East? Predicting Patterns of Coverage of Eastern Europe in selected German Newspapers. International Communication Gazette, 72(6), 465-485. (Abstract & .pdf: http://medienrezeption.ch/publications/1177)
Weber, P. (2008): Nachrichtengeographie: Beschreibungsmodell und Erklärungsansatz auf dem Prüfstand. Untersuchung am Beispiel der Osteuropaberichterstattung deutscher Tageszeitungen [News geography: Empirical tests of a descriptive model and a news value based explanation]. In: Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, 56(3-4), 392–413.
For detailed information and full list of publications see http://medienrezeption.ch/team/1081