Lara Marie Berger (geb. Müller)
PhD Candidate 
E-Mail: lara.berger@uni-koeln.de

Tel: +49 - (0)221 - 470 - 5483
Gebäude 102 (SSC), 4. Etage, Raum 327

Office hours: Thursdays 2-3pm  
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CV

personal website

I am interested in how we can create media markets that best serve society. To contribute to this, I conduct mainly experimental research on the effects of interventions on digitalized media markets on consumer behavior and well-being.

Research Fields
Media Economics, Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics

Publications

Debunking "fake news" on social media: immediate- and short-term effects of fact checking and media literacy interventions
(with Anna Kerkhof, Felix Mindl and Johannes Münster) policy briefing 
Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 245, May 2025

Working Paper

How narratives impact financial behavior
(with Sören Harrs and Bettina Rockenbach) 
Submitted

How digital media markets amplify news sentiment
New Version Coming Soon - JMP 2025/2026

Improving science literacy in the newsroom: Experimental evidence (with Anna Kerkhof and Nikola Noske)

Work in Progress

Upholding a good image: Selective country comparisons in the media (with Gönül Dogan and Louis Strang)

Information acquisition via TikTok: The effects on beliefs, attitudes and narratives (with Yero Ndiaye)

The effect of a less personalized twitter experience on tweeting