@luiseante.bsky.social et al. geben hochspannende Einblicke in das Demokratieverständnis von Führungspersönlichkeiten in der FPÖ- und AfD-Jugend.

Challenging Liberal Principles: Understanding of Democracy among Populist Radical Right Youth Leaders in Austria and Germany doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Konträr zur öffentlichen Föderalismus-Debatte zeigt Petr Konečný, dass in vielen Bereichen freiwillige Harmonisierung zw Bundesländern passiert.

Voluntary Interdependence in Federal Systems: Explaining Deautonomization through Coordinating Conferences in Austria doi.org/10.1093/publ...

How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.

I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

Balkendiagramm aus der FWF-Studie 2025 zur Situation des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses. Zur Aussage „Die Karriereperspektiven sind zu unsicher“ (Wert 5) stimmen 64 % voll und ganz und 18 % eher zu (Wert 4).

Balkendiagramm aus der FWF-Studie 2025 zu Reformvorschlägen im Wissenschaftssystem. 91 % befürworten den Ausbau unbefristeter Stellen unterhalb der Professur (davon 76 % voll und ganz + 15 % eher).

Neue FWF-Studie (vorgestellt im Sept.) zu Postdocs bestätigt, was wir seit Jahren sagen:

- 82 % finden die Karriereperspektiven zu unsicher,
- 91 % fordern mehr unbefristete Stellen unterhalb der Professur.

Das Problem ist bekannt – wann wird es endlich gelöst? 🤷‍♀️

#IchBinHanna @nuwiss.bsky.social

Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?

Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.

Here are the key take-aways 🧵

arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417

Now out in Party Politics 🎉

Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In our new article, @tevoelker.bsky.social and I show how far-right actors have increased their influence on mainstream parties' agenda-setting.

For the @euobserver.com, Hannah Kriwah has written about our study, and I had the pleasure to comment on it.

euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

ONLINE FIRST! @acadianjprof.bsky.social & @jnelz.bsky.social review 11 years of Nieman Lab predictions on the future of media. Drawing on a metajournalistic analysis, they show journalists’ trust in social media has declined, but confidence in audiences endures.
➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Excited to share our new study in #IJPP

A very good opportunity! Consider applying and reshare among your network!

The flagship journal in our field is looking for a new editor(s)!

Screenshot of an academic article titled “Rally and Recalibrate: Political Dynamics of Audience Expectations of Journalism During Times of Crisis” published in The International Journal of Press/Politics (OnlineFirst, Sage Journals). Authors: Claire Roney, Daniel Wiesner, Andreas A. Riedl, and Jakob-Moritz Eberl. The abstract explains that the study examines how audience expectations of journalism in Austria evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. It identifies shifts toward emerging journalistic roles such as Fact Checker and Science Communicator, based on data from three waves of the Austrian Corona Panel Project. Findings show fluctuating audience expectations tied to changes in public trust and crisis dynamics, emphasizing journalism’s need for adaptability. Keywords listed: journalism, audience expectations, trust in institutions, crisis attitudes, survey research, COVID-19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612251375203

New publication out in #IJPP! 📑
We study how audience expectations of journalism 📰 shifted during COVID-19 in Austria 🇦🇹 – showing both short-term rally effects & longer-term recalibration 🔄.
Led by @clmron.bsky.social & @danielwiesner.bsky.social , w/ @andreasriedl.bsky.social & me. 1/n

The Role of Choice Architecture in Mitigating News Avoidance News avoidance has become more common and is associated with negative democratic outcomes. However, only a handful of studies have explored solutions to reduce news avoidance, with nudges offering ...

🚫📰 Can we use nudges to mitigate news avoidance?
Yes and no — it depends on what nudges we use!
Together with @hajoboo.bsky.social & @solecheler.bsky.social I wanted to test whether nudges can reduce news avoidance as limited news consumption—and to do so beyond established Western democracies. 🧵👇

You can be very proud 😉 Really interesting paper. Congratulations (:

Wir arbeiten sehr hart daran vor Katastrophen wie dem Hochwasser vor einem Jahr zu warnen. Die Reaktionen gerade auf sozialen Netzwerken oftmals erschreckend ignorant.
Der Klimawandel verschwindet nicht, wenn wir ihn verleugnen, sondern nur wenn wir energisch handeln. Die Zeit dazu wäre genau jetzt

Violence Against Politicians Drives Support for Political Violence Among (Some) Voters: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Abstract. We investigate whether a real-world episode of physical violence committed in October 2023 against Thierry Baudet, leader of the Dutch far-right

Good point to highlight study by @alessandronai.bsky.social Patrick van Erkel and I showing that political violence rather increases than decreases support for violence especially among voters disliking the target and experiencing Schadenfreude academic.oup.com/poq/article/...

📣👀Early-Career Researchers @ ECREAs PolComm Section Conference 2025!
A few last-minute spots for the ‪@yecrea.bsky.social‬ pre-conference workshop just opened. Want to join a great lineup of speakers on early-career profile building, network development, and transience? Just drop us a message! 🙂

Solutions that Move Us? The Role of Responsibility Framing in Audience Reactions to Sustainability Stories Research on the effectiveness of solutions journalism in influencing self-efficacy, responsibility perception, and behavioral intentions has produced mixed results. While emotional responses to sol...

🚨📝 New publication: Svenja Schäfer w/ Lea Gorski and PolCom members @hannahgreber.bsky.social + @solecheler.bsky.social explored whether solutions are effective in sustainability communication and examined the attribution of responsibility through an experiment. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1751...

Meta to ban political ads in EU due to bloc's 'unworkable' rules Meta on Friday said it will be forced to ban political advertising on its platforms in the European Union from October because of rules the Facebook and Instagram owner called "unworkable".

Following Google, Meta is also ending political advertising in the EU.

I gathered some thoughts on why this is an abdication of responsibility that will make our elections less transparent AND not even end paid political influence online. A short thread. 🧵

www.france24.com/en/live-news...

In the face of anti-science politics, silence is not without cost More scientific leaders need to speak out about anti-science agendas and threats to academic freedom across the world.

“Having the freedom to defend science is a privilege. Those who have it owe it to everyone the world over to make their voices heard.” Our editorial calling for global academies to speak out like the Pontifical Academy just did - www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Really excited and honored (😉) to have received an honorable mention for my dissertation “Immersive Journalism - The Future of the News?” from @icajsd.bsky.social at #ICA25 — alongside @meagandoll.bsky.social! 🥳

Big congratulations to Tali Aharoni for winning the award — very well deserved!

What kinds of content do users themselves want to see moderated on platforms? 👀
Surprisingly, it's less about the incivility of language and more about authorial intention, target vulnerability and platform affordances /w @solecheler.bsky.social, @pia-p.bsky.social & Svenja Schäfer 🙂 #ICA25 #PolComm

📰 Empathy in journalism - meant to connect us, but can it also divide?
@hannahgreber.bsky.social presents findings on the unintended side-effects of empathy-driven journalism at #ICA25 w/ @jesperstromback.bsky.social & @solecheler.bsky.social 👏

Welcome to the ICA conference!

This is great!! @polcomm.bsky.social is launching a database for polcom teaching resources! #ica25

YES! Come see me presenting our paper “The shadow side of empathy? Eliciting empathy in journalism and its (potentially) unintended side-effects on polarization”- w. @solecheler.bsky.social & @jesperstromback.bsky.social

Sunday, 13:30, Mineral G
#ica25

And follow our great scholars @gngeorgarakis.bsky.social @hannahgreber.bsky.social @amplanitzer.bsky.social @dbetakova.bsky.social @dominikhokamp.bsky.social @danielwiesner.bsky.social @andiisto.bsky.social

@polcomvienna.bsky.social at the #ica25, come see our presentations!

So proud of former PhD candidates at @polcomvienna.bsky.social , @hannahgreber.bsky.social and @teresaelena.bsky.social, who won the dissertation award of the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences this year! Absolute 🌟🌟!

📣 POLCOM Vienna @ #ICA25
Happy to see eight of our team members at ICA in Denver, CO this week - mentoring and sharing their latest research 🙂
Come say 👋 if you are around!

Our team showed up strong for the #PolcommPreconference25 🥳
@dominikhokamp.bsky.social shared his work on emotional ties of journalists & politicians, @amplanitzer.bsky.social presented her work on personalised algorithmic platform moderation and @solecheler.bsky.social was a discussant & panelists👏