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Deutscher Ethikrat @ethikrat.org · 1d

✨ 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

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Kostia Yanchenko @yanchenko.bsky.social · Sep 12

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...

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Edda Humprecht @eddahumprecht.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thanks, Kelly! Back then, one could still collect comments via the API. Unfortunately, this isn’t possible anymore…

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · Mar 25

💥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

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Anne Schulz @annisch.bsky.social · Apr 9

🚀 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...

UZH: Postdoctoral Researcher (3 years) in Political Communication Research with a Focus on News Audience Research

The Political Communication Division, led by Prof. Dr. Anne Schulz, at the Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ), University of Zurich is seeking to fill the position of a postdoctoral...

jobs.uzh.ch

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Edda Humprecht @eddahumprecht.bsky.social · Mar 24

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Edda Humprecht @eddahumprecht.bsky.social · Mar 24

💫 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/...

Advancing the Study of Political Misinformation Across Countries and Platforms—Introduction to the Special Issue - Edda Humprecht, Sebastián Valenzuela, Frank Esser, Edson Tandoc, 2025

The global spread of political misinformation poses serious challenges to democracies, eroding trust and distorting public discourse. However, research has larg...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Mar 1

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...

Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)

America hurt itself badly today.

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Feb 19

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...

Factchecking Donald Trump’s claims about the war in Ukraine

As US-Russia talks continue in Saudi Arabia, we look at the US president’s misleading and outright false statements

www.theguardian.com

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · Feb 12

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

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Feb 11

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...

AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press

The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs

www.ap.org

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Simon van Teutem @simonvanteutem.bsky.social · Jan 23

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...

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Dec 3

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/...

Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy

Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world?

edition.cnn.com

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Thorsten Quandt @thorstenquandt.bsky.social · Nov 30

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. 👉

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theresa gessler @gessler.bsky.social · Apr 4

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/...

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Edda Humprecht @eddahumprecht.bsky.social · Feb 14

You can find some more references to cross-national studies here: www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/15...

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Edda Humprecht @eddahumprecht.bsky.social · Feb 14

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...;

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Dr. Sabrina H. Kessler @shkessler.bsky.social · Jan 19

📣 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

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Edda Humprecht @eddahumprecht.bsky.social · Jan 26

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

Edda Humprecht @eddahumprecht.bsky.social · Jan 24

🚀 🤖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

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Edda Humprecht @eddahumprecht.bsky.social · Jan 21

Alteady on my list! Thanks!

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Edda Humprecht @eddahumprecht.bsky.social · Jan 19

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! 💡

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Mike S. Schäfer @mss7676.bsky.social · Jan 8

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!

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Jan 16

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...

How OpenAI is approaching 2024 worldwide elections

We’re working to prevent abuse, provide transparency on AI-generated content, and improve access to accurate voting information.

openai.com

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