✨ MORGEN ✨ #Wissen und #Macht: Welche Rolle kann die #Wissenschaft in der #Politikberatung spielen - und wo liegen die Grenzen? 15.10. ab 9.30 Uhr 🔗 www.ethikrat.org/live
@ue-umweltethik.bsky.social @eddahumprecht.bsky.social @schroep.bsky.social @jud1th.bsky.social @ethicswinkler.bsky.social
Our study on the strategic narratives about the Russian-Ukrainian war in 7 EU countries, co-authored with @eddahumprecht.bsky.social, is out in the IJoC.
We trace pro-Russian messages across countries, platforms, and actor types ahead of the 2024 EP election. Check it out: ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
Thanks, Kelly! Back then, one could still collect comments via the API. Unfortunately, this isn’t possible anymore…
💥Postdoc call 💥
Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University
🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension)
❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth
🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data)
Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD
🚀 Hiring a Postdoc in Political Communication @ikmz.bsky.social for my SNSF project. Seeking a researcher with experience in computational methods to explore negative news, political knowledge, and well-being.
Apply by: 11 May 2025
Start: 1 Sept 2025 (or by agreement)
jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
w @sebavalenz.bsky.social @esserfrank.bsky.social Edson Tandoc
💫 New Open Access Special Issue in IJPP!
Advancing the Study of Political Misinformation Across Countries and Platforms
The SI explores how misinfo spreads, is perceived & countered across political systems, info environments & platforms.
Read the intro: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Here's why fact checking matters.
Trump gives misleading and false statements about the war in Ukraine.
@theguardian.com provides the facts on five of these statements.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Bust of Andrey Sakharov
Science is under a wide-ranging attack in the U.S. From arbitrary and catastrophic funding cuts to censorship based on keywords, scholarship is no longer free from government interference. How can scientists respond? 1/n
AP @apnews.com denied access to White House. For not taking orders on Gulf of Mexico 🤯
“Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment”
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
Western European men in their twenties show the sharpest rise in considering the far right.
Women in their twenties remain less likely to consider the far right.
Great article from @tabouchadi.bsky.social: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
What 10 years of education can do to combat disinformation. The Finland 🇫🇮 case!
Education, literacy but also strong media and trustworthy politicians
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
1/ I promised some research for team #Bluesky. Here we go.
Unpopular opinion: #Debunking doesn't stop #polarization. In fact, our research (and others') shows it can *add* to it. #Prebunking works better—timing is key.
Our #simulation studies shed light on this. 👉
We're looking for a colleague at📍European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) 🇩🇪 🇵🇱
📣Professorship for Digital Political Communication
📆 Apply by 29/04/2024
#polisky #commsky
Full Ad (english): www.europa-uni.de/de/struktur/...
You can find some more references to cross-national studies here: www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/15...
There a a couple of studies on limited sets of countries and quality indicators, e.g. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...; www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...; www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...; journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...;
📣 Database of Variables for Content Analysis (DOCA) looks for authors for specific variables/constructs in #ContentAnalysis 🔭
hope.uzh.ch/doca
#openaccess #openmethod
💡 Suggestions: 20.3.24
📅 Submission Deadline: 1.5.24
👉 Call for Authors: t.uzh.ch/1Bn
For those who are interested, some more suggestions I got: Wolfsfeld et al: Building Theory in Political Communication
Mchangama: Free Speech A History from Socrates to Social Media
Matassi&Boczkowski: ToKnow is To Compare
Klinger et al: Platforms, power, Politics
Krupnikov&Ryan: The Other Divide
🚀 🤖I'm very much looking forward to Sophie Morosoli‘s talk as part of the Speaker Series at IfKW Jena! Today she will talk about "Individuals' attitudes and perceptions towards AI in journalism and generative AI". #AIinJournalism #generativeAI
Alteady on my list! Thanks!
Hey #PolCom community! 🚀 My bookshelf’s in need of a refresh and I need your help. 📚What are your go-to reads from the last couple if years? Share those gems! 💡
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
IKMZ is looking for an
Assistant Professor in Political Communication
(Tenure Track)
If you have a strong record in teaching & research in polcomm, pls apply by February 14, 2024 - we're looking forward to it!
More info 👉 jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
Pls distribute widely!
Open AI announces policies to prevent abuse and increase transparency leading up to all the elections in 2024 across the 🌏
First steps. But reading these, a lot of questions remain unanswered…
Commsky polisky csssky
openai.com/blog/how-ope...
Just out
@europeansocieties.bsky.social: Koen Damhuis & I study how the divide bw far-right and liberal-left ideologies is anchored in moral and class-based forms of common sense reasoning.
We also show what qualitative research can contribute to cleavage theory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Can searching for false news increase belief in misinformation? Yes, by approximately 20 percent, according to our new paper, out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social. In addition, this phenomenon is concentrated among individuals for whom search engines return lower quality information.
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Join us at LSE! 👇
What is DOCA ❓❓❓
www.hope.uzh.ch/doca/
We explain the Database of Variables for Content Analysis: relevance, objective, content & participation possibilities
➡️
www.hope.uzh.ch/scoms/articl...
#contentanalysis #OpenMethod #OpenScience
@voudigitou.bsky.social @eddahumprecht.bsky.social
Immer wieder passiert es, dass Menschen oder ganze Organisationen im Berufsleben damit auffliegen, insgeheim KI genutzt zu haben - hier gebe ich ein paar Beispiele dafür und beschreibe, wie wichtig es ist, 2 Grundregeln im Umgang mit KI zu befolgen:
1.) transparent sein
2.) kritisch bleiben
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