Polcom Vienna
@polcomvienna.bsky.social
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Political Communication Research Group at University of Vienna
https://polcom.univie.ac.at
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Jakob-Moritz Eberl
about 1 month ago
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
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Digital Journalism
about 1 month ago
ONLINE FIRST! This article by Dominika Betakova et al. uses a comparative online experiment to test whether nudges could help with
#news
avoidance. Available with OPEN ACCESS. ➡️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Andrea Wiesner
about 2 months ago
1/ I’m thrilled (and a little proud 🤗) to share my first single-authored publication! It’s now out open access in Information, Communication & Society: 🔗
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Tackling (misleading) incivility online: a user-centric evaluation of different comment moderation strategies
Uncivil online comments, e.g., in the form of insults or misinformation, come with severe consequences for platforms, users, and democratic processes – making effective moderation essential. Howeve...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2557548
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Dominika Betakova
about 2 months ago
🚫📰 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. 🧵👇
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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 ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2025.2562143
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Anna Maria Planitzer
2 months ago
📣👀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! 🙂
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🚨📝 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...
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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...
https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2025.2538127
4 months ago
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Today @
#ViennaChildren'sUniversity
🧒 How can YOU stay safe on social media? 🤔 Our
@solecheler.bsky.social
&
@amplanitzer.bsky.social
, with
@julianeidhardt.bsky.social
&
@allanhanbury.bsky.social
, explored counter speech 🗣️ & algorithmic moderation 🤖 via roleplay, annotation games & a kindness wall 💛
4 months ago
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Annie Waldherr
5 months ago
@ipk-univie.bsky.social
is wrapping up
#ica25
in Denver! From awards to withdrawn presentations, we‘ve had it all this year. Sending warm greetings & thoughts to all colleagues who could not participate 🫶✨
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Daniel Wiesner
5 months ago
Thanks
#ICA25
for a great panel on Science in Political Contexts. It was a pleasure to present our latest findings to such an engaged and insightful audience. w/
@jamoeberl.bsky.social
&
@solecheler.bsky.social
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Dominik Hokamp
5 months ago
Another windowless room (but this time way bigger) in which I got to present first preliminary findings on how strategic politicians can *actually* be about their emotions in election campaigns 📷
@amplanitzer.bsky.social
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What are the content-level characteristics of selectively avoided news? 🤔
@dbetakova.bsky.social
presenting her impressive two-study research using computational text analysis and baysian modelling /w
@solecheler.bsky.social
&
@hajoboo.bsky.social
at an engaging
#ICA25
panel on news avoidance 👏
5 months ago
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Anna Maria Planitzer
5 months ago
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
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📰 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
👏
5 months ago
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Sophie Lecheler
5 months ago
@polcomvienna.bsky.social
at the
#ica25
, come see our presentations!
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Dominik Hokamp
5 months ago
I will be presenting first findings on how Austrian politicians are building their emotional capital to meet the increasing need for personalisation and emotionalisation on Monday at 12 noon ✨ But also come and see all the other inspiring research findings from our team 💫
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Hannah Greber
5 months ago
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
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Daniel Wiesner
5 months ago
Presenting in the coziest corner of
#ICA25
including a weird neck tilt to see the screen ✅ w/ the one and only
@andiisto.bsky.social
, co-authored with
@solecheler.bsky.social
& Svenja Schäfer. Come watch me do that move again! 📅 Monday, 10:30 📍 Mineral G (again) 🗣️ „Science on the Political Stage“
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Andrea Wiesner
5 months ago
I won something at
#ica25
🥹❤️
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IPK - Department of Communication
5 months ago
Welcome to the ICA conference!
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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👏
5 months ago
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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions
5 months ago
These are the participants of the
#PoliticalCommunicationPreconference25
. It was an amazing day, full of interesting insights and great research. Although it's hard to say goodbye to a great day,
#ICA25
is now officially starting! Let's enjoy the conference together! ❤️
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📣 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!
5 months ago
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Sophie Lecheler
5 months ago
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 🌟🌟!
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Anna Maria Planitzer
6 months ago
At
#DigHum2025
conference this week in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier🌞 and excited to kick off Day 2 themed around AI, platforms & power! Happy to also contribute by discussing our ongoing project on algorithmic content moderation /w
@pia-p.bsky.social
@solecheler.bsky.social
@julianeidhardt.bsky.social
🙂
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It was a pleasure having you with us in Vienna,
@academiuhhh.bsky.social
! Thank you for the fantastic presentation 🤩🗣️ and best of luck to the entire INEQNEWS team 🗞️ with all your projects 🍀 We're happy to host you anytime!
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6 months ago
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Dominika Betakova
6 months ago
Thrilled to share that I've started a new position as a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Journalism at the SDU! 🥳🇩🇰 Together with Morten Skovsgaard &
@kimandersen.bsky.social
we'll test the effects of solutions-oriented journalism 🌱 📰 on various behavioral outcomes (so stay tuned 🧠 🧪 !)
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Dominika Betakova
6 months ago
Submitted my dissertation two weeks ago 🎉 and I could not be more grateful for my amazing supervisors,
@solecheler.bsky.social
&
@hajoboo.bsky.social
, and two wonderful teams
@compcommlab.bsky.social
&
@polcomvienna.bsky.social
, of which I was a proud member for the last four years 💪🏼
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The COMPTEXT Association
7 months ago
Even though COMPTEXT2025 closed last weekend, its spirit will live on in the splendid photography of our dedicated group of colleagues from the University of Vienna:
@jamoeberl.bsky.social
,
@amplanitzer.bsky.social
,
@apeksha.bsky.social
! We thank and appreciate their work!
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Daniel Wiesner
7 months ago
Absolutely fascinating and packed panel on enhancing and (critically) evaluating LLM performance at
#COMPTEXT2025
this morning. w/ great work by
@zacdgreene.bsky.social
, Laura Liebig, Lukas Erhardt, and
@christianpipal.bsky.social
. Excellently chaired by
@amplanitzer.bsky.social
! 👏
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Anna Maria Planitzer
7 months ago
Happening now at
#COMPTEXT2025
in a fantastic panel on "Advances in Misinformation, Toxicity & Hate Speech Detection" 👏
@pia-p.bsky.social
presenting our latest work on how a more Perspectivist approach to NLP for algorithmic moderation could account for users’ differing views on what is harmful 🤔
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📣 PolCom Vienna @
#COMPTEXT2025
Happy to see six of our team members at COMPTEXT this week - organizing, chairing, and sharing their latest research on text-, image-, and video-as-data. Come say 👋 if you are around! 🙂
7 months ago
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Congrats to our
@andiisto.bsky.social
on winning the Top-Student-Paper Award of the Communication & Technology Division of ICA for her second dissertation paper on user preferences for moderating incivility and misinformation! 🎉
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7 months ago
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Sophie Lecheler
7 months ago
Wie kann man einen öffentlichen Diskurs schaffen, der unserer Demokratie nicht schadet? Eine große Frage, die
@polcomvienna.bsky.social
an der
@univie.ac.at
motiviert, und die wir hoffentlich auch in den kommenden Jahren noch erforschen dürfen.
#IchForscheGernInWien
#TopForschungWien
#Wien
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Für unser Team der Political Communication Research Group bietet Wien hervorragende Rahmenbedingungen.
#IchForscheGernInWien
#TopForschungWien
#Wien
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7 months ago
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Thank you to
@lindabos.bsky.social
for an interesting and engaging guest lecture at
@univie.ac.at
! Dr. Bos's lecture discussed three studies about how populist communication -- in addition to its negative aspects -- can build bridges through its other dimensions. 📝
8 months ago
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🚨The deadline for applications to the Vienna Doctoral College for Digital Humanism has been extended to Jan. 31, 2025 ✨ You can find more information here:
t.ly/836lz
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10 months ago
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Daniel Wiesner
11 months ago
An early Christmas gift to cherish: I’ve been honored with the Best Teaching Award in my department at the University of Vienna! Teaching has always been a deeply rewarding experience for me, but knowing that my students valued and enjoyed my classes makes it all even more meaningful.
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Exciting news ✨ The new Vienna Doctoral College for Digital Humanism has 5 open PhD positions, one of them based in our very own POLCOM group. Thinking of applying, or know someone who might be interested? All info can be found 🔗
t.ly/836lz
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11 months ago
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@solecheler.bsky.social
was a guest on the podcast series “Rund ums Parlament,” initiated by the Austrian Parliament, and discussed the question: “Are Social Networks a Threat to Democracy?” You can listen to the full episode at 🔗 📻
www.parlament.gv.at/aktuelles/me...
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Rund ums Parlament | Parlament Österreich
Die Podcast-Serie des Parlaments.
https://www.parlament.gv.at/aktuelles/mediathek/podcasts/rund-ums-parlament
11 months ago
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aytalina
12 months ago
@hosseinkermani.bsky.social
is presenting his work on discursive manipulation during the
#MahsaAmini
movement on Twitter
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Dominika Betakova
12 months ago
If you are at the CEU now, visit our self-organized panel on text-driven research!
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Dominika Betakova
12 months ago
Happening now: amazing
@aytalina.bsky.social
presenting her work w/ Paul Balluff and
@anniewald.bsky.social
on multilingual Twitter communication during China’s COVID-19 protests
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aytalina
12 months ago
@dbetakova.bsky.social
is presenting her study on intentional news avoidance at our panel “Unmasking Threats to Democracy through Text-Driven Research”
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Many congratulations to
@hannahgreber.bsky.social
&
@teresaelena.bsky.social
for winning the 23/24 sowi:doc Awards! 🥳🎉 The award is given by the Faculty of Social Sciences to doctoral graduates for outstanding research contributions in their doctoral theses. 🔗
vds-sosci.univie.ac.at/your-benefit...
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sowi:doc Awards 2024
Awarded by the Faculty of Social Sciences for outstanding research contributions in the framework of a doctoral thesis
https://vds-sosci.univie.ac.at/your-benefits/funding-and-prizes/sowidoc-awards/sowidoc-awards-2024/
12 months ago
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Anna Maria Planitzer
12 months ago
Ein wichtiges Projekt geht zu Ende!
@ahrabhikat.bsky.social
& ich durften es wissenschaftlich begleiten und ich freue mich, gemeinsam mit dem tollen Team von
@vereinzara.bsky.social
und spannenden Panelists über Strategien gegen Hass im Netz zu sprechen. Das Event ist für alle offen 🙂 come join us!
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What do voters know about data-driven political advertising, how does this affect dis/engagement with personalized ads? A new survey study from
@sophism.bsky.social
@solecheler.bsky.social
@claesdevreese.bsky.social
&
@skruikemeier.bsky.social
investigates:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Exploring digital campaign competence: the role of knowledge in data-driven election campaigns
Data-driven political advertising (DDPA) is a manifestation of data-driven campaigning and is increasingly used by European political parties. Political actors can collect vast amounts of personal ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19331681.2024.2416012#abstract
about 1 year ago
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Claire M. Roney
about 1 year ago
Back from wonderful Edinburgh for
#IJPP
where I presented a working paper w/
@danielwiesner.bsky.social
@andreasriedl.bsky.social
&
@jamoeberl.bsky.social
about audience expectations of journalists in crises. ☺️ Thanks to all for their feedback & for fostering such a welcoming atmosphere!
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New paper from
@sophism.bsky.social
,
@solecheler.bsky.social
, Sanne Kruikemeier &
@claesdevreese.bsky.social
aimed to find ways to help people better understand & respond to the data-driven techniques used in political campaigns, inspired by the "Fake News Game".
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20563051241279253
about 1 year ago
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Thanks to the great
@yecrea.bsky.social
Team for organization of such an important pre-conference! We are happy that the two members of our team,
@amplanitzer.bsky.social
&
@dbetakova.bsky.social
, together with
@ahrabhikat.bsky.social
, could participate and network with like-minded peers 🙏
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about 1 year ago
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Just out,
@hannahgreber.bsky.social
conducted a pre-registered laboratory experiment to test the effect of exposure to immersive journalism productions by varied interactivity, finding that a medium level enhances participation. Read on👇https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990241271089
about 1 year ago
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