PhD David Kraner
no.: 55368

social reprezentation, the media, influence of the media, web, political power of the media, the net, theology and the media, institutional communication, crisis communication, media education, artificial intelligence

David Kraner, PhD, is a member of the Chair of Pastoral and Proclamation Theology at the Faculty of Theology. He studied at the Pastoral Institute Redemptor Hominis of the Lateran Pontifical University. He then continued his studies at the Faculty of Social Communications of the Pontifical Salesian University of Rome. He deepened his research on the influential power of the Internet and its decentralised tendency, and explored (also with several empirical methods) the perceived impact of the media, researching communication models and the use of digital media in the pedagogical process. In 2017, he was awarded a PhD in Communication Studies. He has published a book entitled Le rappresentazioni sociali della Chiesa Cattolica in Slovenia: dimensioni concettuali, atteggiamenti e influenza dei media percepita da parte del pubblico (Social representations of the Catholic Church in Slovenia: conceptual dimensions, attitudes, and perceived media influence by the public). The author undertakes a pioneering research into the problem of the influence of the media on the creation of various social representations of the Catholic Church in Slovenia. Using a sample of 4712 respondents, he presents the results of his research to establish the correlation between media exposure and social representations. Through analysis, it shows different types of personalities in relation to their values, attitudes, opinions and the semantic field of the meaning of words in relation to their exposure to the media. The work opens up a multitude of questions related to media and is a good starting point for new research in the field of digital culture. He is involved in various projects and has successfully led the international project LOOP - Empowering teachers personal, professional and social continuous development through innovative peer-induction programmes, which has produced two handbooks for novice teachers and mentor teachers. He is currently Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at TEOF and responsible for the Multimedia Studio.