Marlene talks about „Artistic activism: employing art for disruptive climate protests“.

This morning at #24hPolPsy, I got to share work I did with @derbaerrennt.bsky.social on the effects of #ArtisticActivism in the context of disruptive #ClimateProtests, brining together political psych and empirical aesthetics. You can also read the paper here: psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/... 🎭🎨🪧📣

Evidence in the service of dissent: strategic communication of science by German corona-protest movements This study investigates how Germany’s anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine protest movement, led mainly by the Querdenken network, allied with conspiracist and far-right groups, utilized scientific authorit...

A study of German COVID-19 protest movements shows that science wasn’t rejected online but rather strategically used. Analysing Telegram data, the authors reveal how scientific claims were mobilised to challenge policy during moments of uncertainty = jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...

Conference: Computational Methods in Science Communication Research – Opportunities, Challenges, and Current Applications — SCOPE

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🚨 CAN ARTISTIC ACTIVISM RESOLVE THE ACTIVIST DILEMMA? 🚨 Art is often employed as creative and attention-grabbing form of protest, but can it help alleviate negative effects of disruptiveness? Our findings now out in Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts (doi.org/10.1037/aca0...). 🧵1/4

🚨 New Article Out!
🎨 Does Art Make a Difference?

We examined how people respond to artistic vs. non-artistic climate imagery: A painting of a wildfire (vs. a photo) is seen as more beautiful & emotionally positive — but evokes less urgency and response efficacy.

📄 Read: doi.org/10.1177/0276...

Kunst oder Aktivismus? Eine explorative Studie zur Anerkennung künstlerischer Protestaktionen als Kunst durch das Publikum In diesem Beitrag untersuchen wir die Fragen, ob 1) eine künstlerische Protestaktion durch das Publikum als Kunst anerkannt wird und 2) mit welchen Faktoren dies zusammenhängt. In einer expl...

Frisch erschienen! ✨Im Sammelband “Plurale Verschränkungen” fragen Christina Schäfer und ich, ob und unter welchen Bedingungen das Publikum Artistic Activism als Kunst anerkennt.

Danke an Marie Rosenkranz und Nina Tessa Zahner für die Zusammenarbeit!

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