Jürgen Maier

@maierjuergen.bsky.social

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Political scientist working on the content, processing, and impact of political/campaign communication.

https://ksw.rptu.de/abt/politikwissenschaft/abteilung/politische-kommunikation/team/prof-dr-juergen-maier

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Corinna Oschatz @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social · 1d

AMSTERDAM ❤️ ALSO BEAUTIFUL IN WINTER 😍 🎿🧀

One more week to apply to this postdoc position in Political Communication @ascor.bsky.social

Thank you for sharing 🫶

Please reach out if you have any questions.

@polcomm.bsky.social @fgkommpol.bsky.social @alessandronai.bsky.social

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Jürgen Maier @maierjuergen.bsky.social · 5d

New article with @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social and @jenniferbast.bsky.social in Party Politics on the perceived costs and benefits of negative campaigning for male and female candidates and its impact on attack behavior

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 7d

Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
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Pew Research Center is seeking a Data Archivist to support our commitment to open science and data transparency. This newly created role will play a key part in enhancing the accessibility, usability, and reproducibility of our research data while continuing to protect the privacy and identity of our survey participants.

As Data Archivist, you will lead efforts to create and implement best practices for preparing, documenting, and disseminating datasets. These best practices should maximize FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles while minimizing disclosure risk. You will work across teams to ensure our data is well-organized and thoroughly documented.

You will serve as an internal advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are not only accurate and comprehensive but also easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.

This is a full-time, Pew Research Center position. The position is funded by an external grant and limited to a two-year term.

Primary Responsibilities

Develop optimization procedures to improve discoverability of our datasets on internal and external platforms

Develop and maintain standards to improve accessibility of our microdata and tab plans by changing/adding formats and/or adding documentation

Identify metadata documentation best practices and a process to implement those best practices at the Center

Work with Legal to evaluate most appropriate license to publicly share the Center's survey data, including Creative Common options

Identify and correct processing inefficiencies in our data publication process

Sit on the internal Disclosure Risk Taskforce

Document analytical decisions and code to support transparency and replicability, including the development of a RACI chart for publishing code to recreate derived variables that are used in reports but are not included in the microdata

Manage/create merged time series datasets for select Center datasets

Identify a process for internally archiving data and projects that are no longer in active use

Identify and implement a process to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to microdata

Prepare and upload public-facing datasets and restricted-use datasets for external sharing.

Train staff on FAIR principles and best practices in data archiving.

Education/Training/Experience

Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in library sciences, organizational management, or a related field.

5-7 years of experience with data archiving, database management, or survey research. This may include graduate training at the MA/PhD level or equivalent experience in an applied setting.

At least 3-5 years of experience applying FAIR and open science principles.

Background in social science research or data curation.

Experience in data management, archiving, or research support.

Familiarity with FAIR principles, Creative Common licensing, data privacy principles, and exposure risk.

Proficiency in metadata standards and documentation tools.

Experience managing research projects, including working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.

Experience with statistical software (e.g., R, Python, Stata) and reproducible research workflows.

Knowledge, Skill and Workplace Requirements

Strong organizational and communication skills.

Detail oriented with exacting standards to maintain accuracy and impartiality in all work products.

Ability to work independently to carry out special projects from start to finish.

Ability to balance numerous tasks simultaneously.

Ability to work collaboratively and collegially with other team members, as well as with staff from other Pew Research Center teams.

Ability to balance competing priorities and identify optimal solutions

FLSA Status: Exempt

Compensation: Starting salary is commensurate with experience within the range of $100,000 - $120,000.

Hybrid Work Schedule: Pew Research Center staff are required to be present in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office three core days weekly (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). Staff may work virtually from remote locations on other days in a typical work week.

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Jan Böhmermann 🤨 @janboehm.bsky.social · 9d

Idee: Deutschland entführt Christian Stocker, regiert Österreich erstmal selbst und reißt sich alle Schätze des Landes unter den Nagel (Kaiserschmarrn, Fritattensuppe, Red Bull, Manner etc.).

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Corinna Oschatz @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social · 26d

🫵WE WANT YOU 🎓
Are you interested in political communication, negative campaigning, and social norms? Are you experienced in quantitative methods? Do you have good rain clothes?

Then our postdoc position might be just for you: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas

Vacancy — Postdoc: "Role of Social Norms and Norms Transgression in the Acceptance of Negative Campaigning"

Are you passionate about political communication, election campaigns, and quantitative empirical research? The Amsterdam School of Communication Research is seeking a highly motivated Postdoc for the research project ‘That’s (not) appropriate’– Role of Social Norms and Norm Transgression in Voters’ Acceptance of Negative Campaigning, led by Dr. Corinna Oschatz.

werkenbij.uva.nl

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Jürgen Maier @maierjuergen.bsky.social · 29d

I am delighted to have been invited to write a chapter on #TelevisedDebates for this excellent encyclopaedia edited by @alessandronai.bsky.social, @maxgroemping.bsky.social & @dominiquewirz.bsky.social

www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/elg...

Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication

This Encyclopedia covers the vast field of political communication, presenting an authoritative overview of its key foundational theories and empirical methodologies. Authored by nearly 600 experts fr...

www.e-elgar.com

Jürgen Maier @maierjuergen.bsky.social · Dec 13

wenn man den Wald nicht bewegen kann, bleibt nur Personen zu bewegen, um Synergien zu schaffen. Disziplinen eines FBs auf 2 Standorte zu verteilen ist m.E. das Grundproblem.

Jürgen Maier @maierjuergen.bsky.social · Dec 13

könnte man damit auch erzielen, aber nicht wenn der Wald dazwischen ist.

Jürgen Maier @maierjuergen.bsky.social · Dec 13

Ist ja nicht ganz richtig so. Wird ein FB Kultur- u. Sozialwissenschaften m.W.

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Daniel Casey 🎗️✡️ @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social · Dec 10

Great to see this out in the world! My entry, on letters to leaders, is available here dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

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Frederik Hjorth @fghjorth.bsky.social · Dec 4

Political communication research overwhelmingly relies on text. But parliamentary speech is multimodal! In our new @psrm.bsky.social article, Mathias Rask and I show that legislators also signal partisan conflict nonverbally— through changes in vocal pitch during floor speeches. 🧵 1/11 #polisky

Reposted by Jürgen Maier, Christian Breunig, Werner Krause , and 1 more Jürgen Maier, Christian Breunig, Werner Krause, Claudia Landwehr

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · Dec 2

Join us! Die Abteilung für Innenpolitik & Politische Soziologie sucht zum 01.04. eine*n neue*n Kollegin*en. Wir bieten: volle Promotionsstelle (EG13) für drei Jahre (Verlängerung um 3 Jahre möglich), flexible Arbeitszeitregelungen, kollegiales & forschungsstarkes Team. Mehr Informationen hier👇

stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de

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Dylan Paltra @dpltr22.bsky.social · Dec 1

🚨Publication Alert!
My first first-author publication with @msaeltzer.bsky.social and @pluggedchris.bsky.social is out in @polbehavior.bsky.social, which began as my bachelor's thesis. We study how party polarization shapes affective polarization—with a particularly important role of the AfD. (1/7)🧵

Cover page of the article. "Affective States: Cultural and Affective Polarization in a Multilevel-Multiparty System" by Dylan Paltra, Marius Sältzer and Christian Stecker. "Affective Polarization—the growing mutual dislike among partisan groups—has been identified as a major concern in democracies. Although both economic and cultural ideological divides contribute to ideological polarization, their affective consequences can differ. This paper argues that cultural polarization becomes especially consequential when mobilized by far-right parties. Using data from 116 elections in Germany’s 16 states (1990-2023), we combine more than 550 state-level manifestos with more than 150,000 survey responses to examine how party polarization translates into voter affect. Our analyses show that both economic and cultural polarization increase affective divides, but cultural disagreements fuel hostility only in the presence of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). Acting as a cultural entrepreneur, the AfD amplifies the emotional impact of cultural divisions such as immigration, employing affective rhetoric and provoking strong rejection from other parties and voters. These findings highlight the catalytic role of far-right parties in transforming ideological competition into affective polarization."

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Marc Debus @marcdebus.bsky.social · Nov 24

Interested in the theory and empirics of multi-party governments? Thomas Bräuninger and I edited a Handbook on Coalition Politics with Edward Elgar Publishing: lnkd.in/eis8Yc2y /1

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Colette Schmidt @colettemschmidt.bsky.social · Nov 20

Für jene die immer meinen, man solle AfD/FPÖ halt mal mitregieren lassen, dann würden sie eh an der Realität scheitern. Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt das Gegenteil. Schlechte Regierungsarbeit schreckt die Wählerschaft rechtsextremer Parteien nicht ab.
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/demo...

Demokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im Gegenteil

Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen.

www.sueddeutsche.de

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Chiara Vargiu @cvargiu.bsky.social · Nov 17

🎬 Excited to co-direct a #ecprjs26 Workshop w/ J. Dedeigne on hostile communication styles 🤬

Working on uncivil 🙄, intolerant 🙅🏻‍♀️, or violent 🤜 political rhetoric and its effects across countries, contexts, or media? Join us!

📅 Submit by 10 Dec: tinyurl.com/yjcaa3ay

The Rise of Hostile Communication Styles and their Consequences for the Functioning of Modern Democracies

European Consortium for Political Research

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Jürgen Maier @maierjuergen.bsky.social · Nov 16

😮 Hat Downs doch recht?! „Ich möchte uns jedenfalls nicht in einem Unterbietungswettbewerb sehen: Wer bietet sozusagen das niedrigste Rentenniveau an. Damit gewinnen wir keine Wahlen.“ So klar sprechen Politiker selten aus, dass es ihnen nicht um die Sache, sondern um Macht geht...

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John Sides @johnsides.bsky.social · Nov 15

The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions is now acceptable applications for the 2026-27 year. Please share and encourage people to apply!

Post Doctoral application apply.interfolio.com/177609

Visiting Scholar application apply.interfolio.com/177613

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Cambridge University Press - Linguistics @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org · Nov 14

🚨New Cambridge Element 🚨

Cognition and Conspiracy Theories by Andreas Musolff is now free to read until November 17th!

https://cup.org/47PLKBW

#Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Jürgen Maier, Andrew Livingstone

Mario Gollwitzer @mariogollwitzer.bsky.social · Nov 7

Are victimhood claims in political party manifestos and election programs on the rise? Yes, they are! Check out a brand new paper authored by @marlenevoit.bsky.social , @lucaskohler.bsky.social et al. -- published yesterday in @polpsyispp.bsky.social. Open Access: doi.org/10.1111/pops....

Victimhood claims in German political manifestos

Political campaigns often work with victimhood claims—stories construed around an (alleged) injustice that needs to be redressed or retaliated against. Notably, scholars have argued that victimhood c...

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Andy Kaltenbrunner @kaltenbrunnera.bsky.social · Nov 6

Ein Lieblingsprojekt (wieder) online. www.arbeiterzeitung.at Mehr als 200.000 Zeitungsseiten von 1945 - 1989 digital offen. Mit Volltextsuche von Politik bis Sport. Von 2004 bis 2021 gab es 2 Millionen Recherche-Cases. (Leider) weiterhin die einzige derartige zeitgeschichtliche Primärquelle.

Startseite | Archiv der Arbeiter-Zeitung

www.arbeiterzeitung.at

Nick Valentino @nickvalentino.bsky.social · Nov 1

ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...

The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.

2016-2020-2024-panel-merged-study - ANES | American National Election Studies

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Oct 31

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Marc Debus @marcdebus.bsky.social · Oct 31

Interested in the sociodemographic background, policy preferences, attitudes and campaign strategies of candidates for the 2025 Bundestag election? The @gles.bsky.social Candidate Study 2025 is now available (doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA... @gesis.org) and includes CCS Module IV
@ccs-project.bsky.social 👇

German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) @gles.bsky.social · Oct 30

🚨New GLES release for #BTW25: GLES Candidate Study 2025 (ZA10102)
📅24/03–09/06/2025
👥512 interviews
🗳️Political background & nomination, campaigning, political issues, democracy & representation, sociodemographic background
🌍Includes CCS Module IV (@ccs-project.bsky.social)
📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...

Reposted by Jürgen Maier, Alexander Wuttke, Efrén O. Pérez , and 1 more Jürgen Maier, Alexander Wuttke, Efrén O. Pérez, Mirya R. Holman

Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · Oct 28

🚨 New piece out at @thejop.bsky.social w awesome @cvargiu.bsky.social & D Garzia

If incivility means breaking norms, & norms are person- and context-dependent, *does incivility even exist*?

In the stage-2 registered report we investigate what drives perceptions of incivility

tinyurl.com/4h5u4y8y

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Thomas Hanitzsch @thanitzsch.bsky.social · Oct 27

Out now: key data from the third wave of the Worlds of Journalism Study. 75 countries, >32,350 journalists, >300 researchers, seven years of successful collaboration. Many thanks to all who contributed to this project!
www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Oct 24

The increase in science funding applications from 2023 to 2025 across programs is huge.

And most likely the competition will increase unless investments are made in science and research (which have repeatedly shown to pay off later for society at large).

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

Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data

Applications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition.

www.nature.com

Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Jürgen Maier, Tom Louwerse

Fabio Votta📊🐧 @favstats.eu · Oct 23

🤖 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐀𝐈𝐠𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 🇳🇱

Less than one week before the Dutch elections, @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social & I looked at over 20k posts to reveal patterns in the usage of AI-generated visuals across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X. #tk2025

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Alon Zoizner @alonzoizner.bsky.social · Oct 20

New publication alert🔓🚨
Toxic speech is widespread on social media – but do users mirror the toxic behavior of their ingroup or react defensively to outgroup toxicity?
Our new paper in JCMC examines how ingroup and outgroup behavior shape the spread of toxicity on social media.

Jürgen Maier @maierjuergen.bsky.social · Oct 15

📣 Studie zur Wahrnehmung und Wirkung der TV-Debatten 2025 mit Marco Hirsch, Kevin Brendel, Peter Hevesi, Paul Lukowicz, @jenniferbast.bsky.social und @hannahdecker.bsky.social.

doi.org/10.5771/0340...

ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen - Nomos eLibrary

In der ZParl werden alle Bereiche der Politik behandelt, in denen es um Legitimations- und Repräsentationsfragen geht. Bundes- und Landesparlamentarismu…

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