Jonas Weber is the youngest member of the team in the Department of Media and Communication Management at the Technische Universität Ilmenau. He is a research associate and prospective doctoral student since 2021. Before, he studied the German-French Bachelor's programme "European Media Culture" at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and Université Lumière Lyon 2. Afterwarts, he did the Master's degree in "Media Management", also at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, and spent one semester abroad at the Latvian Academy of Culture (Latvijas Kultūras Akadēmija). He wrote his master's thesis on digital journalism platforms. In addition to his studies, he was involved in many ways within the student body of Bauhaus University, e.g. as an officer for finances and was active as a student assessor for the accreditation of study programmes. His research interests lie in the areas of media management, journalism, media platforms and future technologies.