Dr. Marike Bormann is a research assistant at the Chair of Communication and Media Studies I at HHU-Düsseldorf. She studied Social Sciences (Communication Science, Political Science and Sociology) (B.A.) in Düsseldorf and Communication Management (M.A.) at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover.

In the context of her doctorate, she is working on deviant forms of political communication in online contexts. The doctoral thesis is part of a tandem doctoral program within the Research Training Group NRW “Digital Society”.