Maximilian Krug
@maximiliankrug.bsky.social
Postdoc @ University of Duisburg-Essen // interpersonal communication researcher // #incivility #reactance #GDR #conversationanalysis // Dad.
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IMO one of the absolute coolest projects in psych at the moment — solving the toothbrush problem in measurement with really clever use of LLMs. Incredibly useful!
🚨 SynthNet is out 🚨
Researchers propose new constructs and measures faster than anyone can track. We (@anniria.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci) built a search engine to check what already exists and help identify redundancies; indexing 74,000 scales from ~31,500 instruments in APA PsycTests. 🧵1/3
Researchers propose new constructs and measures faster than anyone can track. We (@anniria.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci) built a search engine to check what already exists and help identify redundancies; indexing 74,000 scales from ~31,500 instruments in APA PsycTests. 🧵1/3
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
IMO one of the absolute coolest projects in psych at the moment — solving the toothbrush problem in measurement with really clever use of LLMs. Incredibly useful!
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Am Englischen Seminar der RUB ist eine unbefristete (!) Lecturer-Stelle (12 SWS) im Bereich britische Literatur plus Fremdsprachenausbildung ausgeschrieben.
Ich kann gerne Fragen zum Institut beantworten.
Ich kann gerne Fragen zum Institut beantworten.
Lecturer (m/w/d) britische Literatur
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Am Englischen Seminar der RUB ist eine unbefristete (!) Lecturer-Stelle (12 SWS) im Bereich britische Literatur plus Fremdsprachenausbildung ausgeschrieben.
Ich kann gerne Fragen zum Institut beantworten.
Ich kann gerne Fragen zum Institut beantworten.
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📢 Job opportunity #EMCA: 2 postdocs (80%) + 1 research assistant (50%) for a 4-year @snsf.ch project at HES-SO Valais-Wallis on AI in medical education and clinical decision-making. Start on 1 March (or as agreed), place of work Sierre (Switzerland).
Apply by 31 December.
Info: [email protected]
Apply by 31 December.
Info: [email protected]
Postdoc Sierre 2026-2030 - emcawiki
emcawiki.net
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
📢 Job opportunity #EMCA: 2 postdocs (80%) + 1 research assistant (50%) for a 4-year @snsf.ch project at HES-SO Valais-Wallis on AI in medical education and clinical decision-making. Start on 1 March (or as agreed), place of work Sierre (Switzerland).
Apply by 31 December.
Info: [email protected]
Apply by 31 December.
Info: [email protected]
This was my toughest publication yet 🫣 deeply disturbing data (misogynistic hate), a hard-to-explain setting (digital collaborative storytelling), and an odd methodology (quantitative MCA 🤪). But after two desk rejections and nearly five months of rebuttal, it’s finally out 🤩
doi.org/10.3389/fcom...
doi.org/10.3389/fcom...
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This was my toughest publication yet 🫣 deeply disturbing data (misogynistic hate), a hard-to-explain setting (digital collaborative storytelling), and an odd methodology (quantitative MCA 🤪). But after two desk rejections and nearly five months of rebuttal, it’s finally out 🤩
doi.org/10.3389/fcom...
doi.org/10.3389/fcom...
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After a long time in development, {traktok} #rstats is now finally on CRAN!
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
After a long time in development, {traktok} #rstats is now finally on CRAN!
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
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"We conducted a quasi-experimental field study on the Milan metro...a female experimenter, appearing pregnant, boarded the train...an additional experimenter dressed as Batman entered from another door. Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present."
Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect - npj Mental Health Research
npj Mental Health Research - Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"We conducted a quasi-experimental field study on the Milan metro...a female experimenter, appearing pregnant, boarded the train...an additional experimenter dressed as Batman entered from another door. Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present."
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These are all so good. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25
Pivots, Trolls, and Blog Rolls
Reflections on 25 years of digital media.
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM
These are all so good. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25
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TruthScraper and a number of other corpus collection tools are available on my homepage corpustools.prendrelangue.fr
Do pay a visit, and please provide feedback!
#linguistics #corpus #discourseanalysis
Do pay a visit, and please provide feedback!
#linguistics #corpus #discourseanalysis
October 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
TruthScraper and a number of other corpus collection tools are available on my homepage corpustools.prendrelangue.fr
Do pay a visit, and please provide feedback!
#linguistics #corpus #discourseanalysis
Do pay a visit, and please provide feedback!
#linguistics #corpus #discourseanalysis
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I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.
The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...
The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...
AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought
An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.
futurism.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.
The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...
The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...
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New paper led by Dara Etemady: Statistical reporting inconsistencies in experimental linguistics.
Almost half (49%) of all articles contained at least one inconsistent p-value. 12% contained an inconsistency that may have affected the statistical conclusion."
escholarship.org/uc/item/3736...
Almost half (49%) of all articles contained at least one inconsistent p-value. 12% contained an inconsistency that may have affected the statistical conclusion."
escholarship.org/uc/item/3736...
October 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
New paper led by Dara Etemady: Statistical reporting inconsistencies in experimental linguistics.
Almost half (49%) of all articles contained at least one inconsistent p-value. 12% contained an inconsistency that may have affected the statistical conclusion."
escholarship.org/uc/item/3736...
Almost half (49%) of all articles contained at least one inconsistent p-value. 12% contained an inconsistency that may have affected the statistical conclusion."
escholarship.org/uc/item/3736...
Just published a new paper ☺️
💡 Integrating quantitative methods into Conversation Analysis: exploring psychological reactance through interactional coding 💡
Using a triple coding procedure, I combine #CA with quantitative analyses to link interactional practices with #psychological concepts.
💡 Integrating quantitative methods into Conversation Analysis: exploring psychological reactance through interactional coding 💡
Using a triple coding procedure, I combine #CA with quantitative analyses to link interactional practices with #psychological concepts.
Integrating quantitative methods into conversation analysis: Exploring psychological reactance through interactional coding
This paper explores integrating quantitative methods into Conversation Analysis (CA) to examine psychological reactance in face-to-face interactions. Although extensively studied in mediated contexts,...
doi.org
September 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Just published a new paper ☺️
💡 Integrating quantitative methods into Conversation Analysis: exploring psychological reactance through interactional coding 💡
Using a triple coding procedure, I combine #CA with quantitative analyses to link interactional practices with #psychological concepts.
💡 Integrating quantitative methods into Conversation Analysis: exploring psychological reactance through interactional coding 💡
Using a triple coding procedure, I combine #CA with quantitative analyses to link interactional practices with #psychological concepts.
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Weiter geht es mit @maximiliankrug.bsky.social und Vanessa Angenendt zu Disengagement in misogynen Chats #GAL2025
September 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Weiter geht es mit @maximiliankrug.bsky.social und Vanessa Angenendt zu Disengagement in misogynen Chats #GAL2025
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PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky
Expression of Interest in Serving as a PsyArXiv Moderator
As you might have heard, PsyArXiv is having some issues with an increase in low-quality submissions, ranging from AI generated manuscripts to inflate citation metrics, incoherent or nonsensical docume...
forms.gle
August 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
PsyArXiv is seeking new moderators to help combat an increase in AI submissions! If you've ever posted a preprint to PsyArXiv, please consider joining. Minimum commitment 1h/month, there's a training session this Monday @ 1pm ET. More info here: forms.gle/9LB1rEtxHAeZ... #PsychSciSky
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#Linguistics
2 new additions in my #corpus toolbox, geared towards the study of the meta-discourse of press coverage: the Guardian and Figaro Comments Corpus Builders can be used to collect corpora of article comments from those two online newspapers.
1/3
2 new additions in my #corpus toolbox, geared towards the study of the meta-discourse of press coverage: the Guardian and Figaro Comments Corpus Builders can be used to collect corpora of article comments from those two online newspapers.
1/3
Florent Moncomble’s corpus tools
A collection of tools for collecting and analysing corpora of online media discourse
corpustools.prendrelangue.fr
August 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#Linguistics
2 new additions in my #corpus toolbox, geared towards the study of the meta-discourse of press coverage: the Guardian and Figaro Comments Corpus Builders can be used to collect corpora of article comments from those two online newspapers.
1/3
2 new additions in my #corpus toolbox, geared towards the study of the meta-discourse of press coverage: the Guardian and Figaro Comments Corpus Builders can be used to collect corpora of article comments from those two online newspapers.
1/3
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✨ New open-access paper ✨
We explored language similarity between Querdenken (Telegram) and German politicians (Twitter). In short: AfD’s communication most similar, but parts of FDP and CDU/CSU also find common ground through discrediting left-wing politics.
Full paper:
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1369...
We explored language similarity between Querdenken (Telegram) and German politicians (Twitter). In short: AfD’s communication most similar, but parts of FDP and CDU/CSU also find common ground through discrediting left-wing politics.
Full paper:
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1369...
The language similarity between corona protest mobilizers on Telegram and German politicians on Twitter
Protest movements against COVID-19 containment measures, like Germany’s Querdenken, aim to put their position on the political agenda. The German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) acted...
doi.org
August 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
✨ New open-access paper ✨
We explored language similarity between Querdenken (Telegram) and German politicians (Twitter). In short: AfD’s communication most similar, but parts of FDP and CDU/CSU also find common ground through discrediting left-wing politics.
Full paper:
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1369...
We explored language similarity between Querdenken (Telegram) and German politicians (Twitter). In short: AfD’s communication most similar, but parts of FDP and CDU/CSU also find common ground through discrediting left-wing politics.
Full paper:
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Truly honored to be nominated by my students for the 2025 NRW State Teaching Award 🤩
“His commitment and genuine interest in his students’ academic success deserve recognition.” ☺️
Couldn’t ask for higher praise 😁
“His commitment and genuine interest in his students’ academic success deserve recognition.” ☺️
Couldn’t ask for higher praise 😁
July 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Truly honored to be nominated by my students for the 2025 NRW State Teaching Award 🤩
“His commitment and genuine interest in his students’ academic success deserve recognition.” ☺️
Couldn’t ask for higher praise 😁
“His commitment and genuine interest in his students’ academic success deserve recognition.” ☺️
Couldn’t ask for higher praise 😁
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Was es gibt? Einen Elefanten.
July 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Was es gibt? Einen Elefanten.
Ich bin super stolz auf meine Studis☺️
Im Rahmen forschenden Lehrens ist der Sammelband „Zwischen Hausfrau und Hetze: Rechte Influencerinnen im digitalen Raum“ entstanden. Mit Beiträgen meiner Studierenden, die mit Neugier, Ernsthaftigkeit und großem Engagement eigene Forschung betrieben haben.
(1/5)
Im Rahmen forschenden Lehrens ist der Sammelband „Zwischen Hausfrau und Hetze: Rechte Influencerinnen im digitalen Raum“ entstanden. Mit Beiträgen meiner Studierenden, die mit Neugier, Ernsthaftigkeit und großem Engagement eigene Forschung betrieben haben.
(1/5)
July 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ich bin super stolz auf meine Studis☺️
Im Rahmen forschenden Lehrens ist der Sammelband „Zwischen Hausfrau und Hetze: Rechte Influencerinnen im digitalen Raum“ entstanden. Mit Beiträgen meiner Studierenden, die mit Neugier, Ernsthaftigkeit und großem Engagement eigene Forschung betrieben haben.
(1/5)
Im Rahmen forschenden Lehrens ist der Sammelband „Zwischen Hausfrau und Hetze: Rechte Influencerinnen im digitalen Raum“ entstanden. Mit Beiträgen meiner Studierenden, die mit Neugier, Ernsthaftigkeit und großem Engagement eigene Forschung betrieben haben.
(1/5)
Katharina Hajek just presented our paper on a typology of written reactance in Instagram comments in the environmental communication top papers session at #ica25! I'm kind of proud 😁
June 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Katharina Hajek just presented our paper on a typology of written reactance in Instagram comments in the environmental communication top papers session at #ica25! I'm kind of proud 😁
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:: (not really) Trigger warning::
Stay in your lane, or pay a career penalty
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Stay in your lane, or pay a career penalty
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The pivot penalty in research - Nature
An analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents reveals a ‘pivot penalty’ when researchers shift direction, with the impact of studies decreasing rapidly the further they move from their prev...
www.nature.com
May 31, 2025 at 4:49 AM
:: (not really) Trigger warning::
Stay in your lane, or pay a career penalty
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Stay in your lane, or pay a career penalty
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long pauses don't always mean disalignment - if there's mutual gaze, participants stay engaged. My new paper explores how members manage participation shifts in interaction through gaze. Also: eye tracking 😍
doi.org/10.1075/pbns...
doi.org/10.1075/pbns...
Chapter 6. Gaze aversion as a marker of disalignment in interactions
Social interaction requires participants to be aligned with each other. Interactional disalignment occurs when actions are inappropriate for a given situation or when actions are not followed up by in...
doi.org
May 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Long pauses don't always mean disalignment - if there's mutual gaze, participants stay engaged. My new paper explores how members manage participation shifts in interaction through gaze. Also: eye tracking 😍
doi.org/10.1075/pbns...
doi.org/10.1075/pbns...
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I’ve been poeming about how my nouns keep conversioning to verbs.
April 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I’ve been poeming about how my nouns keep conversioning to verbs.
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I’m hiring a #qualitative researcher with experience in #ConversationAnalysis to work with me on an NIHR policy research program grant, exploring the new ‘Healthy Weight Coach’ role in primary care.
More info, and how to apply 👇
www.phc.ox.ac.uk/about/work-w...
@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
More info, and how to apply 👇
www.phc.ox.ac.uk/about/work-w...
@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
a cartoon pikachu says join us in white letters
ALT: a cartoon pikachu says join us in white letters
media.tenor.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I’m hiring a #qualitative researcher with experience in #ConversationAnalysis to work with me on an NIHR policy research program grant, exploring the new ‘Healthy Weight Coach’ role in primary care.
More info, and how to apply 👇
www.phc.ox.ac.uk/about/work-w...
@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
More info, and how to apply 👇
www.phc.ox.ac.uk/about/work-w...
@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
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Do you do Phonetics? Human-Computer Interaction? Anything sound-y plus computer-y? Submit to our special issue of Phonetica! Just a little one-page abstract due by 4/30, and you get to work with very cool special issue editors!
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
Phonetica
Aims & Scope Phonetica is an international forum for phonetic science that addresses all aspects of the subject matter including phonetic descriptions, articulatory and signal analytic measures of...
www.degruyterbrill.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Do you do Phonetics? Human-Computer Interaction? Anything sound-y plus computer-y? Submit to our special issue of Phonetica! Just a little one-page abstract due by 4/30, and you get to work with very cool special issue editors!
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...