📄 📣 New #Data-DrivenCampaigning research led by @xiaotongchu.bsky.social w/ contributions from @solecheler.bsky.social & co-authors reviews evidence on effects and outlines a research agenda on message tailoring, voter awareness, cross-national contexts and more. 🔗 academic.oup.com/anncom/advan...

Should teenagers put their phones down? Not so fast! 📱 We reached out to health communication and media-effects expert @mattminich.bsky.social, who studies how media affect minds and behaviours at #univie, to discuss his behavioural research on teenage digital media use. 👆 @ipkw.bsky.social

#UniVienna folks: save the date! 12 Mar 2026 is the 661st birthday @univie.ac.at.The program, an exclusive event for uni employees, incl an exciting afternoon panel w/Rector Sebastian Schütze, @timcrane.bsky.social, @solecheler.bsky.social, @pauluswagner.bsky.social. German w/English interpreter.

@univie.ac.at is advertising 40 paid PhD positions in the Social Sciences, Humanities & Cultural Studies. ⭐ All information on the call here: careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p... Select the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (VIDSS) for available topics & supervisors in Communication. 😍

📢 Great possibility to pursue a PhD @univie.ac.at : 4-year funded position with lots of flexibility and room to explore your own ideas. Supervison teams within the department, embedded in the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences. Includes a (modest) teaching load.

We (@stawi-univie.bsky.social) are hiring a PhD researcher: - focus: representation, party competition, pol behavior, pol institutions, pol econ, or related - 4 years, starting 1 Oct 26 - 30h/week, incl some teaching - deadline: 28 Jan 26 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

And more job opportunities: @univie.ac.at aims to fill 40 (!) doctoral positions in the social sciences, humanities and cultural studies careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...

Sociologist Katja Mayer explores in this video how digital technologies shape participation, power, and civic engagement. When systems start speaking for us, we risk becoming passive. #Democracy is not something we simply have, it is a skill that must be learned, practiced & renewed. #futureskills ⤵️

With the official launch of the Vienna Doctoral College on Digital #Humanism on 19 Nov., the City of Vienna has demonstrated being the capital of #DigitalHumanism. 👏 The kick-off event provided valuable insights – from strategy of @wien.gv.at until its practical implementation in our DocCollege. ⤵️

Im Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects ist @univie.ac.at in Kommunikationswissenschaft heuer auf Platz 2 aufgestiegen. Weiterhin das bestplatzierte Institut unserer Universität. Ein starkes Zeichen, dank aller engagierten Kolleg:innen, Projektmitarbeiter:innen & Studierenden. 🤝

Neue Theodor Herzl-Dozentin: @oliveras.bsky.social, Journalistin und Redakteurin bei @derstandard.at, spricht in drei öffentlichen Vorlesungen über #Diversität, #Migration und Sprache im #Journalismus. 🗞️ Los geht es am 24.11., hier mehr dazu 👉 publizistik.univie.ac.at/aktuelles/ak...

Very proud!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thanks to everyone who joined our inaugural PolCom Classics webinar with @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social ! 🎥 The recording’s up on YouTube — see flyer for details. Next up: @solecheler.bsky.social on Framing, now on Nov 6, from 12:00 - 13:00 CET. 📲 Register via the QR code or the link below

🔜 Reminder: Join us for the next #PolComClassics webinar with @solecheler.bsky.social on Framing next week! 🗓️Nov 6, 12:00–13:00 CET. 📲 Register via the QR code or the link below!

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The Persuasiveness of Political Targeting. That is the title of Xiaotong Chu's timely and important PhD dissertation which she defends today. Go Tong!🚀 Proud supervisors: @skruikemeier.bsky.social @solecheler.bsky.social @lukotto.bsky.social and 🙋 www.uva.nl/content/even...

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...

🚫📰 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. 🧵👇

If you submit to one new exciting conference in 2026, this could be it: @epssnet.bsky.social Deadline Nov 7 New kid on the block, with the right value set 💪🏽 @sarahobolt.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social #polisky #Belfast epssnet.org/belfast-2026/

🚨📝 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...

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 💛

Had so much fun at our workshop on incivility and content moderation, based on our @wwtf.at Digital Humanism project, at the Vienna children’s university today! @amplanitzer.bsky.social @allanhanbury.bsky.social @julianeidhardt.bsky.social 😎🫶🏼😆

Big congratulations to Dr. @dbetakova.bsky.social, who defended her dissertation today with excellent results! Thank u so much to the reviewers @skruikemeier.bsky.social & @antoniskalog.bsky.social, & committee chair @desireeschmuck.bsky.social ! @hajoboo.bsky.social and I are more than proud. 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

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

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 👏

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

⚡️⚡️⚡️ Interested in… …negativity, incivility, intolerance? …comparative and experimental data on the perception and effects of attack politics? … personality, contextual influences? Get all this with a discount! 📚📚📚🤩🤩🤩

@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 🫶✨

📰 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 👏

Welcome to the ICA conference!

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

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“

@polcomvienna.bsky.social at the #ica25, come see our presentations!

I won something at #ica25 🥹❤️

🙂 Kicking off #ICA25 this week in beautiful Boulder, CO ⛰️ @amplanitzer.bsky.social presents our ongoing work on political information needs across neurodiverse cognitive profiles at the 2nd Disability, Communication, and Media Preconference w/ @solecheler.bsky.social & @hajoboo.bsky.social 👏

What a wonderful evening! Insights into inspiring teaching and doctoral research, a well-deserved birthday party and a fantastic concert of The Sound of Social Science: vds-sosci.univie.ac.at/rising-voices/

Only one week left until the ICA! 🤩 We are pleased to present an overview of the Polcomm programme. Make a note of the sessions you cannot miss!

I look great in a hat so… It was a pleasure to celebrate the 5th birthday of the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences - i miss working with excellent colleagues @evakoessner.bsky.social Roman Pfefferle @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social Emma Dowling & many more 🫶🏼🫶🏼 vds-sosci.univie.ac.at/your-benefit...

This was an easy job with such a great candidate! well done and congratulations! 🎉

It still feels surreal, but on June 3, I defended my dissertation! 🎓 SO grateful to my reviewers @solecheler.bsky.social & Silke Adam, committee chair @hajoboo.bsky.social, advisors @anniewald.bsky.social & @nicolarighetti.bsky.social, co-authors Paul Balluff & Nanda Wijermans, & Team! 🙏✨ #PhDone

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 🌟🌟!

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 🙂

🆕 Introducing the ✨PolComm ECR Club✨ – a new monthly online forum for early career researchers in political communication! Organized by @olgaeisele.bsky.social & @alenakluknavska.bsky.social, this initiative is open to PhD students & postdocs (≤4 yrs post-PhD) in the ECPR or ECREA polcom sections!

🤩 Proud to announce the launch of our new @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Club!! 📅 First (online) session scheduled for 22 May, 1pm 📱Check the post below for details, especially the Qualtrics survey to express your interest in joining! @alenakluknavska.bsky.social

Please help spread the news! 🙏 @solecheler.bsky.social @compcommlab.bsky.social @hajoboo.bsky.social @anniewald.bsky.social @claesdevreese.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @ascor.bsky.social @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @kgattermann.bsky.social

Keynote & panel speakers from University of Vienna: ⤵️ @coeckelbergh.bsky.social, @solecheler.bsky.social, @laurakoesten.bsky.social, Christiane Wendehorst & Katja Mayer. 🤓🤩

📅 May 25-28, 2025: Digital Humanism Conference - #DigHum2025 brings together experts to discuss technology through the lens of human values and democratic principles. Challenging the digital, empowering the human. More information about the programme & speakers here: ⤵️

Congrats to the brilliant @andiisto.bsky.social !

Thank you, @icacat.bsky.social for this recognition. It truly means the world 💛 & thank you @solecheler.bsky.social, Svenja Schäfer and @hannahgreber.bsky.social for your guidance and support throughout this study 💗

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. 📝